<p>My S just got a big envelope today from Pomona as well. This followed a waitlist from Claremont-McKenna on Thursday and good news from Whitman and Middlebury. He is still waiting on a few more, but he is very, very happy with his current options. As far as I’m concerned, we can stop right now - in fact, I’d rather :-).</p>
<p>Calreader: Congratulations on the Pomona acceptance. I’ve only heard wonderful things about that school, and I can tell you that it only accepts the very top students from my children’s HS. Really wonderful news!</p>
<p>Although we are not yet “done” at my house either, I realize that I have turned the corner at least. With acceptances from several schools now including a top 20 private and a likely from an ivy, I realize that I am no longer worrying as much about acceptances. Now I am worrying about FA instead! VERY anxious to see some of the awards, so that we can determine whether or not public is our only option. (So far, the only FA awards we have seen were from publics, and they were a joke, except for the schools where D received the Regents scholarship). $30,000 for public vs. $55,000 for private is a big difference!</p>
<p>Again I am way behind. Congratulations to all who have good news. Boohiss to those schools who did not want our kids. </p>
<p>S got a small letter, ie rejection, from Lehigh today. It was low on his list but who wants to be rejected?</p>
<p>Big Pomona envelope arrived in MN too. Hooray. Agree that a couple of appealing choices takes some pressure off 5/30. Sending winter coats to the cleaners tomorrow - hope I don’t jinx anything - but I am feeling springy! Yay for all the good news and hugs for the other news. Rollercoaster indeed!</p>
<p>OOOO! Lots more news since I last posted. Congrats to the acceptances and a big group hug to WL and no’s. </p>
<p>50 - “They’re really killing my vibe.” is my new favorite phrase!! Really describes so much of these past few months.</p>
<p>Wow, congrats on all the great news last night and today (and good riddance on the rest)! Some fabulous colleges accepting some great kids represented on this thread. </p>
<p>Special congrats to Classof2015 on the acceptance today; I’ve been following your saga and have been impressed by your positive spirit over the past 24 hours! :)</p>
<p>We stand at 4-1-1 right now, with 3 reaches to go. The 1 reject was fair - the worst fit of all and not sure why D applied in the first place. Ran the numbers today on the three accepts that are in the running and the differences are staggering, especially when you multiply times 4 years. Maybe I shouldn’t be doing that. Need to get in that zone that the top 20 is not necessarily THAT much better of a fit than the top 40, and she will still be well-educated in any of the choices!</p>
<p>Well the mail has been delivered, but D1 is at an academic team tournament and she sent a text a couple hours ago reminding us that no one should get the mail until she gets home. On top of that, it’s snowing, so I can’t even go out to the mailbox to sneak a peak without leaving telltale footprints! Patience, patience…</p>
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We have done the same. And yes the differences are staggering. He has one school where we will pretty much only be paying R&B, to some that gave him nothing. S is committed to going to his cheapest choice right now. He likes all his schools, but he loves the “love” the cheapest is sending his way with all the merit, plus he sees how cool it would be to graduate with no loans. We will be sending a deposit somewhere within the next couple of weeks, no need to wait til May 1.</p>
<p>^^ ckofpng - LOL! Those dang footprints in the snow!!</p>
<p>Hello everybody on this very busy Saturday. I haven’t been on since yesterday afternoon and there were multiple pages to read.</p>
<p>thanks for the good wishes for my S. he’s pretty happy. like some of your kids, he has yet to hear from some lottery schools, and given the craziness of this year, we expect some dings. I’m already humbled by his good luck thus far and so is he. He is waiting for two more of his top choices this week, including his very top choice, but like the other kids represented here, he’s seeing himself on some of the campuses to which he’s already been invited. i like the psychology that happens w/ the earlier acceptances!</p>
<p>There are so many of you to congratulate and some of you to commiserate with – this roller-coaster has really whipped in the last day. Thankfully, all our kids have reason to celebrate.</p>
<p>congratulations to avonhsdad, camathmom, tessa, madbean, 50isthenew40, momdoc, pepper03, lynjoy, kumitedad, dignified1, olderwisermom (and keeping my fingers crossed for the Discovery Fellows grant), 325, blueiguana, songbird, mnmomof2, guitaristmom, lacrossmom, highhead, UT84, onegirlsmom, seattlemom, collage1, ohiomom, bkcsmn, rom828, itscomplicated, classof15 (and sorry about the WL, r), VAmom and Calreader. I hope i didn’t miss anyone!</p>
