<p>Congrats Beadymom!!!</p>
<p>Congrats Beadymom! That’s a huge accomplishment. </p>
<p>D got into a school yesterday and we almost immediately just said - yeah for you but let’s take it out of contention. If she can barely muster the energy to open the envelope I’d say she’s not all that excited about the school.</p>
<p>mreg123, I would really try not to change it again, if there’s any way you can get your project done at a different time. </p>
<p>When someone blocks out time for you, that’s time they didn’t schedule other things they may have needed to schedule. You should really respect the time that this person is giving you, and try to stick with your scheduled time. If it were me, I’d be annoyed if someone had to reschedule on relatively short notice based on schoolwork obligations – you’ve had this scheduled for a while, so you should have planned around it, even with the snow days, IMO.</p>
<p>If you’re really in a bind, you might try feeling him out by asking something like “Would it be a hassle for you if I had to reschedule again?” Add a sentence about why the snow days have interfered with you getting your project done. I would also add a sentence saying that if it is a problem, you’d be happy to keep your existing appointment, but if next week would be just as good for him, it would definitely be easier for you. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>I agree with mathmomvt. Rescheduling under these circumstances (need to get other work done) makes it seem as if this school is a pretty low priority for you.</p>
<p>Stay safe everyone, with the inclimate weather. And congrats to all on your kids’ accomplishments! Truly an amazing group of kids. The road to the final round of acceptances seems like it will take forever but I have a feeling it will fly by.</p>
<p>go2girl is in the midst of finals and is relieved to have all of her essays done! She has one more scholarship to apply for that is through my husband’s company and then I think she will be officially “done.” She found out that she is a semi-finalist for the Ingram Scholarship at Vanderbilt and is now waiting to find out if she made the next cut to be flow to the school for the finalists interview. It’s a full-tuition scholarship and would certainly move it to the top of my list (LOL) if she received it. Interesting, being a semi-finalists does not mean you have been admitted but without scholarship money, she would not be able to attend. The program sounds amazing – lots of service and wonderful summer service projects – which should fit her like a glove.</p>
<p>Feeling really blessed right now that her hard work is paying off. Of course, with so many accomplished students vying for these scholarships, it’s so important to stay humble, keep it all in perspective and know that it’s still a long shot. Wish her luck!</p>
<p>Congrats to D of gotomom…it’s an honor to even get a nod as a semifinalist!</p>
<p>mreg…I agree with others…I would not reschedule for a second time…</p>
<p>@beadymom: Are you planning to rent a car once in Michigan? I can’t think of another way to get between UMich and Kettering. When’s your spring break? We will hope that you actually get some spring weather so you can really appreciate walking around campus. Ann Arbor is a great town. If the younger brother is really young, there is a fun Children’s museum, walking distance from campus. Also a museum right on campus with dinosaurs and such.</p>
<p>Sorry, I don’t know much about Kettering.</p>
<p>Okay - we are making a little progress here. We talked today and of the 3 big southern schools she has one fave amongst them. However, she really can’t decide if she wants a big school or not. She likes all the eating areas, opportunities, activities, etc., but doesn’t like the idea of huge class sizes. (she grew up in teeny classes) And isn’t sure if it will feel too impersonal.</p>
<p>But, she also doesn’t know if it will be too boring and stifling at a small school. By small we’re talking 2 at 5k students and a few at about 10k students.</p>
<p>So, it’s something.</p>
<p>Eyemamom, I don’t know if it helps to tell that small colleges are nothing at all like small high schools. Every year a brand new crop of students come to campus from all over the country; they’re not like the former 8th graders coming to high school, the little brothers and sisters of your classmates and the kids you’ve seen around. They’re always new and different. Unless you’re talking about the very top tier of schools, there will be transfers (both in and out) as well, so even your own class of 500 or so will be much more fluid than high school was. It’s really not at all like marching lock step with your hs cohort. I’ve worked at a very small school for many years.</p>
<p>Great news to all of those with acceptances, new cars and a big Congrats! to the new Eagle Scouts. </p>
