<p>@OHMomof2 D is asking the same question. Very good ACT, didn’t bother with the SAT, Math2 700. She has sent the math2 to her matches, thinking it can only help at those schools. She is still undecided about sending it to her reaches. </p>
<p>@VSGPeanut101 Yikes! You do need a cabana boy, stat.</p>
<p>I’m so glad D1 got rolling yesses before her first no, so she knew she was going somewhere. D2 has only heard from a rolling safety so far, a yes, but she will likely be quite upset when (if? can we be quietly hopeful?) she gets a no from her dream HMFR. Not looking forward to that day.</p>
<p>Awwwww, lots of good thoughts to those getting deferrals or just getting stressed. @VSGPeanut101, I can so relate to the kid on the floor crying. I know it’s all going to be OK but I have no idea what OK is going to look like.</p>
<p>And I am losing track of good news but I am pretty sure I at least owe congratulations to @Bunheadmom and @Mom24boys. Well done!!</p>
<p>My D also had an alumni interview today. I was surprised that the interviewer had some negative things to say about her alma mater in response to D’s questions. But since this school is very far from us and we are not thrilled about D going there, that was a positive as far as DH and I were concerned. Not sure the school would feel the same way! I do appreciate her honesty. It helped D start to clarify what is really important to her.</p>
<p>@VSGPeanut101, at this point the cabana boys are on duty around the clock. Ask and you shall receive whatever fruity drink you need. An EA deferral is rough, but is not the end of the road by any means. Onward and upward!</p>
<p>I don’t know what to tell you @VSGPeanut101, but I’m sure the cabana boys are at your service for as long as needed. It’s funny - I’ve gone back to read the 2014 thread and they all are saying how lucky they are that all this application/waiting/rejections/acceptances stuff is behind them - just know that your D will get into the school she was meant to be at. Come August/Sept when all this is behind us and we parents can have a good laugh/cry watching them go off into the next stage of their lives knowing they are where they should be.</p>
<p>@leftofpisa, It sounds like the interview worked out well. I do love when something happens to make the kiddo see things the way I do…and I don’t have to do the convincing. Now I am very curious about which school that is.
D is still working on essays due tomorrow. I am hoping that a deadline of 12/15 means you can send it on 12/15,not before 12/15.<br>
Some of these schools (like the one she is applying to) seem to have so many layers of info on their website,etc that you really have to dig to figure out the details. First off, tomorrow’s deadline was not obvious. They have a page listing deadlines with no mention of tomorrow’s date, but when you look further, you find that the honors application/ priority deadline is there. The honors essay (which will lead to more essays if you make it to round 2) asks students to invent a new honors class, with certain, fairly general criteria. D printed out the list of current honors classes, to be sure her idea wasn’t already covered, and has been writing. Then, digging more…I see that they are talking about very specific types of honors courses that they have just started doing, that aren’t listed on the same page. Then there are details that explain that if you do honors, you can’t do other programs in combination, so it seems you have to know exactly what path you want t follow at the time of application.
These things wouldn’t be so bad if students were only applying to one school. Then they could know the website inside and out, but with multiple schools, that’s a tall order.</p>
<p>I’ll take a fruity drink too. EA deferral from mega reach. Luckily acceptance to happy match/safety came earlier that day. Handling it okay but self confidence took a major hit. Just a few more weeks and apps & essays will be behind us.</p>
<p>Thanks for the kind words and cocktails! Kid has pulled it together and is now vertical and cheerfully resolved that she just won’t check the EA result until after school is out for break. I doubt she’ll have the resolve to not log in, but I will go along with any plan to assuage the anxiety in the meantime. Ironically, she was wearing her schroedinger’s cat t shirt all day before this solution occurred to her. :)</p>
<p>Hearty congrats to all those kids w good news! Happy vibes all around.</p>
<p>Well, D and I had a nice chat about prospective schools this evening and we are starting to see some clarity. We will still need to await FA and final scholarships, but there are 2 clear contenders right now. And, browsing the website of #2 college yielding some very positive information on her choice of major options which we did not have when we visited this summer. So we await school #2’s decision (hoping before the holidays, but probably not likely until January) and gear up for competitive scholarship season come January. #3 has not been visited, and given how strong #1 & 2 are and how far away it is, I think that one is going to fall off the list even if it is the cheapest option at the moment. I believe #4 is going to be too expensive, at least the way it looks at the moment.</p>
<p>@VSGPeanut101 I hear ya! My D was “waitlisted” on the scholarship program she was waiting to hear about today (finally heard close to 10pm??)… now the fret has begun about a HMFR EA school that she will hear about on Tuesday… expecting a deferral on that one. How do we get them to focus on the positives?? </p>
