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<p>I hear you, UT84321, very sad…</p>
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Ha, ha! Love this way of looking at it.</p>
<p>I got the email from TiVo yesterday before College Board let me know. Super!! :-/ Two of my kids got the email as well since they have received the ‘SAT Question of the Day’. If your kids have ever been hooked into College Board, and aren’t excellent at reading email, you may want to alert them and remind them about opening anything they aren’t familiar with.</p>
<p>Happy Sunday to everyone!</p>
<p>Pepper - Hugs to you…the whole FB things makes me crazy. TMI all the time. And I agree, you were very wise to let your S vent…many families feel they are being “penalized” for opening 529s and saving for college over the years. Keep us posted on his decision and give yourself a break. We feel our children’s pain more than they feel their pain…you have been a wonderfully involved Mom and your son is lucky to have you cheering him on. There are so many kids out there that are floundering because no body really cares enough to get involved.</p>
<p>Amanda - I think you were very wise to choose a list that offered your son’s passion. Sometime’s we forget in this crazy process that college is more than just academics and achievement. It gives our kids a chance to learn about being independent and also finding balance. Participating in something he loves will provide an environment to make life long friends.</p>
<p>interesting…have already received warning emails from College Board, TIVO and Disney (vacation club)…what in the world is going on?</p>
<p>No real info on any of these (ss # or credit cards stored) but still…</p>
<p>Happy Sunday, all!</p>
<p>I so feel for Pepper and Amanda (and their sons) - though they will sure thrive wherever they end up, this journey has so many possible rough turns. And as the mother of a daughter, I find myself wondering if some of this is harder on the sons. My D has on many occasions gone through huge emotional turmoils accompanied by incredible crying jags. It’s her way of getting through things, and is more or less functional, at least at this stage in life. For the 17 or 18-year-old boy, it’s gotta be a lot tougher to experience these things in a world where society often frowns on them showing the same kinds of feelings. These boys are lucky to have moms that can help them figure out ways to work through the mess … and work through it they will.</p>
<p>In our household, D looked at the SS Indecision at the dock and decided to not even wander up the gangplank. Though we haven’t put the postcard (and check!) in the mail and will still go to an accepted students weekend, she joined the class of 2015 FB page last night (a good use for FB, I think!) and we had a celebratory dinner, so the decision is final at this blissfully early date in April: She’s going to Carleton College, and over-the-moon excited about it. It’s a wonderful school and great fit.</p>
<p>I hope others onboard the SS Indecision have a smooth journey and a safe landing - I’ll be providing support and waving from the flotilla!</p>
<p>just got an email College Board stating this.</p>
<p>We have been informed by Epsilon, the vendor that sends email to you on our behalf, that your e-mail address may have been exposed by unauthorized entry into their system.</p>
<p>Epsilon has assured us that the only information that may have been obtained was your first and last name and e-mail address. REST ASSURED THAT THIS VENDOR DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO OTHER MORE SENSITIVE INFORMATION SUCH AS SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR CREDIT CARD DATA.</p>
<p>Please note, it is possible you may receive spam e-mail messages as a result. We want to urge you to be cautious when opening links or attachments from unknown third parties.</p>
<p>In keeping with standard security practices, the College Board will never ask you to provide or confirm any information, including credit card numbers, unless you are on a secure College Board site.</p>
<p>Epsilon has reported this incident to, and is working with, the appropriate authorities.</p>
<p>We regret this has taken place and apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. We take your privacy very seriously, and we will continue to work diligently to protect your personal information.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>The College Board</p>
<p>this so does not make me happy.</p>
<p>just saw others have also gotten the email. jeez</p>
<p>Well the SS Indecision is way out to sea at this point for D. I was looking forward to today’s accepted student day, expecting that D’s first choice would remain (even though she had not visited before), and after a few a details were worked out that D would be all set. It was disappointing in so, so many ways from the dumplike (toxic?) dorms with not even any common kitchen facilities, to the almost identical quads made up of mostly concrete/steel buildings surrounding a 10 story building in the center with few trees or other greenery, to the ass’t dean of the computer and informatics program who didn’t know anything about the 5 year BA liberal arts/MSIS offered by his dept, to the lack of representatives for interdisciplinary majors. Hampshire is now neck and neck with UAlbany (if the finances work out) and if not, D may be a commuter student at UAlbany. I am so sick of this process…</p>
<p>kinderny - to make it this far, and to be disappointed…so sorry. I feel for your frustration.</p>
<p>Our family feels very fortunate for S’s choices, but I have to say. I thought I was “in the know” about a lot of this process. I thought I understood a lot of it. After reading the results, I was terribly underinformed. S made all the choices about how he spent his time in HS and only did what he loved - I would not change any of that. My heart just breaks for your kids who worked so hard and do not feel satisfied with the outcome. I hope all of you will continue to vent here, because I know you are bravely holding it together on the outside.</p>
<p>We’ve put so much emphasis for so long on this college decision. I can look back on my own college decision and see that it was all wrong - actually, I was wrong twice! (transferred after my sophomore year - to another wrong fit). It all turned out; it was what I made of it. I have more regrets about my choices AT the school rather than the choices OF the school, if that makes sense.</p>
<p>Anyway, enough rambling. I am thankful for this outlet and I am interested in all of your stories.</p>
<p>You know what is really bad? My dd turned 16 today and I had very little thought put into her gifts (e.g. a new mouse for her laptop and a new fountain pen LOL) and celebrating…too wrapped up in mr. procrastinator! Got to get off cc and spend some time with my korean-boy-band-obsessed-girl who will be launching on the class of '13 forum as soon as I wrap this boy up! Anyone else have a '13?</p>
<p>My '11/'15er is only 16–some days I forget that.</p>
<p>paid the deposit at Marquette yesterday. S is happy with his decision. It wasn’t the outcome he envisioned 7 months ago, but he is happy and excited about college.<br>
She is going to love it! Congrats on her decision.
