Sending out good mojo to the handful still waiting for a decision. No little white envelopes today, only big gray, black and white ones. Let us know when you get the good news.
Michigan was supposed to come out at midnight but never did - a lot of upset students, my s could care less at this point.
@citymama9 Re post #535. Glad you pointed that out. That was exactly the only issue S was concerned about prior to committing in 2017. We are a public school family, have never been a member of a country club, etc. (no judging, just the facts) So S was thinking expensive private school would mean a lot of private school kids, snobby, etc.
There are a lot of private school kids (and public), but not snobby or snooty at all. He has found Wake to be a very inclusive, friendly, social community. I’ve actually asked him about that very issue and he says it’s a non issue. He has friends that receive plenty of need based aid and others that could pay for several kids. You wouldn’t know it by talking to the kids. He realized it wasn’t that type of place at Admitted Students Day and has never looked back.
Parents-subscribe to the Daily Deac blog if you haven’t already! Lots of good info.
My s was waitlisted at Michigan which is awesome because:
When the rest of this group get their fantastic Friday decisions we all have to find a way to connect and stay in touch. This way, when the kids commit to Wake we can all meet, introduce the kids and parents.
@Jm6844 In addition to Admitted Students Day, there are local receptions held around the country for that very reason. Typically a local alum will sponsor an event. At ours, there were admitted students and parents, some local alumni, and a group of current students. It was great. A combination of mixer and info session as the current students sat on a panel and answered questions for about 30 minutes. There was one prior to enrollment deadline day and another in the summer.
Exciting times for sure!
D just got Georgetown in the mail and was waitlisted, she isn’t even upset because she has started to fall in love with Wake!!
Today is the day for the big envelope for those of you waiting!!!
UGG - my son had the same reaction to getting WL at Michigan today - he was kind of happy he wouldn’t have to decide between the two. Michigan would have been a decision of the mind, while Wake a decision of the heart.
@UGG2023 @Jm6844 same here. Daughter didn’t get into Tufts but Wake was #1 so not as big a disappointment. And since she wants to go to campus day and joined the Facebook group, I think I see a lot of gold and black in my future!!
Awesome 2Kidz - Wake is such a nicer campus than Tufts. I love Boston, but Tufts is in a bit of a rough neighborhood. I bought way too much Wake merchandise on Amazon last night!!
Sure hope your are right. Thanks for the encouragement!
@Jm6844 oooh didn’t even think of Amazon, just figured I’d be leaving my wallet there on the 12th bc of all the merch ?. Now I know how I’m spending my lunch break! ?
CT Mom of 2 - let us know when you get the good news today. No small envelope in USPS notification I’m guessing? btw, my s’s large envelope arrived with absolutely no forewarning on USPS, so, what everyone said is correct. They actually delivered it with packages to the front porch, not to the mail box. So my s was a bit discouraged with nothing in the mail then crazy happy when he got to the house
Hi everyone, now that this application journey is over for me I thought I’d share my stats and final results. Maybe it will help some reconcile their results this year, and maybe it will help those next year…
SAT 1510 super-scored (760 math, 750 RW)
SAT2 740 Math2, 660 Literature
APUSH 4, APAH 5
Intro to Psychology 001 at an ivy A+
GPA 3.983 unweighted
White Female from NJ
Private school with 108 students in class of 2019
School does not rank students
EC’s
Leadership in mentoring middle school students on social emotional health, elected student council positions, tutoring younger students, international service with children’s organizations and animal conservation
2019 Results 5-5-5
UPenn-Rejected (ED, 4th generation legacy, alumni interview, multiple visits)
WashU-Rejected (ED2, visited campus, on campus interview)
Northwestern-Rejected (visited campus, requested interview, did not get one)
Duke-Rejected (visited campus, alumni interview)
Tufts-Rejected (visited campus, requested interview, did not get one)
Georgetown-Waitlisted (visited campus, alumni interview)
Boston College-Waitlisted (visited campus)
Barnard-Waitlisted (visited campus 2X, on campus interview)
U Miami-Waitlisted (visited campus)
NYU-Waitlisted (visited campus)
Wake Forest-Admitted (visited campus, on campus interview)
William & Mary-Admitted, Monroe Scholar (visited campus 2X, on campus interview)
Tulane-Admitted, Honors $30k/year 4 years Merit (visited campus, alumni interview)
Lehigh-Admitted (visited campus 3X, on campus interview)
George Washington-Admitted $25k/year 5 years (did not visit)
Wow - UGG, you’ve been busy!! What did you think about Tulane and w&m as those are two that we have in common. The one negative of Wake as they don’t give out scholarships like Tulane, for the most part. We’ll be giving a lot of money away choosing Wake over Tulane. I think you can present your scholarships from other schools to Wake’s Application office, but, who knows if they’ll match??
@rickle1 Exactly! The stereotypes make you think that everyone will be uptight and snooty. My daughter was telling me that she is talking to the friendliest and sweetest people. Another thing is that all these kids are thrilled to be going to Wake and thrilled to meet each other. There’s already a lot of pride. She has friends going to other schools, and I don’t think they are chatting or following each other on insta yet.
As for the Groupme. I will let you know how to do it when my D gets home from school.
You all probably know this, but I see Tufts and Michigan mentioned. I looked at the US News recently, and Wake, Tufts and Michigan are all tied for #27, fwiw
Yep - same ranking, Michigan does have the “name” factor though, for whatever that’s worth. Wake has the charm, Tufts, Boston
Has anybody else not received their decision from CT
Yes, still waiting in CT. I feel like throwing up. I want to call the admissions office, but feel I should leave that up to my son.