Revival of Middle Class Black Posters - Page 18

Triguena · 04-29-2008, 09:43 AM

Silvermoonlock, cry, weep, welp--you earned it! I cry at the slightest provocation. Heck, I was a wreck during those pre-school Christmas pagents.

Harmony2--where did your son decide to attend?

Shrinkrap · 04-29-2008, 10:40 AM

I wept Sunday watching my D "acolyte" (altar girl) for the last time. I kept remembering when she used to color in the pews.

madville · 04-29-2008, 10:01 PM

Update: DS has visited Williams and WOW! Between the adcom and the student tour guide who was excellent, DS is torn. Before we made the trip today, Amherst was the favorite. It really looks like he would be splitting hairs now. The isolation of the Berkshires don't faze him and the campus and people are beautiful. Given where he was when I first found this place (CC), it's a nice place to be. Opportunities for him beyond my wildest dreams. One last shot for Amherst. His second visit in two weeks tomorrow. Some great insights from the adcoms that i'll be sharing when he finally makes his choice tomorrow in classic CPT! Lol! One little nugget, if you do have the chance to visit any of these types of schools( Amherst, Williams, Rice, Vandy, Swat Middlebury) don't sleep on them. Visit, THEN make your decision. They talk the talk, and walk the walk($$$) In case you aint' heard me,($$$$$$$). This has been our experience. I understand results may vary for others. Updates soon.
Peace,
Madville

Harmony2 · 04-29-2008, 10:17 PM

Hi All,

It has been an exciting and nail biting three weeks.
Triguena, as of Sunday, DS has decided to attend Univ. of Penn. He was really torn between Duke and Penn but Duke's financial aid award was not as good as Penn's. Hopefully, he will mail the decision and deposit tomorrow.

Shrinkrap · 04-29-2008, 10:18 PM

madville; Sounds sweeeeet!

Oh, and D sent sir to Duke yesterday.

P.S. Harmony! You snuck that in. Still hoping we meet someday.

Harmony2 · 04-29-2008, 10:31 PM

Shrinkrap, I also hope we meet one day.

Madville, I tried to get my DS to visit Williams. It sounds like a wonderful school!

madville · 05-01-2008, 07:38 AM

It's over! DS Has chosen Amherst!!! I'm just glad it's over and so is he. I know that some wonder how it could be so difficult to pick from so many coveted schools, but when you enter the process 1. Having many favorite or dream schools as opposed to one, 2. Get accepted into most and 3. Love something about almost every one. It gets hard to say no. Case in point. As of the 29th, S had whittled down his list to 4 schools. Now mind you, he had to chose one by today. He visits Williams out of respect for their tremendous reputation, recommendation of teachers and friends and how can you not visit the school that is showing you alot of love($$$$). The night before the visit he was leaning towards Amherst but Rice and Middlebury were very, very close. When we get there, it's rainy and a liitle cool, but the campus and landcape was beautiful. We had a sit down with one of the admissions reps and he had a long conversation about what considerations S should have in making his selection. Very personable and professional. No hard sell, no why Williams is better, just keeping it real, telling S there is no wrong choice. After that convo, lunch at a sandwich shop near campus and the campus tour.

It was the last tour of the day and the guide was asked by another student if she would take the last tour. She agreed, although you could sense it had been a long day for her. There was only one other individual in our group, a non traditional student, and we were on our way. This young lady summoned up energy from somewhere, because when the tour was over, you could tell that she and others that we spoke to along the way absolutely loved being there. Facilities, library, food, dorms, were awesome and the sun came out and with the Berkshires as the backdrop you could understand where Norman Rockwell may have been inspired. 4 hours later, DS asked to buy a T-shirt. He was sold, Williams would be the place. Cool with me, but since Amherst was only 50 miles or so away we planned earlier to give them a second look the next day. As we headed off to sleep, I asked DS, what would it take for Amherst to get back on top? DS replied, "a miracle."

Now comes D day and DS sits down with the Amherst rep. By chance, and this only happens in the movies, Amherst and Williams share a common history, and are rivals. This adcom is the spouse of the Williams rep, so there is that connection, but to their credit, and professionalism, no mud slinging. Just honest candid talk about what DS wants from his undergrad experience and how each school fits his needs. I will say that the Amherst rep did play the "Tony Jack" card, lol, and DS had met Tony on a couple of occasions during his first visit and was duly impressed by him. I stepped out for about 15minutes to take a call and voila! DS was signing the Amherst papers! He was happy and relieved. Ironically he had taken the advice that the Williams adcom had given him, " make your choice, and no regrets. Focus on what's great about the school you choose, as opposed to what you may be missing out on the ones you didn't. You'll drive yourself crazy." Apparently the "miracle" happened and it's a happy ending! Thanks to the CC community for their support and guidance, and special shout outs to FLVADAD, Northstarmom, texasmama, lmpw, and last but not least, SYBBIE 719!

God is good!!!

Peace,
madville

P.S. DS has decided to give the Williams T-shirt to another accepted classmate!

icantfindaname · 05-01-2008, 07:53 AM

Congrats. Have a child who had the same choice last year and picked Williams (a tour guide there). Met the same people with the same overlaps of schools. Amherst is a great school. The schools meet all the time, a lot of it in athletic competions. Good luck. You should have gotten the Williams t-shirt that says Amherst on the front (on the back it says "where losing to Williams is a time honored tradition... LOL). D will love it at Amherst. We were up there last week for a sporting event. They had a big celebration going out in front of the school, sunny day, great stuff.

madville · 05-01-2008, 07:58 AM

Yeah saw that one and chuckled at it myself!

prefect · 05-01-2008, 10:46 AM

These links are somewhat related to some of the issues in this thread and the original one

Time's Up on Multiple-Choice Test for College - washingtonpost.com

Multiple Choice - washingtonpost.com

prefect · 05-01-2008, 10:48 AM

Madville,
congrats to your son. I remember when you first came to CC asking for advice. Seems like things worked out well.

GA2012MOM · 05-01-2008, 11:51 AM

Madville, congratulations on your DS making the right

choice! 'rent of2 and I are going to try to meet up for coffee when we get up there in August, maybe you could join us!

unregistered · 05-01-2008, 02:13 PM

Haha, I wonder if the big festival you were talking about was the extravaganja!

TutuTaxi · 05-01-2008, 02:19 PM

Been off this site for awhile and haven’t read all 18 pages of posts. A big congrats to madville’s S and all the others I’ve missed.

D finally made her decision after attending Bull Dogs Days and will be attending Yale in the fall. I’m relieved the process is finally over. She applied to eight schools and received eight acceptances. They were all schools she wanted to attend so this made the process of selecting just one, hard.

The current problem is what to do this summer. This is the first summer in eight years in which she hasn’t attended at least one summer ballet intensive. She is considering applying for camp counselor jobs. I’ll keep you posted.

Texasmama · 05-01-2008, 02:52 PM

Congrats, Madville and everyone!

Update: Daughter greatly enjoyed her trip to Northwestern. In the end, however, the financial aid package just could not stretch enough to make it affordable. She's going to the University of Texas at Austin. I'm hoping she'll be very happy there. It's my alma mater, and I entered there as a transfer student a whole lotta years ago. Husband is very happy she'll be less than three hours from home.