<p>My daughter bless her heart, was accepted to all the schools that she has completed apps.
Despite having not so great test results ( well into the low end of the schools reported scores), not allowing anyone to help her with, let alone look at her essays & not being ranked highly in her school.</p>
<p>I am not sure what the financial end is going to look like, but since she is going to take a year off, I don't have to think about it right now. ;)</p>
<p>She is very bright- which her class rank doesn't show & I know she had strong recommendations from her teachers. She has a clear sense of what she does & doesn't want. ( oh boy- I found this out before she even was walking!</p>
<p>She also has a strong EC background, even though she wasn't necessarily club president or won any awards. She didn't do them because she could write about them ( I don't even know if she did), but because they gave her a place to be successful or at least around people that were supportive of her. Very important for a kid who isn't a typical learner & who has had real struggles.</p>
<p>I have every confidence that she is going to be as happy and interested in how she spends her adult life as her sister who had a somewhat smoother academic path.
But boy- did their time at home go fast :(</p>
<p>Congratulations to both of you! And thanks for sharing because your post is encouraging for students like me. Though I'm still waiting for acceptances my situation sounds similar to your daughters. I hope I will be as lucky!</p>
<p>And thanks for sharing because your post is encouraging for students like me.</p>
<p>You're welcome.
I think part of it was not buying into that there are 180 schools that are worth applying to & that 3/4 of them are in New England and the rest are in California. ;)
Not that those schools aren't great schools- but if you had the top 5% of students in the country applying to the same schools, especially if they weren't sure why they were the "top schools"- someone is going to be disappointed & that includes the ones who are accepted.</p>
<p>There are lots of great schools out there- but more importantly, I think that it is more dependent on the student having an attitude of " I am going to go after my education" & trying out what does and doesn't work for him.</p>
<p>Schools also seem to be looking at the whole transcript more than in years past, when they seemed to put into piles according to grades and test scores. I think this obviously takes much more time, but may glean a much more interesting class.</p>
<p>Congrats to your daughter!!!! My daughters are also not top students numerically and it is encouraging to hear that there will be a place for them too!</p>
<p>I am enjoying seeing several posts today about kids that are seeing success, in spite of not being the stand-outs at their school. Wish I had seem more of those when I was worried about S ever finding a place that he would fit in.</p>
<p>He did. More encouragment to the kids who march to a different drum.</p>
<p>emerald, would you mind sharing the list of schools your d came up with? My soph is similar to your d and we are also from the west. Her big sister is all about New England, but D2 couldn't be less impressed with all that HYP!</p>
<p>Congratulations to you and your daughter. How well I know that mixed feeling of sadness and relief....</p>
<p>This message really is inspiring amidst a sea of "will my B+ affect my admissions," when I myself had a 2.9 average last semester (obviously, I am destined to become a clerk). It really helps.</p>
<p>Congrats to you and our D. My S2 (a sr) has less than stellar stats but applied to two of our branch state u's. I held my breath right up until he opened the envelopes(accepted to both). The smile on his face was worth my miles of worry.
The joy is just as great (or greater,lol) for those struggle through as those who sail through.</p>