Class of 2016 Results: Celebrate, Discuss, Support Here

[MaryOC]

Congratulations to everyone who has been receiving good news! And best wishes to all, in finalizing plans for the next four years.

D1 is in the home stretch, here: 14 apps sent; accepted at 11, waitlisted at 2 and rejected at 1. Thank goodness.

She has pared down her list of 11 acceptances to 4 ...and has told all others "no thank you." We are heading to accepted student days for two of the four this weekend - where grant $ is highest, and will do the same for her top choice in mid-April. The 4th choice is a financial safety, should we need to go that route. I can almost see light at the end of the tunnel, after back-to-back searches with my oldest two kiddos.

[tfairy]

D has likelies from Brown and Dartmouth. Waiting on Princeton tomorrow. They give the best aid so crossing our fingers on Princeton. She is the first kid from her school to go to an Ivy.

[giterdone]

Congrats! Tough choices!!

[Icarus77]

All it means is the demographics are different.My daughter is at Wellesley and was waitlisted at Lawrence U.Nothing personal

[condor30]

the mail brought to ds today an acceptance to Carnegie Mellon waiting on their f/a package. i think he was really pleased about the acceptance.

congrats to all on their acceptances so far.

[Proudmommi]

My D applied for seven schools and was accepted to seven...Campbell U, Catawba U, UNC-Pembroke, Hampton U, William Peace, Meredith and Virginia Tech...wants to go to Meredith...pray financial aid works out.

[paragpon]

555-
Just noticed this post....Has your D decided yet?
I'm a Butler graduate school alum, MA; and have family members as well as friends who have gone to Butler, Indiana University, and University of Indianapolis.

Opinion--Butler is a good music school in a very lovely setting, residential neighborhood with great vintagw homes; and with proximity to the urban fun that the city of Indianapolis offers. Nice place, friendly city. It is small. IU is a huge school in a beautiful area--hill country of southern Indiana; and their music program is well recognized. Bloomington is a small town but a progressive one, with a good arts and music scene. Nieces who went there had a great time. Both schools are big on the Greek system.
I would choose either of these schools over U of Indianapolis--although U of I has given good aid, as I understand.
Good luck and have fun!

[howe]

I know UW-Madison shouldn't be regarded as a back-up, but it is to her! That's because we live in Wisconsin, and she has her heart set on going farther away from home.

[howe]

Just learned today she's also been accepted at Berkeley (but not at Brown or Duke). That leaves just one more to hear from: Notre Dame. And from what I'm hearing, admissions letters were mailed from there on Wednesday, so she should learn her fate there shortly.

[megan12]

Feeling sick :P S just got rejected from 4 ivies in one night. Then he got "Tufted" on top of that and sent to the waitlist. Guess a 2300 and 4.0 doesn't count for much these days, even for a really nice kid who deserved better.

[mom55]

So sorry that your son's hard work in high school didn't result in acceptances to his top choice colleges. From his stats he is clearly a superb student who will be successful wherever he goes... but his (and your) disappointment is totally understandable at this time. Hugs.

[heelguy57]

My daughter had 2380, excellent grades at one of the top private schools in DC area, excellent SATS-2's, solid (not great ECS) and was turned down by 3 Ivies and Berkeley, waitlisted at another Ivy, Chicago and Swarthmore. She has a back-up but is heart-broken as are we at how this went. This system is brutal. She was not a legacy or the kid of superstar parents (or first generation college)--just a really smart, sweet kid who should not have to feel this way.

[tfairy]

I feel everyone's pain on not getting into their dream school. Rejected from Princeton, which would have given the best aid. Tears flowed most of the night. She worked so hard to accomplish so much from a hs that only thinks about sports and sending the kids to the community college. She got accepted to Dartmouth, Brown and Georgetown. SHe will be the first kid from her school to get into an Ivy. Her HS still doesn't understand why she wouldn't go to the community college then transfer. She deserves to get out of this area and be with kids that understand her! Good Luck to all the kids and their parents on this site. We will all be fine in the end.

[hdb123]

My daughter got "Tufted", rejected from Columbia, waitlisted at Princeton and Yale, and accepted at JHU with almost no aid in one night. Very sad. She has been accepted at W&M, JHU, and Washington Univ but may not be able to attend any of those because of finances. She did not receive merit aid or need-based aid. Merit-aid was harder to get than we realized and her father (divorced) makes a lot more money than I knew, so no need-based aid either. She is handling it pretty well. She does have a scholarship at American University, and she's interested in international relations/public policy. Still..... Wondering how much borrowing is too much and whether there are *any* other options. She has a national merit scholarship but that's almost nothing!

[fringedsurrey]

It is amazing to me how random this whole process can seem. My daughter was heartbroken by a rejection from a small, selective LAC last weekend and just assumed that meant she would not get into any of her "dream" schools. Thursday was a very anxious day, a long time coming, and ended up with results all over the place. She was thrilled by an acceptance from Dartmouth (her number 1 choice), so the other rejections that day didn't seem to matter as much. She ended the night with a waitlist from Harvard which actually make her smile. She had some other nice acceptances, but the end results just seemed so random. We are grateful, but I can easily understand how it could have turned out to be very disappointing end. Somehow this system isn't working for so many bright, hard-working kids.