<p>I think I’ve already said this but when asked if we are going to visit D2 abroad or either of our others on the coasts, my husband claims he’s too busy working his butt off so his kids live the fabulous lives… and I don’t think they want to pay for ours in retirement, so… Im happy he likes what he does!</p>
<p>No, I did not tell S what I was doing. I just didn’t see the point in reinforcing his already panicked state with the news that at least three of the schools to which he had sent secondaries were interviewing. Something he still has not mentioned to me. He is not an online forum junkie, so I don’t think he even knows! But, when I had anonymously phoned last week, I said point blank he would not be happy I was even inquiring as to how the process even worked! And she told me then that schools weren’t even reviewing completed files yet. It was only when I discovered how untrue that was that I wrote. And the point I was making was that while he was rightfully concerned definitely, we, as his parents, had made a very large investment in our son and in this school as well and having never felt the need to ever intervene before, there was just too much at stake now and the ship was leaving the port. </p>
<p>And the truth is, they were absolutely late in their turn around, and while I appreciated their backlog, I was also concerned it reflected a lack of support of his application to the med schools themselves. Honestly, with one school already on the second round of interview scheduling, I do feel a little vindicated in taking the bull by the horns - politely, of course. But they can’t emphasis over and over how incredibly important it is to get things done early or what a detriment it can be to your application to get things done “late” (submission of primary after Aug 1 is considered really late) and then be considerably late themselves! In fact, they also say that after Sept 1 they will no longer even write a committee letter but will instead sent a packet of just the LORs without supporting info which pretty much tells schools either you were late or the school didn’t support your application… both of which look bad regardless of scores. And there’s the rub too… S has good scores, but read some of these forums and you see that there are others A LOT higher who aren’t getting requests for secondaries to say nothing of interviews! I understand his anxiety… completely.</p>
<p>So now I just get to go back to being the cheerleader… and I will send his GF something really special for all her support and help when he finally gets in. Whereas I used to be his grammar coach for the primary application, I was thrilled to hand over those reigns of proofreader to her. Rah Rah!!</p>
<p>Speaking of Newport Jazz festival - I’ve gone to that!! S was at a lacrosse camp at, I believe, the navy prep school the summer of 2007, just before his junior year. It was the very first “vacation” I had ever taken by myself since having kids! Used Marriott points and they upgraded me to this unbelievable room on the club level. I went on a tour of a bunch of the mansions, did the cliff walk (and still wear the docksiders I bought on site because I had failed to bring any kind of sneakers), and went this glass blowing shop and made a paperweight! Restaurants were great, and it was the first time I forced myself to eat out alone…. and yes, I caved and had a book as well. 
Went to the concerts two nights, but watched S kick butt playing lacrosse in evening games and then the last day was a big tournament. I had the best four days and three nights.</p>
She has started to date. She knew the guy in HS as he graduated with her. H and I know the family as D1 was actually good friends with the older sister due to being on sports teams together. Makes me nervous as the young man runs with the social group D1 has recently picked up. </p>