<p>puma12, classof2015, oregonianmom (but happy dance for the scholarship!) , teresamom, mamom, emmybet, momofzach i’m so sorry about the recent dings and WLs but glad that all these kids have already received wonderful acceptances. </p>
<p>it takes guts to play this college admissions game, and there are opportunities here to learn resilience and good sportsmanship. I completely agree w/ pepper’s post a few pages ago – anyone who applies to a college which is a reach for them is putting themselves on the line emotionally. i’ve noticed some denied kids on school results threads who are very gracious and others who are not. i think even many of the latter will eventually come around to a more enlightened understanding eventually. it just takes them a little more time to process this whole crazy endeavor and that’s hard to do when their young, tender egos are bruised. and i’m in full agreement w/ amandak: in the end, it’s the colleges’ loss!</p>
<p>ckofpng, i hear you about the impact/influence of outside judgement. it takes a strong-minded kid to not seriously consider the noise. glad to hear that your daughter was able to shrug off her WL.</p>
<p>arisamp, your post really got to me. one thing i hadn’t considered before reading it is what it’s going to feel like for these kids when they get multiple decisions w/in an hour or two. so far, my S’s decisions have been spaced out. his initial bad news w/ his first choice deferral happened on a monday; he was blue and feeling worried about worthiness until the fri of the same week when he heard from two additional schools, luckily w/ good news. come this week, it could be lots of bad hits, one right after the other. in our day, waiting for letters, even if they came a day apart, was a little kinder to the ego than opening up email after email immediately and perhaps not finding any good news. or maybe it’s like ripping off a bandaid – you get over the pain a lot quicker. </p>
<p>in any case, I wish your daughter a wonderful 18th B-day this weekend and so glad you’re taking a respite from any college-related stuff until you rejoin us this week. that was healthy and wise.</p>
<p>It’s a small envelope from Vanderbilt - waitlist :(</p>
<p>Now the frustration is beginning to show in her…others from her HS are attending Vanderbilt now, and she knows she has better grades, test scores, ECs than they did etc…but she’s also starting to talk herself through the frustration and the disappointment, reminding herself of the good schools she’s been accepted to. And my empathy for those of you going through similar disappointments is growing stronger.</p>
<p>AvonHSDad - I sent you a PM with our city. I hope you get better news.</p>
<p>Non-stop flow of good news here, more congrats!
Sorry to the others.
Hope more good news for everyone on the way soon…</p>
<p>Wow, Lynjoy!</p>
<p>Ok - got a perspective check this afternoon. DS missed his cap/gown session and I took him today. He had on a silly half gown, graduation cap with velcro back to adjust to every head and jeans with his dress shirt and tie. I stood there and began to feel tears run down my face. My baby, my only child, is getting ready to graduate and I wish I could just turn back time and start the whole process over again. I’d even go through the college app process again. Then I came home, ate some chocolate and checked in at CC and came back to reality.</p>
<p>Hi All</p>
<p>Wow, just WOW—so much good news I skimmed the last 5 -6 pages. So much news over the last several days even.
Hugs to those with the WLs/denials.
It’s hard when our kids hurt and it’s inspiring to see them pick themselves up and keep on!</p>
<p>Kiddo got good news from the big private. Nice merit money award, 5 figures. …So kiddo went 3 for 3…though one is a Profile/need only reach and we don’t have that package yet with corrected FAFSA/Profile.
One was a financial safety.
This school is really nice yet not kiddo’s first choice. Sigh. WIsh we could move that merit award! ha!</p>
<p>Question: What to do with a large bottle of Green colored Mint extract. My young student bought it while on a mission trip --having been told it was vanilla. So now to find recipes for alot of mint…</p>
<p>Fogfog ~Isn’t you S a recruited athlete to one of HYP??</p>
<p>What an emotional day for all!</p>
<p>Congrats and {{HUGS}} to all :)</p>
<p>WOW amazing news going on in here, and so much of it!! Since D1 was firm on staying in Pacific Northwest I am not in the know about many of the wonderful schools out there that your kids have applied to–but D2 is watching (my little 8th grade perfectionist)and already mentioned “reaching for the stars” anywhere and everywhere so will reference back here off and on the next few years.
