<p>D had a very good lesson today - a match she was waitlisted at waitlisted one and rejected one of 2 girls who she was sure were better candidates from her HS. She is sad for them (they wanted to go there more) and also is seeing that it’s tough out there. The news makes her kind of proud that she’s done so well, and also a little guilty she applied w/out 100% love - I told her she did NOT hurt their chances, just that this is all very mysterious and difficult. She still wishes she could give her waitlist (which she is declining) to the girl who was rejected.</p>
<p>We are holding to her plan of not checking anything until Monday. I’m getting my fix, though, hearing everyone else’s news. Happy and sorry hugs to everyone who needs them!</p>
<p>Just reading this thread is exhausting. Our kids are working so hard, and at the same time learning (many for the first time) the realities of the unfairness/arbitrariness of adult life. And this is only the first step.
Congratulations to those accepted, hugs to those denied or wait listed, and lots of $$$ to all.
News here: D accepted to Carleton, so she is 4 for 4. Bowdoin mailed today, so tomorrow will be another exciting mail stop. Then two Ivy lotteries, and two that could turn up any time between tonight - if they e-mail - and 1 April. Still on the roller coaster!</p>
<p>Highhead–
My son also got a big envelope today from Carleton, as well as from Kenyon with big merit aid. Things were very happy at home, but alas I am away on a business trip and had to listen in over the phone as the envelopes were opened. Even from several hundred miles away I could hear the joy in his voice. Hugs will have to wait until Sunday.</p>
Congrats on the Colgate and Vandy acceptances. I love Nashville. You are so right about how well this forum allowed me to help S with his selections.<br>
Good luck on the scholarship. S did one for the business college at Marquette in Feb and won. You never know.<br>
Arrgghhh. It really is a grueling process. And these kids are so young to be going through this. I hope next week is a “yes” week. Happy 18th to your D.
congrats to your D!!!</p>
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Woohoo! My S never looks at his college email acct. Congrats to your S!
Ow is right. Fingers crossed for good news at your house next week.
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Good for your D. S’s first choice waitlisted him a few weeks back, he also moved on. There are schools that want him.
Nice!!! Good luck with FA.</p>
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Sigh…… I am so sorry. He has choices though, and that is a good thing. Bloom where you are planted I say. Good luck with BC.</p>
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The heck with what others think. They want her, that means a lot!
I hope he plays his best game ever! Good luck.
Wow,wow,wow!! Nice
MOSB – can’t wait to read your good news.
Fingers crossed!!! What an honor.
PSUprospect – can’t really comment on your list. I loved PSU. S didn’t. The others I know very little about. Have you tried looking at the professors, the interships, etc for your kiddos intended major?
50isthenew40 and Dignified – congrats on your D’s acceptance to UCBerkeley. Yahoo!
Congrats to everyone I missed. I need to do a better job keeping up with you all.</p>
<p>Just check online and S did not get into W&L. It was a school he had said he would have to attend it he got into because it was such a great school. But, another univeristy has given him so much merit money (pretty much covers tuition minus 1K) that he has decided to go there, and is very happy with his decision. I totally understand why W&L denied him (grades) and so does S. But, no one likes to be turned away, so I am sure S is a little sad.</p>
<p>After the Vassar waitlist, came home to some good news. My husband works for a large Fortune 500 company, and each year they offer a certain number of scholarships to employee’s children. This year we convinced both kids to apply, because it’s open to high school senior AND college students. Today we found out BOTH of our kids won a scholarship!</p>
<p>Congrats to O-mom on the scholarships, RenMom, BlueJr, and more on acceptances! Nice to see good news. And many hugs to waitlists and rejections … we’re all learning that there is randomness in the process. Arisamp, I was moved to tears by your post - it so echoed some of my D’s (and my) experiences … including the tears, hugs, and birthday this week.</p>
<p>I realized today what a roller coaster this is, even within a few hours. I’m under “don’t check the mailbox” orders and have never had access to portals, etc., so decisions are all under D’s control. And these days, she’s usually at rehearsal into the evening.</p>
<p>So, today, I get a phone call from school that she’s been waitlisted at Vassar. She’s very upset, thinks this doesn’t bode well for the decisions that should be coming in during the coming days. Then, she gets home, checks the mailbox and finds an acceptance from Carleton - a school she loved and clearly had in her “top tier” of schools. Many hysterical tears of rejoicing. Then she decides to go back and retrieve the rest of the mail, and finds a thin letter - a waitlist from Boston College - a school we were thinking of as a clear match (verging on safety). Totally threw her for a loop. She’s back in tears (pretty much her reaction to everything these days!) about this … and this then turns into more tears about a huge range of issues (her performance in elementary school … her worth as a daughter … her ability to cope in college … you name it). It took a few hours, but now she’s in the mindset of feeling good about getting into a great school that she loves and could be an incredible fit for her. But then there’s tomorrow morning’s check in with Middlebury, more news in the mailbox, more portals to check … yikes. </p>
