<p>itscomplicated-yup I figured you were talking about UCSD. I haven’t even told my d. they are making calls, and she hasn’t mentioned it, so I’m guessing none of her friends who applied there have talked about it at school. Thank goodness!</p>
<p>What do you think their purpose is?? I think it’s a lousy idea if you can’t call everyone.</p>
<p>When I checked the UCSD thread, it looks like it just makes kids more anxious. They think if they haven’t gotten a call they weren’t accepted. Now instead of just checking their e-mail and snail mail, they’re also waiting for the phone to ring!</p>
<p>Why not wait until the students have been accepted, and then call to say congratulations and to offer to answer any questions they might have? They really should have consulted with the wise parents on cc before they made that decision!</p>
<p>Fishymom, what a pain! Glad she wasn’t hurt, but the identity thing is a worry. I hope it gets straightened out quickly.</p>
<p>Just a word of caution (I realize the horse is out of the barn at this point for fishy’s D), but there’s almost unanimous advice that SS cards should never be carried routinely in your wallet. Someone getting the card itself (with your signature) can do even more damage than just getting your SS#…which is bad enough.</p>
<p>I recommend using a service like lifelock or one of the others to keep a watch on your accounts.</p>
<p>325…& Calreader - count me in your group as well. I think we can’t help but react to any email/letter we receive at this late date because our nerves are just raw. I think the admissions office was trying to be helpful, but it’s hard to hear the message. I did like what it had to say, but I just want an answer not hand-holding!!</p>
<p>Slitheytove, sorry to hear about the car accident and very thankful no one was hurt.</p>
<p>Mosb, my daughter just put her ss card in her wallet a week or so ago. She needed it at school so that they could send transcripts. It had been in our safe since she was born. She is so upset, came home in tears. She feels violated and I just don’t know how to make that better for her.</p>
<p>50 - I soooo wish I knew why they were doing it. I guess they thought it would be fun to tell the kids in person via the phone, but I don’t think they saw the bigger picture that maybe the kids are really beyond nervous right now, especially right after the UCLA and Cal Tech decisions were announced. I vote for sending out the mass emails all at once, and then calling the accepted students to welcome them to campus.</p>
<p>Wow, count me in the Middlebury group. So many of our kids seem to have applied there! And rom828, our kids both got accepted to a certain Southern school yesterday, too.</p>
<p>I feel for the kids who were in car accidents over this last week. Outside the whole “whose fault was it” issue, it’s such a scary thing. I turned my SUV over sideways about a year ago in the snow and I’m still very nervous about driving in the snow.</p>
<p>fishy, so sorry. And I know identity theft is the big worry, but my eyes kept going to the words “stolen…ipad…stolen…ipad.” They need an app that booby-traps them to electrocute thieves!</p>
<p>A school spreading admissions calls over five days is such an unimaginably bad idea. It’s the kind of thing that might have been sort of cool 25 years ago, but now there’s this thing called “the internet…”</p>
<p>Speaking about identity issues I got an email from FAFSA today telling me that they received the FAFSA for a female with my same last name. Only I have only sons and have no idea who that person is. I plan to try and contact FAFSA, but has this happened to anyone else? My last name is in my email address, but how would this other person have my address (although it’s possible they have a variation and there was a typo or something).</p>
<p>fishy - arrgghhh. What a PITA. Not only do you have the car to deal with but have to monitor her credit closely. I found out last falll that my 80yo Father was carrying around not one but two SS cards in his wallet. I took them both away from him and asked him if he knew his number. He did, so why does he need a card in his wallet. I wish he didn’t know the number because he is trusting and would give the number out to anyone who asked. </p>
<p>MOSB - hope D is feeling better today.</p>
<p>Slithy - glad your D is OK. We have full coverage on my S’s car because as I told my insurance company, I fully expect him to get in an accident between now and college. </p>
<p>Momdoc - congrats on the acceptance.</p>
<p>VAMom - hope you get the FAFSA thing straightened out. </p>
<p>50 - A viewbook, are you kidding me?? Really, why are they spending money on that type of thing at this stage in the game. </p>
<p>Now that most of S’s colleges have reported in I have seen the order of his list change in ways I never would have guessed. A school that was put on there “just becasue” has become a favorite in part because of the money.</p>
<p>I was just looking at the posts for our State U, main campus, and found out that S should ahve received and acknowledgement from them when he applied via common app. It shows application complete, I have receipt that SAt scores were sent and it looks like transcript was sent. He also applied to one of the satillite campuses around the same time and they already accepted him. DUH. I should have realized that something was wrong. He probably will not be going there, but I did pay $70 for the app plus whatever it cost to submit the SAT scores. At this point I would be happy getting my $70 back, but at a minimum want a yes or no. I sent them an email, but will call them later today.</p>
