<p>Maryann–Congrat$$$!</p>
<p>Peacelove–congrats to you, too!</p>
<p>Congrats, Nightchef and everyone with new big news!
My son received his large envelope from Roger Williams, so he’s now 5/5! MCLA, Merrimack, Assumption, Framingham State, and Roger Williams. Still awaiting 3 more hold outs, not to mention the financial aid pieces! Anyone with matching schools?? Anyone waiting on Clark, UVM, or St. Michael’s??</p>
<p>CCL8, S was accepted at UVM, but for us OOS it would run $35K. Hoping good things for your S!</p>
<p>Still waiting on Clark here too, CCL8. </p>
<p>And congratulations on your son’s Nomar-like day at the plate! :D</p>
<p>CCL - S received large envelope from Roger Williams as well - but even with merit it’s pricey.
Waiting on Clark. Congrats to all!</p>
<p>Aww, Nightchef…gotta love Nomar!! 
Didn’t see anything about Merit in the Roger Williams packet…going to look again! Maybe it’s hiding…okay, I can dream, can’t I?? I actually called one state school last week to ask about merit, since the other state school which is much smaller with less money offered some, but they said, ‘nope’! I guess it’s all about who they want in their student body? It’s funny the things that turn into pros/cons about a school, from a simple phone seemingly innocent phone call, to a handwritten Christmas card from someone your child met at a college fair. It definitely sways how you feel about the culture of a college environment.<br>
Let’s keep the good news rolling folks…until the last days when the sad stuff might trickle in! Then we’re all off on our hunts during Accepted Student Days! Hang tight…</p>
<p>Martina, you’re right…UVM for OOS is pricey…ah, but to drive up over that hill and at its crest see the blue waters of Lake Champlain…
[*okay, full disclosure here, that’s Mom’s fantasy, not son’s!]</p>
<p>We drove through Burlington and past UVM on our way to do some other college visits last summer, and I must say I felt a pang that UVM wasn’t on our list. What a cool-looking place to go to college, both the campus and the town. (Though it did occur to me that being on top of that hill above the lake could get a little intense in the winter…)</p>
<p>A friend of mine told me that if my son went to Burlington for school he’d never come home again. I guess they put up with the weather, given how nice of a city it is to live in. We loved our visit. Didn’t want to come home…but then it was 90 degrees and we went out on a lake cruise…it was sweet. I also regret we didn’t look at Champlain College as a back-up, we just didn’t have time and they didn’t offer the right majors.</p>
<p>Both UVM and Champlain are on my son’s list. I’m looking forward to a visit this summer. Burlington is the ideal college town.</p>
<p>We visited Champlain (and therefore saw some of UVM, and nephew goes to UVM). We loved Burlington - it was just beautiful. But on the ride home, S decided he really didn’t want to be a 5 hour car trip (one way) away from home.</p>
<p>kitty, Did you know that there is rail service to Burlington? [Burlington</a> Trains: Trains in Burlington, Vermont](<a href=“http://www.burlington.worldweb.com/Transportation/Trains/]Burlington”>http://www.burlington.worldweb.com/Transportation/Trains/)</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone!! </p>
<p>Mary Ann - I love Roger Williams!!</p>
<p>warriorboy648 - My concern with Roger Williams is the graduations rate. USNews reports6-year graduation rate:<br>
Roger Williams University
57.8% </p>
<p>Loved the campus, the size, the wetlab, the location.</p>
<p>MaryAnn, congratulations to you and your son! I think the graduation rate has a lot to do with the stats of the students at RWU. My son applied to a safety school that he LOVES that has very slightly lower midrange stats to RWU. The graduation rate is nearly identical.</p>
<p>Graduation rates always have me scratching my head!<br>
On the one hand about 30% transfer or drop out (read that in a USNWR report article)
So you are down to about 70% graduation rate roughly.<br>
With the economy so terrible now and people losing their jobs, overtime, etc, my guess is that even more of the kids have to drop out & put their education on hold, so maybe these graduation rates are a reflection of that, just my opinion.</p>
<p>My older son is in his sophomore year at Champlain and he LOVES it. Small, beautiful school with very small classes in a great college town.</p>
<p>My younger son was just accepted to UVM, and ironically, if he doesn’t get into his first choice schools, we may have 2 kids going to school 5 hours away.</p>
<p>It’s a long drive but an easy one, no tolls, no traffic and there is bus, train and an airport with lots of flights as well as car-pools.</p>
<p>That said, I’m interested in this thread.</p>
<p>My senior son coasted through his freshman and sophomore years of HS with a 2.9 (affected greatly by his inability to pull higher than a D in French, his nemisis).</p>
<p>Last year he finely got serious and averaged a 3.8 GPA and this year he’s averaging a 3.6…so I am hoping against all hope that the admissions counselors are looking hard at his most recent grades. I know UCONN didn’t and he was waitlisted there, which is unfortunate since he’s obviously capable of the work.</p>
<p>Oh well, you snooze you lose.</p>
<p>CTMom,
I enjoyed your post. Ironically we did not look at Champlain mostly because it did not have my son’s major, French! We are now regretting that a bit, given he most likely will dual-major anyway, or even use French as a minor or separate concentration, depending upon the school he attends. I’m hearing such good things about Champlain. Wouldn’t it be nice to have both boys at the same school?<br>
Your younger son was accepted at UVM and waitlisted at UConn? I’m really surprised.<br>
Best wishes…</p>
<p>CapeCod lady, YES! I think UConn is more competitive than UVM, especially for CT residents, plus it has rolling admissions and he kept procrastinating to get his grades in. I actually called UCONN and they told me that applying early really would have improved his chances.</p>
<p>Personally I think UVM is a fine school and it would be nice to have both boys in Burlington, but my son is in love with Loyola Maryland and Providence, but because of his slacker years in freshman and sophomore years, they are long shots.</p>
<p>I keep telling him that he can go snowboarding every day if he ends up at UVM, and he was accepted into their Business school, which is great.</p>