<p>Sure. We are full pay, so we were lucky not to have to deal with that piece of it…</p>
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<p>Application looks easy but does have a check box section GC, advisor or work supervisor needs to fill out.</p>
<p>Ok, just heard the Amherst thingie on NPR.
Waitlisted on one sentence? Totally absurd, hahaha…
Also, I wonder if anyone can recognize their essay???</p>
<p>Good for you, Aniger!</p>
<p>To all with great news–congrats. To the WL/R group, I hope your kids are looking to the future and where they will choose to go that also chose them.</p>
<p>AvonHSDad–Georgetown–congrats. It’s Cherry Blossom time, so be sure to get off campus if you do admit day and view the tidal basin and the beautiful trees!</p>
<p>Tessa–Congrats on W&M it is a beautiful place. It is currently the top runner for my DS although he has bought several lottery tickets and awaits tonight and tomorrow.</p>
<p>To all in the lottery–best of luck. I KNOW my DS is anxious because two of the lotteries are at the top of his list. Unfortunately we come from a HS with very little positive results for these schools. So I tell him it’s a lottery and I know he’s worried, but he has to remember he’s sitting in the catbird’s seat with the schools who have already shown him the love. It’s going to be a tough ride today/tomorrow I hope we all survive the cheers and tears.</p>
<p>And for an update on my Eagle Scout guy–he met with DS on Sunday (DS is scoutmaster and was doing final conference for eagle). Young man was somewhat embarassed that he hadn’t done much, and DH reminded him that college wasn’t for everyone, but this young man stated “I’m definitely going to college”! YEA! I met briefly with career counselor at HS and she gave me several options for him. I will meet with him tonight and go over options and we’ll take it from there. He will definitely be able to go to local CC, and who knows maybe he can pull out something more if things work out! So in all the ups and downs of the next two days, realize there’s a place for everyone and just being fortunate enough to have parents like you who care and help them achieve their goals is an amazing gift you have given your children. They will be happy with their decisions and will have a great college experience wherever they go!</p>
<p>@cooker: glad the pup will be okay. Just yesterday I realized that emergency Twix I keep in my bag was accessible to my pooches, so I quickly gobbled the Twix…all in the name of safety, of course.
@missypie: I went through the 2009 cycle too and thought that we were supposed to have reached critical mass then. In my experience, there were more flat-out rejections at that time than what we’ve seen so far this year. Perhaps more schools want to keep the flame alive for top students without having to jeopardize their yield. We’ll have a better picture by the end of the week.</p>
<p>Oh, VAMom2015, thanks so much for the nice update on Eagle Scout kid! That’s wonderful!
Best of luck to your DS on the lottery tomorrow!</p>
<p>Over on the NPR/Amherst thread, one of our respected CC members objected to our use of the word lottery, saying that it makes our kids think that the process is totally random (and not the result of hard work, I guess.) I still think of it as a lottery…maybe not for the teen Olympic athletes or movie stars. They are unique. But if you are “brilliant caucasian girl from Texas suburbs with great local ECs”, for example, I do think it is a lottery, because there are probably a lot who look just like you on paper in the draw.</p>
<p>^^^ It is a lottery, for the 10-15% who made the first cut.</p>
<p>I’m just waiting for Wednesday, and this morning I started trying to figure out the numbers game for the admissions process. Maybe FlMathMom (at least her name makes her sound like an expert!) or someone else could explain it to me. Here’s a hypothetical:</p>
<p>Take 50 top schools, with an average entering class of 1000. Assume that each offers admission to 3000, with an expected yield of 1000, which means that 150,000 acceptances go out. These schools have to know that each of their applicants are applying to, and might instead choose, more than two other schools in the pool of 50 in addition to schools not in this pool. So why are there so many waitlisteds (we now have 3)?</p>
<p>Something else I have never understood - What is a “URM?”</p>
<p>Finally, how do you do the neat boxes with quotes in them in replies?</p>
<p>URM = Under Represented Minority, defined as different things at different schools.</p>
<p>i.e. Asian male NOT URM at UC’s or Harvard. Asian Male could be a URM at Carleton, Kenyon</p>
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<p>URM = Under Represented Minority</p>
<p>college4three - lol on the twix, safety first. My older D had baked 2 dozen chocolate cupcakes for S2 to take to school. She called me to ask what I had done with them. My Bouvier ate the entire 2 dozen in foil and didn’t leave a crumb of evidence. He didn’t even have an upset tummy. </p>
<p>How about each applicant can do a 1 minute elevator speech about themselves in lieu of all this craziness? Even with 20,000 applications that is still only 300 hours.</p>
<p>Congratulations on all the exciting news, scholarships and merit $$ so far this week. Fingers crossed for everyone for tomorrow.</p>
<p>I can’t figure out how to quote on here-and I am pretty good with these things so I chalk it up to a mental block.</p>
<p>URM=Underrepresented minority.</p>
<p>I wish I could explain any part of this process-they must have formulas they use to figure out who many to accept, wait-list etc. I suspect there aren’t more kids applying but that the number of applications per student has gone way up.</p>
<p>Aniger you are exactly right-the system encourages multiple applications so that’s what they’ll get.</p>
<p>I think once these schools get down to the final cut it is a lottery-I will have to go check out that thread to see what their point is.</p>