<p>Yes, Happy St. Paddies Day to all. Kids set a trap for the Leprechaun last night. He left some gold coins and tee shirts for both. Made a huge mess on my kitchen floor. God help that Leprechaun if I ever catch him. </p>
<p>Funny story as 11yo D was setting up the trap last night. She told me that someday I was going to have to come clean on all these people who visit the house and leave presents: Santa, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, etc. She said she hoped I planned on giving her instructions before she has kids so she can do the right thing. I am thinking in my head, I hope that day is a long, long, long way off.</p>
<p>Glad to hear that no one was hurt in the accidents.</p>
<p>Although Lent just started, of course all the stores have Easter candy out (and did even before Lent) and that got me to thinking. I had done a simple Easter Egg hunt for about 20 years with some or all of my kids. The first five years, only one child was looking. The last 15, it was two or three looking. THis year is the last year I have two looking (yes, my high schoolers do this since all of my kids love Chocolate and Jelly Beans). Then a few more years of one (if she still wants it, my last is my kid who has had the most teenage angst).</p>
<p>I will say that I am surprised that 17yo son still looks forward to those holiday traditions we have like the Leprechaun or breaking through the wrapping paper we cover the door leading into the room with the xmas tree or getting his Easter basket. The only thing that has changed is they both like to sleep later and don’t come down to “claim” their loot quite as early as they used to. I guess I will be mailing some of this stuff next year.</p>
<p>Top o’ the mornin’ to you all. (If you knew my last name you’d know how appropriate that is. ) D has already casually mentioned an item to consider if I was looking for something for her Easter basket. (Yes she is 17 and still gets an Easter surprise. We’ve always tried to limit the candy portion to a chocolate bunny or some Peeps.) What she would like is a DVD of Little Miss Broadway. She was sick a few weeks ago and our copy had degraded too much to watch; she finds it such a soothing movie to watch as “nothing ever really happens”. That and Meet Me in St. Louis are still the go to favorites for sick days.</p>
<p>Best Easter egg hunt that I’ve ever done for my D…at the last minute she requested an egg hunt. Not a typical egg hunt but one where you open the egg and instead of candy etc. there would be a clue sending her off to the next egg. Since it was a last minute request, I decided to ‘get’ back at her. I hid eggs all around the neighborhood, sending her to all the neighbors. The best part, D is very quiet and shy so watching her knock on the neighbors doors etc. - was priceless!</p>
<p>It just took me over 40 minutes to get caught up on everything that has been happening! So much going on! D is still waiting to hear from 4 more schools. The next few weeks will be tough especially now that she found out some of the schools sent out likely letters…I was hoping she wouldn’t find that out! </p>
<p>Happy St. Patrick’s Day to everyone! If you’re lucky enough to be Irish, then you’re lucky enough!</p>
<p>I’m having a minor panic attack. Will schools let you know if they are missing items for FA? Our flagship’s portal noted that they had not received the FAFSA which I submitted on 2/25. I kept giving them time knowing that the system may not be udpated. Today I finally emailed them a copy of what was submitted. Also, on another tracking system it states a checklist would be available by 3/15…no checklist as of yet. I’m just worried that I am going to do/or NOT do something that will screw up this process! Just having one of those mornings…</p>
<p>Happy St. Patrick’s Day. I am half German and half French but I look great in jewel tones like emerald green. (Who here is old enough to remember when we had our “colors” done?)</p>
<p>Car mishaps, ID theft, admissions anxiety. We all need a vacation! Or a round of Irish coffee.</p>
<p>Today, I’ll add the stress of my mother coming for a visit. It should be a happy occasion but it is her first plane flight in four years and she is nervous. She postponed her next skin cancer surgery and graft until next week so she can waltz with her youngest grandson on Saturday night–and see her great-grandson walking. My brother will get her on the plane at his end and I will pick her up here. Fortunately, the flight is only an hour.</p>
<p>More e-mail between our son and the nuclear researchers at Mizzou yesterday. He can apply to be become a part of nuclear engineering research that Mizzou is doing with NASA and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The prof offered to help him with the paperwork. That put a spring in his step as he left the house for a regional Math Olympiad this morning.</p>
<p>Keeping positive thoughts for all of you still in the waiting mode–and hoping for an NCAA win tonight by my Mizzou Tigers.</p>
) D has already casually mentioned an item to consider if I was looking for something for her Easter basket. (Yes she is 17 and still gets an Easter surprise. We’ve always tried to limit the candy portion to a chocolate bunny or some Peeps.) What she would like is a DVD of Little Miss Broadway. She was sick a few weeks ago and our copy had degraded too much to watch; she finds it such a soothing movie to watch as “nothing ever really happens”. That and Meet Me in St. Louis are still the go to favorites for sick days.</p>