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<p>Because … assuming finances aren’t an issue … and assuming that the kid has visited the school … I don’t know why the schools couldn’t be rank-ordered prior to decision time. A, B, C, D, E, F, G. Then figure out where you got in and go down the list accordingly. What changes between March 31 and April 30?</p>
<p>My son had a couple rolling (not EA) admissions with scholarships which effectively eliminated some of the colleges by 4/1. Once all the decisions were in, there was a clear Number One choice. My DW said “OK, let’s get all those rejections out and send in the acceptance.” Son wanted to enjoy his acceptances and was not in that great a hurry to send out the rejections. He did eventually (probably about this time two years ago), and sent some nice e-mails to professors that he had met in the process. Don’t want to burn any bridges for graduate school. Only at one school was there a problem. He sent an e-mail to the professor he knew, but forgot to send anything official to the admissions department. He got sort of a “snippy” letter from admissions saying that they were recinding his offer because they hadn’t heard from him. He sent an e-mail apologizing for the mix-up.</p>
<p>Sorry, but the thread title makes me want to say:</p>
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<p>Oh lol. Godot was one of 3 good books I read in Lit :shudder:</p>
<p>I’ve made my decision, but I have to SIR. :eek: 5 more days!</p>
<p>I have been lucky with my oldest. He was accepted at his top choice among those that were also financially the best choice, and he decided he was done. Chose not to take a spot on a waitlist at another school.</p>
<p>Son has decided on an in-state LAC, and his good friend (who had been torn between the LAC and an out-of-state tech school, also chose the same LAC). Daughter now seems to be getting cold feet about going to the out-of-state tech school, and will re-visit a nearby LAC today. I’m really feeling the anxiety–the clock keeps on ticking.</p>
<p>Indecision is taking over our lives and driving us crazy. Not only is D2 unable to make up her mind about what school to go to (several choices, all good academics, all affordable with nice merit money), but the indecision is spilling over into all other parts of her life. </p>
<p>She has purchased and returned FOUR prom dresses, all of which looked good on her. She dithered on a prom date until he asked someone else, but she still has other options, but can’t decide on what group to go to prom with. She can’t even make up her mind about what kind of sandwich she wants in her lunchbag! Yikes!!! Only 4 more days and the agony will be over!!!</p>
<p>One reason to not wait until the last second is that some schools have online acceptance/credit card deposits and some don’t. So if you suddenly find you need to mail a check to a faraway state, May 1 would not be the day to do it…</p>
<p>Computers & web sites go down too.</p>
<p>I’m really feeling the pressure of the ticking clock… What makes it worse is that most colleges will prioritize housing requests and sometimes registration based on when you send in the deposit.
I’m hoping I can get my son to make a final decision tonight.</p>
<p>Godot has arrived! And he’s a Carl!</p>
<p>D came home from a visit to one of her top choices on Saturday and said she had decided, but wanted to wait a couple more days before announcing her decision. She is one that really likes to think and compare in all aspects of her life before making a decision, but the suspense is killing us!</p>
<p>Update on D’s thinking. She apparently has gotten cold feet about an out-of-state tech school, and has eliminated my alma mater, a highly selective LAC. She seems to be leaning toward a nearby LAC, where she has been admitted to the honors program.</p>
<p>When I pointed out that the average SAT score for admitted students at the LAC was lower than the average SAT at her top suburban HS, she stormed away, saying "you just want me to go to [tech school] and “but I’ll be in the honors program.” Now I’m feeling bad–maybe I shouldn’t have said anything.</p>