<p>Thanks momrath for the encouragement as my son could not have picked harder schools to apply to esp this year with the record applications everywhere. We are counting on his art portfolio and illustrated essay to set him apart from the so so many qualified kids seeking admission for the class of 09. If he is accepted to Williams we will certainly have many questions and how great it would be to have someone studying medieval art to answer them! I am trying not to lose heart with the outcome as I know how competitive admissions are this year. He only intended to apply to art schools so he never worked to bring his math SAT I scores up. During the spring of 04 he visited one of the Ivies, and that was the thing that made him decide that going to art school was not for him. He deferred RISD but with their famous no aid program it was obvious to all of us that it was not meant to be.
Possibly we might hear something from Lafayette next week as they send scholarship notifications 2 weeks early.</p>