Class of 2012 Results: Celebrate, discuss, support here - Page 17

201213 · 03-29-2008, 09:17 PM

Donna, my daighter was also accepted at both Uchic and John Hopkins. Yesterday she was still thinking chic, but today she was on the JHU site all day and I think she is leaning towards that one. Still waiting for Mondays results. She has been to baltimore many times and loves the inner harbor, fells point, and area around JHU. When we visited Chic, ot was COLD, but wow, what a wonderful school. We are in NJ, so JHU is a train ride, car ride away, UChic would mean flying home.

Timely, you are so right, the responsbility we have as parents-------, I am just listening to her and letting her weigh her options.

We have had a tough time this year with an illness, and these acceptances definately bring some much needed joy to the house.

Congrats to all our children and lets give them all big hugs -- their hard work has certainly paid off.

momrath · 03-30-2008, 10:42 AM

To Soozie on architecture acceptances: What a wonderful line-up for your daughter! I can't imagine how she'll choose. Wherever she ends up I'm looking forward to following her progress. (I'm actually in Boston this morning about to have brunch with my architecture-hopeful, so this is a topic close to my heart.)

soozievt · 03-30-2008, 10:55 AM

Thank you momrath. I am very happy for my D's sake and her results far exceeded her expectations. I am sorry to have missed you in Boston as I was there LAST weekend! My D would be happy at any of these arch grad schools and will have a very hard time turning them down as she likes them. She has a favorite, I believe, but wants to make an informed decision that is carefully weighed after much exploration and so is now visiting the programs she hadn't yet been to and returning to others for open house events for admitted students. I just got back from two with her and she just flew to another one this morning. She returns to Boston this week for the open house at MIT (which she has already been to) and then will make her final decision. I'll try to let you know. I always thought you'd be the parent who went through this process before me since your son is one year older than my D and then when your son took a year off, I thought you'd be going through it with me, but alas, my D is applying straight out of college and your son is taking one more year. It has been a daunting process (and they don't take too many right out of college) and the admit rates at the schools on her list boggle my mind (she chose top programs to apply to....I know you are familiar with these). I had no idea if her portfolio would be competitive and as you know, so much rides on that. But things worked out. And frankly, if she had gotten into just one of these, that would have been great. Having a choice is very lucky. She never imagined getting so many options or getting into some of the top ones and so it has been a thrill for her and now it is decision time. I feel your son will be successful next year with this too and I can't wait to hear all about it.

sybbie719 · 03-30-2008, 12:53 PM

Soozie,

Just catching up. Congrats to your D. Such amazing choices and such hard decisions.

Hi momrath,
Like your son, Chicky is going to work and is going to apply to law school in a year or 2.

twinmom · 03-30-2008, 09:57 PM

Soozie,
Wow, congratulations to your wonderful daughter. It seems like just yesterday that she was a freshman who was so willing to take my kids (and me) on a tour of Brown! All the best to her .. she deserves it!

soozievt · 03-30-2008, 10:49 PM

Thanks you guys for the well wishes! Sybbie, I can't believe our daughters are graduating college....we all just went through them getting into college!

Twinmom....wow, that seems like yesterday. My D was so enthusiastic about Brown then and still is. She even was a tour guide last year. She is so going to miss that school.

This college admissions stuff really never seems to end.....whether it is grad school or job hunting or internships, etc.

Glad you are all here for support. And of course, to celebrate.

jerrylaurie · 03-31-2008, 08:51 AM

My son has gotten into JHU, NYU and BC, but he is still thinking one of the Ivies may select him. He as deferred Yale early action, so I'm not optimistic that he'll be successful. He doesn't have enough of a "hook."
It's been really interesting seeing opinions on JHU, since he will most likely choose between JHU and NYU if he is not successful today.

