<p>I think there were about 200 at BarnardGirl’s party, but 120 of them were the marching band or other high school kids who were party hopping all day. They barely ate anything.</p>
<p>@studentforever - the tunnels are over on the dorm side. You have to do a separate dorm tour then the regular academic tour. </p>
<p>Thanks, @eyemamom. Since it sounds like you did the dorm tour, did you notice if there were any rooms without lofted beds???</p>
<p>@student4ever:) I’m good, but I’m not that good. I’ve toured about 30 schools and don’t really remember many particular rooms unless they were particularly good or bad.</p>
<p>So from everyone’s tours - which dorms were best which were worst? In my opinion the freshman dorms at Furman and University of Pittsburgh tie for worst, Christopher Newport wins the best and Univ of Tampa wins for most inappropriate room with pot/alcohol/partying posters all over the walls as the sample room - lol </p>
<p>We toured over 30 schools in the past two years and Villanova was the worst (it was a sophomore dorm showed on tour- I can only imagine what the frosh dorm would have looked like!) And Wash U was the best with a very cool porch swing hanging out front. Best cafeteria food was at Notre Dame and worst was Miami of Ohio.</p>
<p>Had a good visit at UCSD today for Triton Day. D14 (and D15) really loved it, and could see herself attending. But, she still feels that ultimately, it may be UCSC. She has scratched CSUCI off the list. We still haven’t gotten any word on FA from them, and she liked UCSD enough to say she would choose it over CSUCI. So down to two schools! Will be looking forward to our UCSC trip in two weeks, and maybe even an on the spot decision.</p>
<p>Today is S14’s 18th birthday. Just finished serving pizza, wings, and cake to about 8 friends. They are just hanging out watching movies. Next year, he will be away at school on his birthday, so it was fun to serve up a junk food feast to the gang tonight. :x </p>
<p>@crowlady - Congrats on Crowson14’s RIT decision! My S14 is hoping to transfer there after a couple of years at the local CC.</p>
<p>Congratulations @incadinca on S’s Purdue decision!</p>
<p>@Minnymom - sounds like a great birthday celebration! I’m sure it felt great to all of them to be able to relax and take their minds off the college process for one night.</p>
<p>Congrats on RIT (know a ton of students that go there and love it!) and Purdue (Hail hail to old Purdue all hail to our gold and black)- yep proud alum. </p>
<p>Returned from college visit- all was amazing w the interviews, discussions re pre-med program, advising, etc. until we saw the rehearsal spaces for theatre. They treated us to their main stage musical so we are going to email two of the leads to try to learn more about the program. </p>
<p>And we are now going back to 4 universities to appeal the aid and learn more. I’m getting sea sick. Truly. Tensions are high in our family.</p>
<p>Our twins are identical, no they don’t have to go to school together, and they will absolutely not live together. However, we are hoping they go to same school for shear ease (mind and logistics)!</p>
<p>Thanks for song ideas. “For Good” is a top contender as we know it wasn’t done in last few years. Funny, they were just cast in A Chorus Line so maybe that song mentioned earlier will work. Thanks so much guys! Still taking suggestions! </p>
<p>For those SS Indecision passengers who have experienced their first weekend of port calls, we hope your time ashore had been positive and beneficial in your evaluation and decision making process. We would like all passengers back onboard by 6 PM this evening. We would also like to extend congratulations to those of you who have reached a decision and possibly even sent in the committment form and/or deposit. That is a big step and we are glad to see that milestone being reached by our first wave of undecideds.</p>
<p>Sunday evening onboard special - There will be a 2 for 1 on all martinis this afternoon and evening. This special is available in all bars and longes on the ship. You may order off the specialty martini menu or request your own special recipe of ingrediants from your bartender or server. The best thing about the 2 for 1 is that all drinks on the SS Indecision are included so there is no addtional charge for your second. So get 2 of the same or be daring and mix and match if you wish to try something new. By the way, tomorrow morning is a sea day so there is no need to rise early, Our first port stop is at noon. Enjoy!</p>
<p>Vandy Waitlist Info. The Vanderbilt Admissions Office maintains a great blog and their latest posting details how they manage their wait lists. The link is below.
