<p>@emilybee: I’m not sure she is going to take either Brown or Yale. The love from Chicago (EA), Williams (early write), and Bowdoin (the school she almost applied to ED until she decided SHE wanted to choose) is really strong, and she is TOTALLY into fit!</p>
<p>First, to all who received bad news tonight, I am sincerely sorry but I do believe that things happen for a reason and God answers prayers, just not always with the answer we think we want. There is not one daughter or son represented on this thread who is not already a winner - both because they are already successful students but also because they have awesome parents who will help them find their way to that one, right school.</p>
<p>Next, to those who still wait… either because the decisions aren’t published OR because they received the dreaded WL answer - hang in there!</p>
<p>Last, hooray for those who got the hoped-for Yes tonight:</p>
<p>MOSB - congrats to D on finding the perfect fit! Just as the Adcoms @ Amherst “know it when they see it”, I think our kids have that same kind of radar for themselves. If they’re lucky enough to find that perfect fit, they DO know it when they see it. They obviously felt the same way about her and I’m truly happy for her.</p>
<p>Cooker - congrats on the excellent package!</p>
<p>Holliesue - yay for the honors program admit AND that D has promised to make her decision before leaving the country.</p>
<p>Kumitedad - congrats on having a decision and a great one at that!</p>
<p>325 - Yes from Columbia - yay! Sorry about the Tufts, Yale & Brown decisions and Vassar’s idea of FA</p>
<p>Momdoc - sorry about Dartmouth but congratulations on Cornell! </p>
<p>VAMom - OMG is right! Enjoy the moment with your Son!</p>
<p>AmandaK - same thing happened here. DD was so sad when the FA wasn’t there for her clear #1 but has since really come to like the school she chose and has found things she can celebrate about that school. When that door shuts, they are resilient and will bounce back.</p>
<p>Mayhew - congrats to your D on Brown.</p>
<p>Aria - Congrats on Princeton and MIT!</p>
<p>Rom828 and PHBMom - Yay for the yeses from Duke!</p>
<p>HighHead - Wow! Stanford, Brown & Yale? Can’t even fathom what THOSE discussions will be like for you.</p>
<p>Camathmom - Wow for you too! Cornell, Brown & Penn - difficult decision for you and D also.</p>
<p>TessaR - happy to hear about your yes from Dartmouth! Sorry about the nos from Yale & Princeton; hang in there for the rest.</p>
<p>RenMom - another triple threat - Tufts, Penn and Brown (extra yay). Sorry to hear of the BFs disappointing and uncertain night. </p>
<p>Coolweather - what a great school - congrats on Penn.</p>
<p>What a list!</p>
<p>proudmomof2, can I borrow your nice list, lol?</p>
<p>I realize that I am too distracted to write in details, so I am sending my sincere congratulations to everyone who got accepted in the “lottery” and my heart goes out to the ones who were rejected or wait-listed.</p>
<p>And I do believe in prayer, so know that I am praying for everyone.</p>
<p>Pepper03, I am very sorry your son was so upset and I hope he is back home now.</p>
<p>Tomorrow is another day…</p>
<p>Sorry if I missed anyone, but here goes.
Anothermom3 Sorry to read about the no from Ss two lotteries but what a great ending. Chicago 2015!!
Fogfog What a great place, Yale!
Calreader Sorry about Yale, and the wait-list from Brown. Backpacking and surfing @Pomona, now that sounds like fun. Good luck with Amherst.
Coolweather cyber hugs count. Congrats on Penn.<br>
Aria Who needs Harvard when you have such other good choices: MIT and Princeton? </p>
<p>RMom- Congrats to your S on getting into his first choice, Brown!!! Way to go.
TessaR- Congrats on Dartmouth!!! Boo to Yale and Princeton. Fingers crossed for Harvard, Brown and Williams. Hang on for rest of the ride!
Mayhew- Your D will have 4 great years at Brown.
Rom828- Congrats on the yes to Duke. Good luck with that decision.
Phbmom- Definitely a wild ride at your house. Congrats on the Duke acceptance!
