<p>@twogirls my daughter thinks all that Instagram and other stuff is stupid. Thank goodness for small favors huh? There are lots of kids like them who value their schoolwork and futures and work hard and don’t have their faces in their phones all the time. She sounds like a great kid with a good head on her shoulders. </p>
<p>It’s tough to know the right thing to do. I will say I am finding this process less stressful overall than the first time around since there are no lottery tickets being purchased although at this time four years ago there weren’t either. It kind if got out of control in the fall I am going to have to remain vigilant this time! </p>
<p>I found this much less stressful the first time around because there were no unknowns. We visited all of our in-state schools and narrowed it down to four that she truly liked. They were all match or safety schools for her. We visited 2 out- of - state schools that she ended up applying to but in the end liked our in-state schools better. She was accepted to every school and basically all she had to do was choose the in-state school she liked the best. She narrowed it down to two and chose the one she is at today. By mid December she knew where she was going. The whole process was very easy and she loves her school. </p>
<p>It will not be this easy with D15. I suspect she will keep me on edge until April 1. </p>
<p>This go 'round for S’15 is soooo much easier than with D’12. I hadn’t even found CC by this point in D’12’s experience. We were naively bouncing along through the summer of 2011, doing apps and believing that when an institution said they “met 100% of demonstrated need…” well, then we’re good! Ivies be d@mned! OOS tuition? What’s that? :)) Ignorance was truly bliss.</p>
<p>I found CC around Thanksgiving that year. :-S and found out quick what I needed to worry about. But by then? it was too late - Apps to NU, ND, Brown, UMich and URichmond were all on their way or in process. Thankfully [-O< it all worked out and D’12 is loving every minute of where she landed. As I’ve said; S’15 is really easy to please. His only preference remains “warmer climate” but he is now tempering that request by adding “not too far from home” This is going to be a cake walk. :-bd </p>
<p>My D has discovered Pinterest, and texts, texts, texts, but no facebook or twitter or instagram,etc. I wonder if she should get on fb for college info, future roommate search, etc.
I should be cleaning. The house is a mess. I just cant seem to get moving on it. I’m messy by nature, and D has a couple projects started around the house…and is apparently messy by nature too. She decided to try some gardening, potted plants…so remnants of that project is on the back porch. She’s been cooking (which I am thrilled about and we will usually clean up in exchange for her cooking dinner), but she did some sort of baking project last night that needs to be cleaned up, and she has taken up painting, so the kitchen table that used to be homework central is now her artist’s studio. lol </p>
<p>Oh boy, the time and energy that goes into messaging - facebook group chats and sending dozens of selfies on instagram! What I try to remind myself when its driving me nuts as a “waste of time” is that I spent similar hours on the phone or writing long notes about nothing. This is just the 21st century method of bonding and developing social skills.<br>
I work with resident physicians they similarly drive me to distraction with their methods of professional communications - preferring text to phone etc. Five years ago, I was convinced I was right and they were wrong. Today, I have adopted a “different strokes for different folks” philosophy. In 10 more years they will have developed new rules/norms of professional communications - so I figure the time a teen spends texting/snapchatting/pinteresting is formative future professional development :)</p>
<p>@CookieMonster - Thanks for the UMD-CP info. Very helpful. I was always confused about which ACT scores they consider. Did they say B/K scholarship is test scores/GPA based also? </p>
<p>Do they ever take anything else into consideration? I would imagine that they get a lot of very high test scores and GPAs. How do they decide who to give the merit to? </p>
<p>I guess that’s how it is at a lot of schools… </p>
<p>@twogirls, my daughters are the same way. I think it’s a good sign. Your daughter sounds like a mature, responsible young lady who understands what’s really important in life.</p>
<p>All you Maryland folks make me feel left out. Isn’t there anybody on this thread from California who will talk with me about California colleges? </p>
<p>The Banneker-Key scholarship at the University of Mayland-College Park. It’s their top merit program. OTOH, my kid is likely to come home with a “BK” scholarship, consisting of Whopper coupons and a paper crown. </p>
Isn’t there anybody on this thread from California who will talk with me about California colleges? </p>
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