Parents of the HS Class of 2011 - Original

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<p>Just popping in to offer congratulations to all of those who have received desired outcomes at their schools of choice and to all of those who have finished the process, know where their kids will be this fall and can buy the “Proud Parents of…” stickers. :-)</p>

<p>To those who are still in the waiting game (like our house), today I had my epiphany (of sorts). DS has acceptances, one of which is financially responsible with no aid, to schools he is interested in attending so if none of the ones he is still waiting to hear from pan out…so be it. There will be a college for him this fall that will be the one he was meant to go to and it doesn’t matter where it is, or what the name of it is, as long as HE is happy with it. After all, HE has to spend the next few years there…not me…not his relatives…and not his friends from high school. He’ll be okay.</p>

<p>It’s a gorgeous day out and I can see the end in sight. Just a few weeks and all the decisions from colleges will be in and the final decision will need to be made. We are so much further than we once were!</p>

<p>Have a great week one and all…no matter what the mail may bring.</p>

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<p>I am way behind with congratulations and comments to all. Will have to catch up tonight.</p>

<p>One of S’s favorites, Babson just posted admission results online. He was deferred in Jan and was just denied. I would have been surprised if he had gotten in because his midyear grades went down. On one hand, I feel bad for him, on the other, it makes his decision easier.</p>

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<p>mamom: hope your son is taking the Babson decision as well as you seem to be.</p>

<p>Just returned from a trip to the “Big City” with our son to pick up his tuxedo. On the way there, we discussed the pros and cons of teachers’ unions and teacher tenure based on performance. And he explained to me why his vision of nuclear fusion power plants would be so much safer than the current nuclear fission plants. We had a lovely lunch together and on the way home discussed tomorrow’s MIT announcement and how people at school will react and why our town’s native population stymies progress.</p>

<p>One of those afternoons when I loved being his mom even more than usual.</p>

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<p>Just worked with hubby to add 35 schools to D1’s existing (short) college list, for she and her GC to consider …for next year’s app process. Brutal…ramping up again, so soon after S1’s search.</p>

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<p>Yikes. I would so not be into doing it again so soon. I do remember having over 40 schools on S’s list.</p>

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<p>The roller coaster continues here. After Friday’s good Wash U news, D2 learns she didn’t get in the Honors College at Georgia Tech. Now she’s sure she won’t get in anywhere else, which may well be true. But she has choices.</p>

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<p>Mamom and PHB: Sorry about the disapointing news. I hope your kids are handling it okay.</p>

<p>Momofzach: I’m glad that your son has good choices. You have a great attitude about things.</p>

<p>Major success here: As I mentioned previously, I have been dreading prom dress shopping because it did not go well last year. I took my daughter shopping this afternoon, and she found a beautiful dress that she loves. Yes, it was too expensive, but it’s worth it to see her feeling so good about herself.</p>

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<p>I am so happy your daughter found a dress she loves! With two daughters who have gone dress hunting muliple times, I understand what an accomplishment this is. What color did she pick?</p>

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<p>I can’t wait to graduate. May 17th is the big day!!!</p>

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<p>OWM - thanks for sharing! It’s so easy to get caught up in the college search process and other senior year hoopla and miss those moments where you get a real glimpse of the adult your child is becoming. </p>

<p>Momjr - I’m happy your D found a beautiful dress that she loves. Same as phbmom, I have 2 girls and have been thru this a number of times. I, too spent more than I should have this year but this dress is truly special and D2 really glowed when she put it on. I’ll eventually post a pic on the shutterfly site and hope that others will, too.</p>

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<p>momjr - glad the dress search went well. I hope we get to see a picture!</p>

<p>phb- sorry your D got bad news regarding the honors college at GA Tech.</p>

<p>OWM - sounds like you had a great day with your S. We have them at home for such a short time now it makes those days even more precious.</p>

<p>kunitedad- Glad your D’s visit was worthwhile. Although my S is a go with the flow type of kid, we are pushing him to visit once more the school that is giving him the most money.</p>

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<p>I spent a good portion of the day breaking down a dead tree into a massive pile of limbs, twigs, stumps, branches and everything in between. I have more timber than anyone needs to run my fire pit this summer and many summers to come. Dh went a little power-tool happy with the chainsaw and kept slicing into the main trunk until he broke the chain. Nice day to leave the computer behind and just go out and break stuff. Very cathartic - I recommend it to everyone! </p>

