<p>Berurah - You go girl! Hey, I don't really mind if terminatorguy wants to say rude stupid stuff to me on the internet. The rest of you have been so nice I think I have temporary immunity. </p>
<p>I've actually thought a lot about if it matters where your kid goes to school - beyond the need to validate their extreme efforts in high school and satisfy decal fever. It's true - if my D wanted to be an entrepreneur or a CEO, it wouldn't matter for her career. In business it doesn't matter so much as long as you stay on the track. But in law, investment banking, consulting, science, and public policy, it does. And if you get off the track to have kids, as I did, the elite schools do give you a chit to get back on. And beyond the career thing - I personally will never forget the sheer intellectual high I got at Princeton. So, is that available elsewhere? I am sure it is. But since I didn't go elsewhere, my best shot at giving it to my daughter is to hope she gets in where I went to school. And, terminatorguy - what other important things are we going to talk about on a bulletin board called College Confidential:) Heck, talking here helps us to appear to be not too involved at home...</p>
<p>maineparent - that was really nice what you did for your H. Hope you all are still feeling joy.
jssballet - yes, she is a dancer. We were just talking about how the dance programs will factor into the decision. I will ask her if she is comfortable with communicating. Thanks for the offer.</p>
<p>wow! did you notice what board you posted on?!?!? (you're being sarcastic, right?)</p>
<p>by the way, rest of the Parents Forum Board, </p>
<p>when my daughter received her stanford acceptance, i cried and cried and cried. why? i now ask myself? because it was the last school we were waiting to hear from and it was the very first college she picked as a grammar school student. that was the only school she talked about until she was in high school when all the other choices became apparent to her. I agree that parents have to let their kids find their own path, and I have been teasing her about "I see the finish line". Not because I will ever be finished with the job of her advisor and counselor and sounding board, but because she is 18 and it is time to hand over the reigns.</p>
<p>Your D, too, deserves the <strong><em>BIGGEST</em></strong> congrats for her acceptance to STANFORD!!! What a glorious thing, to have a childhood dream come true! ~berurah</p>
<p>Congratulations, to 09mom's D on her Stanford Acceptance!! Go Cardinal!!</p>
<p>I guess your daughter is living proof that the race is not given to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but to the one that endures until the end She held fast to her dream and in the end, it came true and you have cried her a river of tears (of joy). No shame in that.</p>