Having acceptances early, plus having to wait for late ones, kind of sucks. It would be nice to have either all Rolling/EA/ED (well, 1 ED 
) apps or all RD apps so decisions are stacked closer together. And, scholarship weekends throw another wrench in the works. I wanna be done too, but such is the life of a MACinator.
@WhereIsMyKindle Your dd and my dd both. She might not end up being able to make her decision until mid-April. She applied to one school after their EA deadline, so she wonāt know if she is admitted until April 1. If she gets one of their competitive NMF scholarships, it would probably move to the very top of her list. Right now she only has 1 completely affordable option high on her list that she would be happy to attend.
@Mom2aphysicsgeek ā I trust that you will be our font of knowledge on what NMSF deadlines come spring! (Please!)
I love the crowdsourcing aspect of this thread.
Congratulations to all accepted students!
University of South Carolina- Honors related question.
My daughter applied by the 11/15/2016 deadline, unfortunately we did not submit all test scores. We did submit the ACT score but not the SAT score. She is still waiting to hear back on the status of her application.
Does USC requre āALLā scores to be submitted by the 11/15/2016 deadline for honors? She did state that she took the SAT on her application. Kicking myself for not being more involved and reading the instructions more carefully.
Worried mom.
PS: Also posted on USC forum
Thanks for all the helpful advice on wisdom teeth. I had mine out in my 40s, and that seemed like a pretty good time. 
My kids and I all have only the top 2 ā just not very wise, I guess. Mine fit fine, kids both āalmostā fit, but I donāt trust dentists to not overstate the problem.
Congrats on UT honors, @jedwards70 ā such a win-win for the two of you!! Congrats on Penn @Felicita, and nice to hear from you again! It must be wonderful to be ādoneā! <:-P
@CT1543 DS is super nervous about Tau time. Glad to hear FTC is going well for your DS! DSās team hasnāt gotten past a lot of kinks, and their competition schedule is weird this year. Happy birthday to him! DS is also a December babyāday after Christmas.
Hugs @cleoforshort. Great news on her fencing. DS enjoyed fencing until 8th grade, but a December birthday made him a lot younger and smaller than his opponents. (His due date was well into Januaryā¦) Maybe he can take it up again for PE or intramurals in college.
@JenJenJenJen I do the same thing. If I start to imagine an acceptance, I force myself to imagine at least a deferral and what happens after that.
QOTD: Music. How many of you have been turned on to new music that your kid listens to? I had been in kind of a music āfunkā (p.i.) for several years (decades?) before my kids stopped listening to kiddy music, and developed their own taste for certain music. Granted, a lot of mine is slanted on the teen-girl side, which really frustrates/perplexes my āclassic rockā friends. I listen to it by myself now. Lots of interesting artists these days, too, due to the different platforms available for listening.
Itās Dās birthday and she got french toast, patatas bravas, and spicy hot chocolate for brunch. Sheās only 17 so another year before a lot of legal changes. We had the talk again about the looming result coming on Thursday so hopefully sheās mentally prepared either way. She has her Calc final at 6:15 that night so hopefully she wonāt be too distracted.
Congrats on any new acceptances! May the odds be ever in your favor for everyone expecting announcements this week.
QOTD: Yes, we both listen to Dās music all the time now.
QOTD: I would love to share in my kidsā music but they wear earphones and headphones so I really have no idea what they are listening to. Truth is, they might just be blocking out the sound of my voice.
I canāt blame them.
QOTD: Older son is very into music and spends much of his disposable income on vinyl albums, concert tickets & tee shirts. I find myself amused to see if buying used copies of some of the same albums I had in HS & college, but he is also into some very obscure alternative bands. Groups too obscure for Sirius XMUās channel.
I have Alt Nation and First Wave as my first two pre-set buttons, and the boys listened to those stations during their elementary, middle & HS years until I stopped driving them places. Fortunately none of us like pop music. I had to listen to some of it while creating swim team slideshows, so I am aware of Katy Perry and Black Eyed Peas, but the boys never listened to it.
Agree also with @STEM2017 that they usually have their headphones on, except on car rides where I require that we speak. Conversation is often about music, and we both learn from each other.
QOTD: Music is currently non-stop Hamilton, Something Rotten, and Book of Mormon showtunes from both D17 and D20 now. And holiday music on the car radioā¦ they love the all holiday tunes station this time of year.
Andā¦ for anyone into Hamilton, the ānon-stopā reference was totally accidental, but I laughed at my computer desk after I read what I had just posted.
