<p>The only phone calls I received in high school were from a Marine recruiter :(</p>
<p>We got caller-ID in the last year. We seem to be getting a lot of calls from “get college funding” type places (but we don’t answer and they don’t leave a message).</p>
<p>S3 is VERY cranky this week. He and his tennis doubles partner have been having a very successful season, but he can’t stand him. He is also upset that he is not playing singles because he feels he is much better than most of the singles players. Which is true, but he is also much better at doubles than anyone else and he could go farther in doubles than singles. It is disconcerting to me because he has always been a happy-go-lucky kid. To see him act all moody and angry makes me sad. I guess his hormones have finally kicked in.</p>
<p>laurendog - S’13 is not apathetic about where I went to school - he has given it a flat out rejection. Too isolated. Too snowy. On the other hand, my wife’s U is defintely in the running - but I’m not bitter or anything :}</p>
<p>tx5 - the tennis is supposed to be fun, so I am sorry to hear about the doubles partner problem. S’13 is playing as number 5 singles this year and sometimes dubs. He really likes the dubs, but it would be hard if he didn’t like his potential partners. District playoffs next week. Two full days off school. It’s run in a tournament style. The top 8 teams in the District enter each of the 7 players/teams (5 singles and 2 dubs teams) into their respective draws. So, I guess it’s more like 7 separate tournaments with teams earning points by how each player/team does. Is that how it works elsewhere?</p>
<p>dadotwoboys: tennis: for us we are currently in “league” where we play each team twice (the 3 singles play their 3 singles, the 3 double play their 3 doubles). The top 3 teams in league go on to “CIF” where they play teams from the other leagues. CIF is single elimination. Then, in addition, their is “individuals”. For individuals each league has a tournament (single elimination, seeded from their record during the season). The top two singles players and the top two doubles teams go on to “individuals” CIF, where it is single elimination.</p>
<p>It just started pouring here. Son is currently at his 1st track meet ever 
I don’t know if I’d rather have them cancel or still hold the event. He was so nervous about it.</p>
<p>lauren, we took ds1 to visit my alma mater, a definite safety for him. He chatted up the tour guide nonstop. I was so excited that he would be so enthusiastic about an in-state safety. We get to the car, and he says, Uh, no. What??? He said it seemed like a fun place to go but academically it wasn’t what he wanted.</p>
<p>DH & I have the same alma mater. It is a state “directional” university 1000 miles from where we currently live. When I looked up their stats after starting the process with D1, I gasped. It had a fantastic reputation in our major & other theater type areas, but other wise it was nothing wonderful, although I really enjoyed my time there after I transferred in. So that’s not an issue…</p>
<p>tx5, I’m with you on the cranky child! Late night games, too much homework to fit in with daily practice, and a perfectionist who can’t imagine not reading every assigned chapter, doing every practice problem, etc. She had a crying fit after school today and we had a discussion about which quiz she could afford to do poorly on tomorrow (might drop a course grade from a 96 to a 95, oh no!) I’m afraid I am not terribly sympathetic, I don’t handle teen tantrums any better than 3 year old ones. My advice tends to be just do what you can and let the rest go.</p>
<p>I never tried to interest my kids in my alma mater, didn’t think it would be right for them. H has degrees from 3 schools, and oldest D used one as a rolling safety, but no real intention of attending.</p>
<p>I loved the alma mater and I think would be a good fit for son but…</p>
<p>1) It is very much a Reach school for him
2) Costs way more than we are willing to spend
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3) Even if we could afford it, as much as I love it, I’m not convinced that it is worth the price. There are so many great schools out there that will be one-half to one-third the price.</p>
<p>S12 used my alma mater as a safety (ultimate safety) and would have used H’s as another. They are both public and H’s did have research in the area he was interested in. The drawback with universities here, though is that they are not very selective and the first two years are used to weed out the less interested students. It can be very distracting for the more serious individual, with huge class sizes in sciences and means that the profs don’t usually pay much attention even to the best students until 3rd year.
H’s would be a better fit for D13, she would have to compete for a program starting in 3rd year that is quite selective and has an excellent reputation.
Neither is very excited about my school as it is a block from their hs and very familiar!</p>
<p>DS was not excited about either my or DH’s alma maters - thank goodness. They’d both be tippy-top reaches for him. I don’t see DS’18 being interested either - just not a scholarly kind of kid (currently he wants a college with an aviation program).</p>
<p>dadotwoboys - Ha! Well I guess your wife’s U will have bragging rights if your S decides to go… 
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<p>Youdon’tsay - Hilarious! </p>
<p>Haystack - I see where you are coming from, but I guess I just love my school so much that if Step-D gets in and wants to go, I’d probably work 3 more jobs just to send her there. I just loved every single minute of it. (and I think it’s totally worth it ) </p>
<p>I have to say that the first time we took Step-D to see my alma mater she was NOT interested, but over the years, it’s really grown on her. We are trying to let her make her own decision, but I would be absolutely thrilled if she decided to attend. Right now she’s battling the whole “Big City” or “Suburban Environment” conundrum and she changes her mind weekly it seems. sigh…</p>
<p>I loved my 4 years in undergrad, but to tell you the absolute truth, although the school has a good reputation and is hard to get into, it also finds itself on the top party school lists. I would highly recommend it to a friend, but I am not sure I want one of my kids to go there. D1 applied, and was not accepted, S2 applied but went elsewhere. I am sure S3 will apply, he should easily be accepted, but I don’t think it will be one of his first choices.</p>
<p>March SAT scores are available tomorrow. Does anyone know if they will be available at midnight, or do we have to wait for a “respectable” hour of the day!</p>
<p>geo, it’s generally 5 a.m. Eastern. Good luck, everyone!</p>
<p>ugh. I am soooo anxious about the SAT scores. Do you think Step-D would mind me calling her (in another state) at 5am and asking her to log on immediately to get her scores 
Don’t laugh. I REALLY WANT TO! sigh…</p>
<p>lauren, just log on without her knowing!</p>
<p>Good luck to all the kids on the SAT scores.</p>
<p>So I just log onto D2’s special college email address to make sure I have all the info for our trip and I see there’s a new email. From Washington University at St. Louis. With the following message:</p>
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<p>Are they serious? Most schools don’t put their applications up until after July 1st, and this year’s graduating HS class hasn’t even gotten all their decisions yet! </p>
<p>Anyhoo, good luck to those getting SAT scores in the am (5am ET is the time!)</p>
<p>Haven’t posted in a while but have kept up from the sidelines. Good luck to everyone waiting on SAT scores. I was in your shoes in Feb, after the Jan test results came in. I tried to be casual when my s woke up that morning, and say “oh I think the results are online…” and then hovered in the background. Luckily we were happy! We’ve been visiting a number of schools. Last week it was the west coast. My s really likes Harvey Mudd because of the engineering, small size, focus on undergrads, liberal arts and other Claremont schools. This week we are back on the east coast. We visited Swarthmore today. Great school, beautiful Arboretum campus with small classes and also has engineering and liberal arts. I could see my s fitting in at both. Now all he to do is get accepted. I’m starting to worry that he hasn’t seen all of the schools on his list yet. I suppose there is still time. We’re also waiting on some summer programs. This whole process provides plenty of opportunity to worry and obsess doesn’t it!</p>