<p>I am having some trouble passing the time the last few days... Wondering how the rest of you are handling this process. Any advice from parents who have already been through this would be great too!</p>
<p>I feel like my whole family's future is on the line. Will we be pinching every penny to send s to a private school ? Or will we be shopping for new furniture instead as my consolation prize since our kitchen chairs are falling apart? Will his current public charter school stay open? Will it close? If it does stay open will it be able to provide what the kids need with it's limited resources? Should we move to a different public school district that offers more AP/advanced classes? Can we sell a house in this economic climate? So many unanswered questions! </p>
<p>Anyone else have the same things running through their minds? What backup plans do you have?</p>
<p>PA-C, you have been very helpful as a CC parent so well, I hope I could at least help you with something.. I'm having a hard time waiting too, but why don't you try reading books, light novels or that stuff.. I tried that and it really made the waiting a little bit easier for me. Or just simply re-read anything you wanted to in the past but found no time for it. :) G'luck with your S's result on March 10th! Only 48 hours left. :)</p>
<p>We are going through the same thing. The "outcome" practically changes by hour and with each passing one, it gets more and more hopeless. Not even sure if we want M11 to come (the schools only mail decisions and all of them said the mailing happens on the 10th).<br>
D doesn't have to face the possibility of her school being closed, but she really wants to make a change. If we get in, it'll be penny pinching and a huge lifestyle change for the next 6 years (D is applying for 6th grade day schools) before college.<br>
This waiting has been excruciating. I didn't even want to to go out for dinner tonight because I felt we were "celebrating" too early, or being fiscally "irresponsible".</p>
<p>Last year on March 10, I was out of the country attending a week-long meeting, so good or bad, I was forced to think about other things. Even so, with wifi access, during the middle of the meeting, I was checking the online notifications!! Worst part was that I wasn't with my son to celebrate when he got good news.....Good luck to you all, I'm very excited for all of you!</p>
<p>We found a great distraction yesterday. My d's and I have started a hand quilting project. I have not been on CC as much, the kids have not been on line and the TV has been off. It is been oddly relaxing.</p>
<p>Reconcile with the knowledge that you control some variables and others are out of your control...pat yourself on the back for your accomplishments and for having put forth your best effort in obtaining your goals (something you can control), and that based upon the outcome of the admission decision, your future is decided for boarding school (out of your control), and then you can reflect, reevaluate and redirect your goals as needed (back to being in control)!! Realizing there are always other doors opening when one is closed is very uplifting and puts you back in the driver's seat...</p>
<p>We've been through it twice. Try not to talk about it in front of your S/D in case the news is not good. Rejection is hard enough on a teenager as it is, but in the case of BS admission, the entire family is affected for good or bad.</p>
<p>I have no advice for taking your mind off of the waiting other than try not to read and re-read school brochures and websites. I'm afraid I'm not much help!</p>
<p>I feel very similar to the way I felt on the Sunday night before the election in November...another incredible Tuesday! One minute I was positive there would be good news, and the next not sure at all. And this time, CC has taken the place of CNN. I cannot stop checking the latest posts, much the way I checked polls relentlessly. I thought there would be a huge void in my life after Nov. 4, but I felt a huge sense of relief that it was over. I'm hoping for that feeling this coming Tuesday.</p>
<p>I just went through this with a college bound D a month ago so i think I am still raw from that but anyway here is my take on things: decisions have already been made and we have no control of the outcome. We are just waiting to hear. S did the best he could do and I am sure he will get into a deceint school at the least. Then, if all else fails, you can always fall back on the old saying "things work out for the best"</p>
<p>My son worked on his Seurat project for art class over the weekend so I figured I'd try my hand at one in an effort to divert my attention. His painting looked great; mine was a disaster. What was originally intended to be an multi-colored Ankh, bore an unsettling resemblence to Lizzie Borden in an ice storm. Then I got back on CC, concluding that Pointillism is, well, pointless this close to M10.</p>
<p>This is a wonderful thread, very moving to think of all these other parents suffering like I have been. I've been nervous all day and tomorrow will be worse. The one thing that has calmed my nerves (other than relentlessly working out) has been reading my S's application materials over and over again. Whatever happens (and alas, he's got all his eggs in one basket), he's grown tremendously over the past months and could not have done anything better. That doesn't make me more confident about what tomorrow will bring, but it does calm me knowing that he put himself into the best position possible.</p>