<p>Hilarious, bisouu! </p>
<p>@compadv and dramamom: Last year Muhlenberg acceptance came in a letter sized fat envelope that helpfully (for the moms) has “You’re IN!” or something like that on the front.</p>
<p>I’m going to sit at 999 to eternity. I don’t want to be a senior anything. It was bad enough when the AARP card arrived months before I actually turned 50. I need to start paying closer attention to the count so that I don’t accidentally cross over to the dark side. </p>
<p>halflokum, do we really get the AARP card when we turn 50??? I got that card but threw it out thinking they’d made some mistake! </p>
<p>YES!!! It came to me when I was 49 1/2. I was not pleased and I never joined. :)</p>
<p>I finally joined when we planned our trip to New York - because I could save 10% on our hotel! HATED to get the card - but it was worth it (I think it cost $14, and we saved about 4 times that!).</p>
<p>I was getting walk in tub ads and cemetery plots before I turned 50!!! </p>
<p>bisouu - oh my heck, that’s hilarious! Whatever happened to 50 is the new 40 and whatnot?!!</p>
<p>I guess I was lucky, my husband turned 49 1/2 first so I became a member “young!”</p>
<p>I think if I can say this out loud it will make it less of an issue… I think my d is going to be one of those who gets admitted nowhere she auditioned. She is going to be perfectly fine with it…It’s me who will take it personally which I know is ridiculous. There ….I said it…boy do I feel better…</p>
<p>@bisouu … You are my favorite person on the CC forum! I bet it will all work out for you guys - please hang in there! 
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<p>What is the saying - plan for the worst, expect the best! Hang in there - just a few more weeks and the waiting and worrying and guessing will be over.</p>
<p>@bromquest and @mountainhiker Thanks for the kind words! Funny how admitting it’s my issue makes it easier somehow… Love to you all <3</p>
<p>Bisouu, didn’t you say that your daughter has already been in films, without any kind of college training? I wouldn’t give up yet (not sure who you have left to hear from), but your daughter seems very capable of making her own way, with or without an auditioned BFA.</p>
<p>No, she has done bit parts in one film, music videos and community theater…she will be fine…it’s her ridiculous mother who has the problem. LOL She just got rejected from Emerson :I</p>
<p>I took this very personally, too, last year. It’s hard not to. You’ve still got Hartt, don’t you? Did you do NYU? </p>
<p>We have Hartt, U of Arts, Purchase, BU, Fordham and Chapman</p>
<p>Purchase is a very tough admit, because of the low cost and reputation. I wouldn’t give up on Hartt and U of Arts yet. </p>
<p>There is a popular post floating around Facebook about famous rejections. I thought of it when I read your comment @bisouu. Rejections don’t mean that much other at that moment and time someone did not see your potential. That’s it. I take heart that one of the most successful writers, jk Rowling was rejected from nearly every publisher until scholastic/Bloomsbury. All it takes is your will to know that rejections are just simply not about whether someone has ‘it’ or not. Hang in there. Stay positive. </p>
<p>Oh bissou…I am so sorry. Let me just also put it out there that it is so much harder for a girl. Don’t be discouraged. It’s not over until it’s over. There are so many great non audition programs…it seems like all of the kids apply to the same ten schools and they all want the same 20 kids. It is so heartbreaking and I also take it personally…we all know how passionate and dedicated our kids are and total strangers expect to predict success with a short audition and a few pieces of paper. Hang in there. </p>