<p>I just keep telling her that she can only go to one school, and she now has an acceptance to one that she, at least at first visit, loved (plus acceptances from a couple of “likes”). But there’s that extra layer of “what does this say about me” when other results don’t go as planned.</p>
<p>I should have skipped Lamaze training years ago (I ended up having an emergency c-section) and just figured out how to cope with the senior year of high school. :)</p>
<p>OneGirlsMom, I can just picture the scene at your house. I’m sorry your daughter has had such ups and downs today, but hey, she got into Carleton!!! It’s a GREAT school. My D loved it the minute we stepped foot on campus. I wish they had accepted her, but she just doesn’t want to stay in limbo on a waitlist, and I can’t blame her.</p>
<p>Anyway, the rest of the decisions are indeed a lottery, and she might come up with a couple of winners, you never know. Hang in there.</p>
<p>onegirlsmoms - Carleton is a wonderful school! Boo to the others. Good luck with Middlebury. </p>
<p>UT84321 - Another congrats on Carleton! and Kenyon! nice!</p>
<p>OMom - congrats on the scholarships! Hey every bit counts when paying for college. </p>
<p>Highhead - wow, another acceptance to Carleton! You guys will have to start a cc chapter for those accepted there. Congrats.</p>
<p>Emmy-sorry to read about the waitlist. Admissions is so quirky now a days that I am sure your D’s waitlist did not effect others in her school. There is no predicting some of these schools nowadays.</p>
<p>S rejected from UVA today at our house. Son took it with his typical stoic attitude and said “Well at least that is one less school I have to worry about and choose from.” Then he left to go out to dinner with a bunch of friends to celebrate his girlfriend’s 18th birthday.</p>
<p>Also got a financial aid package from a local safety that he applied to just to make mom happy. I use the term financial aid very loosely since it consisted of 2 lines…first line a student loan and second line a parental loan option…lol I think that is just called a bill in the real world :-)</p>
<p>Wow, so much to read – and I love every minute of it, even the sad bits. I’m usually saying to myself “yep, me too, me too,” as I go through the thread. Looks like there’s been more good news on the thread than bad, but boy the bad still stings. </p>
<p>Someone said something about talking to a philosophy professor, which made me think that we definitely have some philosophers on this thread! I don’t make profound posts, but I do enjoy reading them.</p>
<p>Not too much going on here. My daughter did receive an invitation to the residential honors program at our flagship (her safety). There are also a couple of other options that make the big U like a smaller school within a bigger school. I think I’m going to go ahead and send in the deposit so that if she has to go with her safety, she can she can get her preferred residential honors or academic dorm.</p>
<p>She has seven decisions arriving, probably starting on Monday (possibly tomorrow, but I doubt it) and all by snail mail. At this point I’m just expecting rejections from her two reachiest (having been waitlisted at the third reachiest). I think one will be an acceptance and the other four, probably waitlist or acceptance, but who knows.</p>
<p>I’m almost more worried about her bf at this point. He should be hearing from Harvey Mudd today or tomorrow. He didn’t apply to any safeties, so if Mudd doesn’t come through he’s betting the whole shebang on two Ivy lotteries – yikes!</p>
<p>I hope it’s all good news for everyone from here on out (I can dream!) and especially for those who’ve been stung recently.</p>
<p>And the theme of the day is… the Rollercoaster Ride. I’m glad to be here sharing your (kids’) triumphs and setbacks, and all the inspirational and hilarious asides. </p>
<p>In our house, Whitman notified unexpectedly early today and D got in. She was jumping up and down. She has not had “favorites” from her list, but was feeling the love for Willamette in particular since her Early Action admit in December. I thought perhaps the decision would be easy because of that, but I’m starting to see that it will be tricky. I don’t think she was letting herself feel the love for the other schools until they accepted her. April could be interesting.</p>
<p>Did I mention that my D has never been able to decide between two positive choices? Temper tantrums at 2 if offered two fun things to do; paralysis on choosing between a party and a fun family event. Not looking forward to this process… BUT I’m thrilled she has good choices.</p>
<p>seattle mom–I think Whitman has a lot more going for it than Willamette does, but as a Whitman Alum I am no doubt biased. Best of luck in her choice.</p>
