<p>I hope by now your s has heard from MIT with a “yes”. Your son sounds like my son’s two best friends who are applying to most of the schools you listed except from MIT.</p>
<p>Just to know, being accepted at Georgia Tech by now is great- both of son’s friends ( per above) have been waiting patiently-only one has been accepted so far and these kids are clearly Georgia Tech material. Congrats to you and your son for his accomplishments thus far.</p>
<p>P3T, thanks for the reminder about the rough winter weather! I’m more worried about hard drive crashes/laptop swipage (is it a word?).</p>
<p>We were slammed with bad weather last year, had no power for 6 days, but even in that situation D would have been able to submit her college apps. Laptop battery fully charged and Earthlink’s 20 hrs of free dial up Internet with our DSL subscription would have been the deal makers! While I was cooking candle light dinner on our gas cooktop, D&H were roasting their bones by the gas fireplace and surfing the web on dial up. Slo-o-o-w, but beats nothing. Cable customers were not so lucky - some had to wait 3 weeks for their cable to be back up again.</p>
<p>Good luck to all ED/SCEA parents! We will survive!</p>
<p>Best wishes to all, especially those with kids applying to Northwestern ED ;)</p>
<p>gadad:
Waiting on G’town too. And Georgia, same day, quite a different institution. It’ll be G-day.
Fingers crossed for all.
Not that we can afford G’town; kid understands no real decisions will happen til spring FA information.
One of the best parts of this process has been the chance to discuss and analyze finances and pass on values of savings, etc., in a concrete way that will leave lifetime lessons (I hope). Financially, kid has to think beyond four years, to financing post-grad work herself and what it’d be like to be deeply in debt at that point.
At the same time, it’s awfully hard to think that far ahead when you’re 17. Thinking beyond Saturday or so is hard enough.
It’s a long shot: the upside of a deferral or rejection will be that kid hopefully won’t have an early bout of senioritis. I do know of one very bright kid who didn’t get in to State U. after a problem with one class senior year. Even Georgia isn’t a sure bet since we’re outta state competing with all those bright Georgia students with Hope scholarships.
Work on common app. is mostly done, so just revising some essays shouldn’t take over the holidays (I hope, again).
The upside of an immediate G’town acceptance without knowing financial implications yet: we can start eating peanut butter sandwiches right away, with a little less stress.
Good luck to all still waiting!</p>
<p>Eeekk!! My son is waiting on Vassar, plus we got an unexpected Financial Aid situation come up, so there might be a problem, even if he gets in. Oh, no!! He is so disappointed!! I am hoping we can work it out for him.</p>
<p>…My d is waiting for Brown…</p>
<p>Good luck to your daughter!!
Adigal</p>
<p>It’s nice to hear I’m not the only parent out there that needs medication. The D is oblivious that acceptances or rejections could come any day now. She’s too focused on school and finals. It’s probably better to have only one stress case ready to pull the mailman out of his truck when he drives by. I feel like it’s only half the battle though. The FA award will have a huge impact on decisions and some of those arrive much later. Good luck to everyone and remember surfing college sites 18 hours a day doesn’t make you a bad person… lol</p>
<p>Adigal: Vassar is very accommodating and willing to work with you. I hope your son gets in and it all works out. My son is very happy there.</p>
<p>Just wanted to share something about stress. I’ve been having a nagging annoyance on my teeth but the x-rays showed nothing. This particular tooth has an implant, so there is a titanium screw on it. Seeing nothing, my dentist asked, “Have you been under a lot of stress lately?” Ha! Even my teeth are suffering from collateral damage due to the college process. Apparently, when we are stressed, we unconsciously bite down our teeth, and the lovely titanium screw is causing some havoc in my case. Dentist then advised me, “Please handle your stress better.” Needless to say, all his kids are done with college. :)</p>
<p>Hang in there, ED parents - we’ll get through this.</p>
<p>jollymom-D loves Skidmore, too! She sent her RD application there already. Good luck to your son!!!</p>