UT84321 sorry about the snow. Our snow from last week just melted. Good luck with those upcoming visits.
well said Emmybet. We have told both kids it is about them, not the classmate sitting in the next desk or any of their friends. Be the best you can and take pride in what you do.
Keyline I am thinking of joining my S for a preview day at his school because I have not been there. S has already sent in the deposit, we arent doing revisits. H went with him last year. It wont be long before he is making the trip on his own anyway. Of course, this is one trip to one college, no plane changes. On suggestion, regardless of whether he travels alone or with you, make sure you have at least an hour between connections, especially at large airports. I travel occasionally for work and I cant tell you how many times I am running, literally, to catch connecting flights. If you are not sitting up towards the front of the plane it can take 10-15 minutes to get off. Boarding usually starts about ½ hour before the flight time and then you have to get to the other gate. Very stressful.</p>
<p>Pepper we also have had a bad relationship with Ss GC. I have nothing to thank her for, except getting his transcript out on time to the right schools. Her advice was worthless and I really feel S would be in a bad spot if he followed it. I think your S is in a good place, the decision will be made without the burden of worrying about finances, you allowed him that opportunity, he will not look back with regret.
Amanda good luck to your S with todays audition. Happy bday to your D and good luck with the track meet.
Dignified and VAMom- good luck to your S and D. lot of good choices. It can be overwhelming, we all hear about how this choice effects the rest of your life.
Momdoc good luck with those two different choices. But, keep in mind, if it doesnt work out at one, he can always transfer. So I guess I vote with your H.<br>
Emilybee- wow Bates!! What a great school. I have already ordered 3 Marquette car decals, and a sweatshirt for S.
Ok. That is all I have time for right now, such a busy group. Good luck to all still on board SS Indecision!</p>
<p>OneGirlsmom ~ Congrats on D’s decision to go to Carleton! Glad you are both happy.</p>
<p>kinderny ~ Sorry you were disappointed with your visit today. I hope the finances work out for Hamphire.</p>
<p>Mamom ~ Great that you are done with the deposit to Marquette, and nice to hear your S is happy with his decision!</p>
<p>S’s 18th bday is in a few weeks. We will be on vacation that week, but I am hoping to make it memorable. I love the 18 + 1 idea. It will have to be GC’s or small stuff because I have to fit it in my luggage. Car decal to his declared college will be the first. Sweatshirt to same school #2. Maybe a keychain from his HS will be #3.</p>
<p>D3, high school class of '21, is in the living room playing Zhu Zhu pets with a neighbor girl. Hopefully by the time she’s going through this process I’ll have figured out if she should be round or pointed or something else!</p>
<p>Onegirlsmom: Congrats on the Carlton decision. I still remember getting mail from Carlton when I was in HS and thinking it looked like a great school. My mother did not believe in letting daughters go more than a few hours drive from home, so I never got to consider it.</p>
<p>Kinder: I’m sorry that the visit was disapointing. I hope your can work things out. </p>
<p>Happy Birthday to Amanda’s D and Mamom’s son. </p>
<p>I’m really feeling jaded by this whole process. Today I went to hear my niece play in the all Easterns band concert. The music was beautiful, but all I could think of was: “Those poor talented kids. Next year they’ll be disapointed when they don’t get into their top choices.”</p>
<p>Phbmom - lol; just let her be and, in the end, that will be the right answer. I know that some are feelling they shd have given different guidance to their children but, in the end, they are who they are because of the choices they’ve made. And who they are is good kids who have had a heck of a time in HS and will thrive in whatever school they choose.</p>
<p>For those who are still on the SS Indecision, just a word of advice…those first few steps down the gangplank may be a little wobbly as you adjust to terra firma but, once you do (and your S or D embraces their decision), I promise you that things will get better.</p>
<p>I’m on the SS indecision, and attempting to visit some schools is going to be very difficult due to scheduling issues. I get all my decisions and now I’m starting to feel nervous.</p>
<p>momjr - This made me laugh!</p>
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<p>Yep, it’s hard to turn it off.</p>