<p>Just spent I don’t know how long catching up on the last few days as I’ve been so anxious the last few days, I’ve stayed away from CC. Congrats on all the exciting news and huge hugs to those who are feeling the sting of news that didn’t go their student’s way. I will never view the last two weeks of March the same way again…although I believe I had this roller coaster experience with sophmore in college D but, then again, maybe it’s like giving birth where, given some time, the memory of the intensity of it all fades (I can only hope so since I have a third!) </p>
<p>I truly can’t recall when I’ve felt more anxious–the last few days have been so stressful. As I posted on another thread, D had been accepted to 3 safeties, one of which we visited a few weeks ago and she was very happy with. So we’re in a good place, right? Well, with multiple more reach-y schools to hear from + a long shot summer job application in the works, I tried preparing myself for a slew of negative news. Within 24h, she was offered the long shot job (but it means she’ll be away all summer which I am not prepared for) and was admitted to USC’s engineering school and Bucknell. I’ve never seen her happier–yesterday she said that it had been the best day of her life. For a person who has struggled with a learning challenge for years, these results were a huge boost for her. Then, the icing on the cake occured today when her lacrosse team beat a school that they’d lost to the last three years. One more to hear from but, even if it’s a rejection, I think D will still be flying high.</p>
<p>I wish everyone who’s still waiting for good news only–fingers and everything else is crossed for all!</p>
<p>Wow! Wow! Wow! I’m so excited to read the good news – from the acceptances, to OWM’s news, to the financial aid!</p>
<p>And, I’m so sorry to hear about the disappointments. Tears in my eyes for arisamps D and others who really felt love for a school that wasn’t reciprocated. </p>
<p>Here, S2 was accepted at Wake Forest yesterday. No financial aid information with the acceptance letter. I think he felt somewhat relieved – after our trip down the roller coaster hill early in the week.</p>
<p>And now, for my complaint of the day about admissions offices: Why schedule your accepted student days BEFORE letting students know about financial aid??? In our case, I’m not sure if Wake will make the “revisit” list, but they don’t release financial aid information until “mid April”, yet their two accepted student dates are April 8 and 15. Sorry, not scheduling a visit if we don’t know if we can afford it. What are they thinking? Or are they thinking – we’re really only interested in seeing students at accepted student days who don’t need financial aid? I wouldn’t spend the money or the time (S2 would have to miss 2 days of school) to attend an accepted students day at a school we can’t afford!
End of rant.</p>
<p>Anybody else old enough to remember a TV show hosted by David Frost, I think, called “That was the Week That Was?” Trying to keep up with all the news made me think of it - I could sure use a video recap for this thread. I won’t pretend I can keep most of it straight, but, as someone else said, congratulations and commiserations as needed ( and both, if necessary, since for some of us, things change so quickly). </p>
<p>OWM, I’m glad your coaster landed safely and on an upturn.<br>
Special congratulations to all others who are DONE! With FA news lagging by weeks, we won’t be joining you any time soon</p>
<p>My son spent the week preparing for a science competition, and at some point mumbled he would love to win so he could wave his medal towards a place that shall not be named. So we’re still on an uphill climb, and still waiting for lottery results this week.</p>
<p>Good luck to those still waiting, and thanks to all for sharing.</p>
<p>I’ve become a CC addict. There is such emotion in all this. I am sorry for all the disappointments and happy for all the good news. My son is out of town and will be home today, can’t wait. I feel like I am in a dream and that I will wake up. While my son’s top choices will not release their decisions until Wednesday (am counting down the days, like so many others), he already has so many good choices. He applied to 14 schools, and of the 9 we’ve heard from, he’s gotten into all (Mich, Wisc, Wash U in St. Louis, a likely letter from Cornell, Northwestern, and just yesterday: Rochester, Colgate, Hamilton and Vanderbilt). My son’s HS college advisor will be shocked, as she wasn’t nearly as positive as it’s turning out. He is going to have some very difficult choices. I am just so very proud of him. I know there is a lot of luck involved in a process where there are many more qualified kids than there are spaces. I am so immensely happy that I felt compelled to write. Good luck to everyone. As someone wisely wrote, the end of March will never be the same!</p>
<p>We get to take a break from the rollercoaster for a few days, at least until Tuesday and Wednesday! Went for a thrilling (!) ride yesterday on it. The chatter was that one of D’s schools would be releasing decisions last night. But they did not, instead they were released early this morning. So, I had to decide whether to wake her up and have her check or let her sleep. I woke her up! She was accepted to Boston University! She is now 6 for 6 with the remaining 3 next week…those reachy reach lotteries!</p>
<p>I am so ready to be off the rollercoaster and out of this amusement park.</p>
<p>I always thought “March Madness” referred to college basketball but I think it refers to this instead!</p>
<p>(good luck everyone and hopefully everything will work out the way it is suppose to!)</p>