<p>Congrats, smiles from the sticks of So Cal. I send cyber infused sake. (Just read the LA times food section)</p>
<p>Congratulations!!!! That's so wonderful and awesome!!! What fantastic news - give us more, please, what did he say when he found out, how did the notification happen, what did you say, etc., more, please lol!!!</p>
<p>I don't post often, but I lurk occasionally on CC. </p>
<p>I got goosebumps and teary-eyed reading your post. May all parents and their children get their wishes fulfilled this week.</p>
<p>*Congratulations *</p>
<p>To you and your family. What joyous news.</p>
<p>Hey Berurah,
You already know how happy I am about this... But just to make it official!! CONGRATULATIONS!! Enjoy your celebration!!
andi</p>
<p>I have tears in my eyes just imagining your joy and relief, B. Congratulations, and when you regain your speech, please fill us in on every last detail. I'm so happy for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Add another WhoooooHoooooo!!!! from The Dig.</p>
<p>After reading ALL 7 pages of your "Dreams" thread, this means so much. Very Happy for you and your son!</p>
<p>Although I didn't post anything on the "Dreams" thread, I definitely read through it and was holding out for your son. Great news and congratulations to him!</p>
<p>Berurah...it happened!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You guys must all be busy celebrating and can't wipe the smiles off your faces. I know your son had a whole cheering section with his siblings and I hope this evening was a joyous family gathering. </p>
<p>I know how much you worried what the outcome would be for your son. However, knowing what I did about him, I felt he was going to get into at least one of his upper choice schools if you just hung in there. I realize when he got the EA rejection at Yale, it raised many doubts for you guys. But it did not raise as many for me. I think you went into it knowing how terrificly qualified he is and then to see that he could not get in, raised doubts about that but I knew with the highly selective nature of elite admissions, that it was not so much a commentary as to whether or not he was qualified to be admitted to a selective school. It was more the nature of the beast. I firmly believe that in most cases, if a kid has the whole "package" of qualifications, he may not get into all his schools when applying to the highly selective ones (cause we all know the odds and how they turn away many qualified kids, etc.....crapshoot/lottery, we all know this game), but he would likely get into at least one if the college list was an appropriate one (and his list is). Thus, I kept the faith. Last year when my daughter got deferred at Yale in the EA round (I realize this is not the same as a rejection), we never took it as her not being "good enough" to get in. We just knew going into elite admissions that this was a very realistic possible outcome given the odds and so we just kept on with the process and did the long wait and knew some positive news at some schools would happen in spring, we just did not know which ones would be on the plus side of the equation. And in the end, while the one school my D got rejected to was Yale, she ended up SOOOOOOOO incredibly happy at Brown that I just knew in the end, that your son would have a positive light at the end of this tunnel. The fact that it ended up being at Duke, a school he has always loved (ironically my D was first most attracted to Brown when she looked through college directories), means he came full circle to realizing his dream. That's right....your thread can no longer be "a dream denied"...but it is now "a dream realized"!!!</p>
<p>And ya know, I just experienced this first hand today with my second child but will reserve that for my own thread because this thread belongs to YOUR happy exciting news! Yippee! </p>
<p>Susan</p>
<p>I didn't post on the original "Dreams" thread, but I read it through and was holding out for him. That's great news! Congratulations to him!</p>
<p>congratulations!</p>
<p>YAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY. I had tickets tonight for a lecture so I wasn't here at 7 to get the news right away, but I logged on as soon as I got home.</p>
<p>Congratulations.</p>
<p>Such joy! I somehow knew it was going to work out! So happy for you!!</p>
<p>Fantastic!!!!!!!</p>
<p>I love a happy ending! Way to go!</p>
<p>SQUEE! Congratulations!</p>
<p>Berurah - this is delightful news - congratulations to your son! (and give yourself a well-deserved pat on the back)</p>
<p>Congratulations to your son and to you. Also thank you for sharing the happiness with us.</p>
<p>"We know that when good fortune favors two such men, it </p>
<p>stands to reason, </p>
<p>we deserve it too!"
"To Life" From "Fiddler on the Roof"</p>