<p>"Looking forward to it?" Have you lost your mind? </p>
<p>It has been extremely painful and exhausting with this child. I just want it all over. He got deferred at his absolutely 1st choice, so the rest are just hard to do. Plus, we've all had a run of bad luck the last couple of weeks, so it's all been very stressful. I just want it all to be over! He's got 4 in and 2-4 to go. He's got enough essays now that he can recycle to some degree and that helps. </p>
<p>I didn't get to proof the one that went out last night either. Arrgh.</p>
<p>Good luck to all of you still dealing with applications. Next year (in April), I'll post the suggestion that students complete ALL of their applications by November 15 at the latest. It makes for a MUCH more pleasant holiday season...and senior year...not having that hanging over your head. I'm not saying EA, or ED...just get the stinking things done as early as you can.</p>
<p>DS has two honors apps to do, and should do some scholarship apps over the holiday- but is happily accepted to big state U in the major of his choice. (And I imagine that he'll be fine in a class of 500 students..... cringe :( ) So we're feeling fine and relaxed. My condolences to those of you whose kids didn't get into their first choice schools. I hope you have a productive and peaceful holiday!</p>
<p>thumper1, it's one thing to suggest they complete everything by Nov. 15, it's quite another to get that to happen. Mine is still dithering on the last 5 he's got to get in (at least he got the forms to the GC and teachers in time!). I'm going to have to sit on his back this coming week so I don't feel terrible-awful stress over Christmas... sigh. (His remaining schools all have Jan. 15 deadlines, though, so he may think he has a little more time...)</p>
<p>There but for grace go I. I will be hoping that this season's mad scurryings yield many April flowers for all of you fellow parents of procrastinators!</p>
<p>One of the more relieved--I really can't say happier--days of my life was Dec. 28 three years ago when I shoved D's remaining applications across the counter at the Post Office.</p>
<p>A friend of mine just had her D deferred by Yale EA and is now looking at the same scenario. </p>
<p>I much prefer looking at it from a detached distance instead of feeling hair turn gray (or fall out) and blood pressure go up as the clock ticks inexorably on.</p>
<p>P.S. One of my mantras was "work on your essays over the summer." Great mantra. Lousy correspondence to reality.</p>
<p>What made it easier for us, three years ago, was that S had gotten a rolling acceptance before the ED decision came out, and had decided, though he didn't tell us at the time, that he was going there if ED turned him down. Either way, he wasn't doing another stinking application. But, that's his character to a tee.</p>
<p>I think getting the scholarship applications done was the worst. By then my daughter was sick of filling out applications and was ambivalent about getting scholarship money (I, however, was NOT ambivalent about that).</p>
<p>Yes Christmas is not going to be much of a break at our house either. Big paper due early in the new year (procrastination anyone?), college apps need to be completed and, like fireflyscout, I am going to have to be 'not ambivilent' about her getting some scholarship applications done also. All this plus Christmas to fit in in 11 days. Thank goodness we were able to put off the wisdom teeth extractions till spring break.</p>
<p>well I have one son who just finished all his apps except one scholarship app that is not due until Feb 1. He has two accepts in pocket and quite happy.</p>
<p>Son 2 is done with 6 apps, also has two accepts in pocket, but is still struggling with essays to Penn and Northwestern due by Jan 1. </p>
<p>Now for pure household peace have one son wanting to go play and out with friends while teasing the other that he needs to get to work :)</p>
<p>I'd have loved to have made him finish applications by Nov 15, there was no way he would cooperate. I was just happy that applying EA made several substantial essays get written early on.</p>
<p>I'm on my second cup for the morning, my son is home and sleeping off wisdom teeth extraction, and it's sunny. Reading this is a strong reminder of two years ago. Hell. And now it is Heaven. And this too shall pass.</p>
<p>The reason why he is having his wisdom teeth out a year plus some into college is a direct result of the way things were going during his senior year at application time. It has taken two years to finish this business. Instead of teeth, it was a tumor on the spine at the same time that applications were being filled in, scholarship stuff as well, oboe tapes, composition tapes, you name it tapes. Double applications for every school and some triple. Oh yes, and IB orals about this time that year...then the essays and exams. Oh yes, and trying out for a summer program in France which worked out and the teeth got postponed and the tumor got zapped. All the applications went fed ex and all is well that ends well.</p>
<p>My gosh overseas - that kind of puts this all in perspective. Can't imagine even dealing with college stuff with a medical situation like that to worry about. So happy for you that it all worked out so well. Hope his face is not too puffy - nice that they get breaks to do the fun stuff like have teeth out isn't it?</p>
<p>My D was deferred from her ED. Her school was so sure she would get in that they never prepared her packet for other schools. We have 10 apps to get out before Jan 1. Her school assured us that all will be sent out before the xmas break, which means her school's packet will arrive before her applicaitons. D has a good attitude. She told me that she is good under pressure - not to worry Mom (yeah, right). D said she is very motivated to be out of the house next Sep.</p>
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<p>Well I'm glad that didn't happen to us. I know the counselor has sent in all her stuff. I assume the teachers sent out all their stuff at the same time, but we did tell them the different deadlines, so who knows they might not have.</p>
<p>The counselor also told us that it's more important for us to meet the app deadline. Colleges give HS a little bit more time to send in their info. She told D that if she should decide to add a school or two over the break to do so. The school will send her info to those additional schools after the break.</p>
<p>Trying to keep my sanity-D got deferred from SCEA--trying to bolster her self-esteem so she can be creative in her essays and finish up the balance of her apps. Parents--any suggestions on a response to: Mom---what more can I do---I have the GPA/Class rank/SAT scores/ECs/president of this/that--I mean NONE of my friends got in for their EA/ED schools///what more do these colleges want??? how are you handling these kinds of ???</p>
<p>Hmm, that's funny, I know for a fact had I applied to a EA/ED school and no rolling admission schools, I'd wait until the holiday break to do all my applications. Instead I didn't apply to any schools EA/ED and applied to a rolling decision school. Luckily for me, they deferred me in early November, so that gave me plenty of motivation to finish the rest of my apps. Needless to say I finished them all (except for one) by December 6th simply due to the fact that I knew I had already gotten deferred. </p>
<p>Oddly enough, right after I spent about a total of $1000 applying to schools and finished all my applications and schools were notifying me my applications were complete, one of my top choice schools (the one I was deferred in November to) accepted me. So right now I'm actually slightly mad I didn't procrastinate for another month. Then I coulda saved like $800 in app fees and I would only need to send out like...2-3 apps instead of the 12 I originally sent. Well, I guess in hindsight that seemed to be the right thing to do, but obviously what I did was probably smarter (cause normallly deferred applicants don't hear back till April). At least I'm already done so now I can enjoy my xmas break ;)</p>