| It is getting calmer in our house as well. I expect that next weekend will be wonderful. I know it is not because of being accepted to a wisely-chosen safety. A safety where DD is really ready to go will not reply till April. As well as all her other schools. So far she has been accepted to only one school, our state university, which is financially safe, but where DD could picture herself only at Honors College (and this decision will not arrive till March).
I guess we are calm and happy just because Dec and Jan were crazy, we were all afraid of some major disaster or screw up (like failing couple courses at school, or missing all Jan 1 deadlines, or failing the last-chance SAT in Dec). And thanks God all worked out OK. I don't even know whether it worked out well or just OK: her first semester grades are not ready yet, and she took one more subject SAT in Jan. But I already know that it could be much, much worse.
I know her list is very reach-heavy, but it is hard to imajine 12 rejections right now. Her classmates are also optimistic so farr. There are still things to take care off - she expects 3 more interviews, and some apps seem incomplete. This is not as overwhelming as couple weeks ago, just enough to make her feel she is on-track and still working on getting admitted. I guess it will get more difficult in March, when nothing can be done and especially if she is rejected from any of her matches or safeties by then.
Actually from what I see, her friends who didn't apply EA or ED are less stressed now than those who applied and got rejected or even deferred. Even though a deferral at Yale or MIT is not a bad sign at all, it added a lot to stress. You may argue it's not the best strategy, but now I am glad that she has no rejections or deferrals so far. |