Congrats to the happy and commiseration with the sad in here.</p>
<p>fogfog – Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream…or Brownies with a layer of mint frosting, topped with a chocolate glaze. There are plenty of recipes for them. Something like this: [Chocolate</a> Mint Brownies Recipe - Allrecipes.com](<a href=“http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/chocolate-mint-brownies/Detail.aspx]Chocolate”>http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/chocolate-mint-brownies/Detail.aspx)</p>
<p>This is more like ‘That was the Hour that Was’. I went out to lunch and run some errands and wow! Mail Call went crazy. </p>
<p>Sunday tomorrow. We’ll all get a break from the mail…though that may not be a good thing.</p>
<p>Glad to see good news continuing to outpace bad.</p>
<p>Kudos to
VAMom’s son on UVA (and have fun on those actual roller coasters – woooo), rom’s son, Calreader’s son, and mnmom’s daughter on Pomona (the Ivy level school no one’s heard of, at least around here), fogfog’s merit news, and very especially to classof’s daughter Occidental acceptance after 4 thin envelopes – whew! and to 50is’s daughter, though wish there’d been enough $$ to keep the vibe alive.</p>
<p>Sorry to hear about Vandy waitlist for cko’s daughter and rejection for mamom’s son, but glad it wasn’t a top choice.</p>
<p>Kinderny, my daughter also goes to an alternative high school, but in her case that makes Hampshire more appealing. She does worry about the lack of structure and knows she will have to be more on top of the overall plan if she goes there than at a regular school. U. Albany sounds good – my brother and sister-in-law are hoping my daughter goes to Skidmore as they live near Albany. Sis-in-law mentioned U. Albany was an excellent school (but doesn’t have dance!)</p>
<p>ANNNND… big fat envelope from Goucher in today’s mail! I wish so badly I could open it because I think it will have merit aid info as well. But daughter is at a friend’s house until tomorrow – DRAT. I’m so glad she’ll have this good news to counter-balance any nasty rejections or waitlists that come over the next few days.</p>
<p>Congrats to Snoozn’s D on Goucher!</p>
<p>And big congrats to the Pomona acceptees! I absolutely love that campus - it’s gorgeous. And a fabulous school.</p>
<p>Yay to classof’s D on Oxy! Beautiful campus as well!</p>
<p>collegemaw, is your D going to Admitted Students day at Willamette? We will be there.</p>
<p>Sad day for those of us with WLs and rejections today. Let’s hope for better news to come.</p>
<p>I teach on Saturday mornings and when I got home and started reading the posts here it took me over an hour. LOL!!! So much news. Of course, I cheer at each post of acceptance, frown at each WL, ponder over each missing envelope, and hiss at anyone who dares not admit one of our kids. So I’m exhausted with empathizing over here.</p>
<p>S2 was invited to sign up for an overnight Leadership Scholars event at Cal (cool!), but tells me kindly and mildly he’d rather not go. In fact, as you may remember, he really doesn’t want to do revisits or admitted student days. It’s partly his allergic reaction to what he sees as manufactured hoopla and rah-rah spirit (he’s more happy individualist than team booster) and doesn’t want to be led in cheers and so on. (heh) This grieves me a bit because a) I love to be a team booster now, although was very much like him when I was his age, and b) I want him to not be such a teenager (!) with this artist-guy identity and more open to new ways of having fun. Anyone have a kid like this? </p>
<p>If it’s any comfort, I recall the day of the ivy decisions from previous years as one-all-out-shockfest, rather than days and days of ups and, unfortunately, downs. It’s like ripping the bandage off all at once–sort of desensitizing. It’s very rough to find too many "no"s, but with at least one or two great back ups in hand, at least there is closure and the kids will move on to reevaluate their acceptances.</p>
<p>I’m afraid, we’ll be waiting at least a few weeks to get all the financial data and I’m very uneasy about how that will roll out. </p>
<p>Are we having fun yet?</p>