<p>Daughter was on her way to her last admissions interview this morning when she popped out with this gem: “You do know, Dad, that this isn’t the bad part for me. I know it is for you but I know I’ll have some rejections and some schools we can’t afford and I can deal with that. What bothers me is that I know I will not be able to choose between the schools that do come in.” Oh joy! Oh rapture! Oh brother. I need to find a tree in the sun and a Rip Van Winkle nap.</p>
<p>there ain’t no rest for our heads 'til they bury us dads,…just steps full of woe – maybe a few seconds of exhiliration after the happy envelopes deliver
their yes. Then more decisions,…</p>
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<p>Wow, you know how to kick a guy when he’s down…</p>
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<p>jmmom hang in there… it’s going to change to :mad: 
just you wait!</p>
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<p>Oh, I realize that, technically speaking, there might be only 30, 35, or 39 left for most students. However, using 39 days may have missed the biblical allusions and dimension of taking a seat in the waiting room. </p>
<p>Will this ascension to heaven also take 40 days?<br>
Will this feel like Moses’ 40 days and 40 nights on the mountain?
Will temptation arise in the form of teaser letters during these 40 days and nights of wandering towards the mailbox? </p>
<p>Oh well, as long as it does not take 40 years to pay off the mountain of debt!</p>
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Yes, “Wake me when it’s over” is my new mantra. Ommmmm…</p>
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so sorry, didn’t mean to be oblivious to your literary talents. It’s just that for those of us who missed getting aboard the ark last year, we don’t want to add any time unless absolutely necessary.</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone in the countdown!</p>
<p>I thought the 40 days was symbolic of Lent and penance and fasting … rather than arks and Moses … interesting how many bibilical periods of time are forty days … and then there’s forty winks … </p>
<p>We’re set with the ED over and done in December – but as an athletic recruit my S had his pins-and-needles period in July-August waiting for the admissions department to do a pre-read on his application.</p>
<p>Andi, I probably should have appended a few things to my posts in this thread, in order to better express the tone:</p>
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<p>Voil</p>
<p>OMG xiggi’s been corrupted!!!</p>
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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!</p>
<p>xiggi~</p>
<p>I’ve always had faith in you, sweetie! Hallelujah!!</p>
<p>How are those for some religious references?? ;)</p>
<p>See, it’s all about compromise!?</p>
<p>~berurah</p>
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Geez… am I just getting old? or jaded? or what? By May 1st, my d. will probably know where she is headed off to college next year… or maybe she will be disappointed in results, and will plan a gap year instead. Who knows? But her “fate”??? Her “fate” is that she is going to grow up and have a life, where it may lead, who knows. If she goes to college X as opposed to college Y it will have impact on the direction of the rest of her life, as yet undetermined. </p>
<p>But “fate sealed”? </p>
<p>I keep trying to remind my d. that college is only 4 years. Four years that go by really fast. More like a 4-year interlude before one’s adult life really begins than a life-defining sort of thing.</p>
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<p>Well… I won’t answer that directly </p>
<p>but I <strong>do</strong> think that most of us understand that this is for four years. However, during the process it may <strong><em>FEEL</em></strong> a little bit more important than that.</p>
<p>It’s more than 39 days to May 1st…isn’t it?? If things go the way I expect them to, DD will not be making her final decision until April 29 or 30. THAT is when the fate will be sealed for the upcoming year at least. She already has her acceptances…next she goes to accepted student overnights…and makes a decision. So Xiggi…how many days to May 1?</p>
<p>That’ll be 69 + 3.5 hours Thumper…</p>
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andi~</p>
<p>Perhaps you should consider marketing a “college calculator”??..who knows, maybe it’ll prove to be a lucrative enough endeavor to finance some of andison’s college??? <em>lol</em></p>
<p>~berurah :)</p>
<p>My older daughter (now a first-year at Grinnell) applied only to schools that didn’t offer an EA option, and didn’t love any of these schools enough to apply ED. For months, she felt like the only kid at her school who wasn’t accepted SOMEWHERE. When April came around she was accepted to 8 schools and it was a crazy month as she tried to make the best decision from some great options. It came down to three schools and she agonized over her decision. Happily after her first semester (Dean’s List - Yay!) she is finally comfortable with her decision and no longer second guessing her choice. </p>
<p>Younger daughter applied to 7 schools, 6 of which offered EA and she’s fortunate to have been accepted to all 6. She’s still waiting to hear from the 7th (on April 1) but she is very happy to have 6 great schools from which to choose. From a parent’s perspective this year seems to be much less nerve-wracking.</p>
<p>Best wishes to all of you waiting - hope things work out as you wish!</p>
<p>“So Xiggi…how many days to May 1?”</p>
<p>Assuming the mighty Eastern Time zone dominates the debates …</p>
<p>From 02/20/2006 23:11:16
To 04/31/2006 11:59:59</p>
<p>69 days, 11 hours, 48 minutes, 43 seconds
1667.81 hours
100068.72 minutes
6004123 seconds </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.onlineconversion.com/days_between_advanced.htm[/url]”>http://www.onlineconversion.com/days_between_advanced.htm</a></p>
<p>And only 9 days left for those early writes… I remember chasing down the mail carrier last year. Glad it’s all over! Good luck to all those still waiting!!!</p>