<p>of the 5 acceptances each D has received only two schools had "Congratulations" written on the outside. One came in a skinny skinny env. and the others were fat.</p>
<p>As we wait for the final rd LAC decisions I think I will leave the envelopes in the mailbox for them to get. I like that idea!</p>
<p>Owlice, can I have some Mint Milanos, even though all of my letters were from last year?</p>
<p>mircowaves don't work</p>
<p>historymom, it's always after noon (or 5) SOMEwhere, so yes, of course you may start on the beer!</p>
<p>:: hands historymom beer nuts and pretzels ::</p>
<p>:: hands Kathyc Mint Milanos ::</p>
<p>Owlice--I know you come by to give support, but will you actually be joining us here now? I know from the '15 board that is a possibility.</p>
<p>Oh...a big CONGRATULATIONS to the Twins, Historymom!!!!!!
It is so nice to hear good news!!!</p>
<p>Congrats to the twins. What is a B and A award, and is it unique to California? We are considering leaving for Spring break which is the last week of March, just so we won't be anxiously waiting for the hopefully big envelope to arrive. Maybe D can open them all up at once, and any disappointments will hopefully be offset with other acceptances.</p>
<p>Thanks for the congrats! I can't wait until the girls share their news.</p>
<p>Bank of America awards I believe are just done in California but now that there is interstate banking maybe they are done wherever B of A exists. There are two levels of award. Three plaques which are given to the top students in: Math and Science, Humanities, and Fine Arts and up to 20 certificates awarded to the rest of the top kids who were not plaque winners. The certificates are what my two will be receiving tomorrow. So they aren't the creme de la creme in their teachers' eyes but they are the creme :) </p>
<p>The plaque winners go on to compete at the county, regional and state level and there is money involved. The kids who earned plaques are deserving so everyone should be happy.</p>
<p>Historymom - congrats to both girls - yay for something great to celebrate! </p>
<p>Owlice - thanks for all the yummy treats, but I think I'll join History and open a beer! Cheers!</p>
<p>:: hands LIMOMOF2 a chilled mug ::</p>
<p>(Unless you are drinking Guinness slow-pour, but somehow, I don't see that as your beer of choice! :-) )</p>
<p>Congrats to the twins, historymom!</p>
<p>:: hands history champagne ::</p>
<p>chintzy, deadline for the app is February 1; let's see if the kid gets it sent off first.</p>
<p>Owlice, I missed this--isn't your son only a sophomore? What would he apply to?
(and the Mint Milano's are yummy!)</p>
<p>Kathyc, Mint Milanos are good munching, but maybe even better dipped in coffee or milk!! (Plus you can, if you're careful in your dunking/eating, get off almost all the cookie so that you are left with a wafer of chocolate/mint.)</p>
<p>(Not that I know that from... ahhh... personal experience or anything....)</p>
<p>S is indeed a sophomore. He and I had been talking about the possibility of something different for him for next year since the beginning of the school year, as he isn't really liking high school all that much. He goes to a very large, overcrowded public high school, and though he's in a competitive program there, the academics are still just not that good.</p>
<p>He's applying to Simon's Rock, which is a small LAC for kids who want to start college after their sophomore or junior year of high school. We're also looking into private high schools for him, but after visiting Simon's Rock, he is really really hoping to get in, and with enough of a scholarship (they offer some merit aid) to make it financially possible. He loved Simon's Rock.</p>
<p>Congrats historymom!! That's just wonderful</p>
<p>Owlice, gourmet chocolate rice krispie treats.</p>
<p>Simons Rock is a good program, especially for high schoolers who want to be challenged. My daughter just graduated from Bard High School Early College (the Manhattan campus of Simons Rock) and transitioned well into traditional college (Hobart & William Smith)
Good luck and hopefully some gift aid will come your way to make it affordable for your family.</p>
<p>:: munches on a gourmet chocolate rice krispie treat ::</p>
<p>:: finds the name amusing ::</p>
<p>Thanks, zoosermom!</p>
<p>inwood, thanks; that's good to read! Spawn was really excited about it after we visited. A friend of his was at the same Discovery Day (by coincidence), and the friend's mom told me she'd never seen my kid so excited about anything as he was about Simon's Rock. (His general emotional range seems to go from disinterest to profound disinterest, so anything above "disinterest" registers!! :) )</p>
<p>Good luck to your D at H&WS!</p>
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The recipe is from Francois Payard. I'm making them this weeking.</p>
<p>Owlice, where is Simon's Rock? Is it close to you?
I've been interested to see that we are in far more contact with our freshman daughter (only child) than I remember from my college years, but then again with e-mail and free cell phone minutes, it's quite nice. (Haven't learned how to text yet).</p>
<p>At first I felt bad opening them before my daughter did, but then when I thought about how much I paid for each application (and there were 10 in total) I no longer felt so bad! :)
Two schools that she was accepted to actually had the words "Congradulations" on the outside of the envelope, so those were easy.</p>
<p>The big fat ones are acceptances - it's the regular business size envelopes that are to be feared- bad news comes in small packages.</p>
<p>Kathyc, Simon's Rock is in Great Barrington, MA (in the Berkshires -- lovely area!), so is a good 6-hour (or more) drive from where I am (the DC area). And the cell phone reception at the school itself is very poor; the school is set up on a hill above the town. Reception in the town is okay. I told spawn that if he should go to Simon's Rock, he must have a landline.</p>