<p>Congratulations to both Tex and Kinshasha.</p>
<p>congrats Kinshasha! (great idea on the balloons!)</p>
<p>Congratulations, Texas137. You've been great at sharing information with the parents of younger kids coming up, so I'm especially glad to hear your guy is in at his top choice school.</p>
<p>Kinshasa:</p>
<p>Somehow, I missed your news. Congrats!</p>
<p>Marite made me go back in the posts (Gotta blame some one). just saw news about your son getting into BU, Congrats Kinshaha</p>
<p>Congrats, Kinsasha! What a wonderful idea about the balloons! I bet you would love to see the look on his face when he sees them! I'm so happy for your family with this great news.</p>
<p>Congrats to Kinshasa and Texas!</p>
<p>Marite, you didn't miss the news because that was the first time I posted it.
S called from school and had checked himself on the school computer. I started talking about the balloons and he said "What balloons?" I said, "Go to your car and look." Funny thing is he got a very thin envelope today from BU mailed last week, but it's just a notice from the Classical Studies Dept. acknowledging that he had taken the Latin scholarship exam.</p>
<p>DON'T NAME A STAR AFTER SOMEONE! All of the naming of stars after people and it becoming part of a star registry is a scam! Only the International Astronomical Union is allowed to name stars. What all of those registries really mean is that the star will be named according to their registry. Don't be fooled! The IAU doesn't allow the naming of stars to be bought either. Save yourself some money and ask the IAU for the coordinates of a star you want to be named after whoever and then make your own fancy certificate for that special someone.</p>
<p>Q: Who is legally responsible for naming objects in the sky?</p>
<p>A: The IAU is the internationally recognised authority for naming celestial bodies and surface features on them. And names are not sold, but assigned according to internationally accepted rules.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.iau.org/IAU/FAQ/starnames.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.iau.org/IAU/FAQ/starnames.html</a></p>
<p>Also, congratulations!</p>
<p>Kinshasha - that's wonderful!!!! I'm so happy to hear the news. Congratulations ot your son!</p>
<p>Hooray for Texas137 and Kinshasa! It's getting pretty exciting around here.</p>
<p>Carolyn, thanks for your good wishes. You and all the other great parents here have been so helpful. "It's all about FIT." That should be the CC slogan. I honestly don't know if I could have stood four months of waiting. What a relief. </p>
<p>My only concern is that the admissions decision posted on the website is generic--says nothing about whether he has been accepted to the honors college or has merit aid. I think that information will follow in the snail mailed packet. The potential for error is too great to personalize each web acceptance form. S is hoping that by applying ED he didn't hurt his chances for merit aid.</p>
<p>Carolyn, thanks for your good wishes. You and all the other great parents here have been so helpful. "It's all about FIT." That should be the CC slogan. I honestly don't know if I could have stood four months of waiting. What a relief. </p>
<p>My only concern is that the admissions decision posted on the website is generic--says nothing about whether he has been accepted to the honors college or has merit aid. I think that information will follow in the snail mailed packet. The potential for error is too great to personalize each web acceptance form. S is hoping that by applying ED he didn't hurt his chances for merit aid.</p>
<p>Excellent! Congratulations to you both.</p>