The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly....

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<p>Well, after all the investments of time, effort, and emotional angst, my S has had his first payoff, much earlier than we expected! Today, he received the first acceptance that means a great deal to him. He was accepted to the Univeristy of Michigan!! We were fretting this because at the beginning of this process, we did not fully comprehend the concept of the rolling admission and the importance of early submission. Therefore, we submitted the application much, much later than we had intended to. Expecting a 12-14 week turnaround, we were so thrilled to receive news just five weeks later! To those of you who supported us tremendously and advised us wisely, thank you! And a very special thanks to editrix for her most welcomed "kick in the hiney" to get this app. out when we did!</p>

<p>Now, the bad--After a nice lunch celebration with the sibs, S went out to play a casual game of football with his friends. This little endeavor concluded with a VERY broken nose, which will require day surgery tomorrow a.m. to "put it back in place" and will require additional work down the line. My heart is aching right now. I hate feeling this helpless, and I wish I could take this upon myself instead of having him go through it...</p>

<p>The ugly....well, his nose, I guess.</p>

<p>~berurah</p>

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<p>Congrats on the acceptance! I guess the day would have been too perfect withouth the nose incident. Now, you can remember the 17th of February as the day that your son got into the University and Michigan and broke his nose! What a great combo! ;)</p>

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<p>Congratulations to your son and your family. Michigan is a great school. Just look what Ann Arbor did for Alexandre!</p>

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<p>Berurah:</p>

<p>As Alexandre would be the second or third to say, since Yemaya and I beat him to it (and now I see Xiggi, too), UMich is a fantastic school and Ann Arbor is a great college town. Congrats to your son. But his poor nose! Ugh. My best wishes for his recovery.</p>

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<p>Berurah, Congrats to your son...and I hope he heals quickly! :)</p>

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<p>Berurah, congrats! I am thrilled to hear this and that has to be a great ego boost for your son. But better his nose than your, despite your wish to exchange places. They heal a lot faster than we do, believe me. </p>

<p>Thanks so much for sharing the good news with us.</p>

<p>Jami</p>

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<p>Oh, Berurah. I'm so happy for your S. I have heard Michigan praised up and down on these boards, so it must be wonderful. And I just know that more acceptances are coming for him, so this is just the beginning. By the time they're here, the nose will have healed! Still, my prayers are with him for a successful surgery and speedy recovery. It's worse for you though. These kids, who knew how intense it would be raising them...</p>

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<p>Congratulations, and broken nose can be fixed, but a broken heart due to a rejection would have taken long time to heal.</p>

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<p>berurah - I am so happy for you and your son for his admission to U of M - you must be very proud of him! And I am so sorry to hear about his injury, and hope all goes well for him in his surgery and recovery! Never a dull moment with these kids :)</p>

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<p>Congrats!!!! As a former wolverine, I can attest to what a great school it is! And if he loves football enough to break his nose for it, Michigan's the right place for him.</p>

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<p>Berurah, From another Michigan alum Go Blue!</p>

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<p>Big congrats to your son, Berurah, and sorry about the nose! Did your son's acceptance come from LAS? If so, there's an Honors Program that he may be interested in. (Special Honors housing, some honors courses, more personalized advising.) Some kids get an automatic invitation within a few weeks after being accepted, but many don't. If your son doesn't receive an invitation, he should contact UMichigan to express interest in the program (if in fact he's interested).</p>

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<p>Berurah, how very exciting. Congratulations to him, and good luck with the surgery! Do take a picture of the acceptance letter next to the broken-nose, for your scrap-book!</p>

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<p>WOW, that is fantastic news (the first part I mean!). This is such great timing after the EA result and now he has a great school as an admission to hold onto until the wait until April. Last year we had to wait all the way til April. And UM is a great school, having visited twice in the past five months. If your son got nothing else (though I feel he will), he will have a fantastic school to go to. So, get in the mood and say GO BLUE. </p>

<p>Sorry 'bout the nose. Will make a good story some day. </p>

<p>(try not to worry, he will be ok)
Susan</p>

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<p>YAY YAY YAY!!! :balloons, confetti:</p>

<p>Now about the broken nose. Do not become alarmed if the nose gets really huge. My H broke his nose and when I saw him after surgery the words "for better or for WORSE" floated through my mind, as his formerly normal nose was now the size of an Idaho potato.</p>

<p>But it went back to normal. So don't worry :)</p>

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<p>Awwwwwww, everyone, thanks so much for the congratulations for S's U. of M. acceptance and the sympathy for his broken nose. I printed this thread out for my son, and he was so touched that so many of you were happy for his Michigan acceptance. It's funny...we had conference day today, and I went to the school (prior to the nose incident) to drop off my daughter for play practice and to let some of my son's teachers know about his acceptance. Most of them were happy, sure, but I could tell that they didn't have a clue what this meant to HIM or to me after all of these long, stressful months, particularly the ones post-Yale rejection. So, to all of you who CLEARLY understand, thanks for your enthusiasm--it really made my son feel much better this evening.</p>

<p>yemaya13--there has yet to be one thing in my life that's been pulled off just perfectly, so I think you are right in that the acceptance without the broken nose would have just been <em>too</em> perfect! <em>lol</em></p>

