<p>I'm surprised a reality show hasn't been made about the college admissions process. Show the kids who take intense SAT prep courses in contrast to the kids who don't give it a thought and just roll out of bed and take it. Show college visits and interviews. Frustrated kids. Parents screaming at frustrated kids. The common app site crashing on the date of the deadline. The joy of the thick envelope and the agony of the thin envelope. Friends having to face each other when one got in and the other didn't. The val who applied to all of the Ivies and didn't get into any.</p>
<p>Of course, it would make the best reality show drama to focus on the hypercompetitive kids....it would be too boring to focus on my stress free B+ kid!</p>
<p>You know you're right. Anybody who has gone or is going through the process would love seeing other families struggle - it would be a network version of CC, albeit without the support!</p>
<p>I'm surprised a reality show hasn't been made about the college admissions process. Show the kids who take intense SAT prep courses in contrast to the kids who don't give it a thought and just roll out of bed and take it. Show college visits and interviews. Frustrated kids. Parents screaming at frustrated kids. The common app site crashing on the date of the deadline. The joy of the thick envelope and the agony of the thin envelope. Friends having to face each other when one got in and the other didn't. The val who applied to all of the Ivies and didn't get into any.</p>
<p>oregon, I would think it would be an acceptance otherwise why would they drag it out? I'm so glad there are others who obsess as I do! I check the on-line RD site every day but DH and DS don't know that--just like that duck analogy--cool on top and peddling like heck underneath! And cpeltz, you're right, it's definitely a mom thing--my DH can't understand it.
We will not be joining the "done" party til Jan 2!</p>
<p>Hey-thanks all for the laughs. Nothing in the mail today!!!! I should have driven to the school and asked for a copy!!! Told them we accidentally recycled it (that will work in Oregon--did it to our tax return once).
You are all great and love love the movie idea!
Yes, just a little obsessed. I wonder, though, how D's apps would have been if I had know about CC in 2001/2. I know we would have done better...</p>
<p>D was deferred at USF last month and a big white envelope came in the mail today -- full of PROMOTIONAL material! How could colleges be so cruel, sending BIG white envelopes to pending applications this time of year!?!</p>
<p>Actually there was a reality show sort of about this in 2005 - "The Scholar", that brought several seniors together to compete for scholarships. I enjoyed it, but it got dismal ratings. If I recall correctly, one of the students who posted here was on the show.</p>
<p>Just checked on the status of one of DS's applications, and it says ADMITTED! I'm elated, although he hasn't visited the school, he now has two acceptances in hand (okay, online, but it is 2008). Of course, now that those have been easy, I'm wondering if we've underestimated him and he should be finding some reaches...NO MOM, NO - PUT AWAY THE GUIDEBOOKS AND LOG OFF CC.</p>
<p>Any one else watch Boston Legal last night? They had a story about a girl who gets admission rescinded from Harvard because she announced she took Ritalin to focus when she took her ACT/SAT. Interesting arguments.</p>
<p>On our home front D2 now knows what girls from the team will be her roomies in her apartment next year. This is really going fast! :(
This senior year is flying by!</p>
<p>JSM I am so sorry. Were you able get to it and trash it before she saw it? It's a sad truth that for many Universities the right hand doesn't know what the left had is doing ie the admisssions dept and the promo dept are not on the same page. </p>
<p>oregon101 I'll be praying for a positive response SOON as in tomorrow!</p>
<p>cpeltz: yeah it's interesting I am finding Lillian Vernon and LL Bean where I used to find Mount Holyoke and Stanislaus State. :)</p>
<p>Thanks! NMinn, you said you had a place in Wisconsin, correct? We have a cabin in St. Germain, so it's a small world!</p>
<p>So happy to be here where I can relish being giddy about two acceptances in two days. I'm going to wait for the paper accept from the 2nd school to let DS know. Maybe the whole process will be more real if he opens an envelope that says they want him. I worry sometimes that I so wanted him to be realistic (i.e., no, your grades aren't what they need to be to expect an acceptance there, etc.), that I may have knocked down his self-confidence.</p>
<p>yes I saws Boston Legal---they were interesting arguments on both sides...I kind of agreed that she gave herself an unfair advantage....even if as she claimed, "everyone was doing it" </p>
<p>Congrats to all. My d found out last night after midnight that she got into her first choice (as well as 2nd choice last week) she is enjoying the sense of accomplishment and release. (she skipped school today to mark her "senior" status officially)</p>
<p>cpeltz--(we cross posted) enjoy relishing...I don't think it knocks down their self confidence when we give our kids realistic input, especially with the #'s applying these couple of years. I offer my thought that though they have xyz GPA SAT, there are students with perfect scores who don't get in. kind of reduces the sting...My d is a senior, my s is a college freshman, who really appreciated when we talked honestly about matches, reaches...seemed to build trust to hear honest opinions, so when we do acknowledge their gifts/strengths they know that too is for real.</p>
<p>North Minn I think about you away from these boards. What a different experience it is for the recruited athlete eh? Here in intramural/club/spectator world we are thrilled with those acceptances our kids have but actually many of us waiting eagerly for the decisions not yet in. Your D has it all sewn up and I am sure she has a great future awaiting her. We all wish her nothing but happiness as she pursues her sport and her academics. </p>
<p>Interesting subject for Boston Legal. I didn't catch it but wish I had.
Enjoy her "doneness" and yours as well. How exciting that she has roomates to get to know between now and next summer! Yeah...it's going fast and you and I will miss our girls like crazy :( but you get to enjoy a sorta more stress free senior year with yours and that must feel awesome. </p>
<p>lindz you sweet woman congrats on your D's acceptances and your awesome momminatorness for letting her skip school today :)</p>
<p>Please do come to the DONE! party all of you. I promise I'll behave myself better than I did last night. It'll be easy because they have taken the Haggis away :D</p>
<p>Thanks, all - not DS first choices, but good options, and that's really what I hope for him in the big picture - OPTIONS.</p>
<p>lindz126, how exciting that your D is already accepted to her #1 and #2 schools! Second HistoryMom that you get a huge "great mom" award for letting her celebrate and embrace the moment.</p>
<p>Regardless of where we are in the process - matriculating, accepting, applying, selecting - all of us as parents deserve a big "we really did it!" celebration. Our kids are successful and safe, and truly, what more could we ask for?</p>