<p>D in at Stanford!!! She stared at the computer screen silently for 10 minutes after she got the email. She was in shock. Then she called the 18 people on her list.</p>
<p>Since I am coming to this thread for comfort, I guess it isn’t fair to just lurk and not share. Deferral blues here. I hope that a year from now I will be able to post like you just did, oldfort! </p>
<p>But I have to say that it is very unsettling to experience this. But, really, heartfelt congratulations to the happy parents and kids, because they are all deserving and we all know that hard work went into all of those applications. And commiserations all around to those who are not happy.<br>
And I hope that we are able to draw good lessons from this and find a good fit in the spring!</p>
<p>Oldfort that is a sad story – that’s a lot of rejection in a half hour. Glad it turned out well. Congrats to all those who had good news and hang in there to those didn’t get good news.</p>
<p>patient - I am so sorry. If it helps, S is over it in 24 hours. He went through tons of sadness, dreading going to school the next day but GC and friends were incredibly supportive to the point that S said it made him feel worse because everyone was so nice (huh? One of these days, I’ll figure out 17 year olds - and make a fortune), went through anger and grieving and by 7 p.m. was sleeping and is now up and about and his same old self. I am healing as I see him heal. And I thought that umbilical cord was cut a long time ago.</p>
<p>mountains–thanks–it’s funny because as the disappointment settles in it seems to get a bit bleaker. But I think you are right–the kids are more resilient than perhaps their old folks :). Maybe all the angst travels through that unseen umbilical cord to us–if so that’s a good thing, you know how we always say “I’d rather I be sick than D/S!”</p>
<p>S is in at Stanford!!??!!?? I have so many mixed emotions. I really thought he would at least be deferred. I have never thought about him really going that far. If any of you have had students at Stanford I will want to talk to you. To everyone who is still waiting until RD Good Luck.</p>
<p>Cookiemom – Congrats to your D! Nice to be done, huh?</p>
<p>DS is in at UChicago, deferred at Caltech. UChi is one of his top two, so there was much happiness all around. Grandma (who grew up in Chicago) cried. A couple of his friends also got into Chicago – he was more excited for them than for himself! </p>
<p>Tomorrow he has another app deadline and another EA decision – then we’ll sit down and figure out what of his remaining list he still wants to submit. After this weekend, he has applied to or heard from every school that he’s likely to consider at the end of the day. But then again, I have the angel and devil on my shoulder: “He should keep all his options open — just go ahead and apply, he’s sent everything except the actual app already” vs. “Someone else would LOVE to attend School X. You’re not likely to seriously consider it. Let it go!”</p>
<p>Countingdown- Congrats to your S! I lived in Chicago for two years - loved it. </p>
<p>To all of those rejected or deferred - it’s probably harder on you than on your kids. The kids seen to get a lot of support from each other, no matter where they are in school.</p>
<p>For those of you whose kids still have apps to do - Lots of kids present stronger apps after they have been rejected or deferred. They pay a little more attention to the details and the essays.</p>
<p>Cybercookies to everyone!</p>
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<p>That’s what I was thinking last night as well. However this morning I woke up and realized that cookieson is going to be applying to PhD math programs next year that have an acceptance rate of about 5%. He told me he’s going to spending this break working on a small math textbook that he’s coauthoring with John Conway and another couple of students. He could end up as D’s TA!</p>
<p>Mail paralysis:
One acceptance (safety, online), one waiting on today’s mail (reach).
Trying to get D out of the house to shop: We are not sitting at home all day and waiting…
At least the acceptance came first, to cushion any blow.
Sending good thoughts to all who already have deferral news, and congratulations to all with acceptances.</p>
<p>Cookiemom,
DS1 just said “Holy %$#@$%$ ^&%!” about cookieson’s plans…DS2 said “What’s Conway’s Erdos number?” (which, if you know DS2, is an astonishing comment, given that he hates all things mathematical, both simple and quadratical…)</p>
<p>Posted on one of the MIT threads: DS said “I have three things I need to do: 1) take a nap; 2) clean my room; 3) check MIT decisions. I think I’ll clean my room.” WTH?!?!?!?! He’s waiting til DH gets home before checking so we can all spontaneously combust together, one way or another.</p>
<p>CountingDown - Congrats on MIT!!! Cookieson will likely end up somewhere in the People’s Republic of Cambridge, so he could very well be your S’s TA! Tell him congrats for me - He’s got great choices. I’ll pass the word on to cookieson.</p>
<p>We are waiting for Georgetown which did not come. Georgetown sent e-mails to those in other countries. All the others went out US mail on Thursday. From this board I found out that a few people received their letters yesterday and a few more today. Nothing for my s yet.</p>
<p>Waiting on Georgetown too. I’m not too impressed with their planning, having seen how many others have been notified before this weekend by their schools. A word of caution for parents of acceptees - two years ago with D1, we thought we were done with the process too when she was accepted EA at her reach. Then came the buyer’s remorse, and we were right back into it. But that too passed, she went to her EA school and is as happy as could be.</p>
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<p>My son spent months thinking he was headed for his EA school. Everyone we knew thought that was where he was headed; it was even announced at televised school board meetings when he received various awards. Then, first week of March a really big merit scholarship was offered to another school. After he visited twice to check it out thoroughly, he took the scholarship (and is very happy there). We STILL have people coming up to us, asking us how our son likes the school he didn’t go to.</p>
<p>My wonderful nephew got his ED acceptance to The College of New Jersey, which concludes the college application process for my sister’s and my family! He is eligible for a big scholarship for citizenship, but won’t know about that until January. He does Tourette’s awareness work at the local, state and national level and just won a huge award in Philadelphia. He’s a neat kid and is excited about his acceptance.</p>
<p>Good point midmo - a big scholarship offer in the spring, which is undeniably a wonderful thing, could really be a source of stress for some kids who thought their plans were set!</p>
<p>Congrats to your nephew MOWC! Sounds like a great kid.</p>
<p>I’ve been avoiding CC these weeks, too nervous about D#2’s app to JHU ED. But now the wait is over and she is IN.</p>
<p>YAY to all the good news. Once again, congratulations! I’m glad to see so many future wildcats here.</p>