<p>Anyone here received or heard of another friend who received acceptance notification from Salisbury University yet?</p>
<p>RM, what is the 4-1-4 schedule at Elon?</p>
<p>Oh, nevermind, RTFM</p>
<p>“Elon’s 4-1-4 academic calendar includes two four-month semesters and a four-week Winter Term in January.”</p>
<p>I heard the 4-1-4 schedule means programming during the month of January.</p>
<p>RM, congrats on the visit.
MD, hang in there, nerve wracking as it is. Sometimes the timing of acceptance letters is random. We are all pulling for your son. You have confirmation that they received everything?</p>
<p>Texas Hold-em Hanukkah game? Where on earth do you get that?</p>
<p>I’ve been away from my computer the past few days. I am having major academic/social issues with my youngest! Military high school? That’s how frustrated I am!!!</p>
<p>I feel like a distant Aunt - I can’t wait to share in all of these students acceptances!</p>
<p>Is this the game??
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<p>Rockville Mom - About Elon, did you get any “Jewish” vibe there? What I mean is, did you have to go looking (hillel) for the Jewish presence on campus or was it more obvious? I only know of two girls who have gone there and both Christian.</p>
<p>re: Texas Hold 'em: Different holiday but related: back in the early 70s, Manischewitz as a Passover promotion gave out a 45 called “The Jewish Cowboy” in which Harold Stern from Centerville Texas talked about celebrating the holdidays, Texas style and some music. It’s short and might make a fun dreidel stuffer. Nothing ever gets lost anymore on the Internet, here’s a link to where you can download it:</p>
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<p>mdcissp: the 4-1-4 program opens up a multitude of opportunities for students to either stay on campus and take a course, or go home and work, or travel (for credit or community service)
…many of Elon’s study abroad programs run during winter term (for those students who can’t or do not want to spend an entire semester abroad)…this January, the study abroad opportunities include a Holocaust history trip to Poland, as well as tons of other opportunities.</p>
<p>The nice thing about Elon’s 4-1-4 (unlike some other schools) is that the Spring term still ends in May (rather than June)…</p>
<p>from what we have heard, most freshman return to campus to take a course during winter term right after New Year’s…then there is a “fake break” (their name not mine) for a week before Spring starts (right around last week of January/first week in February)…Elon also does volunteer trips for that week as well…</p>
<p>Mdcissp: I check with my daughter, and she hasn’t heard of anyone at her school who has heard from Salisbury yet.</p>
<p>With both of my daughters, the true test of how much they liked a school was the bookstore visit at the end of the tour. It is very popular for kids at their HS to wear college stuff to school, so they like collecting the clothing. I always worried that we’d have to burn some if they got a rejection from that school. My older daughter had a theory that it’s a bad sign on a college visit if the kids are wearing shirts from other colleges.</p>
<p>mdcissp - I feel bad that I have worried you that one of S2’s friends has heard from Salisbury and your son has not. I’ll try to find out when he heard and how. I’m sure there is a rolling component to their release - I would not worry too much. (Easier said than done).</p>
<p>I really like the 4-1-4 at Elon because it will give S2 a chance to go abroad for 3-4 weeks in January - and he could do that more than once. I prefer that to a semester abroad, at least theoretically.</p>
<p>Jewish vibe at Elon - can’t really say. We am comfortable that there is a Hillel and they seem to have quite a bit of programming. When I asked our African-American tour guide where the Hillel office was located, she knew what I was asking and directed me appropriately. We are planning to visit Elon again - maybe for an open house in the fall - and will make an appt to meet with the Hillel director at that time. S2 insisted he did not want me to do so for this past weekend’s visit - but then he seemed disappointed that she was not there to speak with us! Oy.</p>
<p>cherryhillmom - I read about half of the “Blessing of a B-” book on the way home yesterday - very helpful in dealing with teenagers and their behavioral issues. Very down-to-earth approach - really good for dealing with rude/selfish behavior. I do recommend the book.</p>
<p>I think I remember reading on another thread that one of the posters D has an acceptance from Salisbury.
Also I saw that your son is applying to USC. At least from our area USC takes a lot of community college transfers. Just another option if USC is one of his favorites. They are also in our area to be very helpful to those who are interested in transfering.</p>
<p>mdcissp, you or your son can call admissions to make sure that his file is complete. You can also ask if his file is currently under review or if a decsion has yet to be made.</p>
<p>mdcissp- found the thread. post 730 in the 3.0-3.3 class of 11 thread</p>
<p>mdcissp, I’m convinced that the timing and mailing of some of these acceptances either make no sense or will always be unfathomable by those of us on the outside. My D applied online to IU on October 21 and got an e-mail just a half an hour ago today telling her that she was accepted. While I’m delighted that she now knows that she’s in somewhere, it will probably make waiting on every other school seem interminable.</p>
<p>Thanks Mom60–posted replies on the 3.0 GPA thread about Salisbury. Wondering if Salisbury has started to mail acceptances. Have not heard yet.</p>
<p>Rockville Mom-I am not worried, just wondering about these dates when acceptances are sent out.</p>
<p>USC-Yes I know that this school takes a lot of transfer students. USC is one of the schools my son is applying to as a freshman. USC gets over 35,000 applicants so it is competitive.</p>
<p>rockvillemom - glad you enjoyed your visit to Elon.</p>
<p>We just got back from CMU. We went yesterday and spent a little time exploring Pittsburgh. Drove past CMU a few times while exploring, but you can’t really see much of the campus by driving past it and you can’t drive through it. Today we did the campus tour</p>
<p>Since it’s a closed campus, when you are on the campus you don’t feel like you are in the middle of a city. Both D’s and I thought that the campus was really nice, lots of green space. The buildings are all really neat, most of them have a story. We didn’t do the dorm tour, because D has a lot of school work to finish for tomorrow and was anxious to get home. Plus she said she would be back on campus next fall for one of the sleeping bag weekends.</p>
<p>I am really happy that she liked CMU. I think it’s a perfect fit for her. Now I just have to hope she gets in and gets some FA or Merit Aid money to help with the price tag!</p>
<p>One thing, both D’s and myself really liked Pittsburgh! I think it’s a very manageable city. </p>
<p>I think our college visits are over until spring break. Trying to finalize that list. Right now the schools in contention for a visit over spring break are Miami of Ohio, Indiana, University of Illinois, Bradley U, University of Michigan, WUSTL and Oberlin. </p>
<p>D will have to eliminate a few. I think that now that she has seen a few schools, over winter break she will have to spend some time on the schools websites to see which ones to cut. We still have more on her overall list! Time to start cutting!</p>
<p>mdmom - one suggestion I’d make is to not bother visiting Indiana. They are a very easy admit for a B student - rolling admissions - makes a great safety school. Don’t need to worry about demonstrated interest. Many students who applied in September already have acceptances. Does not require letters of rec either. You could always visit later as an accepted student if she is seriously considering attending.</p>
<p>Also - if you liked CMU and Pittsburgh - why not apply to Pitt? Another rolling school.</p>