Highhead- Brown- yes! Yale - yes! On top of Stanford yesterday… WOW, WOW, WOW!!! Way to go. </p>
<p>Moneyp- ouch. Sorry to read about those rejections.<br>
CAmathmom- How nice is that, Brown and Penn!!! And good FA, party at your house!</p>
<p>momdoc sorry about Dartmouth Congrats on Cornell and good luck with Williams.
VAMom- Celebrating, as you should!! Princeton, congrats to your S!
Amanda- Your S wont even remember #1 and #2 this time next year.<br>
Idinct yikes, so sorry to read your S did not get into his high match. I hope he loves where he lands.
Avon- sorry about Yale, good luck with other 2.
325- Life does bring us interesting twists, doesnt it. Good luck with your choices.
Guitarists sorry about the No. It is no big deal. They all end up in a good spot.
Pepper oh, I am so sorry to read your post. I am devastated for your S. What are his other choices?</p>
<p>Mamom–well said and I echo all the good wishes.</p>
<p>DS was sure he’d get a no thanks after the JHU no yesterday. So when Princeton said “YES” he was/is over the moon. Then the Duke reply–waitlisted. I know Princeton, Duke and William & Mary were his top three, so he’s very happy with 2 of 3. Won’t stay on Duke waitlist. He really thought he had more of a chance at Duke or JMU than Princeton–his only Ivy application.</p>
<p>So for the funny story: I knew he was upstairs trying to check. He came down very quietly so I expected the worst. He said “ok, I feel really stupid”. I asked what happened. He said he was so nervous that he mistyped his password three times and Princeton locked him out for 30 minutes. He said “if I can’t even get in to the website, there’s no way I can get into Princeton”. It was a funny moment, and we started laughing at the absurdity of the situation. It definitely broke the tension. He wasn’t quite as nervous when he went back after 30 minutes. Then much screaming and jumping up and down and crying and hugging. </p>
<p>We truly did not expect it. He spent the “worst day of his life” he said at school convincing himself that a denial would all work out OK. </p>
<p>So Wow! I’ll comment later on what I think the “magic” was for him, because it truly was a lottery.</p>
<p>So glad to hear others are dealing so well with the results, good, or not so good. They will truly bloom where they are planted. I know my son would have been happy with all his choices before today, and today just will make decisions more difficult, because I still think he needs to truly look at fit before making the final decision!</p>
<p>Congrats to all of your Ss and Ds on their successes and for making it to this point in this stressful process! My S had mixed results tonight: He was accepted at Duke and Cornell (Engineering) but rejected at Harvard Yale and Brown. He ended up waitlisted at Princeton, which is nicer than a rejection but sort of hard in its own way. He now has several good choices, as he also was accepted at WashU and Michigan. Still – he’s a little bummed about the rejections, especially because his guidance counselor felt he was such a competitive candidate. Of course, after reading posts on CC and hearing that NPR piece I don’t think any school is a sure thing. Anyway, he’ll do great at any of his choices I’m sure. I just think his ego was bruised a bit. It happens to the best of us.</p>
<p>D accepted at Duke. Rejected form Harvard, Princeton and Yale. She finished with 7/10 acceptances and 3 full rides. We are thrilled. Ivies can wait till Law school… and she gets to graduate with no debt and her 529 waiting for her :)</p>
<p>Congrats to all who made their dream school… hope we all sleep well tonight!</p>
<p>We are still waiting to hear from Harvard, but Dartmouth, Duke and Princeton said Yes.</p>
<p>Son was happy at first, but heart about so many of his friends getting bad news that we is feeling a little bit depressed at the moment. What a crazy year!</p>
<p>What an amazing read the last four or so pages have been. It’s exciting and, I’ll admit, a little bit bittersweet after our family’s experience on 3.14.</p>
<p>Congratulations, condolences and hugs all around.</p>
<p>In our little neck of the woods, the state flagship sent out financial aid packages today. Some of you may remember our son’s two friends who had not thought of leaving town for college until he took them to an admissions visit at Mizzou and we helped them through the applications process. They both found out that they have earned nearly free rides! They are so thrilled and nearly speechless. The best and brightest in our high school class will be with our son. They celebrated by going to Sonic for large cherry limeades.</p>
