<p>DS still has one set of supplements to complete (for a Canadian school). 
He promised to put some time into it today, but afaik, it has not yet happened.</p>
<p>Overtheedge…your D is just like my son!..however he is actually studying for mid terms - I think he finally may actually get it! …he needs to get high marks in order to get into the more competitive schools he has applied to…He interviewed last week with an alumni from U of Rochester and now he is very interested in the school…has never seen the school but now high on the list. I am glad he is keeping his options open…I am ready to board SS Indecision ( or what the name is lol)…a week of mid terms and then a sigh of relief!</p>
<p>Onlyonemom - I can never remember who we’ve mentioned it to already, but there are a couple of us on here whose kids go to U Roc if you have any questions… Myself, of course, and eyemamom come to mind right off. There were quite a few of us on the 2012 board - and some of us have '14s too.</p>
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<p>Same here with my son. He’s into 6 schools, and won’t find out about 3 others until later. He doesn’t want to visit in person, visit the websites, nothing. He’s having a good time. It’s frustrating for me as a parent, but there’s time and I’m happy that he’s balanced and doing well.</p>
<p>Onlyonemom- glad to hear S is studying and is excited about U Roc. Where else has he applied? D should be studying and finishing last app but alas…
My hair stylist keeps commenting on what she calls my “stress shedding”. I tell her it’s called D shedding! I need to adopt seattle_mom’s perspective and focus on the fact that D is a good and an interesting child. It will be nice however when this process is over!</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone who had already gotten the acceptance letters.
My son’s first acceptance letter came last Friday; email notification came a few days ahead of that. He was accepted to UC Riverside (Regents with a scholarship).</p>
<p>We knew he may get accepted to at least one of the UCs. But the funny thing is that I can’t stop checking whether he has a chance at other higher tier schools (Berkeley, UCLA etc) as well. I know those schools are reach schools for him… but I am hopeful.</p>
<p>Congrats and good luck to your son…the first one is a great feeling…</p>
<p>ˆˆˆAgreed - Getting on the board takes a lot of pressure off.</p>
<p>Thanks… Pressure is off for sure… But I feel like I am being greedy and wanting more. I can’t wait for the rest of the decisions to come and be done with this. </p>
<p>(We also have our HS 2008 waiting for decisions from graduate schoools)… I am more anxious than my kids.</p>
<p>The news is beginning to come fast and furious! Congrats to all those with acceptances!</p>
<p>And it makes me feel better to hear of so many cases of “senioritis!” I feel worn-out just trying to telepathically move my DS into ANY kind of action!</p>
<p>The seniors at my son’s school have no classes throughout the entire month of January. They each spend the time in the community volunteering full-time. Great program, but really gets them out of the habit of schoolwork!
Plus, how do they get all the work in during the spring semester for those AP and dual-enrollment courses?</p>
<p>Speaking of senioritis, d asked tonight at the supper table if rank, scholarships, etc were calculated on just seven semesters. I told her they’d no doubt look at third quarter reports. Not sure how I’ll keep her on task after those reports come out!</p>
<p>Ijmom, It is a great thing for our kids to receive some affirmation/validation that all their hard work has paid off! Nothing says that like a stack of admissions packets! 
I’m continually telling S2 that we are creating a good set of options. DW and I are trying not to let him lock in on one school in case something goes awry. Our S1 locked in on his 1st choice and in that case it was outright rejection - and that was brutal. </p>
<p>Senioritis - S2 has asked his mom about a senior trip in June - sans the parents:eek: Anyone else dealing with this? He hasn’t come to me on this yet, he is letting Lobbyist Mom run interference for the moment. I think I’m going to tie it to grades.</p>
<p>For mine, Senioritis hasn’t kicked in yet. But just to be safe, I told him that in some cases, schools may ask for the semester grades to make a decision. </p>
<p>Come April we will have hard decisions to make. We had gone through this once before. But, this one will be the hardest.</p>
<p>@Initiatelaunch - yes, the road trip did come up with my son and his group of great friends. The entire assortment of parents were not thrilled with the idea. Not because this is a group that gets in trouble, but really, it just didn’t seem like a good idea for some group of somewhat silly guys galavanting around the country! (They thought it would be fun for a Route 66 road trip all the way to California from mid-continent!!!)
I simply pointed out that they could not rent hotel rooms at 18, could not rent a car at 18 (if their vehicle broke down, say) and probably didn’t have the funds for a jail bond!
A couple of dads are escorting their vehicle to Destin, instead, staying in the same condo, but staying out of their way. The boys grumbled, but have decided to postpone the road trip until after college or grad school.<br>
That being said, I think my son might not even make the Destin trip, given some other opportunities that might work out…</p>
<p>Longtime browser finally checking in as we begin the long wait! D14 finally finished all apps, supplements, scholarship apps, so now we sit and wait. We are doing our work on the CCS and FAFSA this weekend. D14 got deferred from her one EA Ivy in December - which we took as a positive sign for her other non-Ivys. Rumor (and CC) has it that we may possibly hear about possible scholarships from one of her match schools later this week. Otherwise we are just waiting til the end of March. Have loved reading of all your journeys to this point. Good luck to all!</p>
<p>Congrats IJmom! Great feeling to get one in the bag. </p>
<p>Welcome elkaydee!</p>
<p>Last college interview for D was today (by Skype), so nothing to do but wait for the next eight weeks. We’re still only half way through the visits (five of ten), but since the five that need visiting are thousands of miles away in various directions, it looks like we’ll wait to consider options before traveling again. First semester finals are this week, and then perhaps a bit of senioritis will begin to creep in.</p>
<p>hi guys checking in hope everyone is doing well today! I had a question: so far with the acceptances my D has received each Merit Scholarship ends up making the total tuition the same cost for each college. is it appropriate to call her top two schools at a certain point and see if we can get one of them to agree to give a little bit more funds to make it a better financial choice in the end? how much can one actually negotiate between colleges?</p>
<p>on another note we visited University of Scranton yesterday and it was amazing very beautiful school! I will have to post a visit report.</p>
<p>I really wish we had a front runner. Some we had her apply that we investigated, were like other schools she liked so we said if you get in, we’ll go visit. Now we have 4 schools we have to go see, maybe 5. She isn’t able to eliminate anything yet because every school she either likes, or wants to compare to the ones yet to visit. </p>
<p>One accepted student day is on prom weekend, so that’s a no go. Why on earth did her high school put senior prom in April when every weekend in April is so valuable?</p>
<p>And since the school only allows 2 days a year for college visits we then either have to say she’s sick or take it unexcused.</p>
<p>Senioritis has definitely kicked in for my D14. She wrapped up mid-term finals last week (thank goodness since this week looks really cold and snowy and today is already a snow day). She felt really good about her exams and thinks she’ll probably have a 4.0 after this first semester. We’ll find out when report cards come out this Friday.</p>