<p>Hey, it was not sealed! The glue on the envelope was intact. It was full of stuff, I figured more advertising material. But the letter said, "congratulations" so I showed it to the wife and stuffed it all back in the envelope and sealed it so that DS could open it himself!! Especially since I opened the first one. (That one was so skinny I had no idea it was an acceptance).. Now the wife is muttering, "oh my goodness, what do we do now?".. :)</p>
<p>Consider your hand officially slapped - bad,bad Dad!</p>
<p>Oh, how interesting. What a dilema you have. Will you act surprised? Congratulations!!!</p>
<p>Just act surprised! The acting joyful will be natural.</p>
<p>heh, you got lucky! I'm surprised everything didn't fall out in the mail!</p>
<p>ummmm, I'mmm tellin'</p>
<p>You're in troouuu--bbllle.</p>
<p>Seriously, congrats!</p>
<p>The sudden dilemma that sent my wife into a babble had nothing to do with the sanctity of the U.S. mail. Now we have to decide which college the S goes to! Who woulda thunk? :confused:</p>
<p>There is a post-script to today's story. These acceptances are very heart warming because my S has some very low SAT scores. When we finish this process (2 down, 2 to go) I may tell the whole story on the board here because it could be helpful to others. Meanwhile, suffice it to say that my wife and I are practically dumbfounded, and remain a bit paranoid and wonder if someone somewhere made a mistake. So imagine our shock reading this acceptance letter when we get to the part about being awarded several $thousand as a "diversity scholarship". I look at my wife in horror.... OMG, they think he's black! I am totally freaked out! I will have to call the school in the morning and tell them that somebody made a mistake. They will withdraw the scholarship, then the acceptance, we are doomed! :( A few minutes later I calmed down and ..... wait a minute.. we visited that school, our S interviewed there, they know what he looks like!! We called a friend who explained (and the school website confirmed) they give awards to encourage GEOGRAPHIC diversity; the school draws 55% from in state. I am a nutcase! :) (and just to be sure I checked his commonapp: he had checked white caucasian)</p>
<p>Wow, you're all very accepting of your kids' privacy.</p>
<p>My Mom opens my mail. Doesn't matter where it's from, she'll open it. Sometimes doesn't even tell me what's in it until weeks later. I don't make a deal out of it though. Just as long as she's not still peeking through my mail when I'm her age.</p>
<p>NJres:</p>
<p>What a story! Congrats! It also goes to show that diversity can wear many different guises.</p>
<p>NJRes, reading your post I started laughing so hard that my dogs started to whine. That is one funny story. Congrats to your son and I hope you will share names of schools and the entire story. It sounds like it is information that could be very valuable to other families here on CC. But, in the mean time, thanks so much for the gut-busting laugh. I needed that!</p>
<p>NJres - I would be very interested in the story you have to tell regarding your son's low SATs. I have a daughter who would probably be the type of kid the top schools would lust after -- if they only knew her -- she's a real dynamo and a straight A student -- but she doesn't do well on standardized tests. So your experiences might be a big help. Right now I honestly don't have a clue as to what to advise my daughter.</p>
<p>Calmom - You might try private messaging Arizonamom. Her daughter has a similar profile to what you are describing about your daughter and she is doing VERY WELL in admissions this year - not top-ranked schools but some excellent schools none-the-less --- and merit money to boot!</p>
<p>And you may also want to take a look at the list of schools where submitting SAT scores is option on this site - some wonderful schools on the list:
<a href="http://www.fairtest.org%5B/url%5D">www.fairtest.org</a></p>