OMG my S16 got accepted to his #1 school! I was up early, checked CC, saw lots of people reporting their acceptances after midnight, so decided to check the portal.
Now I have to try to sleep a couple of hours while waiting for him to wake up. Then wait another week for the snail mail with scholarship info.
By the way, if I sound surprised, it is because I am. I considered it a reach due to GPA and it is the first we have heard back from. So proud of him!
Having an insomnia attack here in So. CalâŠhuge CONGRATULATIONS to your S @crowlady.
S applies to another school whose deadline is today. Then we wait to see what happens with his EA school.
Congrats to your son @crowlady and to you for exercising great restraint to not wake him up.
Congratulations to your son, @crowlady ! How exciting!
Congrats to your S Suzima and all the other Eagle Scouts! It takes a great amount of dedication to stick it out for so many yearsâŠit speaks of the boy, family and members of the scout group! That is a phenomenal accomplishment!
Thanks crowlady, I will print out the article at work and read it tonight. Its speaks to a few things I have been questioning about with my D. I think it will be a great intro to a conversation with her. As with many things we deal with our children, its not an instant fix but another stepping stone on the way to understanding and being better able to deal with the many situations that crop up.
D16 took subject tests in November. Just received an email from SAT saying that the November SAT reports are ready. So, I went to their website to see the report. I got a popup saying that the report will be ready December 1. Duuhh. Why is this incompetent company allowed to have a monopoly on these required tests?
Congratulations to @crowlady 's son.
D16 got one more application in on Sunday. Another has a deadline of today for merit consideration. Itâs one of two on her list that she hasnât visited, so itâs hard for her to write a why X? essay. Only 6 more applications to go!
sseamom I can relate to your situation. These family members are not trying to be mean and do not realize that they are being insensitive. That being said, its hard to keep making excuses when these situation crop up and then in a gathering many more may jump on the bandwagon unintentionally being harsh to your D. I have had this same situation when my D didnât want a big Sweet 16 party (as is very popular in our area). An extremely loved aunt (and even her paternal grandmother) went on the âattackâ almost that she would regret terribly not having the party! My D felt very attacked and not listened to when she said she would prefer not to be the center of attention in that way. She preferred to celebrate with us on a European cruise (italy, France and Spain). Her paternal grandmother even went as far to say that my H and I were trying to convince her for our sakes!? Truth is THEY wanted her to do the typical thing so they could be involved. They are not terrible people by any means and they love her, they just are not used to taking alternative routes to things. I spoke kindly and gently to her extremely loved aunt and explained how D felt and she backed off and felt very bad because she had no idea that is how her opinion came across to D. The entire situation was unintentional and all returned to normal afterwards.
Yes sseamom, loved the fodder for essaysâŠuse life experiences to write compelling essays! Thatâs taking an experience and making it work for yourselfâŠyour D is awesome!
Wow Congrats to your S Crowlady! Awesome news! I might not have been able to contain myself enough not to wake him up. Kudos to you for your self controlâŠimproving that feat (within myself) is always on my to do listâŠI am too effusive most timesâŠLOL.
@crowlady@Suzima CONGRATS to both your sons!
Congratulations Crowlady!! Congratulations to everyone else. Sorry, I am behind and have not read back. It has been so crazy around our house lately. SoâŠready for a break.
@crowlady Congrats!!!
@lvmjac1 and @carolina2boys I used the good news as an effective way to get him out of bed (a few minutes late, I might add). He is not a morning person and it helps to have a bit of a shock. His first reaction was, âDoes this mean I donât have to go to school today?â Of course, his second reaction was âMaybe I should have aimed higher.â And just last week he was convinced he was a total failure. I must say I hope the stress is off.
I just got text from my son he is in to his grad school!!! (dental school). I have been light headed with holding my breath over that.
Congrats @crowlady and @Themommymommy ! You must be elated and relieved!
@crowlady Congratulations to your son! I donât think I would have been able to go back to sleep after that wonderful news.
@Themommymommy Congratulations to your son for getting into dental school!
@crowlady â I cannot overstate how happy I am for you and for your son. That is absolutely fantastic!!
As I wrote you months ago, based on our experience with S14 (high test scores, meh GPA) and my having read far too many âdecisionâ threads here on CC, your son is the type of kid that a lot (but certainly not all) schools are willing to gamble on. And the gamble is a good one. Seriousness of purpose and good/better work habits are traits that can be developed, especially in knucklehead boys who donât (yet) get âitâ. IQ and smarts, at this point in development, canât. To draw on a prior analogy, heâs the kid at the football combine whose game tape shows some great plays amidst more frequent plays with lackadaisical and < 100% effort, and who runs a 4.4 in the 100 and bench presses 30 reps. Not a first round pick, but someone will grab him shortly thereafter thinking they can âcoach him upâ.
Iâm very intrigued about his statement about aiming higher. Why not? S14 had the lowest high school GPA of anyone he knows at Emory, but he got a 3.85 second semester of his freshman year and has a 3.7 overall. He viewed college as a chance to get a fresh start in so many ways, and he works harder than we (wife and I) could have ever imagined. Heâs certainly had his missteps (like having to drop a course after the âsafe dropâ period, and getting a âWâ on his transcript), but Emoryâs gamble paid off. Most importantly, he feels like he âfitsâ there.
Itâs only December 1. If there are schools that were crossed off the list because he thought he didnât stand a chance of getting in, well, maybe they should get a second look. Especially if thereâs some aspect of âfitâ that might, upon further investigation, work. He can spend one more night or two doing applications instead of playing pool with Dad, or not doing homework that he wasnât going to do anyway (!!).
Most importantly, congrats again. I hope he walked out the door this morning feeling really good about himself.
Good advice, @AsleepAtTheWheel! Congrats, @crowlady! Yahoo! I agree that he could add a reach with his first choice safely in his pocket.
Congrats, @Themommymommy. Wow!