<p>@Goodkidsdad …you are a good dad! That is great your son has found a home. Actually I am proactive. He’s only applying to state schools. He won’t get any scholarships, and he’s expressed a desire to stay in state anyway. He knows the campuses except ISU. He has spent his life going to IUB…both DH and I are alums. His brother is at BSU, he’s very familiar with the campus. We went on anIUPUI campus your this summer. I sat down with him and made him apply to all schools. We are just waiting and seeing right now.</p>
<p>conmama. I do see your post from 8/14 that I didn’t see before and I’m sorry I didn’t mean to imply you were not proactive. I will tell you though, I bet your kid gets in all of them. He will definitely get in ISU which has the lowest entrance criteria just a 2.5 but it’s not really in the “state” system so some of the classes will not transfer. To maximize your education there you would need to stay there.</p>
<p>You can take some of the guess work out of it by looking at the admissions for each school. If you are close you can have a former teacher or a known alumnus write letters of recommendation. It really helps!</p>
<p>As a resident of Fort Wayne,I know that IPFW is a really good school with dorms and prepares kids very well. Local companies offer internships like Vera Bradley, Sweetwater sound and DO-it-best corporation. And all credits will transfer to IU or IUPUI or Purdue for that matter. And their basketball team is excellent!</p>
<p>Hang in there. It will all work out.</p>
<p><a href=“http://enroll.iupui.edu/admissions/undergraduate/freshmen/admission.html”>http://enroll.iupui.edu/admissions/undergraduate/freshmen/admission.html</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://cms.bsu.edu/admissions/undergraduateadmissions/admissionrequirements”>http://cms.bsu.edu/admissions/undergraduateadmissions/admissionrequirements</a></p>
<p><a href=“Freshman Application | Indiana State University”>http://cms.indstate.edu/admissions/applications-us/freshman</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://www.ipfw.edu/admissions/requirements/beginning-freshmen.html#Regular”>http://www.ipfw.edu/admissions/requirements/beginning-freshmen.html#Regular</a></p>
<p>Thanks goodkidsdad. He did get accepted to ISU…and didn’t really say much. I didn’t realize they weren’t part of the state core credit transfer system…that’s too bad. It has an 85% acceptance rate. We are anxiously awaiting the other responses and he’s formulating a topic for the IU essay. I think he’s decided he knows what he’s going to write about…just needs tennis to be over to have some down time to do it. thanks for the links!</p>
<p>ISU is a school that brings everything together with their programs. Your son would get a good education there! I personally know about the business schools so you might look to see what might transfer in his course of interest.</p>
<p>Off the beaten path here. But Ivy Tech classes are seen as equivalent to IU, IUPUI, Purdue etc until you get beyond 200 level. Actually a very smart way to go. A few years ago Forbes magazine did a study and showed that students that went to a CC for 2 years and them went to a Harvard or Kelley did just as well (or better) , Only saved 100K.</p>
<p>Food for thought.</p>
<p>DS just got his acceptance to Ball State…he was so happy. That envelope with the big fat YES on the front has given him the self esteem boost he really needed. My older son is there, and he was already talking to him as if he was going. Just two weeks ago he was saying he couldn’t see himself there…haha. I think just a defensive comment in case he was rejected. Anyway, I told him to hold on…we still needed to do the IU app and here from IUPUI…what about those plans he mentioned before? In any case, I’m relieved with him.</p>
<p>Yeah!!! Glad to hear this and now he has 2 choices and who knows their could be more in his future!!!</p>
<p>Congratulations Conmama!! </p>
<p>I am jealous. We are just at the start of the application process and your son already has TWO acceptances. You must be a proud conmama.</p>
<p>That is great news @Conmama! </p>
<p>Thanks @Hoosier96 and SlackerMom. I have a question. There is a form to send within two weeks with different options. Two of them are: 1)Yes, we want to attend and send a $100 unrefundable fee 2) Haven’t made up our minds yet and apparantely have until May 1.</p>
<p>What would be the purpose of announcing you want to attend and giving them the $100 if you have until May 1st? Do they not hold your spot? If you do go ahead and apply Yes and give the $100, do the other schools know that and do not give your applications as serious a look? </p>
