A.S.A.P.,
she does feel somewhat guilty already for wanting to Princeton irrationally, "without a good, practical reason" (her words ... in translation
). So, she honestly tries to explore and weigh both options equally.
We hadn't figure out yet what exactly sacrifizes will be made (it's clear I'll need to look for a job, I have no idea how succesfull I will be in that - after so many years of staying at home with kids and no experience of working in this country
); it's clear that in upcomming 2-4 of years the sibling will not be go to any kind of summer camps or educational programs her big sister had opportunities to go, we will not travel anywhere close the way we did previous few years (on a tight budget, but to exciting places
... I think, D's refferals to those experiences in her apps essays somewhat contributed to her great personal acceptance rate to the range of amazing schools
). I do feel a little bit guilty for the little one about that.