<p>There have been a number of parents over the last month sharing stories about kids who had trouble making up their minds about where to go to college, and there is an interesting thread about the "yield" factor and ED going on right now. </p>
<p>I am glad to be able to report that when I asked S a couple of days ago if he was happy with his final decision (it was a dragged out process, which came as a surprise to me as his older sister always has had a gift for knowing exactly what she wants) he said he is very glad, and that he wouldn't want to go to any other school in the country. Whew! I truly felt some real relief, and had been a little afraid to ask, particularly after reading threads about "buyer's remorse." </p>
<p>Anyone else out there discovering the same? I think the phenomenon here is that the cogitive dissonance has been resolved and that my S has truly become committed to his choice, for which I am exceedingly grateful.</p>
<p>as far as i can tell my daughter is also thrilled with her decision, in spite of the fact that it took her what seemed like an inordinant amount of time to chose the college she will attend. now she is buying tee shirts, sweat shirts,etc. advertising her choice.</p>
<p>Isn't it amazing how the clothing can tell the tale? For us, it was the purchase of a hat that was the first real tip off. Congrats to your daughter, and to you in her happiness!</p>
<p>My son also had a hard time deciding, but seems quite pleased with his choice now. Just the other day, he received a letter from Admissions letting him know they had received his deposit. Included was a window decal from the college. Well, which car should we put it on?, I asked, since he tends to drive mine more than his gas-guzzling clunker. He held the decal away from me and stated, in no uncertain terms, This goes on MY car! Yup, I think any dissonance is resolved.</p>
<p>My D fell in love with her first choice school in April of her Junior year. Come Fall, she applied, was accepted and was thrilled. About February, she started wondering if she had made the right choice. She did lots of research and has again concluded that she was right all along. Now she is in what I call the "Will August EVER get here?" mode. All she thinks about revolves around what college will be like. "How will I know when Wind Ensemble practices start?" "What will I do with my alarm clock and phone?" (All the beds are lofted in the women's dorms.) I'm so excited for her. She's about to take off on this wonderful adventure....</p>
<p>Son fell in love with his first choice last summer, but kept it in his belt so to speak as he needed to apply for music therefore more than one school, no EA and he needed financial aid. When the financial aid package from his fav school came and it was good, the music was full blast that next morning. Window decal came this week and an email with a "cool" on campus job offer in the fall that he is applying for. And so it goes, happy!!</p>
<p>Our S just finished his second year, and cannot imagine his life anywhere else. He went through agonizing decision-making (I thought we were going to have to drive his deposit to the school in order to meet the May 1 date!), then we endured a 5-hour drive to take him that August that was filled with buyer's remorse from all angles..." I won't know anyone" (true, no one from his HS was attending with him, but you could say that about nearly any of the other 900+ arriving frosh, as well! For once, Mom bit her tongue and tactfully did not mention this!)</p>
<p>Now, we hardly ever see him....in fact, Hubby just mentioned that we should look into a cult deprogrammer to get him to show up at the family home once in a while!</p>
<p>During our 'college trip' we visited a school that just happened to be there - we just dropped in on a whim - my DD fell in love with it and that was it - she never looked back - was accepted in 12 days and that was it!!! She is now going to be a junior and still can't imagine being anywhere else - it was like that ''no brainer'' kinda thing.</p>
<p>Jeepmom, isn't it wonderful when things are clearly just "meant to be" ? </p>
<p>Thanks, all, for posting. So glad to know there is happiness out there! </p>
<p>(We may need to revive this thread next year when the parents of stressed out undecideds are fretting. I would have loved to have read some of your posts three weeks ago, for encouragement!!)</p>