<p>Sounds like she’s in good shape. I thought the final decision would be really hard for my DS but he made it really quickly when the time came. So you never know :)</p>
<p>^i think she sounds like she’s in good shape, too.</p>
<p>Can I make a confession? I am so ready to be done with these visits. We’ve been to 5 schools. Sixth is scheduled for next Monday, and a seventh (maybe an eighth, too?). The week after. I’d really be ok without going to see those last schools. I’m just tired.</p>
<p>D will apply to 6-8 schools, all safeties in terms of admissions. For us, it’s about the merit aid. Our “need” will change greatly sophomore year because d1 will be done with school, so we’ll see who comes through with renewable merit or with exchange. I wish we could find another financial safety. I mean, I know of some, but d wouldn’t be happy to attend.</p>
<p>I hear you ordinary - we didn’t visit every school on the final list. We visited a lot of different kinds and it became obvious how to pick what she liked. She doesn’t even want to visit them at this point either. She’s researched a lot online and decided to visit once she’s accepted. Is it me or do most of these tours seem identical?</p>
<p>I’m tired of the visits too. We’ve visited 7 (two as part of other travel, and 5 over spring break) of which he will probably apply to 4. The spring break trip helped narrow down what he does and does not like. We will visit 3 more in August (combined with trip to visit grandparents). I have 4 more in mind that might be good for him also. Don’t know if we’ll try to visit those or wait and see where he’ll be accepted.</p>
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<p>eyemamom - sorry to say but it sounds like you and DD will be sailing on the SS Indecision with us next April. :eek:</p>
<p>DS-11 applied to 10. DD started with a list of 55. We cut that to 19 and we are now working our way through that list to narrow it down. We have 6 more visits in early August on our trip to Florida. That will do it unless she wants to make a weekend run somewhere close to home. A couple of her safties will be apps only and we will visit if necessary. Our problem is that the closest school she is interested in is a 6 hour drive. We plan to cap her apps at 8 to 10. I will be so happy when January 1st hits and the app season is over!</p>
<p>The list is at 17 right now, but that will be trimmed in the next few weeks. A couple of safeties, a lot of matches, and a couple of reaches. </p>
<p>We have visited all but 3, which we will visit over the next 3 months. I have to admit, we enjoyed our visits, but that’s due to the fact that DD and I like staying in hotels. </p>
<p>Everything is prepped for the launch of application season. E-mail account set up just for college admissions stuff, school accounts started to preparation for the new apps to come out, FAFSA but received and spreadsheet made. </p>
<p>We are both excited for the process, and fearful of the results.</p>
<p>I’m trying to get my guy to get his list up to about 6…</p>
<p>Oldest applied to 3, but we knew he’d get in to all of them.</p>
<p>Middle applied to 6, got accepted to 5 and waitlisted at 1 (a lottery school).</p>
<p>Both are happy at their first choices (even the waitlist school wouldn’t have been the final option).</p>
<p>Youngest’s stats aren’t as good as older brothers, so I’d like him to apply to more to consider aid packages. My “ideal” is 6. His ideal is somewhere between 1 and 3. If we were sure on the $$, I’d let him just apply to the 1 and be done. I’m positive he’ll get in to his favorite - barring some sort of interview super flop (which would be way out of character - he’s great with interviews).</p>
<p>Picking up Son '14 from cross country camp this afternoon. Haven’t heard much from him since he left on Sunday, and that’s a good thing. He must be having a great time, learning a lot, running a lot and making new friends. </p>
<p>Speaking of lists and schools, I think he’ll probably apply to six or seven. A lot depends on whether or not he hopes to run at the college level. He has an admissions interview next week at CNU and will meet with the track and field/cross country coach afterwards. All of his schools are safeties. He is seeking merit money, because we told him to look for merit money. Of course, the amount of merit money could increase if his SAT jumps in October (which is what we all hope happens).</p>
<p>On a personal note, blueiguana and I met yesterday for coffee and iced tea. We spent hours talking about kids, school, family, you name it. It was awesome to meet in person, as we have traded messages over the years.</p>
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<p>If it’s you, then it’s me, too. And d’14. All she wants to see at this point is a dorm room. They all have classrooms, lecture halls, labs, and a library. And yes, which classroom was where is all a bit fuzzy at this point . . .</p>
<p>S has settled on applying to 6. One is a reach, but great FA. That will be ED and an acceptance will be like hitting the lottery for all of us. Five are matches. One a low match and one a high match. He has pre-applied (partially application) to the low match and was told his acceptance was only conditional on completion (recommendations and official transcript - an official wasn’t available from the school at that time). Also offered about 50% of tuition as merit aid with possible increases based on his major. This college has rolling admission, as does one other, so we should know by mid-December about three of the six. If ED doesn’t come through, it will be tough for S to choose between #2 through #4. Two of them are very similar. He will probably do overnights to see which student body is the best match for him (Preppy or Artsy - He has elements of both, but I can see too much of either really getting on his nerves.). #6 is offering about the same $ as the other from which we’ve gotten numbers, bit,it’s much more expensive. But it is a much less well rounded experience than #2-#5. It’s also much more impersonation than #1.</p>