<p>It’s not Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Duke or Cornell, but for these first generation college kids, it’s an amazing day.</p>
<p>Last update: D was also accepted to Columbia today. It is truly a great day. </p>
<p>D is a girl with no hooks (not URM not legacy not athlete) and not even amazing ECs. She was lucky. (-:</p>
<p>Congratulations to all getting such good news.</p>
<p>My son just got home and we had a talk-he is taking this very hard. I don’t want to rain on other’s good news so I won’t go into details.</p>
<p>I am sure in time he will work through it but he’s pretty broken right now. He has never failed at anything before and that is how he is viewing this.</p>
<p>I hope I can say and do the right things to make it easier for him but he’s got a lot to work through.</p>
<p>The next few days are going to be rough around here.</p>
<p>Sitting in my hotel room looking out at a relatively famous landmark. Just off of the phone with D. </p>
<p>Yes from Princeton, Yale and Harvard! D is ecstatic, thrilled, amazed.</p>
<p>Like most everyone else, we are still waiting on most of the FA packages, but we are very pleased with the ones received thus far. Her first thought was to notify each of the people who interviewed her and thank them for helping her get in. She also wants to find special gifts for her teachers and GC who have gone above and beyond to write LORs for a huge number of colleges and scholarship apps.</p>
<p>If the FA packages all come out relatively equal, which one will she choose? No idea! So many great choices. Next week, she will visit MIT and Harvard in Boston. At the end of April, she will visit Stanford. We already visited Columbia, UPenn, Yale and Princeton last year. It will more than likely come down to the ever repeated “fit”.</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone who now have clarity on where their kids are going next year!</p>
<p>Adding my two cents worth:</p>
<p>Accepted: Princeton, Duke, Dartmouth and Williams tonight.</p>
<p>Rejected: Harvard and Yale.</p>
<p>A nice thing–went without a waitlist this year.</p>
<p>Today certainly has been a very big day. Congratulations to all who had good news, and my sincerest sympathy for those who were disappointed.</p>
<p>This is such a supportive group - I’m glad we can share all of our news together.</p>
<p>Another couple of days to come, and then we’ll all pass through the magic gate into Decisionland.</p>
<p>Ohiomom, congrats on davidson! Great school!</p>
<p>Double-congrats, rom! Excellent news!!!</p>
<p>Hey all you nice 2014s, thanks for popping in. So nice to feel like we have “those who’ve gone before” watching us, I think I’ll make it a point to do that occasionally for the 12s next year. Glad your kids are happy and doing well!</p>
<p>Lynjoy, doing the happy dance with you! Very happy for your son!</p>
<p>Congrats, also TessaR!</p>
<p>Hey, Puma, congrats on Davidson!!!</p>
<p>FlMathMom, so very sorry to hear about Olin. Lousy odds, and definitely their loss! Your guy will re-bound like crazy and be a huge, happy success wherever he lands. That’s the kind of son you’ve raised.</p>
<p>EmmyBet, special thoughts for your D, and best wishes that she moves through the sadness back into the enthusiastic, up-beat, can-do girl I’ve always pictured her to be. She will land brilliantly on her feet!</p>
<p>325, when you suggest Novelisto"s great foal name to the owners (Big Fat Envelope), how 'bout mine: Full Ride! </p>
<p>CONGRATS, Emilybee!!! That’s a nice chunk of change!</p>
<p>Avon, very sorry about Vandy news, but great to hear about Gtown!</p>
<p>UT, Absolutely fabulous!</p>
<p>Momdoc, waitlists: what a bummer!</p>
<p>Mnmomof2, YAY on JHU!!!</p>
<p>Holliesue, YAY!!! Songbird will be especially pleased to hear this news. For some reason, she was fixated on you mailbox issue and worried about your mail delivery at such a critical time.</p>
<p>Madbean, good, good news. Fingers crossed that the $ can work out.</p>
<p>2education, don’t know how you do that big beautiful blue font, but sure loved seeing it!</p>
