<p>I haven’t been here in awhile but how wonderful to read about the acceptances and my heart goes out to anyone/anyone’s kids who are stinging from a denial or a deferral – there’s definitely a place for everyone! My D received her second acceptance today which was wonderful to hear but it’s this upcoming week when she’ll hear from a school she really, really wants so we’re all feeling a little tense at this point. Best of luck to everyone as final ED and EA results become available!</p>
<p>Very good news for my DS yesterday… accepted ED to Kenyon!!! I am seriously still in shock. He is thrilled beyond belief… more so that he doesn’t have to write any more essays I think. This is my last of 5 boys… so it feels so weird to be finally done. </p>
<p>To all with not so good news( been there with DS12)… hold on, it will all work out in the end.</p>
<p>5boys, congrats. That’s great news.</p>
<p>5boys - if anyone deserved an early, easy decision it’s you! Congrats to your son, and yahoo that you are done with this! (now you just have to pay for it!)</p>
<p>I talked to d about the deferral and we both decided it’s the end of the road for that school. We HAVE to narrow down the list somehow and this was never high on the list. Plus I always think there is someone who would love to have her spot should she get it so best to let one person have a shot than for her to just see.</p>
<p>There is something to be said for having a regular, well rounded, slightly above average student. I did the race for the top notch schools last time - blech. This is way less stressful though I have a feeling we’ll be the ones pacing the floor april 30 waiting to pull the trigger.</p>
<p>It’s been thrilling to hear of so many happy results! Congratulations to all.</p>
<p>I received a phone call late Saturday night from a friend whose daughter was accepted ED to a pretty selective east coast LAC. The family has had divorce, job loss, and major health issues with their other child so this was welcome news UNTIL they saw that they received ZERO need-based financial aid. A lot of drama and it is a painful wait until Monday to talk to the school’s financial aid office to find out what went wrong.</p>
<p>Their DD is not taking it well and is being pretty obstinate about applying elsewhere. I suggested a gap year or community college for a couple of years if she can’t be mature enough to look at the situation realistically. Very tough time. </p>
<p>I spent this morning with the family researching merit aid options and stressing that they can’t put themselves in financial ruin to send their daughter to a $60K school. It’s too bad that the conversation never developed from the beginning that in essence, the whole family is going to college. The student has to earn the right but the family has to be able to finance it with sacrifices shared by all.</p>
<p>Thanks all! I forgot to mention that when I saw Kenyon’s need based award I fell to the floor in sobs of relief… it was BEYOND generous, we felt like we won the lottery!.. Dear Kenyon College… I LOVE you!!!</p>
<p>5boys … your post made me smile! Congrats!! :)</p>
<p>I haven’t been on this thread a lot, but I can’t think of a better place for a rant.
[rant on]
Almost every one of DS’s friends and classmates who applied Early Action or Early Decision has been deferred; most of the exceptions were legacies or recruited athletes. This bugs me. We haven’t heard DS’s outcome yet (it will be another 25.5 hours, but who’s counting?), so it’s not personal (yet!). These kids got the apps in on time, got the scores in, recommendations, etc., and a deferral is an Early InAction or Early NonDecision. Boo! The kids deserve better.
