<p>My favorite saying for the month of March…“I can’t wait until March is OVER!” But I’ll probably be saying that in April, too. ;)</p>
<p>I’m posting on CC way too much as therapy. My son did tell me yesterday at noon that the next two days, no two days and five hours, were going to be very stressful for him and he didn’t know if he would be able to get work done on Tuesday. I have no choice. I’m flying to London this AM, having dinner with a client tonight. Then, a meeting with a prospective client in London, then on to Stockholm to meet with a client Tuesday night. Two full, full days there, returning to London on Friday to meet with a prospective client and have lunch with a friend and then taking a flight home (getting me home around 10:30 or 11 PM.</p>
<p>^Some people will do anything, like scheduling meetings in Europe, to get out of “the vigil.” :)</p>
<p>The interesting thing is that I actually like international business travel (good thing because of how often I do it) but that the Stockholm meeting was moved from late February by the client. I actually have another meeting on April 16-17 that was going to be in London and I convinced that client to assemble the team in Boston so I don’t have to travel. Because we’ll be on the April 2009 ShawbridgeSon and Pere Road Tour through New England and the Mid-Atlantic. What we need are roadies.</p>
<p>D has been pretty lucky with acceptances (except for waitlist purgatory at her #1 pick), so the stress for me is in waiting to see if the financial aid packages match up at all with her preferences. We know her #3 pick is offering enough to be affordable, aren’t sure about her #2 pick yet…and then there’s a tantalizingly good offer from, wouldn’t you know it, the one school we simply could not/will not manage to visit before she has to decide.</p>
<p>It’s been a long journey but we’re down to the last couple of bumps in the road. I tell myself that D2 is going to benefit from all this, since we’ll actually know what we’re doing next time around!</p>
<p>I broke down and started stress eating— 3 really fudgy brownies waiting between 2 admissions notifications on Thursday—one result was positive, the other negative. I felt really yucky afterwards :(. CC has been like therapy for me too, by the way!</p>
<p>UPenn tomorrow, then all the waiting is over. Of course, then it’s second and third guessing all the choices, etc. As I said yesterday, “Can’t wait til it’s over and decided.”</p>
<p>Oddly, the stress has decreased in our house. DS was rejected Friday from #2 and #3 choice - so we are all but expecting choice #1 to reject as well tomorrow. There are also some super reaches he applied to that also announce tomorrow - but he knew that those are such longshots that the results will not likely surprize him - and they were not even in the rankings because the chances of admit were so low. The real stress is not in finding out the decisions, but in deciding amoung the yeses…</p>
<p>I want to know…do people actually get accepted if they hear on the last day of notices, like April 1?
Or should we be expecting rejections. We have heard from four, two in, one wait listed, one absolute and total rejection. Now, in my child’s case it’s a little different. My child is an artist and has to audition as well fill out applications and write essays to the colleges and programs. Very nerve wracking…to say the least.</p>
<p>poh123,
My son is a musician and likewise had all those extra apps, essays, and auditions. I feel your pain.</p>
<p>Rice U sent notifications to everybody on March 23rd – acceptances, rejections, and waitlists, EXCEPT for Shepherd School of Music applicants. They’ll ALL be notified on April 1, we just discovered this morning. In the meantime, since March 23rd, son and I have been pulling our hair out with each mail delivery and each check of their infamous status page. So have other Shepherd applicants. All the while, Rice has planned to notify them on April 1. Errgh.</p>
<p>Though my son hasn’t applied to any other “CC Top University” type schools, it is my understanding that many of them have a set-in-stone April 1 notification date as well. When that is the case, it is my belief that ALL applicants get notified on that date – acceptances, rejections, and waitlists. I do not think they save that date just for rejections.</p>
<p>To answer the original poster’s question … You are definitely not alone. This past week, I have been struggling with major obsessive stress over the whole stupid college thing. I can’t seem to put it to rest. I want all notifications in, and I want a decision to be made!</p>
<p>I’m just sorry to hear that I’ll be feeling this same way as my next kids come along for college! I thought it was because he’s my first that it’s been, at times, so overwhelming and stressful!</p>
<p>The waiting these past few weeks has been absolutely the worst for me!</p>
<p>I think it doesn’t sit well with my personality type. I’m trying my best to deal with it.</p>
<p>^Sure, people get accepted. Many colleges are not rolling admissions colleges and do the bulk of their “letting you know you’ve been accepted” notifications on a specific day. They may send out likely letters or bring certain groups to campus for some schmoozing (URM or scholarship kids), but those numbers are small compared to the mass of acceptances sent out on “the day.”</p>
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<p>This is my second time through the process. For me, the vigil was not as bad the second time through. Just like with so many things that parents experience with the second kid, the amplitude and intensity are often less than with the first time through.</p>
<p>THANK YOU! I just breathed a sigh of relief even if it is blissful. My first child was admitted early decision so that was taken care of and we a had a beautiful Christmas that year. With this child, everything is more dramatic 
I have not had a good night sleep in about four days, since I could feel D DAY getting closer.
Oh Gooooooddddd!</p>
<p>Poh - I also had D1 get into her first choice EA and D2 go through the full RD period. They’re two VERY different experiences, aren’t they?</p>
<p>That’s good news, ellemenope. I don’t really want to have my entire month of March overrun by college worries anymore! I was hoping it’d be easier with each kid.</p>
<p>the only coping mechanism I’ve found that works, is doing mass amounts of methamphetamines like every day.</p>
<p>hhmmm. interesting. i think i’ll keep looking around for something else to take the edge off.</p>
<p>I just want all the info to be here – final acceptances, aid/awards if any – so we can eliminate some schools and move on to the final decision. Trouble is, the closer we get to that final decision, the closer we are to her leaving in the fall. Sad.</p>
<p>I am doing the overdose in chocolates and is not working. I am constantly worried and stressed, I don’t see my D concern or worried. I want the best for her, she is a rising senio, with really low math scores. Prayers please!</p>
<p>I have been struggling with major obsessive stress too! I have a D going to her senior year, took the SAT 3 times and still can’t get the math scores right. She has always struggled with math, she is getting discouraged, and I am very anxious. Between all the college essays, applications and future auditions (musical theatre) all I do is talk about it, to the point that no one wants to listen to me anymore! Not even my family!!! My husband thinks I am over stressing. Please pray for us.</p>