<p>xiggi--Thanks for the congrats! I, too, thought of Alexandre when my son received the letter! And you are right; Michigan is top notch!</p>

<p>marite--Thanks so much for your well wishes, and thanks, too, for being such a wonderfully wise woman who has also made me feel so welcome in this forum.</p>

<p>carolyn--Thanks for the congrats. and the wishes for speedy healing. I am hoping for the same (he was already asking how fast general anesthesia wears off because he has calc. homework!).</p>

<p>jamimom--You have a heart of gold, and I just know that you really are thrilled for my son. You have been an invaluable source of support and information for me and for so many others. Thanks soooooo much!</p>

<p>momof2inca--Thank you so much for all of your support! I hope that you are right in that there will be more acceptances come April, but even if that were not to happen, he'd be very happy with Michigan! And you are more than right about the intense nature of childrearing--Lots of intensity and more excitement than we want or need sometimes! <em>lol</em></p>

<p>simba--you are so right about the healing time of a broken heart due to rejection! This acceptance helped heal him from the Yale rejection. Now, if we can get his nose all fixed...</p>

<p>MotherOfTwo--Thank you for your support, encouragement, and happiness for my son. You are right...dull moments are few and far between around here!</p>

<p>garland--I didn't know you were a former Wolverine!! My son played h.s. football for one brief season and then decided he liked basketball better. He was still into the pick up games, though. It's so weird--the very last thing I said to him before he left today was, "Don't get hurt!" He didn't listen....</p>

<p>momrath--My youngest three kids and I went to the party store and got some cool blue and yellow balloons and a window painter. We painted the storm door with "Go Blue!" Glad another great CC member is a U.of M. alum!</p>

<p>wjb--Thanks for the congrats! He would be VERY interested in the honors college! If we don't hear something about it soon, I will definitely have him inquire. I think he would enjoy that a great deal. Thanks for the suggestion!</p>

<p>chocoholic--Thanks for a congrats and the good luck! And that is a wonderful idea about the picture. Right now the acceptance letter is hanging on the painted storm door. I hope I can get him to agree to a picture!</p>

<p>soozievt--I can tell you SO understand what this means after the Yale EA rejection! I want to thank you for all of your support, advice, and kindness. You are a real gem. Also, guess what?? My third child (second daughter) is currently in NYC for the first time courtesy of her best friend! She saw "Hairspray" and "Wicked" yesterday and will see "Phantom of the Opera" later this week. Made me think of your daughters! :)</p>

<p>SBmom--I can just see the confetti coming down now! Blue and yellow, of course! :) Thanks for the warning about the swelling. It took HOURS before my son would even show me his nose. Everytime I'd walk in the room, he'd cover it for fear of scaring me! He is very protective of me <em>lol</em>. He came up right before he went to bed and said, "Mom, I AM going to be O.K.!" Seems a little backwards, but he is definitely the calmer one!</p>

<p>Again, thanks all! ~berurah</p>

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<p>On the date of my daughters ED acceptance to Wesleyan back in Dec. She went to a funeral of a classmate who died in a car accident a few days before. She was an emotional mess. Was ecstatic one minute and hysterical the next. We will always remember 12/15.</p>

<p>Noses can be fixed and one day you and your son will laugh about it. Modern medicine is amazing... Congratulations to your son, and I hope he recovers soon. MU is a great school in a great town... Go to Ann Arbor in July, they have the most amazing Arts and Crafts shows.</p>

<p>Lisa</p>

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<p>Lisa,</p>

<p>Your poignant post certainly lends much perspective. I can't imagine what your daughter went through--such incredible extremes. Poor baby. :(</p>

<p>I am so happy for your D. with regard to her ED acceptance at Wesleyan. And I hope she is on the road to recovery from the tragic death of her classmate. She has been through so much, and I wish her all the very best for the brightest future! Thanks for posting.</p>

<p>~berurah</p>

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<p>Berurah--</p>

<p>Congratulations to you and Logan about the University of Michigan! I always knew he'd get in, but thought it might take much longer. And I'm absolutely sure he'll get into the Honors program as well.</p>

<p>I'm so sorry about the nose: My daughter broke hers too--twice--when she was in elementary school, and had to wait until she was much older to have it repaired. What kind of doctor is performing the operation? I ask not to complicate your life, but because we got bad advice and took our daughter to a plastic surgeon, who, although highly regarded, was out of his league with a truly shattered nose: He approached it as a purely cosmetic problem and botched the job pretty badly, leaving her with a constantly runny nose that wasn't even straight. She had to have a second surgery with a university-based Ear, Nose, and Throat specialist to put things right. </p>

<p>Good luck: This will pass, but the well-deserved acceptance to a great school like Michigan will be a joy forever.</p>

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<p>Berurah: Many congratulations on your son's acceptance to a wonderful school. I sympathize with your pain over his broken nose. My son broke his last year playing "pickle ball" in gym. Why they would give a group of middle schoolers wooden paddles to swing around in gym, I'll never know. He was actually kind of proud of his broken nose. He bought a fedora and was sporting a Godfather look for a while. The nose healed nicely, and he has not had any trouble since.</p>