[rant off]</p>
<p>Congratulations to all with good news, and a special shoutout to 5boys and Kenyon: that’s what it’s supposed to be about.</p>
<p>Congrats to the kids of Jasmine Rose & KaKa Mom- great news on Harvard & Vandy!! Our K2 received an EA Deferral from a HYPS school, and is happy to still be in the running. The HYPS schools are reaches for most with thousands of applicants so we realistically knew the odds despite having stats that fit the accepted students’ profile. We approached the application process with a full slate of Reach, Matches and Safety schools thanks to what we have learned over the past 2 years from the wise parents of CC.</p>
<p>For kids who are struggling with news they were not expecting, I know it’s tough to find the right words to comfort them. We went through this with our K1 with a deferral from a top 10 program a couple of years ago. It was very upsetting and we couldn’t understand how it could have happened. K1 went into the process having two schools in mind tied for first place. Even though K1 was later admitted in RD, the sting of the deferral made the other school shoot to first place and K1 has had a great experience there so far. I do believe that things work out for kids; its just so hard for them to see this as we do.</p>
<p>Hang in there everyone for the rest of the EA/ED rounds and good luck to all!</p>
<p>Received good news yesterday. DS accepted to ChemE at Rowan U with about 50% scholarship. Still haven’t heard thumbs up/down on ED school. The website says notification on Dec. 10th. Well . . .</p>
<p>Quagmiro…Congrats to your DS on Rowan acceptance! Haven’t heard a peep from them so glad news is started to trickle out. My DS applied 11/1 so hoping to hear soon…also happy to hear they do award merit being a state school I know that is not common. Congrats!!</p>
<p>Congrats to all those with acceptances - how wonderful! And so sorry for those with deferrals and rejections. How hard at this time of year.</p>
<p>DD hasn’t heard any more yet but is still waiting. “All I want is another acceptance!” I’m hoping she’ll get good news from at least two more schools before we leave on vacation next Friday. It may not work out though as one may be mailing on the 18th and not sure it will make it here in one day. Good news is that she got one more app in today so there are only two more to go. I’m really hoping she can get the other two done before we leave so she’ll “only” have to worry about completing study guides for finals on vacation and not essays! But we’ll see. She’s got a big English essay rewrite due Wednesday and she really needs to do well on it as her current grade is a B- and that’s just not acceptable for her! </p>
<p>Hope all those waiting for news tomorrow and this week have happy stories to report!</p>
<p>And DS11 comes home tomorrow!!</p>
<p>A big congratulations to your son, 5boys! I love it that you are so in love with his college, and that they came through for you in such a big way. </p>
<p>We got a call tonight from DS’s scoutmaster, informing us that his paperwork has cleared and his Eagle Board of Review is scheduled for Wednesday night. DS is very excited. Weird to think that a journey that began eleven years ago in cub scouts is about to come to fruition. </p>
<p>Much like watching our children graduate and head to college, I think.</p>
<p>Congrats, calla1, on the upcoming Eagle BOR! DS has all of his paperwork in, but the guy who has been doing the BORs for the past 15 years retired from that position as of last week … So now we wait until after the first of the year for the new guy. </p>
<p>So excited reading everyone’s news! It’s like Christmas every day signing on to see who got in where! Where are all the engineering kids applying? Is anyone applying to Olin?</p>
<p>Congrats calla1! It’s a pretty terrific moment and, in many ways, I think it was more meaningful than the high school graduation will be. I don’t think school has challenged my S as much as Scouts did while he worked so hard to earn his Eagle. </p>
<p>Beadymom- What unfortunate timing! Is your son frustrated about that? Or is he ok with it?</p>
<p>Barnard - he seems to be ok. He’s just ready to complete it. He was hoping to do it tomorrow night, but no such luck. I joked with the scoutmaster that DS will be the guinea pig for the new guy. I expect he’ll remain involved with the troop as an “adult” (turned 18 last weekend) since DH is asst. scoutmaster and his little brother will be crossing over from Webelos in February.</p>
<p>Congratulations to all those with wonderful ED/EA news!</p>
<p>Been away all weekend… How fun to return to cc and see so much good news. Congrats to all!</p>
<p>Another reader enjoying the good news when others share - congrats 5boys! I only had three myself, but I’m with you on being “done.” We were never done this early with my other two.</p>
<p>Condolences to those who heard bad news… sincere condolences <<<>>>.</p>
<p>And best wishes to those still waiting.</p>
<p>One of my students this morning told me that she has several friends who are just devastated with their ED/EA results, so much so that they do not know how they can pull themselves together and apply elsewhere. This student is a Questbridge finalist who was not selected. But, she knew it was a long shot. She quickly pulled herself together and worked with guidance to generate a new list of schools. She agreed with me when I suggested that this may be the first time her friends failed at “something.” And that’s hard on anyone. I told her that they need to grieve a day or two, and then, they need to mount a new charge. </p>
<p>Then, I told her the story of one of my former students who got deferred by Virginia Tech. He was so upset. And his girlfriend got in ED. Two days later, his girlfriend asked that I speak with him about other schools as well as the deferral. He had calmed down and decided to apply to two more schools. Then, we spoke about the deferral. I explained that he needed to mount a charge to change that deferral to acceptance. He did. The guidance director wrote a letter on the young man’s behalf. So did the AP stats teacher. The young man e-mailed his regional rep several times over the next few weeks to update him with notice of a few awards he received, his first semester grades and a letter of continued interest. In the end, the young man got into VT. But, he was not finished. He went to school during that summer following graduation to take an engineering class so he could win acceptance to that program. The class was four days a week. The young man drove more than 40 miles each way to take the class. </p>
<p>He will graduate next year with a degree in chemical engineering.</p>