Hello everyone, just wanted to give you a quick update, S was accepted to some schools already so we know he at least will have options to consider… I’m very relieved!
Accepted: St Olaf, U of Minnesota, U of Michigan
No results yet: Haverford, Carleton, Amherst, U of Chicago, Northwestern
One of my closest friend’s son is attending U of Michigan and he spent some time talking about the university with S and he’s now seriously considering it… hopefully we’ll get the other results soon so S can have a better idea of his options, but for now Michigan is his favorite.
We’ll see how it goes! 
Congratulations to your son! One of my nieces went to St. Olaf, another went to Minnesota, and a friend’s son is at Michigan. One of my daughters went to Carleton Each was very satisfied with their chosen school.
I am very sorry for your loss.
So happy to hear of your son’s great options so far and can’t wait to hear your next update.
Great options! FWIW I’m in the twin cities and know a number of LBGTQ grads from St. Olaf that all had a fantastic experience there and still rave about it. I know a bunch of single gender families raising kids here, etc.
Hello everyone, hope everybody is getting good news these last days! S got his final results yesterday, some rejections and it seems NO love from the other LACs.
He had been accepted previously to St Olaf, U of Minnesota and U of Michigan. This last week he heard from Haverford and Amhrest (rejected) and Carleton (wait-list). I loved Haverford and was kind of sad they didn’t want him, but to be fair, S was not that excited about it (thought it was too small). I was also surprised with Carleton, I loved MN and would be so happy if S moved there. He was wait-listed at U of Chicago (my biggest surprise, I was sure he would be rejected since he applied RD only, it’s so competitive there) and was accepted at Northwestern.
His final list of acceptances are St Olaf, U of Minnesota, U of Michigan and Northwestern. He doesn’t want to try the wait list schools and since he was not very excited about them to start with, that’s fine with me too. Chicago was my favorite by far but it’s his choice in the end. He will withdraw from St Olaf (lovely school but in the end he changed his mid and wants bigger schools now). Northwestern was his “favorite” when he applied, but now he’s not sure he wants to go there anymore and seems way more excited about U of Michigan. He will visit his final choices again before making his final decision, but I’m happy with whatever he chooses.
I want to thank everyone in this board who helped me SO MUCH to understand all options, navigate the system and gave me so much support. It’s amazing to me that my first (and only!) post in this board received so much attention, everyone who commented is part of my S success this year. I really appreciate all the help I got and even though I didn’t participate too much in the last months, I still read and learned a lot from everybody.
Hopefully all the other parents and kids are having a great week like my S and I had. All the best for everyone and in other news… Minneapolis, just wait for me, I am planning to move there once my contract ends here in VA, I am dreaming about all the cold and snow haha!
@agatha1939 - Congrats to you and your son! Those are wonderful choices. I’m currently watching the Michigan basketball game with my son as he is a huge Michigan fan. It sounds like your son can’t go on and I hope he has a wonderful college experience!
@agatha1939 has your son made a decision?
@2mrmagoo Hi! S has withdrawn from St Olaf and Northwestern (which was his “favorite” before) and it’s now deciding between Michigan and Minnesota (honors). He likes Michigan but Minnesota offered him a lot of money and I had told him that if he got merit money he could use the money I saved for college for either extras during school (a single room, study abroad, etc) or I would give him all left when he graduated and he really liked that idea, specially because he’s seriously considering grad school in math/stats.
He told me he will make a decision this weekend, so let’s see how it goes. He did like Minnesota when he visited before applying it and kept in touch with a few professors, that plus the extra money may make a difference, but he also liked Michigan a lot when he visited earlier as an accepted student. I just want him to make a decision that makes him happy, this is not easy!
FWIW, I know some VERY smart kids who are going to U of MN Honors.
Just out of curiosity, what did he not like about NU?
@homerdog My S didn’t fall in love with any school, so his choices are being based on what he can get from each school. He found Northwestern kids very “cliquey” during his visit and was not very impressed with the campus, the school was his favourite only because of the MMSS program that he was very interested at that time. Later, he changed his mind about being in a very specific program like that, so Northwestern kind of lost its power. He was accepted at the school (but not the MMSS program) but since he didn’t like the school itself, he decided to not attend.
I also think that he feels better about going to a school that is showing interest in him instead of only the other way. Minnesota and Michigan offered him merit money (Minnesota offered more) and a place in the Honors program and he felt good about this, it made him feel those schools want him specifically. He was also invited and applied to the M-STEM academy program in Michigan and is really happy about it (still waiting results).
I don’t know if it’s my S personality or maybe we just didn’t find THE ONE for him, the school he would fall in love. He’s being very blasé about it, although I believe Michigan is the front runner for now (and specially if he is accepted in the academy).