Yep, in same position as @1518mom. Would like to know so our scheduling doesn’t have to remain on hold.
For our DC we have heard from 7 EA schools, and 2 publics with rolling admission, All are accepts with good but varying merit award amounts (or price discounts). Have 2 final fin aid offers in hand, one that actually increased merit with additional small grant. Several finalists are emerging (and we have been to both of those campuses before). Both have been a bit of a surprise in their merit awards relative to some others. And yesterday we bought a plane ticket for her for an accepted student day in early April at one of the finalists. That school has lots of relatives that live in that town and the ticket was cheap.(My wife and I are both hopeful on that one because the logistics&comfort would be so high there - near where we both grew up). So, it could be winding down. But, the two RD’s we are waiting on are the two highest ranked schools, and that just keeps a little background stress hanging around. We feel like we are in good spot with a handful of affordable options where DC could be happy. However, until everything is on the table, it probably won’t be resolved at our house for at least 3/4 weeks… Everybody is to the point where we want it decided though.
Yes, this is much harder than I thought it would be. D has two great choices already - an early write and a scholarship finalist - both completely unexpected and she’d be thrilled with either one. So I’m not worried about her landing somewhere that’s a good fit. But we’re waiting on 11 more. It’s the uncertainty, worrying about fitting in traveling in April since she hasn’t seen many of them, and planning some August events that’s making me struggle. I just want it over - know it will be soon, but dang this is hard.
DS was accepted early to one of his top schools in December (non-binding) and subsequently applied to only two other schools. Meanwhile, the school to which he’s been admitted has done a fantastic job reaching out and he’s feeling very excited about it. This is a nice position for him and our family to be in. But at the same time everything is a little on hold until he finds out about the other two. One is an ivy and they won’t release until the 31st, and the other hasn’t specified a date. If he’s admitted to neither it isn’t the worst thing in the world by any means.
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…
This is a very stressful time! D has heard back from the safety and possible schools (all EA acceptances except her ED, D was denied) . She is hyper-focused on her 4 reach schools now and we are waiting for those.
26 hours until RD #1 . . . 19 days until RD #6 & #7 and then we’re done!
Anyone else have a child that is a very strong student, has done very well on acceptances thus far, is waiting on a few more but the child could barely care less (and of course you are more than anxious), therefore the child is barely ever checking e-mail and you have to bug him/her to check every day, thereby making you more nutso? (How’s that for a run on question?)
Here’s how much my daughter is not caring about this upcoming denial: a couple of weeks ago I asked her if she had gotten any emails from ReachyUniversity about setting up an account, or describing how she would be notified about a decision, and she said, “Ummmm, oh yeah, back in January I think they sent an email…”
I said, “Did you set up an account?”
And she said, “Uhhh, noooo… Maybe I should do that…”
(Thankfully, when she finally set it up and logged on, her application was complete.)
Sheesh.
If you all read something in the news in the next few weeks about an entire family dropping dead over a completely unexpected acceptance, that’ll be us.
How about finding out that an application wasn’t complete, when everyone thought it was?
I’m waiting today to hear about one college’s decision for my nephew. I’m almost as nervous as I was when my own daughters were going through this experience six and four years ago. Best of luck to everyone, and I’m sure your children will all end up at good schools!
So stressed! I’ve got a high school senior waiting on 2 reaches and a financial aid package from a school she has been admitted to that is probably her first choice. Thankfully she got an early write from what seemed to be a reach, with a good enough package. Bigger stress is my college senior with grad apps, that makes undergrad app stuff seem like a piece of cake.
OP, here. Son got waitlisted at Chicago - meaningless at a school that waitlists thousands. Weirdly, though, I had breakfast this morning with a friend who wanted me to promise that I wouldn’t send my son to Chicago even if he got in because he would be so much happier and successful at University of Michigan (where he got in EA). I think she’s right. Anyway, the following should be required reading for parents, from today’s New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/15/opinion/sunday/frank-bruni-how-to-survive-the-college-admissions-madness.html?rref=collection%2Fcolumn%2Ffrank-bruni&_r=0
Well, it is all relative: in that NYT’s article, the girl that is featured attended Scripps because she did not get into any of her first choice schools. My D’s first choice is Scripps and is waiting to get the notification. Even though she has matured and succeeded in getting into some good schools, she is waiting to hear from her reaches. We’ll be glad when this period of her life is passed.
For us the worst month was the lag between the acceptances and the financial aid packages. It is the worst limbo, and it doesn’t affect all classmates equally. It was tough for DS to constantly answer the college question with maybe and hopefully. Luckily, it is a very temporary situation.
@brooklynilene, I think our D must have been the last kid at her school to start getting acceptance emails. Boy, did she struggle to keep up morale while waiting. Helping her stay positive in the midst of uncertainty has felt like a full-time job. Thankfully, we’ve now heard from several schools and she’s got great choices. Tomorrow will bring news on Ivies, and then… closure! Hallelujah, not a moment too soon. 
@PosAttitude - I hear you! Ivy Day came up empty at our house but I’m thrilled that my son is psyched for U Michigan. We’re going to Ann Arbor in a couple of weeks to seal the deal. Can’t believe I have to go through this again with my daughter in just two years! (But then have 5 years to recover before my little one is on the chopping block.)