<p>Whoa…I am getting a mix tape?? (come to think of it, Avenue Q has a song called “Mix Tape”!..but I digress…song names on the brain)</p>
<p>Yeah, I could see CC recording a mix tape with liner notes for college admissions fanatics.</p>
<p>I’d place an order. Heck a number of orders. Get Marite’s vocals in there too with her offerings.</p>
<p>OK, soo…I’m gonna make some more up…
(sticking with musicals)</p>
<p>Comedy Tonight (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum)…a description of many of the parent threads on CC lately…particularly the “meta thread”
Everybody Ought to Have a Maid (Funny Thing Happened…Forum)…this one won’t mean a thing to anyone but me but long story why I have had to pay for a maid for my college D’s apartment this year when I can’t afford a maid for myself!
Join the Circus (Barnum)…for those taking a gap year
A Note from Grandma (The Wedding Singer)…what every college kid hopes to get, particularly if money is inside
Cold Feets (Drowsy Chaperone)…happens every summer for some kids prior to start of first year at college
Hundreds of Girls (Mack and Mabel)…what you’ll get if you attend one of the Seven Sister schools
Time Heals Everything (Mack and Mabel)…something to keep in mind around April 1 when you inevitably will get some rejections
The Old Folks (Jacques Brel is Alive and Well)…those peeps you college kids leave at home when you go off to college
Learn Your Lessons Well (Godspell)…dedicated to those who love learning for learning’s sake and not for getting grades to get into college
A Little Brains…A Little Talent (Damn Yankees)…pretty much says it all in terms of what you need to get into college
Brotherhood of Man (How to Succeed in Business)…for all those who go Greek at college
Those Were the Good Old Days (Damn Yankees)…for all CC parents who like to reminisce about when they went to college
The Simple Joys of Maidenhood (Camelot)…what all parents of college girls hope will be the case during their college years
The Lusty Month of May (Camelot)…well, parents won’t like this but for seniors in HS going to prom…self explanatory
I Whistle a Happy Tune (King and I)…for all those who get accepted to a favorite college
Big Spender (Sweet Charity)…describes all us college parents
Baby Dream Your Dream (Sweet Charity)…what we encourage our kids to do
Where Am I Going? (Sweet Charity)…the question on every senior’s lips in senior year
What I Did for Love (A Chorus Line)…for those who truly are passionate about their ECs
The Getting Ready Rag (Ragtime)…the packing up to send them off to college
Nothing Like the City (Ragtime)…dedicated to all those who seek an urban environment for college
I Heard Someone Crying (The Secret Garden)…heard at high school on April 2
Nothing (A Chorus Line)…what some CC parents lament about how much their seniors have accomplished on their apps by December
The Best of Times (La Cage Aux Folles)…what every parent hopes for their child when sending them off to college
They Say It’s Wonderful (Annie Get Your Gun)…chat on CC about various schools
Then We Are Decided (Jesus Christ Superstar)…announced by adcoms in late March after bleary eyed months of reading apps
The Arrest (Jesus Christ Superstar)…what every parent hopes will not happen to their kid at college
There’s No Business Like Show Business (Annie Get Your Gun)…dedicated to CC’s very active Musical Theater Forum
Hello and Goodbye (Evita)…those very quick cell phone calls we get from our kids at college
Another Suitcase in Another Hall (Evita)…what we encounter on move-in day at our kids’ dorms
Racing With the Clock (The Pajama Game)…what happens every year on Dec. 31 when those last minute procrastinators finally do their apps
I’ve Gotta Crow (Peter Pan)…parents who announce acceptances on CC
Beggin’ (Jersey Boys)…when those who get denied try to appeal the admissions rejection
Think of Meryl Streep (Fame)…dedicated to those auditioning for Acting BFA programs
Hard Work (Fame)…what it takes in abundance to get into a selective college
Let Me Walk Among You (Bat Boy)…the mantra of Ivy-wannabes
Where Do I Go (Hair)…answered by every parents’ rear car window
I Believe In You (How to Succeed in Business)…what every supportive parent instills in their college bound child
Superstar (Jesus Christ Superstar)…what all CC parents’ kids are</p>
<p>Matchmaker, Matchmaker, make me a match…(Fiddler on the Roof) – though around here, it’s more like “match me a reach”!</p>