<p>I went to IU and it is MY dream that my kids would have gone there. But in all honesty, I"m not sure BSU wouldn’t be a better choice for this son. School isn’t quite as easy for him with his ADHD and they have an awesome tutoring center. It’s a nice size campus, easy to get around. His brother is there, although I’m not sure that is a plus :)</p>
<p>I have to say again how I found it so uplifting to see that pride (and relief) on his face last night.</p>
<p>Great news @conmama! Excellent! </p>
<p>One little vent here. My son completed his UW-SP essay and application and submitted on 9/1, the first day. But the high school requires that to be done first, before requesting a transcript be sent over. So we get the request form for the HS and they said it takes up to 2 weeks to submit the transcript. Really? We were told to submit the application right on 9/1 to get in line. Anyone know if waiting for the transcript pushes us back?</p>
<p>I hightly doubt it. Does your H.S. require you to go thru Parchment? Our H.S. also makes us apply online first (or turn in paper app to them) before they release the transcript…and they also have 2 weeks to do it. DS turned in all his forms to the counselor on 8/28 (last Thursday) and got his acceptance packet yesterday…just one week later. I think they probably release the info as quickly as they can, and if it’s thru parchment, then isn’t it just online and automatic (unlike snail mail)?</p>
<p>Just a lurker here with a S15 with a gpa not quite close enough to this thread, but are considering some schools mention here…@conmama, re your question about the $100 fee- does the school offer housing based on when you send in your deposit? You might want to send it in if it guarantees the housing he wants. And no other schools will know if you sent a deposit to another school.
Congrats on the acceptance. </p>
<p>ConMamma. So, my son went on several visits and thought that Ball State was his favorite campus. Accessible division 1 sports, a smaller campus and the school did great job of getting the students involved. Beyond that, its a really good school!!</p>
<p>Nice job!! Tell your son he did good!! This is AWESOME!!</p>
<p>I had D submit her request for transcripts now before hitting the submit button on the CA…Her school wanted 2-5 weeks notice! Well, they got it. I had to give application deadlines on the request. </p>
<p>@conmama, you may want to call the school and ask. The only thing I can think of is housing. Early responders are guaranteed housing?</p>
<p>Good news here (not as exciting). I got an email from D’s school saying they now have someone who will read college application essays and help the students edit them. Yay! This has been the main sticking point for D. I told her to sign up for the first day and she agreed.</p>
<p>@SlackerMomMD - that’s a great service your D’s school is providing. My D’s school doesn’t offer anything like that. Kids are by themselves finding teachers/friends who are willing to review essays. </p>
<p>I follow both this thread and the main “Parents of the HS class of 2015” thread. Many times I’m thankful that my class of 2015 son is a laid-back, average student at an above-average but not pressure-cooker suburban high school. I don’t think either he or I could handle the stress and frenzy of activity that many on the other thread report. I’m wondering how and why it got to be such a stressful process. My adult (bio) kids and I were all top high school students but neither in the mid 1960’s (yes, I’m that old) nor in the late 80’s to mid 90’s was there anywhere near this amount of pressure in high school - no AP’s, at most 2 sittings for SAT/ACT, some juggling for class rank but nothing cut-throat, participation in normal high school ECs all that was expected, etc. I guess it’s just a reflection of today’s society in general, and in my opinion it’s rather sad.</p>
<p>My son goes to a well above-average suburban HS with many NMFs every year. Maybe there are families under such pressure as seen here in CC but we don’t know them personally. Most of son’s friends and our friends’ kids apply to 1 or 2 safety schools and done. I get anxious at times when reading CC posts. I have to remind myself that college applications don’t have to be that stressful and I know my son will be fine wherever he ends at. </p>
<p>^I guess it’s mainly those folks (parents and students) aiming for the Ivies and other high-prestige schools with very low admittance rates that feel the most pressure, particularly if they don’t acknowledge that there are many other schools which offer a high quality education.</p>
<p>D high-school is beyond a pressure cooker our college search is “any where but **** again.” She has matured in so many ways and I am grateful that she gets “the big picture.”<br>
Success is what happens along the way in life has long, as you are willing to put one foot in front of the other…and soon you will be walking a cross the floor… :-" </p>