<p>Time goes by quickly.
They’re here and then gone so soon,
Our new life starts now</p>
<p>National Merit!
Difficult but happy choice:
Tier 1, or free ride?</p>
<p>And one for ShesOnHerWay, <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1061788372-post28.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1061788372-post28.html</a>
Financial Aid says:
“You’ll have to find a cheaper school.”
We pay sticker price.</p>
<p>College freshman year
Little girl so far away
Why not Ohio?</p>
<p>Applications done,
Now he plays video games.
Senioritis strikes!</p>
<p>Hey, Miss Counselor,
You had the forms months ago!
What about my recs?</p>
<p>The pressure’s still on!
Hundredth points will determine
Valedictorian.</p>
<p>Everyone should pick
Cheaper, less prestigious schools
Except for my kid!</p>
<p>Proud but anxious mom.
Second semester filled with
Bittersweet moments.</p>
<p>Last birthday at home.
Graduation approaches.
Where did the year go?</p>
<p>Dad is freaking out
My baby can’t go so far
Not your call my love</p>
<p>I don’t want to go
only total losers stay
Why did I grow up?</p>
<p>My mom is a nag
I did all those stinking apps
Now scholarships are her gig</p>
<p>Now that apps are in
I can recommend some schools
you won’t compete with her</p>
<p>evil evil evil I know but I am sure I am not the only one.</p>
<p>Harriet a big part of me envies you those lunchables</p>
<p>Was it yesterday?
His “I Love You” notes to me,
More precious than gold.</p>
<p>H Y P S M?
S W A P? or
Nuts to ratings: <em>fit</em>!</p>
<p>sorry - double post</p>
<p>All the work of apps
Defining this child of mine
They don’t deserve him</p>
<p>(These could make a book!
A thoughtful, but funny ride
I thought of it first!!)</p>
<p>Nothing is coming to mind yet, but you guys are great at this. </p>
<p>Caught a couple tears in the eye…</p>
<p>The kid you “wish” for
Pales in comparison to
The kid on the couch.</p>
<p>How can one capture
In five hundred measly words
Such amazing kids?</p>
<p>Cookie cutter kids
with boring applications.
MY kid is DIFFERENT.</p>
<p>Admissions Office,
see my kid for what he is –
promise me you will.</p>
<p>Flagship public U
Offers full ride, laptop, perks…
We love our safety.</p>
<p>Got them to this point
without major incidents.
School, handle with care.</p>
<p>How to get a 12?
Criteria make no sense.
Those stinking essays.</p>
<p>All those other kids
with all those ECs must have
padded resumes.</p>
<p>Grades, test scores sky-high?
Those kids all must have cheated!
Except mine, of course.</p>
<p>Thread after thread reads,
“Chance me, and I’ll chance you back.”
CC mating calls?</p>
<p>This class or that class –
What looks best to colleges?
Joy of learning, what?</p>
<p>The kitchen’s a mess;
the laundry calls. Yet I sit
writing these haikus…</p>
<p>Yes, I should stop, but –
given the alternative –
no surprise I don’t.</p>
<p>Why’d you post this thread?
I must get to work cleaning.
rt, I need help!</p>
<p>I see you geek_mom
In the blue glow of your screen
being creative</p>
<p>No need for worry
No I am not a stalker
See myself in you :)</p>
<p>Ha, ha, hist’rymom
Look who’s talking now! Oh, wait.
I’m guilty too, huh?</p>
<p>Oh, historymom,
The two of us should really
try to get a life!</p>
<p>Standardized testing.
Another Saturday, gone.
Sunday, I’ll sleep in.</p>
<p>Applications in…
All over but the waiting…
April, come faster!</p>
<p>Spam in the inbox,
stacks and stacks of college mail,
but will they take me?</p>
<p>An application…
My life condensed to ten pages…
How will they know me?</p>
<p>Son, please come home now!
An envelope came today,
and I think it’s fat!</p>
<p>First choice, deferral.
Your loss, Toots! My second choice
gave me merit aid!</p>
<p>Barely breathing, she
rips open the envelope.
YES! … and the rest fades.</p>
<p>Filled out the FAFSA,
Our EFC is, what now?
Are they serious?</p>
<p>LOL Ms Welsch
geek_mom and I welcome you
to the darkside Ha!</p>
<p>Darkness causes growth
Eyes larger and skin paler
Just like that one guy Gollum</p>
<p>Oh yessss, my Precioussss…
The glowing screen, it beckons…
And the light, it burns!</p>
<p>geek_son plays war games
and I click around to feed
my CC addiction.</p>
<p>Harriet M Welsch,
I read your jokes with delight
on the meta-thread!</p>
<p>It’s so funny, but
after three days of reading
I’m still not caught up…</p>
<p>I think I love you
this secret daily support
thank you for your words</p>
<p>Modadunn, welcome!
We’ll enjoy your company
on this haiku thread!</p>
<p>Tell nobody of
your torrid CC affair. 
Good luck to your son!</p>
<p>First child is all set
Loves his college and his friends
Dislikes coming home.</p>
<p>Now comes second child
So different from her sibling
Search must start from scratch.</p>
<p>D do this for me -
Look at these college websites.
You like the wrong ones!?</p>