<p>And since we turned DadII’s thread into something else…I dedicate this song to Dad II:</p>
<p>Everything’s Alright (Jesus Christ Superstar)</p>
<p>Good one CountingDown! :D</p>
<p>^^^ Soozie-
I think Claire Sproule’s “Wondering” might be more appropriate ;)</p>
<p>Adding one more:
“Call me irresponsible”-- For students who fail to apply to a sure safety, fail to get their forms in on time, fail to check that their SAT/ACT scores were received by the colleges, etc etc</p>
<p>Soozie-
Maybe you should ask the folks on the Music Theater thread to contribute to this? There is a lot of collective wisdom over there.</p>
<p>MOD NOTE:</p>
<p>This thread was created when I moved 48 posts from a thread on the Parent Forum about another topic (the thread started by DadII about his D’s admissions process having worked out well ) that went off on this tangent. The tangent of literature/song titles related to the college admissions process now has its own thread here. Carry on.</p>
<p>Love on the Rocks (Neil Diamond) - student needs a transfer</p>
<p>“Car Wash” (Rose Royce) and “Working in a Coalmine” (Lee Dorsey) for those students whose “Gap Year” turns into a career. LOL</p>
<p>Find Out What They Like (Ain’t Misbehavin’)…what some applicants try to do when applying to college
Hold Your Head Up High (Honk!)…what seniors should do in light of getting some rejections
A Trip to the Library (She Loves Me)…what you hope your kids are busy doing at college
He Plays The Violin (1776)…a common EC
Something Funny’s Going On (Lucky Stiff)…what adcoms say to one another when they find discrepancies on applications
Ah, Paris! (Follies)…for those spending a semester abroad
Close to Home (Children of Eden)…what some applicants want when selecting colleges
How Long Must This Go On (Beauty and the Beast)…a lament for all those now on the wait list
The Phone Call (Lucky Stiff)…for those who get a “likely” phone call or a call of acceptance
Three Letters (She Loves Me)…what people on CC use for Harvard, Yale, Princeton
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter (Ain’t Misbehavin’)…what some cheaters may do in writing their own recs
My Eyes are Fully Open (Pirates of Penzance)…for those who have reearched elite college admissions and understand the odds are slim no matter how qualified one may be
You’re a Big Boy Now (Big, the Musical)…what some parents let their sons know and that they need to fill those apps out themselves!
Another Hundred People (Company)…what those in the admissions mailroom lament each day they open the mail
It’s a Woman’s World (The Full Monty)…the mantra of those who attend women’s colleges
Miracle of Miracles (Fiddler on the Roof)…when a kid finds out he/she got into Hahvahd
I Could Be Happy With You (The Boyfriend)…in other words, “Love Thy Safety”
Judgment Day (The Civil War)…April 1
Ready to Be Loved (Edges)…when the last app gets sent off and hopes are high
I Know I Chose It Right (Baby)…thoughts on May 1
How Can I Ever Thank You? (Copacabana)…by sending a thank you note to your rec writers
I’ve Got What You Want (The Apple Tree)…words Ivy adcoms live by
You Are Not Real (The Apple Tree)…what an adcom says when presented with an overly packaged applicant
It’s An Art (Working)…a description of what putting together an effective application entails
You Rule My World (The Full Monty)…applicant’s view of adcoms
Mama Will Provide (Once On This Island)…for moms who finance their kids’ educations
Why We Tell the Story (Once On This Island)…the reason for writing a good college essay
Home Again (Fiorelo!)…for those who take a year off during college
Now You Know (Merrily We Roll Along)…what adcoms are thinking on April 1
Nobody Tells Me How (Working)…said by seniors who will not take advice from parents about the applications
Twenty-two Years (Grand Hotel)…parents hope their kids graduate college by that age
How Can I Tell Her? (Grand Hotel)…concern a senior who got accepted to a college that friend got rejected at would have
We’ll Take a Glass Together (Grand Hotel)…celebrating college acceptances
Off to Massachusetts (Little Women)…sung by Harvard admits
Some Things are Meant To Be (Little Women)…which college you land at
On the Right Track (Pippin)…those taking a very challenging curriculum
Just a Bill (Schoolhouse Rock)…ya know, that college tuition bill?
