<p>My daughter is still waiting for one more school. She’s 5 for 5 now including Wake Forest, Dickinson and St Marys College of Maryland, but William and Mary is one of her top 2 choices. But, OOS, white, female doesn’t help and even if she gets accepted, there won’t be any grant money. Tough decision. She’s stressed.</p>
<p>Hi Parents!
congrats to you all! What a ride. My daughter’s acceptance stats are:</p>
<p>ACCEPTED:
Washington and Lee University
George Washington
the College of William and Mary
University of Richmond
Trinity University (SA)
UT Austin Honors
Texas A&M Honors</p>
<p>WILL HEAR FROM THIS WEEK:
Princeton University
Rice University</p>
<p>WAITLISTED:
None yet.</p>
<p>If anyone would care to comment on the benefits/concerns of the top five I’ve listed with regard to campus life, satisfaction of students, workload, etc., I’d appreciate it! Her top choices seem to be William and Mary vs. Washington and Lee (so far). Any further insight?<br>
Thanks!</p>
<p>I applied to college last year, and I remember that admissions should be coming out today and tomorrow for a lot of schools. </p>
<p>I am writing this for those that get wait-listed. I know that a lot of you will feel anxious, knowing that the wait is not yet over as your friends celebrate. One thing that you may feel compelled to do is to write a letter informing the school of your achievements between the submission of your application and the present point in time. </p>
<p>Here’s is one format that you might follow in writing this letter if you feel the need to do so: [Getting</a> off the Wait List](<a href=“http://blog.■■■■■■■■■■/?p=28]Getting”>http://blog.■■■■■■■■■■/?p=28). I hope that it might give someone as confused as I was a little guidance. </p>
<p>Good luck everyone!</p>
<p>Whew! D2’s decision is made!</p>
<p>ACCEPTED & ATTENDING:
Allegheny College</p>
<p>ALSO ACCEPTED AT:
Arcadia University
Bard College</p>
<p>REJECTIONS:
Amherst
Johns Hopkins
Swarthmore
Tufts</p>
<p>This could’ve been a very painful process, except that we made the college visit trip immediately before all the rejections came in, and D2 had already declared that Allegheny was her new favorite. She didn’t even want to wait for the rest of the answers to arrive. So it’s a true match, and I’m so relieved.</p>
<p>@thefool…GREAT example of a waitlist letter; thanks for sharing. D was waitlisted at 7 schools, and intends to remain on the WL for 5. She fortunately has a VERY good back-up in the very, very likely event none of the waitlists pan out.</p>
<p>zorrocat, have you visited W&L and W&M? </p>
<p>My daughter will choose between UNC-CH, W&M, and UVA. We seem to hear nothing but good things about W&M from current students who attended my daughter’s high school: classes are challenging but the kids feel prepared for them.</p>
<p>Hi Flinty-
Yes, we all visited in November. She did like the “feel” of both campuses. What impressed her the most was meeting with the W and L professor who spoke with us for a good 45 minutes. She identified with his teaching philosophy, along with the general tenor and methods of teaching/learning there. However, the huge concern for me is reading all of the (negative) posts on CC and other college sites and fb about the Greek Life, drinking, etc. (One post was of a bleached blonde bragging about Daddy’s trust fund - uh!) Reminded me of what we saw in high school. Shallow. As a parent, I was more impressed with the educational breadth and depth of the W and M offerings, as well as the opportunities for studying in England (somehow I thought there was more of an opportunity there, considering W and M’s ties with the colleges in England. (D has often stated she’d like to study in England…she attended primary school there.)
Maybe visiting on acceptance day would help.
I’d really like to hear from parents of students at both schools, as well as the students who attend now. Anyone care to give your input? Thank you!</p>
<p>Hi Parents!
congrats to you all! My daughter’s acceptance stats are:</p>
<p>ACCEPTED:
Washington University
Boston College Honors
New York University
University of Michigan
Carnegie Mellon University
UCLA
UC Davis
UCSD</p>
<p>If anyone would care to comment on the benefits/concerns of the top five I’ve listed with regard to campus life, satisfaction of students, workload, etc., I’d appreciate it! Her major is buisness Her top choices seem to be UM. Any further insight?