<p>Thanks for the pun 327#####, I loved seeing it just now!! Got to love kayak humor!</p>

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<p>ohhh, I am so looking forward to relaxing this summer with a drink, friends and a firepit (mine or others)</p>

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<p>momjr – We bought shoes for prom yesterday…high glittery heels. Gorgeous.</p>

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<p>Just caught up on three pages posted since early afternoon. I wish I had the time and energy to comment on each person’s important news - good or bad. </p>

<p>We had a tough weekend. Caltech came in as a NO. Not a surprise nor was it high on the list, but still a disappointment. Totally shocked by GT’s NO to Honors College. Altho they only have 110 spots for 2000 applicants, it still was a BIG surprise. So phbmom, I hear ya. </p>

<p>Still waiting for 3 schools. Thank goodness for the 3 YESes already secured. All are relatively affordable. Thank you CC for “Love thy safety”, “Apply to financial safeties” & “Apply EA to a few schools”.</p>

<p>Son seems to be OK. I’m leaving him to do what he wants so he is neck high playing online video games 18 hours a day. Glad this week is Spring Break. He’s also preparing for a few state competitions he has next month, but to him that is fun.</p>

<p>OWM - Thought of your son when the news was discussing nuclear reactors</p>

<p>Calreader - Bravo on UCLA</p>

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<p>The kids at DS’s small independent school often (not always) share their college news, good and bad on FB. There is a lot of support from their friends and classmates, no matter what the outcome. They’ll often just say “Dartmouth 2015” or “Nope” or “Sigh” and people post lovely comments. When it seemed as though many were being deferred, one girl got a great response when she posted “Deferred 2015.”</p>

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<p>CalReader: It turned out to be the best of both possible worlds. He really bonded with his roommates (all spring admits) and now they are sharing an apartment off campus. His GF was also a spring admit, though she was not living on campus. Their ability to live on campus opened up campus activities and meeting the fall admit students as well. From what I heard, it is not the same for those at that LAC. I read online that you can feel pretty lonely as a spring admit because so many connections are made in that first semester, and you cant live on campus there.</p>

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<p>Oh, we are getting so close! Songbird knocked last week’s visited school off the list. It was her 3rd visit there, but 1st overnight/shadow. I picked her up, she got in the car, smiled, gave me a kiss, and said, “Nope!”</p>

<p>Yay…we are down to 2. One is the conservatory, which won’t give big $ (15K academic or 15K music (IF she gets in, and IF she gets their highest music scholarship, but not stackable).</p>

<p>Her other schools all have that beat by a lot.</p>

<p>AND the other of these remaining 2 has been 1st-place in her heart since the beginning. She’s in with big $$$ there, and Friday received the invite to their Honors Program (they take just 30 kids, so it’s dicey).</p>

<p>But she wants it so bad she can taste it…totally rearranged her weekend and sacrificed sleep to write the 3 essays (very specific…unfortunately none could be re-worked from previous ones).</p>

<p>Their honors program is by invitation only to apply, but then it’s rolling. Once they get 30 excellent candidates, that’s it. So she wanted her app IN THE MAIL Sat. She sat at her computer for over 8 hours, writing furiously. I took her lunch up on a tray and she barely stopped long enough to eat. All she said was “Mom, I want to be in this program so badly!” I said, “OK, keep writing.”</p>

<p>She finished, I proofed, (thought they were VERY strong), shot out of the garage (mindful of our recent car-garage mishaps here), and hit our post office at 3:42 for the 4:00 pickup. Oh yeah!</p>

<p>Happy Mom, very hopeful songbird!</p>

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<p>Good job songbird, and MOSB also!!</p>

<p>We’ve done a few of those “WHEN is the last mail pickup today?” runs also, one time cut it soooo close (within a couple of minutes) but the post office employee was there and said Yep! it’ll go…whew</p>

<p>Can’t keep up in here so just havin fun reading all the ups and downs and excitement</p>

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<p>MOSB - You brought tears to my eyes and made my day. I’m so happy for SB.</p>