In that case…
You should let your son apply. He is the one going to college and should drive this process.
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yup, totally. he will prepare for the essays and fill out the form.
I apply means I pay for the application fee. 
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Hello, here is my kid final result from last year. Hopefully, this result will serve as a reference for this year’s applicants. Best of luck to all!
EA:
UT Austin ME. deferred then accepted
UIUC ME. deferred and withdrawn
Purdue FYE. accepted and honor college
U Michigan ME. deferred then rejected
GT AE. Accepted
USC ME. Deferred then rejected
Santa Clara ME. Accepted with 25k scholarship
U Maryland ME. Accepted with scholarship (don’t remember the exact amount)
UW Madison ME. Accepted
U Washington Seattle ME. Accepted with scholarship (don’t remember the exact amount)
U Florida ME. accepted with scholarship (don’t remember the exact amount)
UC
UCB. AE (such a small program, and competitive) didn’t select second major rejected
UCLA ME. Deferred, write essay and accepted in late May
UCSD ME. Accepted
UCSB. ME. Accepted
UCI ME. waitlisted and withdraw
UCD. ME. Waitlisted and withdraw
UCSC. Robotic. Accepted
UCR didn’t check result as kid forgot password
Cal State
Cal Poly. AE. Accepted
San Jose State University ME. Accepted
RD:
CMU. ME. Waitlist and withdraw
Rice ME. Accepted
Harvey Mudd Engineering (don’t remember which engineering he applied). Accepted with 10k merit based scholarship
Lesson learn:
- apply a lot of schools, Admission results are uncertain, so apply to as many programs as you have the energy.
- During the application process, think carefully about how to fit the school’s culture. Don’t apply to too many schools during Early Action(EA), as your essays need to be polished repeatedly.
- My kid felt a lot more confident during UC and RD round, he re-organized his activity lists and the essays are much better written.
Final choice:
Georgia Tech
This is my kid’s dream school and we are really grateful for the result. He has passion for aerospace engineering and GT has so many resources and opportunities for him.
Now he is a first year student, joined two clubs and enjoyed his college life everyday.
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Congratulations on his admission to Georgia Tech & fulfilling his dream, getting admitted to a world renowned place to pursue aero/astro!
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Thanks for sharing his results. Best of luck to him.
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Congrats, and welcome to Hotlanta!
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Congrats to your kid! GT is a special place.
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It’s now known as The ATL with the kids 
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Delete. Thought was on a different chat.
Well this longtime resident isn’t a kid and I still refer to NYC as The City
Congratulations! Georgia Tech is top notch for AE! Just surprised by U Mich. UC Davis throws a lot of curve balls!
This should be the fourth lesson we learned.
As parents, we need to talk to the school’s college counselor to see what universities our students went to in previous years. As public high school in Northern California, we’ve had very few students go to the University of Michigan and the University of Southern California (USC) in the past five years. Students admitted to those two schools have a high probability of also being accepted by the top three UCs. Most choose UCs due to tuition considerations. Therefore, our school is not a target school for either Michigan or USC.
So, at that time, our school advised us not to apply to USC through Early Action (EA) because my son had NMSF , and unless we were exceptionally outstanding, USC would definitely defer us and wouldn’t offer scholarships.
No students at our high school committed to either USC or UM in the past three years.
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