Parents of the HS Class of 2014

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<p>Well as someone earlier posted that it was a journey of highs and lows I can join in that discussion from what has happened to my D in the last 24 hours. Tuesday night was winter sports banquet and my D is captain of her team. Her team got a new coach 3 years ago and he is not very good so instead of a jv and varsity they are down to just 8 players total; my D the only senior; two juniors and 5 freshmen (3 never before played basketball). My D is captain and the senior always gets picked as MVP. Coach picks one of the juniors despite my D leading the team in all stats. Since my D does robotics at the same time the coach has never liked my D despite every other coach liking her. She plays 3 sports and I have been told a ton of time she is extremely coachable. Girls on her team started crying and even the “winner” kept on saying I don’t deserve this. Everyone in the gym were asking me if the coach was crazy. My D took it great while my H and I were very angry. </p>

<p>Last night our local newspaper (and we leave in a large city in CA). named my D the “Young Latina of the Year”. Our mayor was there as well as 500 people in a fancy ballroom. We thought my D had no chance of winning since the competition was tough so we were stunned. D got an even bigger trophy than the MVP but similar in style plus a $1K gift card from Southwest Airlines and a bunch of other great things in gift basket. There is a big article about D in today’s paper. I plan on buying a ton of copies and wallpapering the coach’s office with them. Even D’s LAX coach was wondering what was going on. </p>

<p>My D said that God always has a plan and she was right. Huge smile on her face last night with her saying “I can’t believe I won.” </p>

<p>Overthedge-you gave me a good laugh with the Dee comment. </p>

<p>I know a lot of you are receiving some tough news right now but as someone who was there 4 years ago please know the hurt doesn’t last long and your child will end up at a great school and not ever talk about it again and they may in fact be thankful like my DS that his reaches redirected him. </p>

<p>I will be thinking of you all that are looking at lottery schools and sending good vibes your way. </p>

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<p>WL at Columbia and my daughter is thrilled that it wasn’t a rejection! Rejected from Harvard but that’s OK too! Waiting for UCB!!! </p>

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<p>Accepted to Brown. Rejected from Yale and Princeton. Basically what we were expecting. Now it’s decision making time!</p>

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<p>Randomness rules! My D picked up a yes from Pomona and Harvard, a waitlist from Williams, and a no from Yale. My bets were the opposite. So it looks like a choice between Carleton, Pomona, and Harvard, with Swarthmore and Haverford still waiting in the wings. All in all, a very happy girl.</p>

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<p>2013 parent here wishing everyone well – and who thinks that Carleton would be an excellent choice, ProfDad! ;)</p>

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<p>@eyemamom - I feel the same way, and am hoping that it will be a comfort to Apollo’s family to have each other to lean on as they go through this grieving process together, and then, that they will be able to encourage each other as they continue on. Apollo6 continues in my thoughts and prayers, and will for a long time to come I am sure. I do think though, that as several have said, it is all the more important that we treasure this time we have with our seniors now, and share in their celebrations, as well as comfort them in their disappointments. </p>

<p>D is on her way to UVA for “Days on the Lawn” tomorrow. She’ll spend the night with a friend there who graduated from her hs last year, then meet up with some other friends headed down from NOVA. She should hear back from two more schools while she’s gone. Would love to be up there with her, but she is understandably excited to meet up with friends and share this experience with them. Hard to believe most admissions decisions will probably be here by Fri. It’s all getting very real!</p>

<p>@staceyneil - so happy for your D!</p>

<p>@jasmineRose - Yumm!! That is going to be one happy and well-fed team! Thank you for all the encouraging words! And congratulations to your D on her NMF Award!</p>

<p>@akmom124 - What a blast and great diversion! So wonderful for them just to have fun sometimes! Congrats on Brown acceptance!</p>

<p>@2018dad - Well, shoot, looks like that part of you hoping she would be accepted at one of the Ivies won out! :slight_smile: Congrats on your D’s Cornell acceptance! Beautiful campus!</p>

<p>@go2mom - Congrats on go2girl’s acceptance at Penn!</p>

<p>@itsv - Sounds like you have an amazing daughter, who handled the winter sports banquet like the MVP everyone knows she is! So happy for her “Young Latina of the Year” Award - Congratulations!! And what a great gift from Southwest - no doubt she can put that to good use!</p>

<p>@CLSOF2014 - What a great attitude your daughter has! Best wishes for UCB!</p>

<p>@2014ProfDad - Wow, what great choices! Congratulations!!</p>

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<p>S was waitlisted for UC Berkeley Engineering. That’s ok as UCLA is emerging as S favorite.
Good luck to all!</p>

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<p>Ditto 1dilecon’s post! Congratulations @stacyneil,@akmom124, @itsv,
@2018dad, @go2mom, and @2014ProfDad on your childrens’ fabulous acceptances!!</p>

<p>@jasminerose - Congratulations on D’s “Young Latina of the Year” award! Also, may I come for dinner? Your post brought back fond memories. It’s been a few years since I’ve seen my son play. I used to love watching him! Sometimes I really wish I could turn back the clock.</p>

<p>Hugs to those with redirections. </p>

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<p>@Minnymom sorry to hear your son was WL but big congrats on UCLA!! </p>

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<p>S got into UCB, Waitlisted at Harvard, rejected from Yale. Just Stanford left and I expect a rejection, so he’ll have great UCs to choose from!!</p>

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<p>I have been thinking a lot about Apollo’s news. Her story caused me to reach out to my S16 at his college to remind him that we are always here for him no matter what may be going on his life. While this sentiment has always been known, it needed to be said aloud again. I thank Apollo for giving me the opportunity from her pain to put these sentiments into words.</p>