<p>So D still has 3 applications to go, all to high reaches. She did the Caltech app, 7 essays? and hasn’t done a thing since (2 weeks now). I am not sure if I should push for completion of the remaining apps, but 2 of the 3 are dream schools, and the third, while a serious reach, doesn’t ask for her SAT2 scores, which are the weakest part of her application. She already has 2 acceptances to a safety and a match, but she’s also shellshocked by her friends’ deferrals from ED/EA schools (no ED schools on her list)
And I think I need to back out of the process while still encouraging her to finish; her paralysis is because these are the 2 other schools she’s been dreaming of, imo
And to be honest, I want her to get accepted to a dream school even though I don’t think she would be happy at any of them</p>
<p>The person crying and lying on our kitchen floor tonight is me. Not from DS '15, he’s fine, waiting impatiently for EA school even though he says he doesn’t really want to go there (I suspect it’s a defense mechanism, will change tune if admitted with good $$). It’s DD '17 who is now on her 10th hour of working on an English final assignment that should have taken 2 to 3 hours to complete that’s making me cry. Just finished a shot of a friend’s homemade limoncello. Thanks cabana boys! </p>
<p>Well, she clicked submit! Got the app and essay and the honors app and essay in. I think she could have waited until tomorrow (12/15 deadline) but she didn’t want to risk it. Another risk, was that is specified a 500 word essay. What does that mean? A max of 500? a Minimum of 500? Exactly 500? lol Hers was 500+. There always seem to be all these little questions over details! @-)
Now the wait begins on that one. One more application to go. I know she should really spend much more time on these essays, editing, etc, but once she decides it’s good. It is done. She is not having any teachers look them over, just me. It can be a little hard picking at what she’s done, but I offer my advice. Sometimes she takes it, sometimes not. </p>
<p>LOL @VSGPeanut101, The Schroedinger Solution! Love it. But, yeah…no way I’d be able to resist looking for the results…I hope she gets good news.</p>
<p>@Kidsrexpensive, Sorry to hear about the waitlist and likely deferrment. That seems rough that they make her wait all day for ‘waitlist’. Down, but not out though. It is hard to stay positive. I think they probably need time to process the bad news, then they can hopefully move forward and look at the positives.</p>
<p>@Iwonderwhere, I know what you mean. I really want D to get accepted by at least one of her super reaches, that she loves so much. Even if she doesn’t get the $, or ultimately decides it isn’t the right choice. I SO want her to have that choice to make, and to have gotten that letter that says they want her. :x </p>
<p>Congrats, @Mom24boys and @BunHeadMom! I just saw your posts and went to tell d to check her portal. She’s in at Beloit with presidential scholarship. Very excited. We have visited and d will definitely go to an admitted students weekend.I really hope they will have one before April.</p>
<p>Thank you everyone! Congratulations to all those with acceptances, great interviews, and completion of applications.</p>
<p>@Mom24boys, BHG would choose Beloit over Wooster even though the later campus is beautiful, and offers equally strong programs of interest. BHG loves Beloit’s lack of almost no core/distribution requirements, ability to double major, strong Anthropology, Classics & Biology departments, tastier vegan food, a town within walking distance (kind of run down) for minor purchases, a whole foods market within walking distance, coffee shop within walking distance, quick access via plane to & from Chicago, and only 6-7 hour drive from MN. </p>
<p>Oh I am still calling Beloit, but to ask about the quickest method to get the income information to them for merit consideration, and if BHG does not qualify for the Minority scholarship, would she then be considered for the other two academic scholarships. </p>
<p>It is interesting to me how people have such different views of travel. We crossed schools off because they were "too far’ from airports (not accessible via obvious public transport, such as commuter rail). I just couldn’t imagine working out the logistics. But for others, maybe it’s not a big deal. I see the same thing just locally. Some people think nothing of driving an hour to go to dinner, etc, but I think of that as a day trip, can’t imagine traveling all that way just for dinner.<br>
Crossing those schools off seemed to work for D’s wish list anyway, she seems to want to be near a big city for easy weekend trips (with no car) and possible internships.</p>
<p>@shoboemom I was just talking about this with someone when you wrote this. My daughter mostly applied to schools withing a 4 hour drive. We are lucky to have quite a few schools on her list that aren’t too far away. She did apply, and got accepted to, a school that is a 7 hour drive, which feels very far to me. It won’t be an easy drive in the winter. There are airports, but no direct flight. Having said that, it is a great option in every other way. If it is her first choice on May 1, we will make it work. I try to remember there are kids going to school on the opposite coast.</p>
<p>Most of my daughter’s choices are an 8-10 hour drive away. The closest one is only an hour and 20 minutes, but she didn’t love the school, and I don’t think their music therapy curriculum is as robust as some of the other schools. It’s a tough distance. </p>
<p>@OHMomof2 , I think 700 is a good score for all non-HYPSM types. So, send it there for sure. Additionally, if the subject is where the child may major in, send it in. Shows that child is really interested and taking trouble to prove it - at least IMHO. For HYPSM, it may hurt unless everything else (including essays, recs, GPA, ECs) are stellar. e.g. if child is national medal winner or has his own business types, send it in! My 2 cents!</p>
Now I am very curious about which school that is.