<p>Ha Ha. She hates my "cooking", so that's not much of a threat. But, the out on her own part... She would like that, too. but, the out on her own, living on her own income? That oughta do it :)</p>
<p>mommeleh--I feel that I am in much the same situation as you are, though my D does seem to understand our feelings about paying for private and has not pushed us at all. She applied to a few privates with the understanding that she would not attend unless she received merit $$. I do think there is something to establishing relationships with teachers/profs and feeling supported throughout the process, as the BC gal spoke of last night. But I balance that against what both of my kids have said that by the time you decide to get serious about going in a certain direction at a larger school, you can make the connections you need and have your hand held plenty if you need it.
My son was in Computer Science and loved his experience. He had to apply several times before being accepted-it's a very competitive major. We actually faced the possibility that he may not be able to get into his area of interest--ever (would that happen at a private school--don't know) As it turned out, he persevered and was
SO glad. Great teachers, undergrad research on a project he got very involved with and is still working on (grad. last quarter), double majored--got to do it all. D is in accting, and has had a similarly good experience. Ironically, she went into the business school to complain about a grade she received soon after she got there--freshman or soph. year?--and ever since then has been called to serve on committees, attend leadership conferences, etc. She attributes it to the fact that she showed her face early on. She has joined acctg. "frat" and does all kinds of activities through the school. While neither child was cottled, both found their way, grew into independent self-reliant, confident kids. S had multiple job offers before graduating. So it just makes me wonder. Were they lucky, or in the right major, or does the big system work if you make it work. All the questions I am debating with #3.<br>
Sorry for the long post. Good to hear that others are similarly puzzled!</p>
<p>I'm a first generation college student, so this experience is new for everyone in my family as well. Caseyatbat, hopefully I'll be as lucky as your children and enjoy the college life. I'm crossing my fingers for job offers as well.</p>
<p>Anyone else notice how active this thread has been the past few days?</p>
<p>I was wondering if anyone has heard a case in the past of the UW asking for your first semester/fall quarter transcript while your application was still pending. I really don't think they do that</p>
<p>I have told my d she better work her ___________ the last three weeks of the semester in case they do. If they don' t but she hasn't been admitted yet I plan to ask if it is ok to send in the semester grades.</p>
<p>I have e-mailed them about that because I already got my fall quarter grades and they were pretty good. According to the person I e-mailed I shouldn't, but Dopke e-mailed them too and she said we are required to (i think my person is right though...because of that one section that said "only put the classes on this list that will not appear on your transcript").</p>
<p>mm I think your d will get in because 3.55 and 1240 are strong stats for people who didn't get auto-accepted. Was her school in like the top 30 (given a 4 by that one website)?</p>
<p>Edit: I also wanted to add that I personally believe that GPA is much important than the SAT score. I've seen SO MANY people getting high SAT scores because they take the expensive classes. A friend of mine who's still learning the English language got like a 910 or something really low the first time but took the classes over summer (I think his parents spend over $1000) and ended up with a 1390. I think your GPA shows your real side because it says if you work hard continuously. Adding something like the rank system for schools and how they give grades makes GPA even stronger.</p>
<p>seven- it doesn't hurt to send them in I would say. Whatever the right answer is about the fall grades... I sent them in and I still got in.</p>
<p>Seven; I don't doubt your analysis of SAT scores. However, there is no way of knowing which students took the expensive classes and which didn't. My d didn't; nor did she take it multiple times. Still; your concerns about the SAT can also apply to GPAs. The tendency of some schools to weight grades can throw comparisons out of wack. My d's school doesn't. Nor will they ever give a P and they don't excuse students from PE classes. I also note it appears the UW has decided to go off the state AI index and develop their own for next year putting a higher emphasis on the SAT. In any case; it appears to me that the young people posting on this board are likely to have been very hard workers in all respects. I can assure you my d is a basket case waiting to hear. She has adopted an approach of looking away until she hears so she can concentrate on finishing the semester in a strong fashion.</p>
<p>Hi MMB and others wondering about sending grades, </p>
<p>The GC at S's school would probably say that as long as you are not sending something that duplicates what they already have, go ahead and send it. If they don't want/need it, they just won't look at it. S's school routinely sends transcripts with a rec from the GC, school profile, etc. and when I heard they sent it to UW I got worried as the app had specifically said not to send it. GC said that in their experience it was better to send it and if they didn't use it, they wouldn't. But they wouldn't reject a kid because a school sent something extra. So if those grades are good, I'd say by all means send them. Will the GC do that for your D?</p>
<p>I assume so. I also noted on the app. there was a place for the GC to fill in the class ranking with a signature and phone #. Even though the UW does not ask for or want rec. do you think they make side bar calls to GCs?</p>
<p>I would be surprised if they did that too often. Their application pool is just so big.... I think the smaller colleges may do more of that if they have a question or concern or something looks odd about the application. I wouldn't expect UW to have a need or the time to do it too much. But I am sure it happens or could happen, or they wouldn't ask for the number.</p>