<p>I feel a sense of calm that, as a community, we’ve made it through a first big hurdle!</p>
<p>I don’t know if any others of us had kids ED at Elon, so with samtalya’s and RVM’s acceptances, it appears that we hit 100% success!</p>
<p>We just need to continue together, harnessing our parental will to help others reach their goals.</p>
<p>I have been reading this thread since the very first post by RVM and have connected to all of your journeys. Well, a huge congratulations to RVM and S2! Wonderful news! Wishing you the best of everything and a wonderful college experience ahead! Also, congrats to 911 and samtalya – great news… My son received his EA aceptance to the University of Vermont on 11/18. We are thrilled. Like RVM, the news initially came via the computer. We checked the application status and it changed from ‘Complete’ to ‘Accepted’. We just kind of looked at each other and smiled. The letter in the mail a week later was truly joyous! I will continue reading and following all of you; wishing all of the seniors good news ahead!</p>
<p>RVM— ANOTHER HAPPY DANCE!!!</p>
<p>Congrats to all the ED’ers and the Elon crew!!! Fantastic!!!</p>
<p>srandrew: Congratulations on U Vermont!</p>
<p>I totally understand about following this thread without posting. It took me a while to “get up the nerve” as I felt that I just needed to learn from the other parents. However, it feels really good to be a part of a little community where we can just be happy for each other’s successes.</p>
<p>Congratulations on all the college acceptances!! This thread has been both an inspiration and a comfort, and it is very gratifying to see the process go so well for so many. After all the research, family discussions, and application/admissions logistics, the ED/EA acceptances may feel like a bit of an anticlimax. But what a happy ending!</p>
<p>RVM: Congrats on the Elon acceptance! It sounds like last night was rough, but now it’s time to celebrate. Elon seems like a great fit for your son (and Samtalya’s).</p>
<p>srandrew: Congratulations on UVM!</p>
<p>It’s great to log on and see such good news on this thread.</p>
<p>RVM: YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY!!!</p>
<p>So happy for you and everyone else on their ED acceptances!!!</p>
<p>RVM, I hope you still stay active on this thread, although your initial question about colleges for the Jewish B student has been answered!!</p>
<p>Hey everyone, congratulations on all the college acceptances! RVM, you’ve given me so much good advice and I’m so happy for you and your son. </p>
<p>srandrew, congrats on UVM! My son is waiting on a UVM decision; he got a free VIP application so he applied even though his GC said it was such a reach that he shouldn’t bother. His stats are low – he is a B- or perhaps a C student, decent but not stellar SATs. Anyway, he submitted his application on 10/30 and still has no decision. I fully expect him to be denied or at best deferred but somehow I can’t stop myself from checking his status multiple times per day. I definitely prefer the colleges that release decisions on a specific date! Meanwhile he already has an acceptance from McDaniel, one of the CTCL schools, which is probably my first choice for him anyway. I should be happy and relieved that he has a good acceptance (and I am) but I still keep clicking on the UVM site every few hours and rolling my eyes at myself each time I do it!</p>
<p>Strange sense of parental ( and fraternal) satisfaction here after seeing all the acceptances!! Last night was a little stressful (even for me)…We started this community very soon after my daughter decided that Elon was “the school”…I could never have imagined we would still be here going strong more than 18 months later…and my daughter could be happier with her choice…</p>
<p>For the other parents of kids who have received acceptances that they were hoping for: Congratulations!! This is only the beginning…</p>
<p>For those who have lurked for the past year or so, and have younger students coming up in the ranks…we will keep this going for you and yours!!</p>
<p>Please feel free to post at any time. We will all be here to help</p>
<p>RVM, Samtalya, 911 and srandrew - Mazel Tov! Such great news.</p>
<p>RVM - I stayed up till after midnight thinking that you and S would check last night and post! I don’t know how you went to sleep without knowing! </p>
<p>D’s ED school posts their decisions at 5 pm, so at least we don’t have to stay up until midnight!</p>
<p>Delighted to arrive here this morning to your wonderful news, RVM! I was maybe a leeeetle scared to open the thread. The disappointments are going to come for all of us I suppose but it’s great to know we have a place to find support throughout this process. Thank you all, and especially to our den mother, RVM!</p>
<p>M A Z E L T O V !!!</p>
<p>I am really happy to hear the news. And to srandrew, Welcome and congrats!
I do not know if there are any writers among us, but I think that our journeys and community of strength and support would make for a great novel.</p>
<p>Mazel tov to RVM and Santalya, now the kids can relax and really enjoy their senior year!</p>
<p>I don’t post often but have followed along. Congratulations on all the recent acceptances, and especially to rockvilleSon and his mom! </p>
<p>D applied EA to Elon so I may be back to celebrate with all of you on December 20.</p>
<p>There a few of us who bounce between this thread and the parents of '12 - another warm, supportive CC community. Feel free to join us over there - it’s all seniors and all college apps, all the time ;)</p>
<p>Hi all - starting to feel a little more relaxed and excited - just paid the $500 deposit! I think I may just be in a little bit of shock - after close to 2 years of researching, visiting, reading, etc. - it seems very strange to see this stage done - especially since this was my youngest - I’m really done!</p>
<p>But I’m still here - want to keep everyone else company as they go through the process and add my two cents where applicable.</p>
<p>mdmom - I would have stayed up - but son did not want to - so I attempted to sleep!</p>
<p>Congrats to rvm and samtalya on the Elon acceptances! What great news! I’m sure we’ll continue to have lots to discuss - preparation for placement tests, orientation, move-in, room-mates,financial aid, merit awards, etc. Great to have this thread for support and exchange of ideas and info!</p>
<p>RVM, Congrats. Hip Hip Hooray. What great news. I too longed on after Midnight eastern time. When I did not see your post, I went to the Elon thread and started looking. Happy to find out this AM.
Your family deserves this great news. Your dedication to your son is remarkable. Your contributions to this thread are extraordinary. I am so happy for you.</p>
<p>Selfishly and Honestly, I am jealous of these ED acceptances. I wish we could get off the nervous train. The thought of waiting til March, is daunting. While I know my D will be ok with her current choices, not knowing how it all ends is not fun.
Good Luck to all the other ED/EA families. I am rooting for you.</p>
<p>Congrats RVM. It has been a long time coming. Enjoy and celebrate.</p>
<p>Just logged on the check the Univ of Colorado website, not expecting much as notifications begin tomorrow. I was greated with a big Congratulations above her name. Yeah! Now the choices begin.</p>
<p>RVM, such wonderful news! Mazel tov to your entire family. It’s such a huge feeling of relief to have that ED news in hand.</p>
<p>It’s exciting no matter how you get the news. I’ve actually saved the text that D1 sent me over a year ago saying that she thought that she did want to do ED. And, of course, the text messages the day that the ED decisions came out. I texted her that the decisions were up. Then there were five minutes of silence before getting “I got in!!!” </p>
<p>Hoping for good things for everyone else waiting on early news.</p>
<p>Excellent news,itlliz!! Wish any of my 3 had applied there! All ski bums and climbers, but darn it, stayed east. </p>
<p>Congrats to your daughter! Wishing her much success!</p>
<p>Socaldad…that was incredibly sweet! I second and wish you and your D all good news come March!</p>