<p>IxnayBob, it sounds like your S has good instincts on this that he can trust. </p>
<p>No protocol at D2’s school for sweatshirt/etc wearing. She ordered and is wearing a Pitzer sweatshirt, but it’s one where the school name isn’t in 2000 point type across the front :)</p>
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A non-scientific guess is that perhaps 30% apply to Ivies or the equivalent with a reasonable chance (i.e., not counting kids who just throw a Hail Mary application in and I would probably not know about it). Of those, I think perhaps half get accepted. It’s a relatively high-achieving private school.</p>
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Not only is his shirt’s font large, there’s a large bulldog, and there’s another brag written on the sleeve! It will not find its way into the Subtle Hall of Fame :-)</p>
<p>@jibler, It is commendable that you don’t want to be a burden, but you should talk to a GC and your parents. You’re looking at schools that provide merit aid and are in-state, but many top 20 schools provide quite a bit of aid themselves for kids whose families need it. They understand the incredibly high costs involved, and from what I understand, families with incomes up to $200k and assets that correspond to that will very often get aid.</p>
<p>I’m not suggesting that you bankrupt your family or leave yourself in substantial debt for years to come, but there are options out there. Please seek the advice of your GC and/or someone you trust.</p>
<p>@IxnayBob</p>
<p>Your response actually helped me out. Thank you, and I will definitely do that.</p>
<p>Best of luck jibler.</p>
<p>IxnayBob…</p>
<p>Congrats on being a new Yalie parent. Move-in is super easy. Be sure to join the parent thread on CC.</p>
<p>As for Hoodies, etc Our K1 started wearing the hoodie after the winter break, as the hs allows college sweatshirts (Over required dress ) on weather appropriate days. By Jan many are in early. Does it bring up the pressure for those who didn’t apply EA or didn’t get good news, I am sure. By the end of March, most are sporting a sweatshirt of their chosen U.</p>
<p>Jibler, Cost of college should always be a family consideration. Just my 2 cents.
You should look at the financial aid policies of the colleges before applying. All of the ivies offer fin aid for Need. No merit $. No scholarships for athletics etc. I think I am correct to say they all require Profile as well as FAFSA. Cash, as well as cash flow are taken into acct as is the cost of any siblings’ college tuition.</p>
<p>jibler - As already stated, the Ivys and other selective schools offer some very significant FA that usually meets full need and often is available for families with incomes in the $150K - $200K range, depending upon other assets and the family situation. You won’t know unless you take a shot at it and apply. Worst case is the numbers don’t work if you do get in but I haven’t heard of that happening very often. Good luck.</p>
<p>Kids at DS’s school wear college gear all the time so it wouldn’t be unusual for someone to sport an item of apparel. With Twitter and Facebook, I would say most kids are sharing their decisions anyway. Some are not, but we know of so many already that I don’t think most kids are keeping it secret. My son said his twitter feed was blowing up on early decision days.</p>
<p>Inaxboy my DS school is very competitive and they promote kids wearing T-shirts and sweatshirts from the colleges they plan to attend. They have a special t-shirt day were everyone comes to school wearing the name of their college. However if not many people were accepted at this point it might be nicer to wait a little bit longer until more kids could share the joy with him.</p>
<p>I posted my son’s ED acceptance on Facebook, and he untagged himself within minutes! He also does not want the car sticker I purchased. However, he has been wearing the hoodie since Christmas day. Inconsistent…</p>
<p>I agree with 2014novamom that kids wear college tees and hoodies to our school regularly, and these tees are often from schools the kids never end up applying to. (Visited, had a friend attend there, etc.)</p>
<p>It’s an interesting question of whether to wear the college sweatshirt and I think it may depend on the culture of the high school. My D is at a small private all girls school (65 in the class) and the college counselors actually talk to both the girls and the parents about how to handle hearing college decisions both at the early stage and in the Spring. Since it’s a small school everyone seems to know everyone’s business anyway but the girls and parents are encouraged to be sensitive, not only whether they get accepted or not, but that their safety school may be another’s reach school. The girls wear uniforms, except for Fridays, and I don’t think they are allowed to wear logo shirts. As a class this year, they agreed that it would be OK to announce a college acceptance on Facebook by stating just the school and class year – i.e., Harvard Class of 2018 with no editorializing. In the past the School has had issues, such as the time one parent arrived with a dozen balloons in the accepted school’s colors and demanding to bring them to her daughter during class. The daughter was mortified, especially because she knew others had applied ED to the school and were not accepted. </p>
<p>So again, I think it really depends on the specific high school.</p>
<p>At our HS kids are only allowed to wear HS or college logo jackets all 4 years , so not much noticed is made of it. Nonetheless S is thrilled to now legitimately wear his Cornell gear. Most kids post their acceptances on FB, something S would NEVER do.</p>
<p>Kids are sharing their news on Twitter and Facebook in our area. Our K2 has a t-shirt or sweatshirt from every school we visited and rotates them. I’m sure that will stop in April when we get final decisions. The tough scenario is hearing about kids who are done with the process and have moved on to finding a roommate AND wearing the single sweatshirt. We are waiting on 3 key RD schools that announce April 1st and a couple in February. Wish we were done…</p>
<p>Our high school also has a designated college shirt day in May, and kids who are doing gap years usually wear a shirt signifying such. Sometimes they are funny homemade ones, sometimes they are from specific programs. It really just depends. All the seniors take pictures with each other and it’s neat to see all the different destinations. </p>
<p>The school paper also prints a special senior destination issue and that is quite interesting as well. It has every senior’s post graduation plans, but also summarizes the data so you can see geographic distribution and how many are going to each school.</p>
<p>This is why I got S the t-shirt at the Dartmouth store that says COLLEGE – from Animal House.</p>
<p>I like the designated College shirt day. It strikes a nice balance.</p>
<p>@AvonHSDad</p>
<p>Thanks! I applied to a couple super selective schools (got deferred from Princeton), but in the event I do get into one, I hope it could be affordable. I’m honestly more worried about schools that are considered “matches” for me since I’m more optimistic about getting in but would be more upset if I can’t even attend. I do have a safety school, but it’s not high on my list.</p>
<p>CA seems to have taken the credit card. DS got an email saying they got his payment. However the system wouldn’t let him submit the app. I read somewhere that we might have to wait 48 hours before the payment goes through. Huh? And then he can go back and submit. ??? Has this happened to anyone else? After revising for 8 hours today, he is extremely frustrated not to be able to send this app. Plus he has 3 more to send. I appreciate any insight you might have.</p>
<p>That definitely wasn’t the case with the EA apps my son did, Mrspepper. I hope it isn’t the case this time around. Is it the writing supplement that won’t submit? Or the common app itself?</p>