<p>I thought I was handling it pretty well -- I was freaking out about being accepted to college in general, but didn't obsess too much about the Ivies -- but last night I had not</a> one, but THREE dreams about Princeton decisions and woke up shaking and nauseated. I still feel nauseated, to be honest. :eek:</p>
<p>If a S or D is applying RD to an IVY, today is the day the acceptances are released (or delivered).</p>
<p>My D was excited and energized about it when she was a sophomore. I didn't gear up and get excited until this year. She eased back on her excitement level as she started thinking about taking a gap year and moving to Ireland. She's got a handful of acceptances, some very generous scholarships that make a lot of her choices viable, and we can't talk about it right now because she wants to move overseas and work for a year. </p>
<p>I'm remaining calm. She's visiting one school tomorrow for an overnight in the dorm, and one in April for a day, and I have a schedule of when paperwork has to be filed, and hopefully we will reach a mutually satisfactory decision before May 1st.</p>
<p>Irishmomof2</p>
<p>There is another thread that you might want to check out. It is in the Parents Forum and is "Gap year Pros and Cons".</p>
<p>Two issues about gap. One is that some school's merit scholarships are not going to extend to your D if she doesn't start next fall. The other is health insurance. Just to give you something to obsess about.</p>
<p>FYI-- my S is considering a gap year working in New Zealand and traveling in the East.</p>
<p>I think it must be boys that are laid back.</p>
<p>When the acceptances started arriving, I was on the downstairs computer, making up excel spreadsheets - one comparing college's costs, the other comparing other attributes (class size, senior thesis required?, etc). DS was in his room playing James Bond: Goldeneye on his computer. </p>
<p>When I asked what he was thinking he said, "I have a month to make up my mind." But he might be more concerned that he's letting on - he's admitted he almost hopes the sole remaining college we haven't heard from will turn him down - he's gotten into 2 of his top 3 choices, and chosing between those two will be tough enough!</p>
<p>Son was not stressed at with the process. He plugged away at his applications and tried to get his grades up a bit the fall term. Despite SAT scores that could have been better he refused to retake them as he felt they were good enough. He confidently applied ED2 to his top choice school and I stressed--he got in, I am relieved</p>