<p>So sorry, madbean.</p>
<p>WOO HOO for Renaissance Son!!!</p>
<p>Cross - posted ---- sorry about Wash U to Madbean - but if your family is anything like mine right now, we NEED a few schools to drop off the docket, just to make the decision easier! Hope his favorites are still in the running.</p>
<p>Puma - that stinks. So sorry - maybe school will reconsider?
Madbean - Sorry about your news; glad it was not a top choice; WashU is crazy selective these days! Here’s hoping for big envelopes from his top choices.</p>
<p>EB - thank goodness for JD and her friend. They still must be very concerned, but they do not have to fear the worst.</p>
<p>Phb and RenMom - sharing in your happiness; congrats.</p>
<p>Puma: I would try to talk to the school to see if they can work something out. I do hate the way schools favor athletic accomplishments over academic ones. A late congrats to your son on his accomplishment. I really hope he can go to the competition.</p>
<p>EB: So glad the Japanese girl’s families are okay.</p>
<p>PHB and RenMom: Congrats on the Wash U acceptances! </p>
<p>Madbean: Sorry about the news from Wash U. I’m glad that your son has other good options.</p>
<p>son in at WashU, which is certainly nice… Not close to the top of his list but a truly great school from everything I hear.</p>
<p>Madbean~Sorry about the no answer :(</p>
<p>REnmom + Aniger ~Congrats on your Ss acceptances :)</p>
<p>Aniger–congrats on WashU.</p>
<p>S1 got into WashU with the Fitzgibbon (full tuition) scholarship and turned it down. LOL. I’m gonna just imagine they are holding that against S2. (just kidding!)</p>
<p>Please don’t let S2’s news spoil the celebration for those with yeses. We’ve had such really great news thus far that I just felt like sharing the bad with the good. All further WashU winners–feel free to rock on!</p>
<p>Congrats to the Wash U admits (and sorry to madbean.) I am a St. Louis native so it’s been interesting to watch Wash U’s stature andn campus change over 45 years or so.</p>
<p>puma12: IB does have weird rules. I know that one IB test conflicts with an AP test and the AP test is the one that is being postponed at our school. (I think it’s IB LA HL and UP USGov.)</p>
<p>But there HAVE to be other DECA finalists in the same boat across the country. You would think the test could be given in a hotel conference room with an impartial proctor. I’d fight for it. Our older son reaped so much from just going to the International Competition and presenting his year’s worth of work. I hope it all works out. (Where is the international competition? It was in Atlanta in 2008 when our son went.)</p>
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<p>I was just thinking that. I went to HS on the other side of the river. Back in the day, neither Wash U nor Vanderbilt were considered a big deal academically…the reason none of us applied was because our parents couldn’t afford it. I do recall thinking that Northwestern was a big deal, even back then. (And I don’t think I even knew there was a University of Chicago.)</p>
<p>Puma - I believe it is IB that is the inflexible one, but if there is precedent of an exception in your school for a tennis match then certainly you have some ammunition. Also as OWM said there must be others in the same boat. </p>
<p>Last year one of the IB exams fell on a Jewish holiday. IB would not budge for that for a student in our school. My understanding is the student graduated without her IB diploma. She explained everything to the college she was going to. They didn’t care. To her, observing the holiday was more important. Me…I would have screamed all the way to the Supreme Court.</p>
<p>Congrats to the WashU kids. Sorry madbean. Glad families of Japanese daughter is OK.</p>
<p>boy so much news today…
first and foremost…Emmybet, happy to hear that your Japanese D and visitor’s families are okay. It must be very upsetting and unnerving for them to be so far from their families during this crisis. They are both in very good hands with you!
Congrats to those with Washington U acceptances!</p>
<p>Ugh, S totalled the car today, snapped a telephone pole in half. Thank God he wasn’t hurt at all. The road was wet and he lost control, the car jumped the curb and the two wheels got stuck on the grass and he drove right head on into the pole, luckily it landed on the wires and not on top of the car.
I feel bad for him, am I crazy? It’s the first day of spring break and he was so happy. Not sure if this is a punishable offense, or life will met out the punishment- lack of car so no driving. I just feel that everything is moving too fast this senior year, almost literally.</p>
<p>Idinct - Thank goodness your son is OK. Give him lots of hugs tonight. I’m sure this will take him a long while to get over.</p>
<p>Idinct: I’m so glad that your son is okay. I understand why you feel bad for him. The accident was caused by bad weather and inexperience. Several of my daughter’s friends have had accidents recently also. Cars can be replaced or repaired, just be thankful that he’s okay. Hugs to you and your son.</p>
<p>ldinct-thank goodness your son was not hurt…that is the most important thing. This is one of those things that in my opinion there is no need for punishment…I am sure he learned some valuable lessons today…and a break without a car will be huge punishment in and of itself!</p>
<p>So glad he wasn’t hurt! I can’t imagine. And I’m sure he’s feeling “punished” plenty.</p>
<p>Japanese girls are doing OK - they’re starting to realize all of the people they’re wondering about and know it will take a long time to hear that everyone is all right. And the visiting girl realizes that she may be stuck here for a bit: her dad is a pilot, so she flew in an unsold seat at a discount, and as they deal with cancelled flights and reschedules she’s not going to be first in line to get home. </p>
<p>So we have another girl for probably a few more days! We’re fine with that, although she’s worried about things at home, and not wanting to miss her birthday there in a few days. Wow - usually these events seem so remote, but this one sure doesn’t for us!</p>
<p>Thanks everyone. I already gave him a big hug, I was in tears. The local news posted the pic online, it looks really bad. He and we were/are very lucky.</p>
<p>ldinct, how scary! So glad he’s alright!</p>