Johnson Letters Mailed Today

LadyDianeski
Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:51:12 +0000

No letter here as of 1/29…and we’re just down the road apiece in North Carolina. I assume that means DS is a non-finalist. (His SAT I SS was only 2100, so that would make sense. OTOH, he’s a National Merit Semifinalist, and he scored an 800 on his Latin SAT II and a 790 on his Math II SAT II.)

To tell the truth, we would not be severely disappointed if he didn’t make Finalist. We are already confused enough about where he’ll end up. We cannot afford W&L without the Johnson, and we were always a bit iffy about such a Greek-dominated environment for such an extremely independent kid. He has been accepted at UNC Chapel Hill, and he and we are leaning in that direction. Even if he doesn’t get much merit aid at UNC (won’t find that out for another few weeks), it is still comparatively affordable. So, in a sense, W&L will be doing us (and others) a favor if it informs us that DS is not a Johnson finalist. As that would render DS’s attendance there financially infeasible, it would open up a spot for another student who can better appreciate what W&L has to offer. (This is assuming that DS even gets in, which is a fairly large assumption. He will hear 2/15, I believe.)