Awesome @sadieshadow !!
WOoHoo! COngrats to your son, @sadieshadow! Great way to start the day! <:-P
OK–the wait is over and we have a very happy family here. Berkshire. . .ACCEPT! We have already tried to send in the contract and deposit. We are going to thank the other schools for their graciousness ASAP. It has been over a year since we first stepped on Berkshire campus and hoped he could attend. School trip today to Harlem and then a dinner celebration with friends later. Thanks to all the CC community for support. I hope you all have great news today.
GREAT News, @sadieshadow !!! ( Told you so!!). Your son will have an extraordinary educational experience at Berkshire, and your family will love being part of the community there. Very happy for you all. THe results thread is open, so remember to post your son’s results over there! <:-P
Woohoo - @sadieshadow !!!
@sadieshadow – Congratulations! How exciting. My son was accepted as well. I’m pretty overwhelmed. He’s still waiting to hear from his first choice, but Berkshire was probably the one I was most nervous about. I’m so glad it worked out as you had hoped; it seems like an amazing school!
Hotchkiss decisions are up on their portal, as are St. Paul’s. My son was waitlisted at both. :((
Sorry, @HMom16! I hope you have other options.
Kent portal opened right at midnight EST and they sent an email link right away - daughter was accepted. So excited she was shaking! Only school she applied to.
@GoatMama We do. So far he’s been accepted at Middlesex and waitlisted at St. Paul’s, Deerfield and Hotchkiss. Waiting to hear from Andover.
Hotchkiss is a bit of a shock as his sister went there, he went to their Summer Portals program (and got very good recommendations from them) and we got a call from the football coach just last week. He really thought he would get in. Oh well…
Middlesex is a great school. I’m sure everything will work out fine. :-bd
Oh thank goodness! MX is excellent!
Your experience @HMom16 added info to 2 threads! Coaches/AO interactions and the impact of a sibling in the same school.
Mx is an awesome school
We are dying over here. 2 rejections and the rest waitlisted…ugh. If anyone got into their first choice or were accepted to schools that you know you won’t attend, could you please please please do us a favor and let them know thanks but no thanks asap!!! [-O< We would forever be indebted!!! Congrats to everyone whose wishes have come true! This is such a grueling process and you should be very very proud! =D>
Hugs @buuzn03 =(( =((
Hope you have other fallback options.
Other accepted families writing back not-attending does not help waitlisted families as schools are good at forcasting their yield and accept more students than they can accomodate. Many schools do not go to waitlists at all.
Not to dash your hope but help manage expectations.
Read waitlisted thread but be realistic. All the best =((
Congratulations @sadieshadow @HMom16 @Susieknits ! <:-P <:-P <:-P
@sadieshadow Hope you get to attend revisit day. We loved our revisit day at Berkshire although DS2 is at another school. Very special revisit day.
@HMom16 MX is a great school. A friend’s daughter graduated from MX was sad to leave the lovely school.
ugh - sorry to hear that @buuzn03 . Please tell us you have more applications outstanding.
@korab1. Just two…trying my best to not freak out…pun intended
@buuzn03 fingers crossed for you!
I see someone posted a decision from Chatham Hall, we don’t have one showing on the portal yet. Should I email or call them?
I immediately wrote thank you notes to the schools who accepted him and politely told the waitlist school he was going elsewhere. We signed the contract and sent the deposit to Berkshire. My son has so many friends lingering on waitlists and it is tough. I also urge everyone who already has a clear answer to let schools know. Of course, some may first need to do revisits and that is understandable. .