<p>Dwhite: so sorry about Vandy; must make it so much harder with your older one there; time will heal all…we have a close friend who was denied there too…</p>
<p>Speaking about siblings…seiclan, congrats on Emory! What did your daughter say?..</p>
<p>dwhite-so sorry for the disappointing news.</p>
<p>dwhite - so sorry for the disappointing news too! We have been there before (my D1 was rejected ED 8 years ago). She cried for about a week then moved on and never looked back. She is now in her first year of law school. </p>
<p>Dinner and a movie with D2 (just home from college) was great. DS texted us that he got in a good 20 minutes before our movie was to start and then the movie was delayed 10 min due to projection issues (we saw HUGO in 3D). We had plenty of time to text our family and friends the good news before the movie started. My daughter was thrilled for her brother and my eldest even posted the news on her facebook page. Today my son was walking on cloud nine. Tomorrow we have to withdraw his other applications (Vandy, WashU, State schools etc). I am glad for the two week break from our school/work routine. Thank you all for your support. I will hang around if you don’t mind to cheer the rest of you on!</p>
<p>dwhite - so sorry to hear about the ED disappointment - I have fingers crossed for you for Elon!</p>
<p>Seiclan, Congrats on Emory. What a great school and Atlanta is hot. (as in cool)</p>
<p>DWhite, Sorry about your disappointment. I am sure your Son will have good choices when this is all over, and will find a school that challenges and delights him. Thinking good thoughts…</p>
<p>Dwhite: I’m sorry to hear about the ED disappointment. I’m sure that this is rough for your family. This process can be brutal. Good luck with Elon and your son’s other applications. I’m sure that he will end up with good choices.</p>
<p>Thank you all so much. He is still licking his wounds a little but I’m sure he will recover. After so much research and great info here, we made sure he applied to several EA schools that were a good fit - fortunately, he has 2 acceptances already to alleviate some of the sting. Things will work out. Thanks again.</p>
<p>Following his admission to Alabama, S was just admitted to Georgia Tech, and deferred by MIT. That’s it for the early apps.</p>
<p>congrats sujormik, chardo and seiclan on all the great acceptances.</p>
<p>dwhite, keeping fingers crossed for elon. if your s is there he will have cc friends to meet! keep us up to date. my S is very very happy with the kids on the fb page already, especially the girls!</p>
<p>Only if you want to feel a little teary:</p>
<p>[They</a> Really Do Grow Up Too Soon | The Ladies’ Lounge](<a href=“http://■■■■■■/szlQKn]They”>http://■■■■■■/szlQKn)</p>
<p>Congratulations on the acceptance again Chardo, Seiclan and Sujormik, and also Socaldad,Uskolfish and Srandrew and also to you dwhite on the ones your S did receive and good luck with Elon.</p>
<p>Dwhite I know I have repeated this a few times but it might be a good time to say that S1 is now exactly where he wants to be even though he was WL’s and never accepted to his dream school. Things do work out, once you hear from Elon you may want to plan some visits. I found that my S really seemed to like visiting and overnighting at schools that were a sure thing and that seemed to make it easier to leave behind what was most likely not going to happen.</p>
<p>Good Luck to your S Simpkin, we do what we have to do don’t we.</p>
<p>Lovely piece RVM and you are right anyone reading needs to be prepared to be teary but in a good way I think.</p>
<p>dwhite - just want to echo what spectrum wrote. Those of you who have been reading this thread from Day 1 already know that my S1 is a very high stat student - who applied ED to Duke - looked like he would be admitted per Naviance and per our GC and others in the know - and was deferred and crushed. Completely, utterly decimated. He had dreamed of going to Duke since he was 10. It took months to pick up the pieces and he was really not enthusiastic about any of the acceptances he had in April. He ultimately chose to go to Wake Forest and has just loved it! With the advantage of 20/20 hindsight - he will now tell you that Wake was probably a better fit for him anyway. He likes the smaller size, he has a major that is not offered at Duke and he has been able to turn a campus job into an amazing internship experience. Of course - he may have loved Duke as well - had he gotten in. And that’s the point - there is generally more than one school that will work well for any particular student. Bloom where you are planted is a great philosophy to have. I know your son is going to have great options to choose from and he will be just fine.</p>
<p>well said and agree rvm and spectrum…</p>
<p>Thank you all. RVM - I remember reading about your older son and feeling your pain - our older boys are the same age. What you say about “fit” is something we have discussed many times over regarding S2 and Vandy. Although I know he would succeed there (he is a work horse), I also know it is a pressure cooker. Interestingly, HE recently showed me the list The Daily Beast puts out of the most stressful schools ([2011’s</a> Most Stressful Colleges - The Daily Beast](<a href=“2011's Most Stressful Colleges”>2011's Most Stressful Colleges)) and Vandy ranks 8th - right behind MIT! Who knows how accurate that is, but it’s certainly food for thought and indicates that he has given that aspect some thought. He even joked it was too bad he could never get into Brown (#17) because it would seem so “easy” in comparison. Yeah, right!</p>
<p>He is a great kid and he has a ton of support from us - he will be fine and happy! I can’t wait to report more good news in the upcoming months.</p>
<p>Hi. I’ve been away from the computer except for tiny bits of time since last Thursday. At first, it felt strange because I’d become quite attached to this thread and a few others. But then as the weekend progressed, it was sort of a relief not to be on the computer - much as I love you guys. </p>
<p>I’ve also been sorting through emotions about D2’s application process. The important news is that she is very excited to have been accepted to her ED choice, a wonderful small NE liberal arts college! She was also accepted at two OOS publics - both excellent universities - and has withdrawn her EA application. So she finishes the process 3/3 and is happy with the outcome. For my part, I’ve wrestled over the weekend with the thought that maybe she should have applied RD to the ED school, and taken her chances so that she could have had a ‘choice’ come next March/April. But this is my thinking, not hers. She’s content, and that’s what matters!</p>
<p>This thread has been very helpful. Thank you to all! I also have a high achieving older D (at an ivy). Younger D is also very bright, but not as driven. She attends a rigorous private school, so putting her grades in perspective has been somewhat challenging. When I first started following this thread (at the beginning!), she was probably a B+ student, but over the past year she has evolved into more of an A- student as she has been more confident. Following D1 has forced her to become more cognizant of her own strengths and of areas for improvement. So the upshot is that the college application process truly has been a meaningful learning experience for her - and that’s the main point, isn’t it?</p>
<p>Thank you again to all of the posters here for your varied and always informative input. Congratulations to all who have heard good news, and very best wishes to all who are still applying and/or waiting to hear!</p>
<p>Peonies: Congrats to your D on her acceptance! It’s hard not to second guess, but it sounds like your D is very happy with her choice.</p>
<p>peonies, Congrats on the acceptance. Did I miss what school? Can you share it again?</p>
<p>peonies - congrats on the ED acceptance! No second guessing - just be happy with the acceptance and happy to be done! Sometimes having too many choices is even harder and then you find yourself second guessing THAT decision too. Personally - I did not enjoy waiting until the end of April to know here S1 had decided to matriculate - I am so much happier knowing in December.</p>
<p>I also find that at many schools - ED admits have priority on housing selection - can attend an earlier orientation - and so forth. A little added bonus.</p>
<p>Elon posts their EA decisions tonight at midnight - good luck to those of you waiting on this one!</p>