Proud Lady (The Baker’s Wife)…for all moms on graduation day
Grateful Children (Children of Eden)…what all parents hope their kids will be when they support their college education
This Can’t Be Real (Copacabana)…what some feel when learning they got admitted to a big reach school
Luck Be a Lady (Guys and Dolls)…what it seems to take to get into HYP
Welcome to Brooklyn (My Favorite Year)…dedicated to my D who just lined up her college apartment for next year
Big D (The Most Happy Fella)…what you do NOT want to get on your transcript!
I Got Four Kids (Caroline, or Change)…get me the Financial Aid office!!
The Road You Didn’t Take (Follies)…for all those who wonder what if they had gone to College Y
Far From the Home I Love (Fiddler on the Roof)…for those who attend colleges 3000 miles away from home
My Cup Runneth Over (I Do! I Do!)…for those who got into all of their colleges
Skid Row (Little Shop of Horrors)…what we want our kids to avoid and thus we pay an arm and a leg to send them to college
Perpetual Anticipation (A Little Night Music)…for Jan. through March of senior year
Painting Her Portrait (Jane Eyre)…what every good college app essay writer must do
Meet Me in St. Louis (Tintypes)…dedicated to all those heading to WashU
One Day More (Les Mis)…wished by those who are still working on apps on Dec. 31 and running out of time
How Lucky You Are (Seussical)…for those who get into their first choice school
I’d Give My Life for You (Miss Saigon)…what it seems like those who have “Ivy on the brain” are thinking
Why God Why? (Miss Saigon)…lamented by those who receive a rejection
Will He Like Me? (She Loves Me)…what every applicant wonders
As Good As You (Jane Eyre)…observed on CC’s forums when students post who got in and who didn’t and compare
A Wild, Wild Party (Wild Party)…what your college kids are likely attending on Saturday night
Money Money Money (Candide)…what ya need a lot of to go to college
The Bargain (Les Mis)…college tuition (NOT!)
Luck of the Draw (Violet)…what it sometimes comes down to in order to get into a highly selective college
Johnny Can’t Decide (Tick Tick Boom)…what happens on April 30
I Guess This is Goodbye (Into the Woods)…when it is time for parents to pull away after freshmen drop off</p>
<p>“I can’t give you anything but love, baby.
That’s the only thing I’ve plenty of, baby.
Dream a while. Scheme a while.
We’re sure to find,
Happiness, and I guess
all those things you’ve always pined for…”
. . . I can’t give you anything but love
. . . Lyrics by Dorothy Fields, sung by Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, etc.</p>
<p>And I second Soozie’s suggestion for Mary Magdalene’s song for Dad II</p>
<p>“Try not to get worried, try not to turn on to
Problems that upset you, oh.
Don’t you know
Everything’s alright, yes, everything’s fine.”</p>
<p>. . . Everything’s alright
. . . Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice in Jesus Christ, Superstar</p>
<p>And everything did turn out all right after all…</p>
<p>(Soozie, I love your list! Another Hundred People is so perfect for admissions officers - see Dan the Admissions Officer’s post from when he came back into the office at Tufts the day after New Year’s Day.)</p>
<p>Paul Simon’s ‘Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes’ for all the full freighters.</p>
<p>Dream On - Aerosmith
Peace of Mind - Boston</p>
<p>2 best songs for college process, hands down.</p>