<p>yabeyabe2- they are already talking about the prom? It is only January!!! Isn’t the prom in June? Wow!</p>
<p>Hollie, I was shocked, too, that prom is on their minds. I also wondered how they could assemble groups without knowing who would be their escorts in 6 months. I suppose there may be a lot of high school kids looking for the same weekends, causing the rush. Or they are just taking their minds off classes and colleges…</p>
<p>Do they rent places on the beach? Wow!
At our HS we sponsor an alcohol free after prom party from 12:30 a.m. to 5 in the morning. Free and full of activities for the kids including food, games, prizes. However, we are not in a very affluent area.</p>
<p>I also can’t imagine planning something when how can you know who your date will be so far in advance? In HS time, six months is a lifetime. Last year at the prom a couple broke up a month before prom. But they were still stuck going together because of all the arrangements that had already been made. Fortunately they both handled it with class! (as did their new bf/gf!)</p>
<p>The beach is about an hour away, so they are not going far. And there are often dozens of kids in the houses, so costs are not horrible. In many cases, it is a group of boys and girls who are friends, but not dating and may be going to the prom as a gang. Still, I think they have not thought out what happens if they have a prom date they care about by then.</p>
<p>I have read of communities where kids go to Cancun (without parents) on Spring Break of senior year–I guess similar to the trip to Aruba where that girl from AL disappeared. </p>
<p>There is a school-sponsored alcohol-free overnight party after graduation, but a lot of even non-drinking kids skip it, because the school-sponsorship is the mark of Cain–and once you go in, you cannot leave until it is over.</p>
<p>We let the kids leave the After prom party, but once they leave they can’t reenter. I work on the committee. Last year 80 percent of the class attended. It was great. What is even better is that even if you don’t go to the prom, you can still attend the after prom party. Usually the first 10-15 kids who show up are non-prom attendees. Everyone has a blast. That is too bad that school sponsorship is the mark of Cain in your district!</p>
<p>It kind of surprises me that anyone would rent their home to a bunch of partying 18 year olds!!! They must have a lot of insurance :)</p>
<p>yabeyabe: ah, how I remember the prom house issues!! My daughter was in charge; not fun; my H and I completely stayed out of the planning…we just made sure she knew the legal obligations of the contracts…glad that’s over; very nerve-wracking weekend!!</p>
<p>Wonder how different it will be with my younger one; maybe I should start the Valium now…</p>
<p>slumom - That’s fabulous!!! I believe that good test scores are a big help.</p>
<p>Shelley - Thanks - all those sleepless nights for nothing. It’a good feeling to know that he has options.</p>
<p>Cape Cod,</p>
<p>Hang in there! I know it is tough when the first news is not good news, while others have gotten some good news. Does that school have a message board (or an admissins office) that will give you advice about how many deferred kids are later accepted? Or could your GC make a call?</p>
<p>Also, if your son is up to it, your 8 applications was not unusually high, so if it makes him and/or you feel better, even 4 more would not be unusual.</p>
<p>When I was having trouble finding a Summer job in college, every time a rejection came in, I would send out 5 more applications, then tell myself I had 4 more opportunities than I had had that morning.</p>
<p>Hi what are some schools that accept this range gpa with a sat/act the lower side?</p>
<p>Peacelove, you don’t say how low. I’ll assume you are talking about 900-1000 on the SAT. If it is higher or lower then tell us. You can try some schools that are standardized test optional depending upon the classes you have taken. For a list look at fairtest.org. </p>
<p>Are you looking for a big school, a smaller school, a city, rural, what majors do you think you might be interested in, any must haves or dealbreakers in a school? Also, eastcoast, westcoast, north, south, midwest, or willing to travel far and wide?</p>
<p>More good news. My dd finally got into ASU today so she is three for three. Waiting on three more schools and that’s it. Since she has been feeling horrible with mono, this really cheered her up.</p>
<p>PLM, Wittenberg might be a school you would want to consider. I know several happy late bloomers there. Another school to consider might be Marietta. Both are wonderful, active smaller schools with supportive, nurturing environments.</p>
<p>PegV, congrats!<br>
PLM, there are many fine choices for you around the country, with boysx having given excellent examples. If you answer NEMom’s qustions, you will generate a list very quickly.</p>
<p>PegV, congratulations to you and your D!! I hope that she feels better soon!</p>
<p>Hi, I would like a school without least 3000 students. I like places in the cold, generally the midwest.I have a slightly odd obssesion with colorado, but im coming to terms with I may not get into a school located there. My gpa is a 3.2 3.3 and if you want sat or act scores pm me. thats personal and dont really want to post if for the world to see. thanks for everyones help.</p>
<p>It can be pretty much anywhere except the west coast and New York. Im an undecided major, very intrested in the medicine field. A school with a excellent academic background as well as a strong science background is basically what I’m looking for. I like things not in a huge city but in a town if that makes sense. not something very remote.</p>
<p>PeaceLove, you’re going to have to give up more info than what you are for people to help you. Cold places “like Colorado” will give you Idaho, Wyoming, Washington State, Colorado, Montana, Northern Michigan, Upper New York State, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine (if it’s mountains you want) and more states like Minnesota and Wisconsin. You give no idea if your ACTs are average like 20-24 or above average like 25-30. I’m assuming your ACT is not above 30. Give up alittle more info regionally and perhaps you can get a list of possibilities. ARe you a junior or are you a senior? If a senior, have you applied to Boulder and Ft. Collins?</p>
<p>Yes ive applied to csu, cu boudler and unc- accpeted there which is good news. my sat/act are below average. 860 sat 18 act. I like places with mountains mostly. I’m a senior.
My list is csu, cu boudler, unc ,u of denver, knox college, lawrence u, knox college, juniata, ursinus, goucher, u of maine, ohio wesleyan,and fau. accepted to four schools. new england college university north colorado, johnson and whales, nsu. I’m bascially just looking for a school that fits my needs, academicly and socially, with a place that have mountains. My list i feel is just basically done, and im going to see what happends at this point. I just want too apply to one more school I can get into that is a place I would attend and be happy with if that makes sense.</p>
<p>and most schools ive applied early action so I can now my acceptence list by the end of feb…
Thank you</p>
<p>Peacelove, I don’t think you need to add more, but if you are definitely going to add one more look at: Western State College of Colorado (more kids from out of state than Northern Colorado), Westminster in Salt Lake City, University of Montana, University of Idaho, College of Idaho…but you’ve got quite the list going!</p>
<p>Thanks I will check it out. I may apply to u of montana, do you know anything about this school? I have a special ability to research to the fullest and most extensive ways possible. So from there i just started researching for about 4 months to create a list. anyone looking for schools in colorado ,university of north colorado is great for this range and like momof3boys said western state college is great, if your looking into colorado.</p>
<p>My husband and I loved U of Montana but the travel distance “scared” our oldest son who was the one looking at it. It’s a haul and a half and then some from where we are. Alittle bigger than campuses you are targeting, but small enough that the size was not a problem for my son (who also wanted 2500-3000 students), it is not an “urban” feeling university and there is a “town.” There was a poster several years ago who ended up there and wrote quite a few posts, the posters screen name was Wolfpiper and you could search it to get all her posts. She was also looking at Westminster (which my son also looked hard at) so if you read her posts you’ll get some of that flavor also. I don’t know alot about the pre-med, allied health, etc. at U of Montana as my oldest was an English/writing prelaw type of kid and we had heard from a couple friends who are journalism profs that this uni had a decent journalism program which intrigued my son at that point in his life.</p>