<p>And truely heartfelt thanks to all of you for your good wishes and kind thoughts for sb and me. To tell you the truth, I feel more warm, sincere, excited happiness for her here than IRL…probably because I’ve shared the story in much more detail here, and probably because you’re also just terrific people.</p>
<p>Hey, we’ve talked about it, but have we actually started the thread of where our kids are really, truly, actually going? I don’t see one, so I’m going to start one called “2011/2015 Matriculations.”. If this is a duplicate just let me know, and I’ll delete.</p>
<p>Wow, I had about 10 pages to catch up on, including the Ivy decisions!</p>
<p>Congrats to those who caught the golden hoop!</p>
<p>Very sorry for those whose fingers brushed it… I hope all the kids will be back in good spirits as they turn to making their final decisions.</p>
<p>I loved VaMom’s son’s comment: “if I can’t even get in to the website, there’s no way I can get into Princeton” Glad he was wrong about that! </p>
<p>My autistic daughter’s favorite teacher is a Princeton graduate. She had him for 3 years and to me he is a miracle worker. I know all these kids, Ivy or not, will likewise make positive change in the world!</p>
<p>My daughter’s boyfriend saw the writing on the wall after his third tippy-top rejection. He knew his two Ivy’s were pretty sure to be the same. Daughter and I have been helping as we can, since his mother is going through her own tough time (still supportive, but not really practical). He kept a sense of humor: “It will be really funny if I end up being a presidential scholar who got rejected everywhere!”</p>
<p>So today, he said that he called admissions at our flagship and was told it is absolutely not too late to apply and that he should apply for scholarships as well, even though the deadline is technically past. We took him out to dinner and they sat and checked on the laptop: double rejections, as expected. </p>
<p>They spent the rest of the meal discussing the flagship, where my daughter has already been accepted. And I didn’t even admonish them to “stop hugging in public!”</p>
<p>Wow, just wow. Congrats to all on some amazing acceptances. </p>
<p>Feeling a little out of place on this thread tonight …I don’t think we belong! We’re one of those families where our kids couldn’t get admitted into the level of colleges that their parents attended, even though they are both way smarter than we ever were (and that is no lie). </p>
<p>But I am genuinely glad for those of you whose kids have rocked it tonight - it is actually nice to see that smart kids without extra-special hooks are getting in on their own merits (that is what frustrates my D the most - the kids with long legs who jump high leaping their way into Princeton with average stats, and we have seen many examples).</p>
<p>For those that are disappointed, most especially Pepper - my heart is breaking for your son. He is going to have an amazing college experience and will be amazingly successful, I am sure of it. It won’t get any worse than the next 24 hours, then it will go up up uphill.</p>
<p>Emmy, many of us 2014ers set sail on the USS Indecision. 
Ds was one of the last to disembark. Y’all’s kids sound like they have it much more together. </p>
<p>High-fives to those with good news and (((hugs)) to those who need them. The year flies by!</p>
<p>I am happy to report in late that we’ve been out celebrating! Yays from UPenn, Cornell, Princeton and Yale! And the Ivy FA is amazing. Scoutson called all the relatives and ended each conversation with, “Mom will call you when she stops crying.”. (And I haven’t been able to call yet). What an incredible ride. My boy has his smile back!</p>
<p>We’ll be visiting Yale and Princeton; hope the other spots we’ll turn down tomorrow go to someone here!</p>
<p>Congratulations on all the good news and hugs for those who are disappointed - we know the feeling.</p>
<p>MOSB, thanks for sharing your cycle; we all hope our kids wind up where they’ll be happy, and Songbird surely sounds as though she will!</p>
<p>I’m with you, guitarist’s mom - no good news in the lottery. Not really surprised, and D’s outcome will be fine, as she’s in at a top LAC that is also a good fit. BUT … there’s still a lot of emotion attached to all of this that the cliches about blooming where planted, etc., don’t do a lot for.</p>
<p>But … it is marvelous to see all of the good news on the thread! These are some amazing kids who have accomplished amazing things - wonderful reasons to be proud!</p>