<p>Oh, I'm so happy for you and your son! Congrats, congrats, congrats. From your descriptions of him a year ago, I knew all along that he would get into his ED school. Have a wonderful time celebrating tonight!</p>
<p>Momsdream, came online to check about your son when I got in at 6:20 and no news. Been out again and just had to check and happily discovered your great news which I had a gut feeling was gonna happen. Your son worked hard toward this goal and you supported him through it all...I am happy for you both that it all turned out so positively. Sorry about his girlfriend but things work out. I hope you are relishing in the moment that you had dreamed of for so long.
Susan</p>
<p>Congratulations, Momsdream. Best hopes for S & GF...it's got to be rough.</p>
<p>Congratulations!</p>
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<p>mission accomplished.</p>
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<p>Hardly. It's no more mission accomplished than it was when you got him toilet trained. Because the next mission starts immediately. There is still all that senior year stuff to do. Summer job/activity. Planning the drop-off in the fall. Endless shopping. Getting all his stuff there. Tricking out the dorm room the way he wants it. The tearful good byes. And before you know it: Parents' Weekend....</p>
<p>There is always another mission.</p>
<p>I just got home, told my daughter, that I have to find out if Momsdreams son got into Penn (last night i was looking for news of Cangel's Daughter)</p>
<p>Congratulations,</p>
<p>In my spirit I knew that he would be admitted. You mus be sooo proud. I am proud of him. Well done, well done.</p>
<p>Congrats...my son was deferred at Penn College which has him mostly "angry" at the moment (angry for the work and wait that lie ahead that is)...having been through this last year I have every reason to be sure it will work out fine in the end, but it would have been nice to have it over.</p>
<p>Roby:</p>
<p>I feel for your S. A big hug to him.</p>
<p>Momsdream:</p>
<p>Congratulations to your son! Extremely happy that his anxiety is now alleviated and he can put his fears to rest. Are you guys going to throw some large gala celebration? </p>
<p>It must stink to have your girlfriend deferred while you got accepted. Although I wouldn't know (you only get accepted into college ONCE.. and my girlfriend isn't applying to the colleges I am) .. I can just imagine.. </p>
<p>One of the worst situations to be in, I reckon. Marite is right, it's hard to celebrate.</p>
<p>Thanks Marite, mstee, Dizzy and Dizzy Family, cheers, momofthree,swbutterfly1, Sac, MDMom, Tabbyzmom, Achat, Gracilisae, Kirmum, NJRes, WJB, Momrath, Garland, Simba, Simba, Interesteddad, Momof2inCa, SoozieVT, TheDad, Coureur, Sybbie, Robyrm(sad for your son, yes, it will work out), tlaktan (no tlaktan, no celebrations because there's a memorial to attend tomorrow for his friend who killed herself on Monday and his GF is deferred......the news is bittersweet and son is dealing with more stress than he knows what to do with) .......</p>
<p>Thank you all!! Your warm wishes are a soft stroke to my heart...at a time when things are difficult and joyful, at once. I'm going to sit down with him tomorrow and have a chat....his mood is concerning.</p>
<p>Momsdream,</p>
<p>I am so sorry tht what should be one of the happiest days of your son's life has been clouded by such sadness. Our prayers are with you and the family of his friend in their hour of bereavement.</p>
<p>I piigybacked a note to you about the GF on marylandmom's post (deferred at brown)</p>
<p>thanks sybbie. Yeah, I wasn't prepared for this. The tear I saw when he was accepted was not a tear of joy. His words seem more like whispers lately. He's overwhelmed amd I'm worried now. He's been pretty busy and I think he needs to be "still" for a little while...know what I mean?</p>
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<p>Really sorry to hear this.</p>
<p>Congratulations. I have been following your son's saga with great interest and it's wonderful to hear that he got into Penn. Sorry about the girlfriend - but these things seem to have a way of working out. And, please give him a hug for me tommorrow. I'm so sorry to hear that - the death of a friend is horrible, the death of a friend to suicide is heart breaking at this age. My daughter went through this last year and it took her a long long time to fully recover from the loss and shock.</p>
<p>momsdream,
spare a moment to do something soothing for yourself. Joy and sadness so closely mingled are exhausting.</p>
<p>Good grief Carolyn, such sadness should not be repeated.</p>
<p>Ohio_mom, you are so right. I am not normally such a dramatic person. I feel completely drained. After 12/14 I'm off for two weeks...........much needed.</p>
<p>Congratulations! My S told me tonight that one of his friends was deferred at Penn. I was quite surprised by this, knowing this kid. So I came on line to check how your S did. I'm so happy for you and your son! We have a few more days to wait for Princeton ED.</p>
<p>Momsdream,
Congratulations on your son's acceptance. I wish I had been able to bet my mortage on that. :)
I feel optimistic about his GF especially if she aggressively follows up after being deferred.</p>
<p>I am so sorry about your son's friend. It is so sad to hear of young lives cut short so impulsively and unnecessarily.</p>
<p>Congratulations to your son, and good wishes to his GF. My daughter's high school (600 total) has had 3 deaths in 3 years, I can imagine what your community is enduring.</p>
<p>Oh, this sad news just puts this college stuff into perspective. I'm going to go hug my S... he's downstairs working on another college app and preparing for a debate tourn. tomorrow... he's a little short-tempered and feeling nervous about U of Chicago's decision coming in a few days... could probably use a hug. So sorry to hear about your S's friend, Momsdream. I'm sure your kid is pretty confused right about now. Good thing he's got a wise mom in the house.</p>
<p>Momsdream, I've been away from the computer for the past few days, and just now logged on to read your good news. Congratulations to you and your wonderful son! I dearly hope that after the worst of the shock and grief over the loss of his friend has past, he'll truly be able to celebrate this accomplishment. I also feel for son's GF. The Wharton deferral must be such a disappointment. She's bound to ultimately be accepted to a great school, however (maybe even Wharton), and this setback will seem like a small bump in the road.</p>