<p>My D suffered an injury during a game this week and it is a replay of a similar and very severe injury from last year. I think that “real life” puts everything into perspective. While the whole admissions process has been a long and arduous journey (some may even say tortuous!), in the end what matters most is the health of our children and their mental well-being. So waiting around for a 5:00 p.m. decision email today just didn’t have the buzz that we would have thought a week ago. Our decision was pretty much made up already, but we did want to see what the Ivy lottery gods might dish out today. </p>

<p>Here are the results of the last 7 months: </p>

<p>11 of 12 Acceptances received prior to today- 10 with very nice merit and the 11th with Alternate winner standing after being a Finalist. #12 was the lottery school - never visited, applied because the stats were completely in-line. In addition to earlier acceptances at several OOS state unis/Honor Colleges and private universities, our more recent results are as follows:</p>

<p>Accepted:
Lafayette College
University of Rochester
Vanderbilt- RD acceptance came early due to Merit Scholarship Finalist Competition
Denison</p>

<p>Rejected:
Harvard </p>

<p>So we are completely done! Now to move onto the shopping list. Good luck to everyone still waiting and Congrats to those who are hearing good news.</p>

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<p>I step away for a few hours and WOW - So much news. Congrats to everyone on the fabulous acceptances. My goodness you all have such accomplished children. </p>

<p>@itsv - So happy for your daughter, what an amazing award and so well deserved. It’s especially nice coming off of that disappointing banquet. I laughed at your wallpaper plan!</p>

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<p>@istv - Wow! What a great daughter you must have! And it seems like all around except the coach know that!</p>

<p>@2014ProfDad - Sounds like your D has some great schools to choose from! Congrats on all of those.</p>

<p>Congrats to all the others on your acceptances!</p>

<p>DD is off at a fundraising concert tonight. She’s excited about her acceptance but wishes she could have acceptances for all her friends also! And she saved her bff tonight from getting “killed” so they’re both really excited even though bff didn’t get into Brown with her. This whole game seems to have taken all the stress away! But now she’s got to figure out where to go and we’ve got to figure out how to pay for wherever she ends up!</p>

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<p>@collegetime18 - congratulations on your S’s acceptance to UCB!</p>

<p>Correction to earlier post:
Congratulations @itsv on your D’s receipt of the “Young Latina of the Year” award.</p>

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<p>Congrats to everyone, @stacyneil @2014profdad @minnymom @collegetime18 @jasminerose @akmom24 . And that’s just this page ;-)</p>

<p>Like others, Apollo’s news has put everything into perspective for me. I haven’t felt as anxious about checking CC lately – this college stuff is important but not the most important thing. That plus I had a major grant proposal due yesterday. And it’s the end of the quarter for my kids so they are rushing to finish everything.</p>

<p>We weren’t waiting for an Ivy decision but my S did get his last “yes” today from Hampshire College. </p>

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<p>Thanks @Overtheedge. UCB is probably his top choice. Bummer that some of his friends didn’t get in though.</p>

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<p>Like @collegetime18’s, my D is also expecting a rejection tomorrow by Stanford. D’s top 3 for now is UCLA, UC Berkeley and Cornell. She can’t go to UCLA’s accept day (Bruin Day) on the 19th but she’ll attend an OSP (Overnight Stay Program) for Regents scholars. She will also going to Cornell Day. She also decided to be on UPenn waitlist. Oh, boy.</p>

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<p>Congratulations, everyone! So much happy news here, and for me in “real life” as well as DS’s friends have also had some fabulous news.</p>

<p>And for those that have been redirected, remember that you will find your place and thrive there! I still remember getting the thin envelope from Stanford back in the day when notifications came by mail. But if I had gotten in there, I never would have met my DH and had the life I have today, which is pretty darned good if I do say so myself! It’s normal to feel sad, maybe even bitter, but dust yourself off and grab the opportunities you DO have. It’s the start of something new and exciting!</p>

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<p>Congrats to everyone on the wonderful acceptances today, and @istv what a wonderful award!! It is really nice to see some cheer after a rather stressful week.</p>

<p>Unfortunately, D14 did not get the news she wanted to hear tonight, on top of not getting good news earlier in the week, so it is a not so fun way to end this chapter in the college bound process. As a parent, it is so hard to see your child disappointed, and feeling hurt and unwanted. I honestly believe that it is a good thing she wasn’t accepted at UCB today, because I don’t think she would have been as happy there, as I think she can be at any of the four schools where she did received acceptances. </p>

<p>I want her to shine where ever she goes, and feel she would have been lost in the shuffle a bit at UCB, and the large class size and more competitive student body wouldn’t have suited her at all. At three of the schools she was accepted at, she would be in the top 10%, and the remaining school she would still be a good fit. </p>

<p>Now we are just waiting on FA and accepted student days to narrow down the list to an actual decision. I’m excited the first is coming up next week-- Triton Day at UCSD, and I have planned an extra day beforehand to visit with friends and just enjoy the San Diego area. The following weekend we will visit CSUCI again (she visited a couple of years ago) and see how it fits today. And then on the 18th we will head up to Santa Cruz, visit friends and family in addition to attending the spotlight event and Chancellor’s breakfast. I think UCSC has a lot to offer her. She was offered a spot in the Honors program, modest scholarship, and it is close to where I grew up, so she has a grandmother, aunts, uncles and cousins nearby, and her BF is close enough that they could plan weekend visits occasionally. Oh, and the President’s reception at Whittier this Sunday. In the end I know it will all be good, and she will be where she is supposed to be, and thrive.</p>

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<p>Congratulations everyone! Lot of great news.</p>