<p>I hope the puppy is feeling better. I agree that all of us with dogs in the house that also have chocolate on the premises should immediately go eat it all so as to provide a safe environment for our beloved furry friends.</p>
<p>Missypie, I too had a D in the class of 2009. In our neck of the woods some of the top kids got WL but majority were flat out rejected. My oldest D was rejected from 2 but did find her perfect college and she is so happy. I just keep reminding myself at this stage of the game the Ivy’s are all lottery’s. I am sure that 99% of the kids that applied have the stats to get into any of the schools. It is hard waiting but it will all be over in another day. Good luck to all of those waiting to hear the news!</p>
<p>Stanford is releasing tonight. From the website:</p>
<p>Admission decisions will, in fact, be released sometime after 3pm (Pacific Time) today, March 29, several days ahead of schedule.</p>
<p>The Office of Undergraduate Admission has completed its evaluation and selection process earlier than expected and to alleviate anxiety among our applicants and their families, we will release all admission decisions sometime today after 3pm. All decisions will be sent via email from Richard Shaw, Dean of Admission and Financial Aid, and will not be available on any Stanford website. Students who are admitted will also be mailed a formal offer letter of admission today as well. To avoid sending disappointing news twice, we will not mail paper copies of decisions to students who are not offered admission. Please do not call the Office for admission decisions as we will not release them by phone.</p>
<p>Of the 34,350 applications received, a total of 2440 students (7.1%) will be admitted. An additional 1078 students will be offered a space on our waitlist. Regrettably, we cannot consider any letters or calls of appeal whatsoever. All admission decisions are final and we never alter any admission decision once it has been rendered.</p>
<p>As I mentioned in my March 24th update, we were humbled by this year’s admission process and we have great respect for those students who have applied for admission. We wish all of our candidates the best and know that they will all have a wonderful collegiate experience.</p>
<p>Please be aware that the Office of Undergraduate Admission will close today at 3pm to complete the mailing process. We will re-open Wednesday at 8:30am.</p>
<p>Wow! Sooo much information! I promise I’m reading and trying to keep up. I always seem to miss someone in the process :@</p>
<p>@ cooker, sorry to hear about the puppy. Our pooch had never eaten people food and we could leave plates of snacks overnight never to be touched. I went back to work full time and she absolutely revolted. Counter-surfing was her favorite pass-time while I was gone. The vet said she was just really irritated at being left alone after 7 years full time with mom. She’s a golden-mix and very attached. It took some adjusting to keep everything off the counters in our busy kitchen. I’m home again and she rarely touches anything now. Stinker!!</p>
<p>@ missypie, I agree it sounds like there are more and more kids being WL’d. I would also agree this is in part due to more students applying to more schools, as well as the economy and unsure nature of FA. Families that would happily send their kids to a private school sans merit or need based aid a few years ago are now thinking twice about their in-state public. As we know a nice FA package at a private can make it more affordable then the public. So it’s very hard to judge yield. I happen to think the word ‘lottery’ is a fair assessment. Many of the top tier universities have said time and time again that they could fill their class twice over of well deserving, highly qualified applicants. That insinuates a certain amount of luck.</p>
<p>@VAMom2015, Thanks for the update on your son’s friend. I know there are many kids that navigate this process without parental support. This young man not only didn’t have parental support (ie just not involved), but a negative parental influence. He is so very lucky to have you stepping up, offering information, and involving guidance. You are making a huge impact!!</p>
<p>@ kathiep - I did see that the two schools bluejr is considering increased tuition…both public. I have just assumed we will see an increase every year. :(</p>
<p>I am thinking of everyone as we enter the last few days of the reachy-reach schools. I have to say straight up I’m glad we’re not in that race! I have a feeling we will be with our '14 grad. Not because he’s more competitive, simply because he’s a different kid with different interests. While we got away with only three applications this year I am pretty positive that number will be much, much higher for blujrjr. Let’s hope it’s like childbirth and I forget! :)</p>
<p>Bluejr’s major EC had their big competition this weekend. They did very well and earned a spot to go to the national championship. We then had to make the difficult decision not to send him. It breaks my heart but as we are trying to buy things for the dorm, etc., we just can’t justify the expense of the trip. They are not funded by the school so travel, registration, etc. all fall on the kids. I feel terrible… He understands and is being a real trooper. 
It doesn’t help that we just wrote the tuition check for his older brother who will be going during the summer this year.</p>
<p>Sending my happiest thoughts to all!!! :)</p>
<p>It makes my stomach hurt just reading the quote from Stanford admissions! Hats off to all of you who have gotten through this without getting sick!</p>
<p>“Stanford is releasing tonight.”</p>
<p>Oh! Oh! Oh! A lot of D’s friends are waiting on this one. Stanford is very popular in these parts :0</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>Blueiguana ~ So sorry about Bluejr not being able to go to his major EC’s national championship, due to financial reasons…</p>
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