@MACncheez I spend hours every week driving my DS19 to hockey. He bought an aux cord so I get to listen to his music in the car. He doesnāt buy into ādriver picks the music.ā Anyway, I am now a fan of Felly and bought him concert tickets to see him live. I have also learned to tolerate some of his rap picks but put my foot down to most. Itās been fun talking to him about music and it has led to other conversations.
QOTD: D actually listens to my music now, including lots of 90s - 00 R&B and soul. Sheās an old soul. She has spent a lot of time hanging out with me and my friends over the years and now goes to a lot of concerts with us.
@MACncheez I listen to the same stuff my kids do. I do have a fondness for 90ās hip hop music that they donāt yet appreciate (hello, De La Soul anyone?), but H finally got them to like Guns n Roses, AC/DC, and some other 80s era rock bands.
When H and I are listening to music together, itās usually āyacht rockā on pandora, since he canāt stand my love of Bruno Mars and Justin Timberlake, lol. He does like Lady Gaga, and thatās ok. At least itās not Adeleā¦
I just finished cleaning out the fridge and scrubbing it down. This is not school stress-I have a lot of Graphic Art history stuff due tonight and Iām procrastinating. Iām so ready to be done with that class. Love the book, hate the assignments and the rigid way we have to present them:
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Shoot me now.
@MACncheez @LoveTheBard MAC = Merit Aid Chaser? Merit Aid Competition? Macaroni and Cheese Lover? Just when I thought I knew all of the acronyms, I learn Iām still a newbie.
@MotherOfDragons Iām with you, Iām supposed to be QAing new demo software, but here I am on CC instead.
@stencils Big MAC = Big Merit Aid Colleges
Happy Birthday @Dolemite DD ! <:-P
As part of Second Guessing, I am reading rescind scenarios. 
XX DS is not THAT bad. :)]
http://www.knowable.com/a/college-admissions-officers-reveal-the-worst-thing-an-applicant-did-to-get-thems?utmcontent=inf1031362&tseid=INF_a1c68a60be6011e686924f044efee13a
@Dolemite ā happy birthday to your D- Sounds like a lot of nice treats for her.
Re music - DS 17 loves classical music & the tracks from some video games. DS18 is into rap - I mostly am not except for a few āsongsā such as by Post Malone.
Rice App is finally done & the supps are pretty strong so feeling good about finally hitting send. DS loved the school when he visited. Then 3 big apps to finish ā but close on 1 more at least. DS is in school through Dec 21 so no let up on school work for awhile. Kids at school try not to bother each other much about college apps, decisions but as time goes on, word gets around about some of the results. Counselors keep it pretty low key too - they know how stressed everyone is. Top 15%-20% of the class tends to do well with college decisions ā though very few nonathletes get into Ivies other than Cornell as we are in NY. We have grads who are famous writers and movie directors, founders of some big companies and other successes (along with many kids who get other jobs) ā school is not crazy competitive and DS likes the environment bc kids are pretty supportive of each other and seem to keep perspective.
@ynotgo ā on wisdom teeth - should not be too bad with only 2. DS had 4 out - impacted - in August - was rough for 2 days but basically ok (no major pain) after 4 days. Now DS18 needs them out & its complicated bc where one is positioned - think weāll wait till summer. At least we know what to expect.
@MotherOfDragons Wow, hugs! Iād procrastinate, too.
QOTD: DS17 uses earbuds. I think a lot of what he listens to is video game theme songs. (Hi again @CA1543!!) Apparently some of it is pretty good in a classical music sort of way, he says. I like Game of Thrones etc soundtracks as background when Iām working, so I guess I get that.
DS20 is learning to play bass guitar, so angsty LGBTQ-friendly music with a big bass line. DH plays several stringed instruments, and has tried to appreciate his music tastes. He gave a list of songs to his music teacher, and the teacher said, āSome of these are really obscure. Only 17 views on YouTube.ā I think thatās what DS20 aims for. DS20 also play ukulele, and mostly I know those songs.
Iām old fashioned and still like what was āModern Rockā back in the 80s, New Wave and stuff after that. DS20 thinks itās quaint.
@PDMom1718 My Dd was accepted but I donāt think anyone knows about honors. I donāt think honors announcements come out until Jan?? (I donāt remember exactly, but mentally I have it categorized in the after the New Year group.
No idea about the test score issue. My Dd is in the one and done category somshe took the SAT once and that was it other than subject tests.