<p>Good Morning All…</p>
<p>Don’t know if anyone is waiting to hear from Johns Hopkins but just found out they are releasing decisions next Tuesday, March 29. It is going to be a tough week for D next week, JHU on Tuesday and then the Ivy lotteries on Wednesday! They are reach schools for her but you never know…(fingers crossed!)</p>
<p>Still waiting to find out when BU is releasing their decisions.</p>
<p>Is it too early for chocolate cake or brownies! ha ha</p>
<p>Well, it happened and the floor didn’t disappear from underneath us! D got waitlisted yesterday at Rice. Didn’t know they were announcing decisions that early - so that was unexpected. She went through a wide range of emotions for the next hour or so. Still thinking about whether she wants to be on the wait list or not. She’s so would like the process to be over. Of course, now she’s convinced she won’t get in at any of the reach schools next week. Going to be one long week coming up. Sigh…her birthday is this weekend - so hopefully, we can distract her some.</p>
<p>For folks that have some experience with the wait list, can she wait until next week to put herself on it? Or is there any advantage to notifying them right away? I did suggest that she could go on the wait list and then take herself off next week if need be. Don’t want to push her in one direction or the other - told her to think it over and then decide what to do.</p>
<p>bkcsmn99 - good luck on JHU next week. </p>
<p>Arisamp - sorry about the WL at Rice. Not what she wanted to hear but not all hope is lost! I bet there is a lot of advice on the school thread.</p>
<p>UVA is releasing results Friday at 5pm.</p>
<p>I’ve been told many times that a rejection/WL/acceptance at one highly selective school is not an indication of future results. It can appear very random. Best of luck to all in the upcoming lottery.</p>
<p>bkc - thanks for the info; we are waiting with you. arsiamp - I view going on the WL as a free option - take it. You can pull yourself off later. I think WLs deserve a congrats, but recognize they are not a yes and leave one in limbo, so congrats with an empathetic hug!
so much speculation on college threads - “the portal changed” “I got a follow up question from the FA office” “my classmate got a likely” WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? maybe absolutely nothing! This uncertainty and concern for my Ds emotional happiness is hard for this mom. I am going to try to only visit this thread from now on - I feel simpatico with you all. Oh - last night I forgot to say: I am happy to serve as the local mom for any Macalester '15s! We start the madness Friday with an LAC. It’s going to be interesting.</p>
<p>D’s Senior Project presentation went well- she can graduate! What was particularly validating to me was the friends/acquaintances who sat on her evaluation panel heard/saw the same disorganized, unclear directions from the school/teacher. They didn’t understand what they were supposed to be looking for nor the overall goal. For years I have been trying to describe the moving targets that D has had deal with and now they saw it first hand.<br>
For years my H had a Starfleet Academy - Faculty sticker on his windshield. Sometimes people asked him where the school was located- he would say San Francisco (see Star Trek: The Voyage Home).</p>
<p>Hello everyone! </p>
<p>Sorry about all the CA that didn’t work out.</p>
<p>Moonmaid ~ Good luck on the FA for Vanderbilt. What instrument does your D play?</p>
<p>EmmyBet ~ Hope your JD2 had a nice trip back home to her family.</p>
<p>bkcsmn99 ~ Good luck with JHU.</p>
<p>arisamp ~ Too bad about the WL at Rice, but there is hope, so I wouldn’t wait to accept.</p>
<p>Much catching up to do:</p>
<p>Congrats to all on MIT, FA, Scholarships and all the good news that’s flowing.</p>
<p>OWM–We all rejoiced with you on your DS’s great accomplishment!</p>
<p>AvonHSDad–I’m also the one checking the email for DS. He’s been hard to read during this time. He doesn’t want me to open mail (which I wouldn’t do) but he doesn’t check the mailbox. He doesn’t check his email hardly ever. So I’m checking it and he has asked me to keep up with it for him. I don’t even know if he knows when the remaining announcements will come out???</p>
<p>As far as Home Ec goes–those were the worst classes of my life! 
