<p>Does the school wait til April 1 to notify RD?</p>
<p>Wish they had a link that let you check!</p>
<p>no, i'm RD and i was accepted before april 1st</p>
<p>My son is RD and hasn't heard yet, either.</p>
<p>I'm glad DD isn't the only one. We learned more about Wooster a bit later in the search, and she keeps bumping it up on the list despite the original idea that all schools on the list were equal.
I think it's the bagpipes.
Actually it's that they have antropology, archeology AND medieval studies.
The bagpipes are icing on the Celtic Cake.</p>
<p>My daughter ended up at Wooster for several reasons--one being the fact that they offer an archeology major. So far, it's lived up to her expectations and then some!</p>
<p>Hindoo - as I think I posted elsewhere, DD is admitted and thrilled. You're happy with the school, archeology and all that? Kids are nice?</p>
<p>OldinJersey--We are beyond happy with Wooster. For our daughter, it's turned out to be the absolute perfect fit in every way. (I can only hope her sister--a senior in high school now--will be as fortunate in her college choice.)
Professor (Nick) Kardulias is the head of the small but wonderful archaeology department at Wooster. My husband and I met him at a family meet-and-greet before school started. He's an interesting fellow with a very dry wit. When I told him how fascinated my daughter was with archaeology, his comment was something like: "Well, that's good. But if she has romantic, Indiana Jones ideas about the profession, my job will be to beat them out of her." Ha! She's had him for two classes thus far: "Intro to Archaeology" and "Archaeology Methods and Theory," and he's only made her love it even more! She's also very interested in art history and religious studies, and will undoubtedly combine her passions in her Independent Study project. (She has an amazing advisor who specializes in these areas.) And, she's just been OK'd for her semester abroad in Florence, spring of 2008. Because she's a fall athlete (soccer) she has to do this in the spring; sophomore year, because juniors are generally getting busy on their IS work. ... FYI: Wooster students are very, very nice. They come in all colors, faiths, and with every belief under the rainbow, but seem to be wonderfully accepting of all.</p>
<p>Count me in as another parent with a kid interested in the Archaeology major at Wooster! She's been accepted, as I think I noted on another thread, with some merit grant aid, but we're still looking at a pretty hefty price tag that they want us to take out PLUS loans for. I'm hoping that DD can take on some loan burden herself (hey, I did, and it's her education, not mine!), work study, maybe her other biological parent will cough up something. I really, really, really don't want to take out loans, and I'm pretty surprised that they think we can actually come up with that amount.</p>
<p>Of course, this is only her first acceptance, and since she's my older kid, all tihs is new to me. I wasn't quite prepared for my FAFSA to be so high!!! 'Course, who needs food, right?</p>
<p>Erin's Mom--I can SO relate regarding a higher-than-expected FAFSA. We'll have two in college next year, and on the fairly modest salary of two journalists (one of whom is freelance), we're still expected to pay $52,000 a year (combined between the two girls)! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Guess we'll have to sell our home, empty our IRAs, and live on the street. ...
Seriously, if your daughter is interested in Wooster, contact the financial aid office and see if they're able to offer more. We did, and received some extra money. Every bit counts.</p>
<p>Thanks, Hindoo, will do.</p>
<p>P.S. Can you sing? If so, I can play tambourine. Maybe we can busk for college tuition?</p>
<p>I can sing my heart out! Not necessarily on key, but if you drown me out with the tambourine, it might work!</p>
<p>my DD1, a musician, told me that she thinks my SUPER bad off-key singing did actual (virtual) injury to her pitch recognition or something, so I am not going to be out there doing harmony with ya.<br>
merchandising! (mel brooks accent of course) I'll sell the tee shirts, the lunch box and the action figures.
My FAFSA is low, and our package at wooster is very good-we're so happy at how they did it. We'll still have to borrow and I'm fretting about it.
plus loans are a great idea, but we had spread out kids (we shall have had a kid in college every year for 14 years-this is year 10) and we borrowed for kids 1 & 2. One is out making real money, two is starting grad school -we're waiting for those acceptances and the FA on that too.
The down side of loans is they are not allowed to consider them an expense. They are an optional choice, no different than borrowing for a summer home or a big boat.
Get ya red-hot mama tee-shirts!</p>
<p>We'll have a regular Vaudeville act going, before you know it!</p>