I was a bit disheartened reading about students getting "likely letters" from some Ivies. My son got nothing of the kind.

soozievt · 03-31-2008, 10:25 AM

Jerrylaurie....
Hey, I didn't know you were still on CC. We met in 2005 at the Emerson BFA auditions! I think your son went onto BOCO and my D went onto NYU/Tisch. I guess you are here for round two with your next son. Sounds like he already has very fine acceptances and choices. I realize today brings more news. Please know that you can surely get into a college even if you never received a likely letter. Those types of letters go out to a select number of students on the pile whom they wish to give an early hint to in order to attract them to come. The majority who are accepted do not receive a likely letter. And then some schools send none at all. Good luck to him but I am happy to see that he already has great options and so he is sitting pretty going into today.

jerrylaurie · 03-31-2008, 10:32 AM

I thought that was you! My second son is a senior, applying to MANY colleges.

You might be interested to know that Jake wasn't happy at BOCO even though he was doing fine. He stayed out of school for one semester, working at Starbucks.

Jake is now completing his junior year on-schedule at Brandeis. He's been quite happy there, and is taking courses so he can apply to medical school for fall 2010. He has to wait a year because he won't have his final science class until next year, and he can't take the MCAT until those courses are done. He was in two productions at Brandeis last year, including a two-person show, "The Last Five Years." He's had no time this year.

How's your daughter?

soozievt · 03-31-2008, 11:20 AM

jerrylaurie...yep that's me. It is always neat to hear follow ups. Sorry that BOCO didn't work out with Jake but it sounds like in the end, all has worked out and it is a matter of finding the right path and it may take bends. Brandeis is a wonderful school and also very good for theater. I'm glad that Jake has kept his foot in musical theater while pursuing pre-med. The process is neverending with kids! And I wish your younger one much luck today but as you can see, things do work out in the end, even though at the time of admissions decision frenzy it seems like they have to get into a favorite school but truthfully most kids end up happy once they land somewhere and if they aren't, then can make a change.

My D has absolutely loved NYU/Tisch and is has been a great experience so far there (she is in middle of junior year). She has had lots of great opportunities come her way and it has been a good fit which is the most important thing.

bethievt · 03-31-2008, 12:43 PM

soozie

I see the congratulations, but I don't see the "where she got in" list. Anyway, congratulations and "woo-hoo"!

soozievt · 03-31-2008, 01:08 PM

Bethie....thanks.....I added it to the master list of acceptances.....is it not there?

D1 got into graduate schools of architecture (3.5 year programs: MArch degree) at : MIT, Columbia, Cornell, University of Virginia, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), and Syracuse.

ThatMom · 03-31-2008, 01:10 PM

Congratulations, Soozie! I first started reading CC when this daughter and TheDad's daughter and Mini's daughter were all going through the process.

You've always been very generous with your time and advice and I know you were a great help when my daughter applied.

DonnaL · 03-31-2008, 04:53 PM

Well, my son J. was rejected by Yale this afternoon -- despite being a "double legacy" (me and my father), and despite all sorts of 800's and 5's and everything else wonderful. Apparently, Yale accepted only 8.3% of their applicants this year; the regular decision acceptance rate was about 5%. Insane. Why did he have to be born in 1990?!

I'm more annoyed than he is, because I know how much he deserved it. And if he didn't get in this year, then I sure wouldn't have, I know that! Well, they're just going to have to manage without the $100-$200 I've been giving them each of the last 30 years, because they'll never see another penny from me!

Anyway, he's pretty much decided on the University of Chicago -- he's thinking of sending in his acceptance and housing form tonight! It's a wonderful school, and in the fields he's interested (history, art history, English, etc.) it's really every bit as good as Yale, and if he ends up wanting to go to graduate school they have a wonderful record, and, besides, Chicago is a more interesting city than New Haven. Not sour grapes; it's all true. I have a feeling he might have chosen UChicago anyway, even if Yale had taken him.

And at least this whole process, which has been going on since he was in 10th grade, is over now. Quite a relief for all of us.

Donna

latetoschool · 03-31-2008, 05:17 PM

Soozievt, congratulations to your wonderful daugher; what wonderful accomplishments!