<p>It was overwhelming (I got in everywhere I applied- only two of the schools mentioned above)- I remember getting home the week after (we were at a funeral in Florida) and having seven huge envelopes in the front hall. I opened them all with my entire family. A note for all of you: keep your cards close- especially if you have friends applying to private schools as well. When I went through it I told one of my friends where I had gotten in, and she spread a rumor around that I was lying because she was jealous. Classmates of mine tried to influence my decisions which placed me in a position where I knew they were on school x's wait list and therefor they were tried to persuade me to go to school y. Anyways, I learned not to let people in on important decisions till you've made yours (and I'll keep everything quiet when applying to college).</p>
<p>As a parent, I was proud of my children, of course! As for how THEY reacted to their acceptances..... </p>
<p>I believe I caught my son smoking weed with his friends to "celebrate" for getting into Exeter. It was the first time I ever saw him with substance, and it was rather disheartening. When he went for the Revisit Day, he also came back with sweatshirts, hats, flip flops, and even socks with Exeter marks on them.
On the other hand, my twin daughter was sobbing throughout the entire week, because she did not get into Middlesex. At least she had gotten into Hothckiss, but my emotional daughter wouldn't stop sulking! I don't think she will ever get over it.</p>
<p>This HADES deal is extremely puzzling. You guys realize that other just-as-amazing schools exist as well?</p>
<p>What the hell how did you catch him?...my mom would have flipped a ****. I mean that would ruin all my moms excitement. But I dont smoke so that wont happen but still.</p>
<p>haha
i hear if you get admitted you get a big envelope and if you get rejected you get a small letter. lol</p>
<p>so if i were to get a big envelope, i probably would spend the rest of the day thinking about my future life at boarding school and forget about everything else.... hahah
hopefully, i'll be able to do that this time</p>
<p>did you get rejected before?</p>
<p>fingers crossed for huge envelopes!!!</p>
<p>i wonder how my mom will react if i got rejected...</p>
<p>^^^ mpicz raises an obvious point. I think I would have been a little more than "disheartened". Substance is still illegal and a possession charge will trump an acceptance letter any day. Imagine not attending revisits because the arraignment is scheduled for 9:00 am the same day. Clearly, if he's shopping for socks, there were no legal ramifications in this instance but still...Not saying what my S will/will never do...I don't think any parent's in a position to know with complete certainty...But I would seriously hope he would be smart enough not to risk his amazing opportunities by chilling with his boys puffing weed in the parking lot (or wherever). I don't care if my lecturing sounds like a broken record, scratched CD or a really bad mixed tape, I'd continue to hammer this point until I felt he "got it"</p>
<p>Well I wasn't really thinking about the illegal part...you barely get anything for possession of weed(it is illegal though your right). My mom just would be mad for awhile and then suspect that i'll do the stuff at boarding school and get kicked out or something.</p>
<p>God this thread is horrible... LOL.
Let's not think about rejections! STICK TO THE GOOD NEWS!</p>
<p>god, if i were rejected to all my schools i'd think "three more years in THIS place"</p>
<p>i love my school but i seriously need to get out of korea</p>
<p>I would think the same thing but for me its 2 more years. All my friends pretty much left after 8th...its not a bad place, but I'm ready to leave.</p>
<p>My mom was pretty exited when she heard that I got in, but the real joy came when she saw how much financial aid I had gotten!</p>
<p>And as for me I was in disbelief that I had actually gotten in and would be going to my dream school!</p>
<p>Ya I think my mom would be happy for me if I got in...I'd be happy for her if I got a lot of financial aid. Cuz I can tell shes sick of paying for super expensive private schools (been paying sing K4). My dad doesn't really support having to pay a lot for education.</p>
<p>my mom cried for sooooo long when i got into hotchkiss (the only school i applied for)
then she got a call from the admissions office and the officer cried along with her
she’s still telling complete strangers that i’m going</p>
<p>my parents were so excited! not HADES (who by the way ISN’T necessarily evil, just the other side of the coin. and the underworld wasn’t BAD, per se, it was just where you went when you died. there were bad places there, but good ones too. Hades just kept it all in working order), but same tier (Middlesex)</p>
<p>SHE GLAD MMC= SPS, Hotchkiss, Exeter, Groton, L’ville, Andover, Deerfield, Middlesex, Milton, Choate. the top ten.</p>
<p>Well, I am the parent of child whom a HADES school accepted. I was pleased for and proud of my son over this acceptance. Still am. </p>
<p>My wife, however, was indifferent about the acceptance. Because she had not been committed to sending her only son and first born to some school located over 1000 miles from home, she had not invested herself in the BS application process specifically and was leery of BS’s generally. Her first and, so far, only trip to the HADES school that had selected our son was during one of the school’s revisit days in April. The place, the people, the opportunities there overwhelmed her. She became more excited about the school than either my son or I. The only complaint that she had was that she wasn’t enrolling in the school. Still is.</p>
<p>Just to clear this up for future readers. Those of us who know mythology well also know that Hades is the god of mineral wealth which could be taken a few ways:
- Bad Acronym: These are the schools for rich snobs (which would be false, Andover’s need-blind and the others give lots of FA too)
- Neutral Acronym: It costs a lot to attend them
- Good Acronym: One goes there to prepare oneself for one’s future, and because of what one learns there, one will bring in a lot of wealth in the future for their own family.</p>
<p>And to extend Izzy’s statement, the place itself was one where many worked hard (Like Sisyphus) but many also had fun (Elysian Fields).</p>
<p>My mom and dad were at my shoulders and once my mom saw the big, “Congratulations” she started screaming and jumping up and down, lol.</p>
<p>I was kind of depressed because my parents were surprised that I got in. Have a little faith, you know? But anyways, that came later. I walked in the door to a fedex package, saw it was addressed to me and that it was from Andover, and a smile grew on my face. Very much excited. My dad ended up buying andover shoes, shirts, hats, and a planner. My mom wanted me to go to Groton for a while but I got waitlisted there, I think when I first got accepted to Andover they first were surprised, then glee overtook their faces. None of us really were surprised by acceptances at Milton and Brooks, as we expected we had those. They keep saying how proud they are of me to this day.</p>
<p>…</p>
<p>If I get in to any boarding school my dad will probably be mad because he doesn’t even know I’m applying, and won’t find out unless I do get accepted. My mom will probably be proud of me, but I’m not sure she realizes how hard these schools are to get into.</p>