Thanks!</p>
<p>I am a long time poster – not as active this past year – but I thought I would post the results of my oldest son’s college admission journey.</p>
<p>He graduated from an international boarding school (United World College of the Atlantic) May 2009 and knew he would take a gap year – so he only applied to one school last admission season (Columbia, ED). He was deferred and ultimately rejected.</p>
<p>This fall, we did some serious research into colleges and he choose to apply to Deep Springs, University of Chicago, Trinity College (CT), Brown University and Georgetown School of Foreign Service.</p>
<p>With an EFC of ~$6000, no savings due to 2 years of un/underemployment and a younger son attending a boarding school, finances were a huge concern.</p>
<p>As a graduate of a United World College, he is awarded a $10,000+ scholarship to certain schools – which is why no local state schools are on the list. His school also only allows students to apply to 5 schools – which is why is list is so short (particularly in the safe range)</p>
<p>His stats were solid (ACT 31, with 36/35 in English and Reading) GPA and class rank were not reported, but IB score was 38. Strong ECs and leadership, solid recs.</p>
<p>We are very pleased with the results:
Deep Springs – was not asked to participate in the second round of admissions
University of Chicago – accepted, excellent FA
Trinity – accepted, ok FA (expecting us to pay ~ $6000 more than Chicago)
Georgetown SFS – rejected
Brown – rejected</p>
<p>He will be attending the University of Chicago this coming fall and is very excited. Due to his scholarship and the excellent FA, he will have no loans/work-study/summer contribution requirements and our EFC is affordable out of pocket (painful, but doable).</p>
<p>I think that he was lucky this admission season – we had no idea that the admission rates would be so low – but in the end it worked out well for him.</p>
<p>Hi, My son has boiled down his acceptances, waitlists and rejections to the following choices:
Brown
Davidson
Chicago
Hopkins
Georgetown
Haverford</p>
<p>This may seem like a crazy list, but each school was selected for various reasons. He will be a Classics and math major. Any input is appreciated.</p>
<p>Hope it works out :D</p>
<p>Son has been accepted at mizzou school of journalism, Cronkite school at ASU, Emerson (trustee award), Cal poly SLO-journalism and Washington & Lee. </p>
<p>Rejected at CMC and Pomona.</p>
<p>He’s down to W&L and Cal Poly! Geez, they are so different how to decide? He’s politically left, runs XC, wants to double major in business and Journalism.</p>
<p>DS has been accepted at:
WashU, Notre Dame, William & Mary (Monroe), Oberlin, and SUNY Binghamton
Waitlisted:
Columbia, Rice, and Amherst</p>
<p>He’s thinking about going to WashU and put his name on the Columbia waitlist. pre-med</p>
<p>Comments anyone? Agree?</p>
<p>Disagree. Go to WashU, forget Columbia. The consensus I perceive is that WashU is friendlier, just as good academically, has happier students, and is in a better area (which I’ve seen with my own eyes). The only reason I see to prefer Columbia over WashU is a desire to live in NYC, but a pre-med student at a top school is not going to have a lot of free time, IMO, to enjoy the surrounding city. Go for WashU, that’s my advice.</p>
<p>Here’s the final admission and merit-aid scorecard for “Suzuki-son”:</p>
<p>ADMITTED
University of Pittsburgh (Honors, full tuition)
University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa (Honors, NMF near-full ride)
University of Mississippi (Honors, Chinese Language Flagship, NMF near-full ride)
University of Rochester ($10K)</p>
<p>WAITLISTED
Colorado School of Mines</p>
<p>REJECTED
Stanford University
Rice University</p>
<p>He announced today what we’d been expecting, that he will be attending Ole Miss! Everything about it is right: the exceptional Chinese program, the fantastic National Merit package, the esteemed Honors College, the brand-new Residential College, and the fact that every single one of the dozens of people we met during our two-day campus visit was happy, friendly, and helpful. Beyond the merit aid for the regular year, there is also generous aid toward a summer plus a fifth year in China, with the possibility of more summers in China. He’ll be double-majoring in Chinese and biochemistry. The Chinese program starts with two intensive summer sessions beginning a week after high-school graduation, about 2/3 covered by scholarship. We never expected such a perfect situation.</p>
<p>What a joy and a relief! Looking forward to continuing to read everyone else’s choices here.</p>
<p>Here’s the final tally for my daughter:</p>
<p>Accepted: University of Pittsburgh Honors College, Muhlenberg, Oberlin, Emory & Princeton
Waitlisted: WashU, Rice & Brown
Rejected: Yale & Wesleyan</p>
<p>She will be attending Princeton. After a two year tour of colleges, the last two schools she added to her list, Oberlin & Princeton, came through with the best offers. She wanted to go to Brown where she’s a legacy but they waitlisted her which is fine. She didn’t have to choose between Brown & Princeton. We still can’t figure out the Wesleyan rejection. The whole admissions process is truly a crapshoot.</p>
<p>Princeton is such a dream, ronib321! Congratulations!</p>
<p>Thank you. The funny thing is my daughter has never seen Princeton in good weather. The first time we toured on Thanksgiving break it was pouring. The second time we went it was in early February and the weather was rather dreary. I can’t wait for her to see it in springtime. It should be gorgeous. She also opened the Princeton website first thinking she be denied. You just never know.</p>
<p>I think ronib’s D’s experience really exemplifies the seemingly randomness of these admission decisions. WLed as a legacy Brown applicant, admitted to Princeton and rejected at Wesleyan?</p>
<p>Reminds of a student’s experience last year, who was rejected at Pitzer and WLed at Wesleyan…</p>
<p>So difficult to get a sense of how everything will play out. No wonder that students often feel like they have to apply to a large number of schools.</p>
<p>Here’s how my son came out.</p>
<p>Accepted: Bates, Bowdoin, Brown, Carleton, Colorado College, Grinnell, Middlebury, Whitman</p>
<p>Wait-listed: Williams (won’t be taking a place on the list).</p>
<p>Don’t know where he will end up yet, but the choice won’t be easy because there is much to love about each of these great schools.</p>