Last Minute Best Wishes from the CC Team

Roger_Dooley · 03-31-2008, 10:57 AM

Many of our CC members already have their college plans in place, but quite a few are still waiting for decisions. On behalf of Dave Berry, Sally Rubenstone, our whole counseling team, our great crew of volunteer mods, and AnthonyG (who keeps our servers running and worked over the weekend to get our big new server online), I want to take this opportunity to wish the best of luck to one and all!

For many of our CC members, this time of year marks the start of an exciting new life chapter, and we're proud to have been a part of the process!

The hardest part of this time is seeing the many rejections and waitlists garnered by even our most qualified members - when colleges reject nine out of ten applicants, most with superb qualifications, though, I guess it's to be expected. Our sympthies for those bits of unhappy news, but there is a bright side: the vast majority of students who don't get into their first-choice school end up so happy at the college they do attend that later, even if given the option of transferring, they prefer to stay where they are.

Best wishes from everyone at CC!

say_ing · 03-31-2008, 11:11 AM

Thank you :-)

2blue · 03-31-2008, 11:15 AM

I can't express how grateful our family is for all of you at CC. Thank you!

Bowler Hat · 03-31-2008, 11:52 AM

I spent more time reading this forum than I did applying to college

Roger_Dooley · 03-31-2008, 11:57 AM

>>I spent more time reading this forum than I did applying to college

Probably a lot better than applying first, asking questions later...

kevster1001 · 03-31-2008, 12:09 PM

Again, one of the many reasons why CC is so addicting: Admins care about CCers! It's like a family.

baeksulgi · 03-31-2008, 12:52 PM

Thank you. Yes, another reason why CC is mso great.

dragonreborn · 03-31-2008, 01:18 PM

Thank you.

soozievt · 03-31-2008, 02:05 PM

I want to chime in and wish all of you students who are waiting for admissions decisions today good luck. I know at this moment, you are all caught up in the admissions frenzy which has built up over a long period of time and it is paramount in your lives right now. PLEASE know that if you don't get into your top choices, it is all going to be OK! It seems so important at the moment but truthfully, if you attend another school that was not your favorite initially, it almost always ends up that a student is happy at that school. All this admissions angst will be long gone and life will go on and a lot of great times at college are ahead. For those who have applied particularly to highly selective colleges, a denial is not a testament to your worth. Given the very low admit rates at such schools, they must deny some candidates who are every bit as qualified as those whom they admitted. Rejections go with the territory of elite admissions and have to be expected given the odds. Rather than examine the outcome at any one particular school, look at your overall admissions results. If you had an appropriate balanced list of colleges, you likely have a few admits. Explore those options and embrace them. Things really turn out all right in the end. You will move past this angst and it will be a long distant memory next fall when you are happily engaged at your college. And give yourselves a pat on the back for all the hard work in HS and the immense amount of effort that goes into applying to college. This part is going to be over and the real fun is going to begin no matter where you land. Keep the faith!

pamplemousse25 · 03-31-2008, 02:53 PM

This site has been so helpful, full of a community of people all going through the same thing and helping one another with it.

arachnophobia12 · 03-31-2008, 03:20 PM

thanks! .

Tuitionsaver · 03-31-2008, 03:35 PM

This site is worth its "cyberweight" in diamonds!
Thank you for all the wonderful information !

ethanrt · 03-31-2008, 03:44 PM

I'm going to weigh in with a "right back at you," Roger. It's a ".com" so there's probably some element of profit going on here, but regardless, I can't describe how happy I am to have found this resource. And both from what I can see and from what we've briefly talked about, the CC team is continually working on making it even better.

Thank you for giving so many of us an invaluable resource in the college search, admissions, decision, and - let's face it - "support-group" process.

I'll hear from the Ivies in about 80 minutes. I'm not expecting much, but I've always been a "high-hopes" kinda guy. Good luck to all.

~Ethan

chubeebo · 03-31-2008, 03:57 PM

Thank you so much CC for this wonderful discussion board.

Good luck to all!!

karagon7 · 03-31-2008, 11:01 PM

Thanks a MILLION!!! This was our 1st time going thru this and I never expected it to be as difficult, time consuming and STRESSful as it was. I could never have done it without the support of CC. We were even able to handle the hurtful rejections knowing we were not alone. I agree with the above post about CC 'being an invaluable resourse'! I will surely pass the word to the ones just beginning this journey. Thank you again.