<p>Longhaul–We can meet in the basement and get the aid forms filled out together :D.</p>
<p>I just gave DD and assignment, a pro/con list of all the schools to which she applied. HOPEFULLY she will be getting acceptances in the mail this week, which means we have to get our stuff together for the aid packages so she can have her decision ready at the end of the month. That was met with a big eye roll but tough cookies honey :D.</p>
<p>DS finally finished what he considers his most important & a “TERRIFIC” essay for GA TECH according to his AP English teacher. Took him a few tries to get it flowing. Hopefully, he will be in the groove now. Two apps down, nine to go.</p>
<p>Good morning!</p>
<p>Drmom, I could have written you post! Lots of talking the talk, but very little walking. D says she has a draft rewrite of her main essay, but when I ask, it isnt quite a draft… the good news is that she likes it and she thinks I will too. The bad news is that she is going to miss her 10/1 target date for apps. At least one school has a 11/1 deadline for EA, so she has to have it done soon or she’ll miss the deadline at her hs. They want everything in 2 weeks in advance.</p>
<p>Feeling shaky about the list… the school that was an early favorite has moved to 4 on her list (and that one is the closest.)</p>
<p>Sent from my DROID2 GLOBAL using CC</p>
<p>My D has only one remaining app to complete. She does have to write the Artistic Statement for UNCSA. The last app will be to an instate safety, so there isn’t a huge rush on that one. Now, we have to go back and check every school to see what has/hasn’t been submitted and get on those missing pieces. Today, her older sister and I are going to try and set up a tentative visitation/interview/portfolio review schedule. </p>
<p>I did get our airplane tickets for the CMU sleeping bag weekend. Now to get a rental car and a hotel room. </p>
<p>Good grief, this is so expensive!!!</p>
<p>ugadog99–I’m the champion at getting great rates for rental cars. I typically use National because I like being able to walk to the lot and pick the car that strikes my fancy that day :D. They have a lot of great discount codes you can use as well. It takes some work but I rarely pay over $120/week for a rental car.</p>
<p>MomofNEA- so funny!</p>
<p>Carla2012- I hadn’t read the article before you mentioned it. I will show it to DD. She didn’t go to any Frat parties. Most of her evenings were spent hanging out with the Native American at the “Nat house”. </p>
<p>YDS- DD liked Dartmouth a lot. </p>
<p>Now DD needs to play catch up on her school work and keep plugging away at her applications.</p>
<p>Longhaul-I had the similar realization this weekend if she applies SCEA.</p>
<p>Dragonfly-There are still a few more she can apply to. DD has now been on three and she has loved them all. Dartmouth is still within her top two schools. She is at Swarthmore now and loving it.</p>
<p>The good thing is her AP English class will focus on essays over the next two weeks. I have printed all supplements off for her to start.</p>
<p>As heard in our house this morning “why are all these fingers laying around on the floor”???</p>
<p>One of the kids cut the fingertips off their marching band gloves yesterday and I keep finding them on the floor :D.</p>
<p>Annie and mommydearest, we have neither the talk nor the walk going on around here. We have somehow decided where to apply (no clue how we achieved that) and are also facing an 11/1 deadline that is really 1 week earlier for the guidance dept. I don’t know whether to shut up and let him risk failing (ie missing the deadline) or get on his skinny ass to just GET DONE. Last night he admitted that he doesn’t feel ready to leave home…what is natural fear that just needs to be overcome (he has resisted every transition from preschool on) and what is a legitimate awareness that he is not ready???</p>
<p>MomofNEA–sounds like our oldest son–transitions are NOT a good thing for him. I found with him the unexpected was not good so talking about what to expect helped a lot. Maybe he could go on an overnight visit somewhere to see what being “in” college means? I think for even the most laid back kid, going to college is scary. Also keep in mind that a LOT can change, and will change, in the next year.</p>
<p>MomofNEA-maybe remind him that he doesn’t need to be ready to leave home by 11/1, he still has a year for that. He just needs to get an application done by that date. Transitions are really hard.</p>
<p>I think that transition thing may be the exact problem for my DD. I also think she does not HAVE to apply ED. If she decided to apply RD (or for one the second ED) than she may feel less stressed and better able to adjust to this whole thing. it would also give her another SAT/ACT date to deal with…or not!</p>
<p>Good news: My D finally started essay writing, and made a first draft of the common apply.</p>
<p>Bad news: The first draft was 1653 words. JUST a bit over the 500 word limit…</p>
<p>Well, I know S made it to Syracuse. I’ll assume he made it to Hamilton in one piece for his overnight 
I begged him to pay attention to stuff so that he could tell me out it when he gets back. I decided not to ask him to take pics 
I ripped out the Hamilton pages from the Fiske and Best 376 Colleges guides so he could review for the interview on the plane since he had no time last night. I wish the interview was tomorrow and not just a few hours after he arrives on campus. I hope he did ok. He was excited about going to the 90s karaoke party they’re having tonight.</p>
<p>Sacchi - oh my!! Lol. Well maybe she can get a couple of essays out of that one.</p>
<p>I actually got both S13’s to take an ACT practice test for the subject test they are taking next Saturday. Everything seems a lot harder in the Senior year-- especially getting them to do the necessary preparations. Thank goodness they finished almost everything last year. I guess I should have had them write their essays last year and then I could rest easy. And we all thought that Junior year was though!!!..</p>
<p>I broke down and texted my son. He said the visit’s “pretty good so far”. For him, that’s practically giddy with excitement. He didn’t answer any of my other questions however…lol.</p>
<p>reeinaz - lol - whenever I text our girls they seemingly randomly decide which of my questions to answer, with one word answers/abbreviations such as: yes, no, idk, idc, kk, and so on. My favorite, though, is when I text “143” to our younger D…meaning I Love You (1 letter, 4 letters, 3 letters), and she texts back “1432” 
I think I read that ‘143’ from something about Mr. Rogers?? I’ll have to look it up :)</p>
<p>reeinaz–that text would be the equivalent of our DS doing back flips for joy so I get what you are saying. IF we can get DS to answer text messages it’s usually answers like “yes”, “no”, “ok”. </p>
<p>our2girls–I’ll have to try that with DD. That is cute!</p>
<p>MommyDearest: DD13b is applying to CMU for musical theatre. DD13b is only applying to one school in common with her sister and that in an in-state safety. </p>
<p>uGA: which weekend are you going to CMU? Ours is October 14.</p>