<p>Hi!! Great news! S found out this morning that he was accepted to Penn State, Main, School of Liberal Arts. Already signed up for the accepted student’s day in February.</p>
<p>One thing I found interesting…If you don’t accept and put a deposit down for housing and if you wait too close to May to accept, you may end up in a dorm room with 6-8 other kids!
So my question is, should I submit the deposit for housing now? Although, Penn State is at the top of his list, he wants to revisit UPitt and we are still waiting to hear from other schools - all early action so we should find out by January.</p>
<p>Rodney - I have several friends with daughters (one Jewish) at Elon and they absolutely love the school! We even considered Elon for S but in the end, crossed it off because he wanted larger and Division 1 sports. (He’s a sports editor for the paper and wants to continue that in college.)</p>
<p>Congrats Stayathomom! I’m not sure about the housing deposit. Maybe you could ask on the Penn State forum.</p>
<p>CCC: No offense taken about Penn. My daughter loves it but it’s not for everyone. Both of my daughters picked urban schools. They’ve grown up in the suburbs and want the excitement of a city. Personally, I like pretty campuses with red brick bulidings and big green spaces.</p>
<p>stayathome - congrats on Penn State. There have been several other thread discussions about housing deposits and avoiding a double deposit situation - in case you want to read those conversations. Is the Penn State deposit refundable before May 1? If it is refundable - I would go ahead and do it - just in case. If it is not refundable - sounds like you might have a decision made by February - so you would still be depositing well before May 1.</p>
<p>Congrats stayathomemom! Re: the PSU deposit. I would read the fine print on your acceptance offer and if you can pay the housing deposit without making the acceptance deposit, that would be the way to go. Double depositing is tricky and you don’t want to have two schools thinking that you are going to attend each one. It can cause schools to rescind the acceptance.</p>
<p>UMich - Congrats on your son - that is impressive! My S2 who is a sophomore is more the A-A+ student and is thinking about majoring in Engineering or Architecture and U Michigan is a school he is thinking about. It is a very popular school at our high school. </p>
<p>Kathie - I am planning on calling PSU to get accurate information on the acceptance/housing.
It’s very confusing. </p>
<p>Rockvillemom- we should find out from the other schools by mid-January but we still plan to attend the accepted students day to at least three schools in February - March to make a final decision. I don’t like the idea of S being stuck in a room with 6-8 boys so I’ll probably make a early housing deposit, knowing that it’s nonrefundable.</p>
<p>It’s so wonderful to have this thread to “talk” to you all.</p>
<p>Hooray & mazel Tov (non-jews know what this means??) CONGRATULATIONS!!</p>
<p>Umich…1st choice, excellent! It really is so wonderful when that happens. You & I and all the other parents that have freshman kids will be on cc for a long time to come rooting each other on!</p>
<p>stayathomemom: it’s usually one kid that’s the A student and one that’s the B student…sounds like yours are in reverse! Your A student is the younger one? Interesting!</p>
<p>By the end of this thread we’ll have the non-jews saying mazel tov and maybe even some yiddish expressions! Ha, ha</p>
<p>congrats to stayathomemom’s son and to UMICH’s…at least your screen name can stay now!! haha</p>
<p>received a holiday card at work today that reads “Merry Mazel Tov!!”</p>
<p>Inside it says “we wish you a merry christmukkah and l’shana tova”…interesting since I have NEVER heard of anyone saying l’shana tova in December…very cute!!</p>
<p>and the whole card was in red and green btw…</p>
<p>anyone else have a vicious headache today? maybe a storm coming??</p>
<p>Congratulations Umich! Michigan seems like a great blend of strong academics and exciting sports. My older daughter was very interested but decided that it was just too cold. She said that it would be the perfect school for her if she could move it farther South.</p>
<p>Speaking of cold, it’s been freezing here and we got some snow today</p>
<p>Thanks for all the congratulations!! My screen name is actually made up of my 2 graduation years from U-M.</p>
<p>Not surprised your D decided to avoid MI because of the weather, momjr…So cold here…most of the schools were out Mon and Tues because of all of the ice leftover from the 5" of snow we got Sun.</p>
<p>Reservation for dinner and sharkfin pie tonight. It’s so fun to have a group to cheer on our successes, commiserate w/ our disappointments and generally give thoughtful, supportive advise. Thanks.</p>
<p>We also had Michigan in mind for S1 - he was accepted to Kinesiology - to do the sports mgmt program - but the weather and distance from home were considerations - particularly for someone who wears shorts year round - NC weather was a better fit. I agree that Michigan would have stayed in play if we could have relocated it a bit!</p>
<p>I’ll be happy to take leftover doggie bags! Maybe these restaurants send this pie through the mail??</p>
<p>The farthest my S1 was looking was Northwestern & UChicago which is cold enough. I can get the same cold here in New England, so glad we don’t have to worry about airplane fares.</p>
<p>LOL, RVM, what makes you think that a male teen would be deterred from wearing shorts (and flipflops) in Ann Arbor, no matter what the temp?? I can’t believe my son is that different from any other boy his age. </p>
<p>When we moved him in that August two years ago, the second stop after Bed Bath & Beyond was REI, where my former wife insisted we get him one of those North Face Denalis, snow boots, several pairs of polar fleece socks, gloves and a stocking cap. He refused to try on or look at them until she bribed him with a pair of shorts on sale. </p>
<p>He’s never worn the two parts of the Denali at one time or the boots. I doubt he’s worn the socks unless he can wear them with Addidas rubber sandals. The stocking cap was sent back home along with a photo of him in a blue one with a yellow M.</p>
<p>And congrats to all on the continuing acceptances. You guys are making headway into some very nice schools! My D got accepted at Oneonta today, but she was very blase about it.</p>
<p>I know, Momjr that every acceptance is an achievement. And a week ago she wouldn’t have felt that way. Now she has “choices” and it just goes to show the importance and advantage of pushing your child to send a few EA applications, to give some security and dull the anxiety while waiting for reach schools. </p>
<p>There are so many of her friends getting ED and EA acceptances that it would have been unbearable without something. For that matter, she even has a deferral to compare and commiserate with the deferrals and outright rejections of friends. </p>
<p>Rodney - he’s home here in MD - it’s about 22 degrees - and all he wears are shorts. Both of my boys - just shorts. Now they will add a jacket - and I have seen them add boots if there is a lot of snow - but I would say it is shorts about 362 days per year. I have completely given up on this. Telling them that the shorts/boots combo looks ridiculous has gotten me nowhere - so I just give up - and send them south to college!</p>
So excited…his first choice and mine</p>