Oh, @ohiovalley16 , I would complain about the merit offer from NE too, given their tuition fees!! Complain away! But congrats to your D for her acceptance there, and for getting the scholarship!
Btw, I explored NE’s campus last October when my Mom and I visited Boston. Great neighborhood!! Our rental apartment was two blocks away. It was actually the college campus that got me to thinking I need to start helping D plan for college. I found out NE is more of a STEM school so D didn’t look into it - then she decided to stay in the Midwest. But if your D attends, it is a nice campus and in a good, safe neighborhood. In a great city too!
@ohiovalley16 My DS felt the same way as your daughter. Although grateful to be awarded the Dean’s scholarship, it really wasn’t near the amount we anticipated. It makes me wonder if there has been a change in the way they are awarding this year. Congratulations on her 8 for 8 acceptances. DS is 4 for 5 so far with 6 more to go.
@BeeDare Sending speedy get well wished to your husband and some rest and relaxation for you and your D.
Thanks everyone for being there it means so much that we can celebrate together and we can get bummed together. There is definitely going to be a YoGo Wild trip in our near future! We are truly thrilled for everyone’s acceptances, scholarships and merit awards! We have a lot of faith for a positive decision to come through during RD. They had so many remarkable applications and we have seen many similar and even better applicants getting deferred so she takes comfort in being in really good company. If it is meant to be - it will be - of that we know. At least D has 1 excellent acceptance in hand to ease the sting. If this was the first to come back…I think D would feel worse. This is not the end just the beginning of this journey and at the end everything will all be fine one way or another. These are the bumps in the road that make the journey interesting! There will be more news coming in the next two weeks so I will be buckling up for a possible bumpy ride.
@BeeDAre so glad to hear that your DH is on the mend!
Congratulations to all those with good news, especially if it was good news after initial bad news. This process is quite a roller coaster ride but if we all hang on we will arrive at the end safely.
I grew up just north of Boston and planned to apply to Northeastern for pharmacy school, but my dad didn’t want me to go to the “unsafe” big city. Maybe it was perfectly safe even then, or things might have changed. But a kid a few years head of me who lived up the street just loved it. Back then it was known for the co-op program across the board, though, not just STEM. He was an education major, I think.
@ohiovalley16 There probably are a lot of NMFs at Northeastern – my S14 was offered that scholarship which was substantial, but he ended up going elsewhere. It is a pricey school, on the rise, and Boston is a great place to be! I say go for an appeal, especially if there are other, better offers.
@lvmjac1 Sorry about the deferral, that’s disappointing. There is also lots of saltiness on the Tulane thread, and even some talk of entitlement! (Really, it is not a good idea to use a competitive school as your safety!) But there, the key is to keep expressing interest so they know you really want to attend. If that’s the case for Northeastern, too, she should not give up. Good luck.
@BeeDAre And then it is posts like yours that put things into perspective. Glad to hear the surgery went well. Try and get some much needed sleep (hope you aren’t reading this until the morning!).
Huggss to @NYDad513 ; my DD’13 had her heart set on on of 4 colleges all small LAC’s but those top 10 types…and her GC thought she’d at least get into one…she got wait listed at all 4 --she was miserable. However, she is now thriving and loving her school and is getting a lot of attention and recognition. I was feeling so badly for her…back then…now, I feel very happy for her. I wish the same for your DD. It will all work out. It is just hard to watch the kids go through this.
@NYDad513 We are there for your D - we can bring the YoGo Wild (frozen yogurt) if she brings the donuts! My D is like “its not a rejection but its not an acceptance either…its just so…nowheresville…”. Even when you know this may happen while you are submitting some of these applications (that its a crap shoot), its still hard for them not to feel less about themselves. My D actually went to bed (without finishing her homework) and I am not waking her. She processes things like this while she sleeps. These decisions are truly a necessary evil and dealing with them is part of the process. All our kids will be ok. It is very hard to witness it while it is going on but they will learn more from the things that do not work out than they will by the things that do work out.
