<p>I've never thought of myself as a helicopter parent, but I think I'm more stressed than my kid waiting for those acceptances to arrive. She chose her colleges carefully, mostly matches, a couple of moon shots, and a safety, wrote some excellent essays, completed her apps with care and got everything in before the deadlines. However, she didn't do an arts supplement, which we think was a huge mistake, so I am now second-guessing everything.</p>
<p>She has only heard back from Wellesley (a likely notification, followed by a letter from a student and a course catalog). Not a peep from anyone else. The silence is killing me, and I keep wondering what the heck we were thinking by encouraging her to apply to some of these places. I would just love to have the calendar jump to May 1, and have that first tuition payment mailed somewhere!</p>
<p>I know how you feel. This process that started with ACT, SAT, Common Ap, has extended for months now. I just one it to be over and finally know were he is going.</p>
<p>Don’t worry. Soon enough you’ll be looking forward to the day that you no longer have to make a tuition payment. If she got a likely from Wellesley, then I am sure she will have plenty of good options. Good luck!</p>
<p>Mass: it’s all a matter of perspective. With an assured Wellesley letter in your hand, I’d be sleeping like a babe every night. I’d love to be in your shoes in two years when my high-achieving kiddo will be applying to what I guess may be some pretty selective schools.</p>
<p>When I was a Senior, I had a UMich accept back in October. My college decisions didn’t worry me a bit.</p>
<p>I’m in the same boat as you as Massmom. I think part of the problem for us what that my son had applied for Early Action to those schools on his list with Early Action and had applied Early Decision to his top school. Unfortunately, he was deferred to his top school and at his 2nd favorite he was denied admission. He had hoped to be done by Christmas but it turned out that he decided to apply to 3 other schools regular decision. It made for a very long winter!!! He should hear this Saturday at those schools that he applied to late and then on the 1st for the school that he where he was deferred. Although the decision is near, my son has said that this has been the longest week in his life. We’re hoping for some positive news this weekend. Good Luck to your daughter.</p>
<p>That was so funny!!! Regardless if this story is true or not is a good warning against keeping important numbers in the same Rolodex ( ok I am old) as your personal contacts. While most of us will not send indecent pics of ourselves, we might send personal information to the wrong party and that’s embarrassing.</p>
<p>Actually, the longest week in the world was the week my mother-in-law spent at my house, looking at my tummy and asking how I was feeling, while my due date came and went without so much as a peep from that future college student.</p>
<p>My D’s top choice released on the 13th, (and her safety does rolling admissions, so that has been in her pocket for months). But financial aid awards won’t be out until early April, so can’t make a final decision until then…</p>
<p>Oh, Eastcoascrazy, I have spent 5 weeks with my MIL. I know crazy. But this is different, because after day 3, I really did not care what MIL thought. However, I very much care what colleges A, B, and C think of my D.</p>
<p>My son does not want to commit until all schools results are in even though I am sure he has basically found the one he is going to ( the others are reaches and more expensive). I’ve already lined up the brochure, application, sticker and even a lanyard with his future school name on it, ready to go, but he says he’s got to wait to April 1st. I understand his frustration, as he hopes that one of his “reaches” will come are rescue him from attending school locally. Still for him it will be the best choice, specially that it is the best school he got approved so far.</p>
<p>Mythmom, my mother told me that she used to listen in the doorways of our rooms to make sure my brothers and I were still breathing whenever we visited, long after we’d moved away, so I guess you never stop worrying about your kids’ well-being.</p>
<p>Wegotin, a friend of mine has the opposite problem. Her D wants to commit to the one school she’s heard from (she wants to go into film production), but my friend wants her to wait to hear from NYU.</p>