<p>But my D has an even BIGGER love for one of her EA schools that is a real reach that we are TRYING not to be on pins and needles for…I’m not succeeding in this and am grateful to CC and several of my good friends for keeping me from transferring my anxiousness to her. </p>
<p>Fortunately for her, she watched her big sis go through the emotional roller coaster of college applications and learned from the experience. She got all her applications done early and sent them at the same time. D1 was rejected from her ED dream school by snail mail last year and it was rough for her to try to get her energy up to complete the rest of her applications after that. In the end, she choose one of her EA state schools after having quite a few good offers from places more like her dream school. D1 could absolutely not be happier anywhere else than where she is (and we’re happy we aren’t going broke either!).</p>
<p>So everyone keep in mind things really do work out for the best even though it doesn’t seem like it at the time. I’m trying to keep this in mind for D2, although it’s easier said than done!!! ;)</p>
<p>I keep saying to myself, “If my son does not get into Vassar, there is probably something they saw in him that shows he would not have been a good match,” since his stats are pretty good for it. I hope he is able to keep in perspective that there are many, many great applicants for every spot, and that it is usually not personal. </p>
<p>I appreciated the story of your D1.</p>
<p>My first posting on this site. My kid is ED Dartmouth, which has announced it’s decisions will be posted tomorrow (12/12) at 3:30pm et. It’s a real reach for her. Both my wife and I have been getting progressively more freaked out. Meanwhile, my daughter seems at ease. She says that if she doesn’t get in, she’s certain another school will make her happy. I just feel like I should have helped her with her apps (I didn’t) or school choice (I didn’t). So now I’m trying not to let my anxiety show, but I can’t help picture how different our lives will be tomorrow, one way or another.</p>
<p>Thanks 2 for college, and good luck to your daughter! The tooth thing is really funny as I have the first toothache of my life. It is horrible and the dentist can’t see me until Thursday. (Which by the way is the day ED letters are sent out) I know that these things work out but… Anyways, good luck to you all, I am a teacher and if every parent cared like all of you do, my job would be so much easier. Good luck to all, may all of your ED’s be “YES”!</p>
<p>jollymon - good luck with the toothache. Maybe it’ll go away with ED good news? </p>
<p>berksquat - And the Brown ED decisons are coming out on 12/13 at 5 p.m. S told me this morning that he was contemplating on waiting for the envelope and not checking online. I calmly told him that was entirely his call, while making sure I did not put undue pressure on my teeth as I said this. My true self was actually silently screaming, “Are you crazy?” Let’s see what happens on Thursday. Inasmuch as waiting for the envelope is tough, we will honor his wishes, as long as the laptop remains under lock and key. :(</p>
<p>Northwestern decisions will come out tonight or tomorrow morning! Best wishes to all with kids applying!</p>
<p>Wow-didn’t realize some schools are posting even earlier than 12/14. Penn starts at 5pm. My D observes the Sabbath, but I don’t- so I will be checking if she doesn’t! She’ll be disappointed, but not crushed (so she says), and as privates go it’s the cheapest thanks to sweet tuition benefits (some payoff after 21 years, thank you!). If no go, then I hope to have an excuse to visit Montreal again (but not during Dec-March. High today 18, low 5. Brr.).</p>
<p>Good luck to all!</p>
<p>Dickinson decisions were online today–and D was accepted!! We are all SO relieved and happy–most of all D.</p>
<p>I am so glad I found this thread and now I know I am not alone!! My son is waiting to hear from WPI, UMASS at Amherst this week and Northeastern within the next 2 weeks; hopefully before Christmas! Good luck to all who are waiting…</p>
<p>I can relate to the anxiety everyone is going thru, but getting in to an ED school doesn’t always work out. My D was accepted ED to Dickinson, wound up transferring to TCNJ as a sophomore & has been infinately happier & will graduate in May. My S couldn’t decide where he really wanted to go & wound up attending W&M after being accepted RD. He is a junior now & very happy. I also have a HS junior D who has no idea where she wants to go ( after many college visits ) & probably won’t apply ED anywhere. ED rejection isn’t the end of the world. Good luck to all.</p>