D24 applied to 4 state schools and already heard back from all of them. BUT they’re all rolling admissions. So if the state schools your S24 applied to are NOT rolling admissions, it would be normal to not have heard anything back right away.
All good. D applied to I think fifteen and has only heard from the two rolling admission schools (Pitt and U Del). Some of her private EA schools are coming in December, most big state schools like Umass, UNH! uMD, Michigan won’t get decisions out until January. It sucks waiting though!
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Totally agree. This waiting seems endless…
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To make clear: these are EA schools for whom some students have received acceptances and have posted on CC and Reddit. I know it’s somewhat random how these things are processed but it is still painful to wait. Happily, S24 has a healthier perspective!
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This is why many purposely apply to a rolling school even if barely interested. Just to check the win box.
It’s a nerve calmer but sort of silly if no interest in that school.
As long as his list was properly selected, he’ll be fine.
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It is completely normal but I understand the anxiety! D24 has applied to 7 schools so far and has yet to hear from any. D22 was in same boat.
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The waiting game is hard. Son has applied 8 state flagships and 3 private so far and has heard back only ASU which is a rolling. Majority of his EA apps we will only know in jan/feb. And his california publics will come in March. I am not good at waiting so its hard. I keep telling myself to relax.
Good luck.
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Two great admits
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The more we look at UD the more we like it.
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I love UDEL although I couldn’t get either of my girls to go there. Beautiful campus, in my view good size (17-18K). Good merit money. Great location close to Philly, DC and NYC. Nice little college town walking distance from campus.
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Big tests right before the break and when some decisions are coming out. The next few weeks are going to be interesting!
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C24 turns 18 this week, and they’ve decided against buying a lottery ticket to celebrate the milestone because “[favorite schools] decisions are due in two weeks and I don’t want use up any of my luck!”
To say they’re stressed is an understatement. They have 6 more apps to finish, plus an honors college application, before the end of the year. But the real stressor is waiting on decisions from their top two schools, which should come before Christmas.
Meanwhile, I’m watching college decision videos like it’s my job, because somehow that distracts me from endless fretting over whether C will get into one of those schools.
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It’s a lot, isn’t it? S24 has acceptances but now says it is worse having to “make the big decision” and still has 6 more schools to hear from. We thought for sure once apps were all in the stress would decrease but it hasn’t. And I do not want to wish the time away either because that means he will be gone 
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Recall that I’m the nosy mom who checked S22’s #1 decision, and he was accepted. After I ran around the house screaming my head off celebrating, I calmly reminded son to check his portal when he came home, pretending I didn’t know.
One of the BEST thing I did was to record his experience of checking his portal for his #1 college decision. I was able to capture all his waves of emotions (shock/awe/exhilaration/relief/pure happiness, etc), ending with us hugging as we sobbed together. It had been a very long road, and we were thankful for the positive outcome.
No, I didn’t record it to post on YouTube/share with anyone. It was just for us (me).
I do recommend recording. You can always delete it if it’s a rejection, but you can’t recreate those feelings.
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S24 has heard from 4 schools so far and all four of them were when no one was around 
Two of them came via email, and the one we were all super excited about I was in the car with his sister on our way home from the movies and S24 was up in his room and randomly checked his portal and then called me. Hoping I get at least one one video but I have a feeling he will be sneaky about checking when no one is around 
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do you get very like I do even though these kids are total strangers??? I have watched so many of these as well and find myself so invested in these decisions it is hilarious.
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That should say teary like I do
S is super stoic. Doesnt even like fuss about celebrating a birthday or taking any pictures/videos ever. I cannot imagine doing this 
I can only gain happiness by watching other kids’ acceptances videos
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Hugs to everyone during this waiting period. I actually made an appointment to meet with a counselor next week so I can feel free to just vent and overthink in a safe place where my own anxiety won’t impact the kids! 
Between S24 and D24, we expect 6 decisions in December, and then a trickle of more decisions through March. D24 applied ED so hopefully she will be set. S24 is still working on more applications.
My biggest worry now is that S24 truly doesn’t seem to know what he wants. At first I thought he was keeping an open mind, now I worry it’s more like throwing darts. When I ask why he chose to apply to certain schools I get shoulder shrugs. His college counselor assures me he will be fine. I want him to be happy and excited. Currently, he seems largely disinterested in the schools where he applied. I got him tshirts for the two schools where he received early acceptances and he won’t wear them. He totally missed his window to apply for housing at one of his schools (why the schools seem to think kids can just drop everything in the middle of a school day to fill out a housing application is beyond me). He doesn’t want to talk about any of his college options either. This doesn’t seem normal to me. D24 gets excited to think about options and imagine what she may be doing next year. I’ve pretty much stopped asking him anything related to college and figure maybe he will be more engaged once he hears from schools he is more interested in, but I am not sure if there ARE schools he is more interested in.
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Absolutely. Mind you, everything makes me cry, so the fact that I’m tearing up over college videos isn’t surprising. But yep, I get totally invested. It’s kind of neat how you can see, no matter how hard the kid tries to be nonchalant, when it’s a school they really, really want.
As far as videotaping my kid’s reactions, I would love to. Heck, I’d just like to be in the room when they open the decision, but I suspect that isn’t going to happen. They are acutely aware of when their first-choice school will come out, they’re already planning to be home when they open it, but I suspect they’ll want to do it alone.
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