S20 just got off the waitlist for Michigan! He is so excited! Got the email and couldn’t believe it, even though there was confetti! He’ll definitely go there.
@Octagon, congratulations! Hope your son chooses Stanford and maybe our kids end up taking some classes together!
I don’t think there is a company, college, or municipality in the country that is going to be able to answer those questions fully before reopening, @itsatruth, but I guess your list provides something for parents to think about. Doctors I have spoken with wouldn’t agree with it, but it certainly might be helpful to consider in some situations.
@typiCAmom Thanks! He is definitely strongly leaning towards Stanford so that could definitely happen. I will let you know what happens.
@Octagon, that is awesome! Are you a part of the Stanford parents FB page?
Anybody’s high school having a grad ceremony? Some are hoping to later in summer if their state opens up.
They just officially closed schools for the year in MN. New proposed Grad ceremony date August 1. Prom bumped back until end of June. I sort of feel like they should just rip the band-aid off and end it. Much as I want for my D20 some semblance of a normal Senior year, I am afraid it will get pushed off again resulting in another disappointment.
I am going to get the cap/gown and take my own pictures. I have heard of some schools putting together an online grad ceremony (specific times for each grad to come in and walk the traditional walk with 4 family members in attendance). Then stitched together with songs and messages and live-streamed on the original grad date.
Prom is trickier, because you need the dress and dinner and maybe a limo for you and your friends. I think that’s a lot to have not happen. Then again a lot of folks already had their formalwear and plans ready before all this. This all just stinks!
Our schools haven’t made any official announcements. Technically we’re just closed until May 15, and our schools go to the end of June. I’m sure it will all be canceled, but nothing has been announced.
We’re in MN too. Our prom was completely cancelled quite a while ago already. Graduation ceremony probably too, at least they never gave a proposed new date. DS doesn’t care about most of that, but he really misses just being at school and with his friends. It’s hard to get any closure from the high school experience when you just left for Spring break and never came back. We’ve moved on to wondering about summer things he had planned and if they will happen. He was supposed to have his last hurrah with the Boy Scouts going to Philmont and hiking in NM for 2 weeks in July. Originally it was going to be in 2018 and the camp closed down for the first time in it’s history due to the fires that year. So they rescheduled for 2020… :neutral:
Anyone else’s kids still deciding? It’s down to the wire here; however, May 1st is approaching, and I want to put the deposit down at least by the day before. Maybe this weekend will be the time for D to get on YouTube and watch some more vlogs, dorm tours, etc.
S is still deciding. Thought he had a front runner and all of a sudden started talking about a college we had taken off his list because it was too expensive. We ended up doing a merit review and they bumped up his award quite a bit, making it equal to the others he was considering. Now it’s looking like this one might be “the one.” Interesting turn of events at this late date.
I can’t figure out how to do the deposit by May 1st! The email DS got back said “stay tuned” …?
Yes! Will this kid ever make a decision?! She has watched all the videos, attended webinars, emailed her GC. She just won’t make a choice. I think she may just wait until the very last minute.
I do remember hearing the theory that you should just flip a coin. Then, if you’re disappointed with the result, choose the other, because you obviously do know which one you really want. May have to try that.
What is a merit review?
Yes! It’s a lovely poem from probably 80 years ago, by little-known-but-awesome poet Piet Hein:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/369545.Piet_Hein
“Whenever you’re called on to make up your mind,
and you’re hampered by not having any,
the best way to solve the dilemma, you’ll find,
is simply by spinning a penny.
No - not so that chance shall decide the affair
while you’re passively standing there moping;
but the moment the penny is up in the air,
you suddenly know what you’re hoping. ”
― Piet Hein
I believe Hein’s stuff is extra skilled because English was his 2nd language and he mostly wrote in Danish (?) but I could be wrong.
I am also in MN. Prom was cancelled a while back. Our school is doing the graduation as described above, recorded one by one walking the stage and made into a video to be shown online on the original grad date. All of it is a big bummer, but this is better than nothing. Our school decided not to postpone the date because they don’t think big gatherings will be happening in July or August, either, and they claim they did not want to double disappoint. I hope they are wrong and that the kids can have their class party in August before college classes start - wherever that may end up being.
Basically just asking for an increase in the original merit awarded. We are not eligible for FA, so FA suggested a merit review. I updated them with some documentation (midyear grades showing increase in gpa, a larger merit award from a peer institution, and an additional letter of recc) and they replied within a few days giving an add’l amount.
We just got word last just that we will definitely be moving to the twin cities in July. Any general advice for us? Our D 20 is our youngest, so no school aged kids to think of, but she’s doing a gap year so will be with us.
My dd made a decision and we paid the deposit. We are so happy to have this stage over it’s such a relief.
@milgymfam I will give it some thought! If you have specific questions please feel free to pm me. General advice…will percolate on that one! Does your D have something in particular she was hoping to do during a gap year?