<a href=“Wait List FAQ 2014 Edition | The Vandy Admissions Blog | Vanderbilt University”>Wait List FAQ 2014 Edition | The Vandy Admissions Blog | Vanderbilt University;
<p>I’ll be first in line for those martini’s, Captain. Spygirl has narrowed her choice to two schools and is now leaning toward the college that has not been as generous with the merit aid - naturally. She’ll make her final decision after visiting in a few weeks.
Anyone else’s kids getting inundated with email, letters, handwritten cards and phone calls? I guess it’s nice to be loved. :)</p>
<p>D14 has taken the helm of the SS Indecision and called for full ahead. Unfortunately the port side screw was in reverse and we were just doing lazy circles off shore, occasionally striking a reef, and getting more concerned at watching all of the other ships dock at final ports of call and grab all of the best living spaces for the next year. Right now so far as I know we are at full stop, listing slightly to starboard, and calling for a tug to come give us a hand. We might just be down to letting the tide pull us in one direction or another. Bar service is in full swing, however, and the BIG margarita blender is going strong.</p>
<p>Grad party? Sorry, house full of introverts here, not much chance of that. </p>
<p>@Agentninetynine: The emails, letters and phone calls are mostly coming from the school that offered the least aid, and has dropped off the list. D14 has not sent back the regrets card yet because they ask “Which college will you attend?” and she can’t answer that yet. </p>
<p>D14 has narrowed it to two choices, with a third way off in the distance just in case… I think the decision will be made after Admitted Students Day next weekend. I hope.</p>
<p>D14 spent all day by herself yesterday in deep contemplation, and accomplished two things:</p>
<p>1) used her ipod touch drawing app to draw pictures of herself on each college campus she’s considering - with (of course) outfits to match the lifestyle of each location. Don’t know if this moved her in either direction, but she looks happy with the drawings.</p>
<p>2) invented College Pick Bingo. Here’s the process:
a) make a master list of everything you want out of college. shred this list into individual items and mix up in a hat.
b) make a bingo card for each college being considered that has a square for each of the things on your master list offered by that college.
c) start pulling things at random out of the hat and see which school gets bingo first - decision made!
It’s still in the idea stage, but I can see the possibilities for the future.</p>
<p>@TitanAPBioTchr - thanks for the laugh this morning! “With (of course) outfits to match the lifestyle of each location” - that so sounds like something my D would do! I’m surprised mine didn’t create a virtual Sims college for each choice. Good luck!</p>
<p>Sounds like several of you are getting closer to a decision and another round of drinks.</p>
<p>Although the decision is set, d has moments of anxiety…did I pick the right school? What if I don’t like it? Can we go back again and see it before May 1st (when prom is next weekend and spring break the following with the trip already paid for) Hubby got strong and just said - NO! </p>
<p>But we haven’t said no to the other schools - are we supposed to do that? Ithaca sent this lovely card holder with business cards with her name on it inside. I’d be tempted to use it myself if it weren’t for the logo. We get mail and email every day from her schools. I think part of me is thinking - if she panics and changes her mind the last day I don’t want to have said no, not that I think that will happen.</p>
<p>For those still dealing with indecision, I’ll make a suggestion that worked for us: try to talk to a prof in the area your kid wants to study (this won’t work for the undecided ones). The prof my son talked to was open and discussed his other school options with honesty. From that conversation, it became clear where my son should be and what options were still viable and which ones just weren’t. </p>
<p>We did it in person, but I imagine phone (set up by email?) would work too. Btw, the prof didn’t give the hard sell of the admissions staff; he knows the other depts and faculty and gave his assessments.</p>
<p>It is is still morning here on west coast, but 2 for 1 martinis have me craving a lemon drop! UCLA is calling like crazy! Yesterday an enthusiastic sophomore called and asked how likely it would be that S will commit and when might that happen. USC mailed a little backpack. The campaign is in full swing!</p>
<p>Feeling very unloved-- D14 hasn’t received a single communication outside of accepted student day invites, and the basic admission packet. Oh, and emails about joining FB groups. Although, I know UCSC has been dealing with a strike last week that shut down parts of the school, and resulted in 22 arrests. Presumably that’s why we haven’t received FA info yet. I believe UCSD was also dealing with the same strike situation, but I don’t think it was as invasive. </p>