I’m actually pretty good at all the skills, but our teacher the first year was beyond horrible. We ended up getting her fired–and that was a bunch of 7th graders–that’s how bad she was. So 8th grade was better but the bad vibes were still there. Both my DS’s took their equivilent of home ec with the new fancy name i can’t remember and both enjoyed it. </p>
<p>ckofpng: My DS wrote his own essays. His common app essay came from his English 12 class assignment to write a college essay–with the expectation it was the “one” they would use. His teacher did most of the editing and we didn’t see it until he was getting ready to submit. We did minor editing. I agree with others–make sure it reflects who your child is. MY DS’s essay makes me cry every time I read it–and I’ve read it quite a number of times. It is very personal, and also talks about his wonderful relationship with my father (so double dose of tears). He received a note from an ADCOM saying it was a great essay! His other essays were pretty good for each school. Some better than others, some we didn’t agree were the best approach, but they were his applications and we let him do them as he wanted. So far so good. Accepted to everything so far, with 4 reach decisions left.</p>
<p>Madbean–my DS just had his good friend not accepted to his 1st choice school and the one where his brother attends. This will be a hard one for the friend. The brothers are one year apart in school and have been like twins in what they do. 2nd brother always doing what older one does and they are very close. All in all, I think it will be good for my DS’s friend to have to go out on his own and find his way without following his brother, but it will be difficult too.</p>
<p>bkcs–thanks for the head’s up on JHU. They are the only school my DS applied to where there is no log-in for checking stats. I guess they send an email? </p>
<p>Now a request for advice: I just found out last night that a young man we know through boy scouts is quite down on himself because he’s not going to college. His parents basically said “we didn’t go to college and we’re doing fine” and so he didn’t apply anywhere. This is a good, self motivated kid. He’s working on finishing up his Eagle Scout and has done the entire thing with no help from family (for those in the know, this is rare for a boy to totally self motivate to Eagle with no support from family). Now he’s realizing that all around him every friend is getting accepted to college. We will encourage him to go to community college. Are there any 4 year colleges that accept this late where he could apply? I’m guessing he probably didn’t take the SAT/ACT. I’m going to look into it at the HS career center to see what I can find out. Any suggestions?</p>
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<p>Aww… so sad.</p>
<p>VAMom2015 - I believe JHU sends an email during the evening with the decision, but am not quite sure. It will be posted on the school’s blog page how they do it.</p>
<p>There is also a small college here in NH that is still accepting apps. New England College in Henniker, NH. I know nothing about the school though.</p>
<p>VaMom: lots of schools still take applications–just not the ones that are usually topics on CC. It would depend on where you wanted to look. Our local directional state U will take people up to a week before class starts. Are there similar schools in Virginia? State schools with open enrollment?</p>
<p>He can take the ACT in June and still get to college by August.</p>
<p>Yes, another day, another snow storm and a SNOW DAY. Really?</p>
<p>VAMom - Seconding olderwisermom’s comment. Many schools with rolling admission are still taking applications now. Also, NACAC (National Association for College Admission Counseling) surveys colleges just after May 1, when students have made their choices. In the first week of May, NACAC circulates a list of schools that are still accepting applications for fall.</p>
<p>VAMom–I think the biggest challenge this young man will face is not that of being admitted to or choosing a college, but paying for it, if his parents won’t support him. It seems that it would be too late to get the maximum consideration for financial aid. As a result, he might need to work while going to community college in order to get started. I really feel for him, and am glad to hear that you’re willing to help with advice.</p>
<p>He can still sign up for the May SAT.</p>
