Stressed? No. I just want to call the admissions office and say, “For heaven’s sake! We know it’s going to be a “No”, so just send the skinny envelope already, and let us get on with it!”
She’s gotten in to six schools. This last one is a real reach. Such a reach that we didn’t bother making her apply early action, because the EA deadline was so early in the fall she wasn’t prepared. We do not expect her to get in, and had really written this university off, but she recently got an email from admissions, asking her to fill out an additional form asking for specific information which would be completely useless unless she were to be accepted. So now I don’t know what to think…