<p>PMs and help from a poster I wouldn’t call a lurker regarding apartment rental in Boston…Extremely helpful to have the local take on it as I am in CA “the left coast” where we do things differently! I’ve already thanked her on that board.</p>
<p>Youdon’tsay & zoosermom-thank you very much! I mostly lurk these days. Between 17 units, trying to find a job for next year, and everything else being a freshman in college entails, I just don’t have that much time to post anymore, unfortunately! :(</p>
<p>wow…i haven’t killed this thread yet! keep the kudos for our fellow posters coming! it’s so nice to read GOOD stories!</p>
<p>showmom - my daughter very much enjoys meeting prospies, and I’ve had several requests this year, but she has just been incredibly busy this semester and just can’t find the time to do so. But yea, I guess we did arrange that through PMs, and not publicly.</p>
<p>HGFM, just pop in from time to time to let us know that you’re doing well. Lots of people here care about you and are rooting for your success.</p>
<p>Will do. I’ll definitely have more time over the summer as well. :)</p>
<p>There are some very special people who have helped my S, and indirectly me. Marite comes to mind, from 5 years ago to last fall. Sooziet too; I read about JD’s plight, and think of S’s dtr in that terrible car accident. Crabbylady, Oaklandmom, Mathmom, and others. I only hope that I have been able to give back just a little of what I have received.</p>
<p>There were several CCers who were so very helpful to us when DD was going through the application, audition, trial lessons and decisions a performance major deals with, with parents that aren’t. . Their personal insights helped a lot. I am so very grateful to all the kind words and encouragement. It keeps me coming back to pay it forward.</p>
<p>nysmile - you are very welcome.</p>
<p>I have reached out to the CC community twice. Once when I thought my D1 was having a potential stalking problem. A CCer with similar experience with her daughter PM me and give me some very sound advice. I am happy to say, the problem went away after a few months.</p>
<p>Another time was when our D1 had some medical problem, many people on this forum PM me. Some of them were medical professionals that gave me a lot of good advice, and really made me feel better. There were some moms with Ds that had similar problem. I really appreciated all of those PMs. I think some of you know that I don’t get too many PMs usually.
Unfortunately, our D1’s problem has become a little bit more serious, so we will need to take further action. I reached out to few CCers. Again, I got a thesis length advice from some good people out there.</p>
<p>I very much appreciate this forum. I am glad when I could give back a bit.</p>
<p>My time of need probably wasn’t as horrible as daughters and sons of these other stories, but I figured I’d post this anyway (heads up, I’m a student!)</p>
<p>Vanderbilt has been and still is my top school. From whenever I joined, I’ve been posting like crazy in the Vandy forum, declaring my love for the school, offering small tidbits of advice, and voicing my opinions to others. Well, as the decision date drew near, I had so many parents PMing me with messages of hope for my acceptance and kind words.</p>
<p>I got waitlisted. Again, I received so many PMs from parents saying I should have been admitted because I wanted it so badly (I do have decent stats, so it’s not like I wanted to go there when I had no hope anyway) and that they are still rooting for me to get off the waitlist. I really appreciated all of them and practically cried after reading every single one. I even had some accepted CC users, who decided not to attend Vandy, write in the “thanks but no thanks” comments section my name and that I should have their spot off the waitlist because they know I put my soul into that school.</p>
<p>If I get off the waitlist, I’ll get the call in May. And whether or not I get accepted, I’ll let everyone know the decision, but moreso the fact that I’m still so grateful from the bottom of my heart for how nice and kind these CC users are and have been to me.</p>
<p>hilsa, what a nice story. I hope you get in!</p>
<p>Thanks. I think I have some visitor messages saying similar things that I received in PMs, if anyone wants to check those out for whatever reason. </p>
<p>I love CC. :)</p>