<p>VAmom – There are plenty of good schools with ‘rolling admissions’, including Emory and Henry which is one of the best. Roanoke is very good as well and has rolling admission. There’s an SAT coming up soon…May 7th with a registration by April 8. If he needs help paying for his test, PM me. </p>
<p>His problem may be getting FA this late in the game…esp. if he can’t get help from his folks filling out the forms. Is Mom more open than Dad or vice versa? Does he have extended family who might be willing to help persuade them? Sometimes a good grandfather or matriarch can help a lot, esp. if they are proud of the boy. </p>
<p>As for the parents, stupid people bother me. Have they failed to notice that the economy is crap right now but that the unemployment rate for college graduates is 5%, not 9-10%? And who the heck wants their kid ‘doin’ fine’ when they could be doing great? /Rant </p>
<p>Thank you for caring.</p>
<p>If the parent’s don’t support him going, they prob won’t support any finaid paperwork I would assume…best bet I’d think would be to start at community college and pay his way through a p/t job. At least then, he’s got room and board (assuming they aren’t kicking him out). I have a neighbor with 4 kids with the same hard line - she put herself through school and she doesn’t want to spend any of “her retirement” on her kids. Thinks the whole struggle builds character and that is her right, it’s her kid.</p>
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<p>One of D’s good friends was WL at Rice, too and we are all shocked. We are in state so they should know how crazy hard it is to be at the very top of the class at our school, yet he was WL. Sorry for your D and sorry for my D’s friend.</p>
<p>^^^Her right, certainly. However, her attitude does ignore the fact that one could easily pay for college 20 or 30 yrs ago by working over the summer and a part-time job during the school year. Now? Not so much. Even with the rise in minimum wage, which is all an untrained, inexperienced college freshman can really expect, you can’t possibly make enough to pay for a year at a private school…and even public schools are increasing their tuitions to make up for state budget cuts. And what if you have to run a car to get to the job? Anybody notice the price of gas lately? </p>
<p>I think of my daughter’s education as an investment in a better future. I don’t expect her to take care of me…but the more she earns (and 4 yr college grads earn a whole lot more over their lifetimes than 2 yrs or 0 yrs), the less likely it is that she will be expecting <em>me</em> to take care of <em>her</em>.</p>
<p>**Wednesday’s Countdown for the “reachy” schools is: </p>
<p>Vanderbilt - [size=+2]TODAY is decision mailing day!<a href=“snail%20mail%20only%20-%20probably%202%20or%203%20days%20to%20hit%20your%20mailbox”>/size</a>. GET THOSE MAILBOXES PROPPED UP. LOTS OF HEAVY ENVELOPES COMING SOON! </p>
<p>U Cal - Berkley - [size=+1]1 day to go until decisions are released.<a href=“Based%20on%20information%20provided%20to%20me%20by%20another%20poster%20-%20thank%20you.”>/size</a></p>
<p>Stanford - 2 days to go. Based on last year’s schedule we will hopefully get emails this week! </p>
<p>Vassar - 2 days to go. (Based on information provided to me by another poster - thank you.)</p>
<p>UVA - 2 days to go. Announcements are to be released on Friday the 25th at 5 PM. (Based on information provided to me by another poster - thank you.)</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins - 6 days to go. Announcments are to be released on the 29th. (Based on information provided to me by another poster - thank you.) See their Admissions Blog announcement at <a href=“http://blogs.hopkins-interactive.com/[/url]”>http://blogs.hopkins-interactive.com/</a></p>
<p>The big “H” and other ivys - 7 days to go based on the 5PM March 30th announcement date and time. Finally, just a week to go for the lottery drawings!</p>
<p>March 31st schools - 8 days to go.</p>
<p>I am monitoring the news releases and admissions blogs to nearly a dozen “reachy” schools and will post updates or changes to the countdown as they occur.**</p>
<p>Western Kentucky University’s Tuition To Increase by $2,000 a semester!!!</p>
<p>I have a question about Vanderbilt: If a student was not admitted either EDI or EDII and is not an athletic recruit, is there any way that she would have known that she was admitted a few weeks ago?</p>