<p>Dang smartphone typing. bit = but, impersonation = impersonal</p>
<p>ordinarylives: I agree with your daughter. Seeing the dorm room is very important. So is eating on campus. We try to dine with the students whenever possible. And NOT on one of those special days for juniors, seniors admitted students, etc. Those days, you know that the food will be good. Twice, we have been to Mississippi State on regular school days. The food was very good. We were at Georgia Southern on a regular school day. Again, very good food. </p>
<p>I do not know how many times over the years I have told my students to eat in the dining hall when they visit. If you do not like the food or your living conditions, chances are you probably will not choose that school.</p>
<p>Yes, momreads and I are about 20min apart after her move last year. She was the very first person to reach out to me on CC four years ago, was so generous with information to a first time parent, and we just ended up following each other here and there. She even offered furniture when I mentioned S2 was moving to his first apartment! With our 2014 boys both going through the admissions gauntlet it’s been nice to be on a mutual parents forum. We did have a wonderful time and could have gone on chatting hours more I think. It was wonderful to have time to fill in gaps on the kids. I even got to meet her oldest son, a great young man who pulled up a chair an chatted a while. Very personable and well spoken. I look forward to our next get together! :)</p>
<p>I allowed quite a bit of extra time to get to UDel knowing we had to get around DC and Baltimore in rush hour. Regular time was 2:45…we made it in 2:15? :o Summer traffic is so light with vacations so I’m sure that was a big part of it. We found a lovely coffee shop with deep leather sofas. S3 is napping lol. I’ll get him up in a bit to wander some before his interview. From driving in it looks nice.</p>
<p>Jealous of momreads and blueiguana! Cool that you met irl.</p>
<p>My son’s list needs to be pared down from around 15. I’m having trouble getting him to own this stuff. I did initial research based on what he wanted but he needs to select/reject the schools. He doesn’t want to visit, and getting him on the websites is like pulling teeth. </p>
<p>He is interested, knows his major and cares. I think my concerns about him getting burned out on the school college tour last spring were right on the money.</p>
<p>I hear you on visits</p>
<p>We tried to hear WHAT MAKES the UNIVERSITY different…
as they all have blah blah blah…
What distinguished them
Why would it be a better fit.</p>
<p>Sometimes the admissions people giving the info session really missed the mark…as did the tour guides…</p>
<p>which I find ironic since they want kids who apply to stand out :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Fishymom and I ran into eachother years ago on a school visit. We have kept in touch and talk at least 1x a week. It is fun to meet a Cc parent IRL :)</p>
<p>I usually look around the room of an info session and wonder which of the parents are here on our thread!</p>
<p>Go2girl has about 19 on her list right now…hoping that our trip to CA at the end of August will eliminate at least three (visiting six). My hope is that the schools she may get accepted to Early Admission will get her excited enough to knock more off the list. I know that’s not the best strategy but it’s a start. </p>
<p>Unfortunately a brochure came in the mail yesterday from Cornell that had an awesome program (IRL) that I though she should look into…</p>
<p>Unfortunately, being situated squarely in the Northwest, seeing a lot of potential schools is just not physically feasible. She still has a few scattered in the South that look like a good fit both academically and from a merit aid standpoint. If she gets in, we’ll have to bite the bullet on airfare.</p>
<p>I am so impressed that many of you have kept your numbers under 10!</p>
<p>My S is on the opposite end of the spectrum. He just has two schools that he will certainly apply to (his safety and one reach) and there are two more that are possibles. He really likes his safety and he reasons, and I agree, that there is no point applying to any schools that would not be better choices (considering costs, fit, academics) than his safety.</p>
<p>So glad to hear that others are still paring down the list. DD has about 15 (two of which were added last week…). She’s only officially visited one so far, but was dragged along with her older sister several years ago. Plus she is currently at a pre-college program (school was not on the list originally, and is definitely off the list as of yesterday). She will see a handful out east next month which should help her decide on the final list.</p>
<p>Now to work on those essays…</p>
<p>Hello,
Class of 2016 here. From you extensive experience now, what is there not to overlook for the sophomore year: activities, conferences, summer programs specific to sophomore year.
Thank you.</p>
<p>Quagmiro, Do I recall correctly that you were going to visit High Point and others this week? Anxious to hear your review!</p>