<p>It’s been a tense few weeks around Headquarters. Spygirl is in the middle of finals this week, while juggling the last honor college apps, in-state safety school app/honor college and scholarship apps. Not to mention the never ending ec’s.</p>
<p>DD has yet to receive a single admittance and was denied EA to her lottery school. Several of her friends have not only been admitted to numerous schools but a few have already accepted and have begun the housing/enrollment process. </p>
<p>To top this off, she doesn’t really have a favorite. Sigh…
Save me a place on the USS Indecision because we’re definitely going to need it.</p>
<p>beadymom - Congrats to your new Eagle Scout!</p>
<p>go2mom - Congratulations to go2girl! What an honor to be selected as a semi-finalist for the Vanderbilt Ingram scholarship! That would be an awesome scholarship to be awarded - best wishes to her! No matter what happens though, it’s a huge accomplishment already.</p>
<p>Really eerie reading about the Purdue shooting…in the very Engineering Building that DS and I toured last summer. S has a Purdue Engineering acceptance in hand, but has already determined he won’t be going there in the fall given his other options so far.</p>
<p>Does anyone know why most of the individual college forums on CC have so little activity? With my older kid, we learned a lot of good, insider information from those forums. This time around, most of those forums haven’t had any posts for half a year, or more. Has she just chosen really boring colleges?</p>
<p>I know what you mean, Party of four. Except for our lottery school (already rejected) we haven’t seen much discussion either. I wonder if discussion boards are increasingly out of fashion. Maybe the kids are all on FaceBook. Or content to Google and lurk. I’m tempted to start up threads but I’d rather leave that to students.</p>
<p>Agent99 - same here. Here’s hoping your DD and my son hear something positive soon</p>
<p>Partyoffour - it really seems to vary by college. U of Alabama has a super active parents forum, as does Tulane. It seems to help when they have someone who steps in to be sort of the “den mother” (or father) of the forum, like mom2collegekids on U of A, or FallenChemist at Tulane. On some others, like USC, the students really keep things lively. A couple of my D’s other schools have very little going on. I would start some threads & see if you can stir up some conversation - people might be grateful!</p>
<p>I have also noticed that individual college forums are less active this year. When DS11 applied to USC in 2010-11 the forum was jumping. This time around it is much less active for DS14’s group.
Good news- I reported that DS14 got his first acceptance to his “safety school”- UC Riverside. We learned today that he also was awarded the highest merit award- Regents Scholarship- worth $10K per year. While he is hoping for acceptance to higher tier schools on his list, it feels good to know that this opportunity was offered to him. Hopefully, this means he is competitive at his other schools.</p>
<p>chrysanthMum, we are also in that hectic Robotics season, though it isn’t pulling my son as much as it did last year (largely dysfunctional team, too much other work to do). I will say that there are some attractive Robotics scholarships out there which can make the time investment seem worthwhile. Not to mention problem-solving experience and the sense of accomplishment (especially helpful for girls going into engineering). Still, we set a limit on how often our S could participate this year (e.g. not every day). He can’t even go to the competition because of a conflict so it is hard to get too invested.</p>
<p>Partyoffour, glad you mentioned it. I am discouraged to see this too! However, I must say that I find it odd that one school we have been watching had an admittance thread started with many posts, and now its gone. Very strange. And limiting. So here we are just reading the more general forums.</p>
<p>I agree on the individual college forums. I wish there were more activity. But maybe I’d just make myself nuts either way. </p>
<p>DS applied only to UCs. Which means we won’t hear anything until March. The wait is excruciating. </p>
<p>However, DS DID get a phone call Monday night from the head of the department at one of his top 2 UC choices. This professor was looking at his application, asking questions about my son’s current courses and grades, and wondering if my son had any questions. </p>
<p>I don’t know quite what to make of this but I’m thinking this has to be a good sign. I’m hoping this means my son has passed at least the first screening round. It’s a school that doesn’t release acceptances until mid/late March. </p>
<p>I think I need my double margaritas now, to get me through. Is there a bar on the dock?</p>