<p>No idea when he will check his email since he’s at the conference/competition. But looking at stats of kids who were rejected is disheartening. I don’t think he’s getting in.</p>
<p>@Mrspepper and @2016Barnardmom - I’m not sure how you are exercising so much restraint either. I probably would’ve opened it by now and then marked it as unread. Then again, I was always the kid that tried to find and peek at my Christmas presents. Hoping for good news for you!</p>
<p>@overtheedge….I think I could learn something from you! How do you mark a message as unread? I am guessing this varies with one’s email provider?</p>
<p>I made a point of requesting that my son arrive home promptly from practice so that we could all view his ED response together. I would have been terrible about waiting. Still impressed by all of you.</p>
<p>Thinking the same here @2016BarnardMom.The stats of rejected kids seem high. Our counselor said applicants need to ‘show the love’. Not sure we did enough of that. But honestly not sure what that means anyway.</p>
<p>He sent a text. He did not get in. He says he is fine.</p>
<p>I know a girl who attended their summer programs for 4 years and didn’t get in. That was two years ago.</p>
<p>I agree. That email would be calling to me… Good for you guys. 
s and I chatted this evening before he went to dinner with friends. He seems pretty sure his second and third choices are set (places he is in already) so that was good to hear. I am ready for this cruise to end. We may have to do some admitted student days, but they are fun and we will just deal with a crazy April I guess. Hoping the NW emails are opened quickly!-and contain good news.
As to colleges with lots of HS classmates, D is at UVA which has about 40 members of her class. She seems to be happy about familiar faces but certainly has found new people to hang out with. All in-state schools have that issue, I guess. I agree with eyeamom, in a crowd of thousands, a few old classmates shouldn’t be a terrible thing… But what do I know!</p>
<p>Haven’t posted in a while but have been following all the journeys daily! Just wanted to co-miserate with Mrs. Pepper and Barnard Mom about Northwestern. My S got waitlisted but for all intents and purposes it’s a rejection. Only 14 people were admitted off the wait list last year out of 1600. It’s his first bad news after 5 acceptances so he was pretty hurt. Funny how just yesterday he was saying he didn’t want to go to Northwestern anyways anymore. More of just a bruised ego. I know he will be over it by the morning. One more decision to go come April 1! We will be hopping on USS Indecision with everyone else the next few weeks!</p>
<p>@CT1417 - haha not sure if it works for all email providers but there’s a button on yahoo that let’s you change the status back to “unread” 
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<p>Sorry for the bad news about NW – and wow on the restraint! I’m not good at that at all when it comes to decision notifications. </p>
<p>Sorry to hear everyone’s Northwestern news. RD admissions were even tougher this year because they admitted SO many ED. </p>
<p>Also chiming in to say I am sorry to hear that NW did not work out. They saw a 15% increase in ED apps, and accepted 45% of the freshman class via the ED round. They received more than 33K apps in total. No real comfort.</p>
<p>I’m sorry too to hear about the NU decisions. I often think rejections are harder on us parents than our kids. The kids seem to recover quickly and move on to the next thing. Luckily, everyone has some great acceptances in hand that will hopefully buffer the rocky week ahead. </p>
<p>I’m sorry to hear about the NW decisions. </p>
<p>Tomorrow at around 5 or 6 PM Pacific, it will be UCLA’s turn.</p>
<p>Not good news here for us either. On the bright side, DH says we can dial back on our alumni contributions LOL. It’s ok with DS since it was not a top choice for him. And by the way, Northwestern goes by NU, not NW.</p>
<p>I know he will be fine. They really do end up where they are meant to be.</p>
<p>I agree Barnard Mom. Being an NU grad, I think my feelings were hurt more than his! </p>
<p>I don’t think @Mrspepper’s kid open his email yet.</p>
<p>Just returned home from visiting Vanderbilt and DS loved everything about the school. I think he felt Vandy is the school for him by the time we left Nashville. Minutes after getting home, DS received his acceptance e-mail from Northwestern. Interesting timing.</p>
<p>Congrats 4beardolls!</p>
<p>I feel for those who did not get the acceptances they were hoping for but we need to believe that our children will end up at a college that is right for them. </p>
<p>My nephew applied to NU and I fear it is not good news because I have not heard from my brother…</p>
<p>On a littler note congrats to 4beardolls and others who are getting closer to making a decision!</p>