@Ballerina016 Good luck!
Thank you @kittymom1102 I figured it less damage if I have to pay $10 to bump my data level then me going shopping. Especially because interview is in Beverly Hills:)
wow!
That sounds awesome. Stay put 
@Ballerina016 maybe you can find some free WiFi. Most cafes have access. I would imagine places in Beverly Hills would.
@LKnomad you probably right, but to find a parking in BH is a nightmare. I am keeping a low profile on grocery store parking lot with 1 hour free parking:)
speedy recovery for your son @LKnomad
good luck to your daughter @Ballerina016
@Ballerina016 , your daughter is going to have even more confidence for this interview with her new acceptance! Wonderful!
@Ballerina016 glad we only had the one lottery school alumni interview. We ended up at a local community college on a Sunday. Lots of parking! But we found ourselves locked out of all the buildings and spent 30 minutes trying to figure out how to find the interviewer who didnāt give us any info except his office address. I suspected it was a secret IQ test.
I think this is 5 alumni interview and probably the last one. So far they all were at different coffee shops. This interview is at very trendy cafe. DD doesnāt like to order food or drinks on somebody else tab so she always order tea, the least expensive item on the menu.
Thank you @GoodGrief16
@labegg, that reminds me of the episode of āCheersā when someone with a camera is following Cliff (the mailman) around for a day. Cliff walks down a hallway delivering mail through slots in the door and when he gets to the end of the hall you see all the people who just got their mail giving it to their neighbors because Cliff put it in the wrong box.
@LKnomad, hope your S gets well soon.
@readingclaygirl, hoping the curve is in your favor. I must admit, I do a lot to help kids get their grades up if my class average is low, but very seldom do I round up. The only time I do is if a single point makes a difference in their gpa.
@Mysonsdad there is no curve. Or weighting. Just waiting on a couple more grades to be finalized. But thank you. You sound like a wonderful teacher. What subject do you teach?
@readingclaygirl D16 should have heard by now I think. I am guessing it is a denial. The official āwe will have EA decisions sent by dateā is 2/1. The decisions have been rolling out since Dec 1. I think it was a yes she would have heard by now, her app has been submitted/complete since early Oct.
I hope the teacher curves in your favor too!
Congrats to those with recent acceptances and scholarships, high calorie treats and strong alcoholic drinks for those that are still waiting.
@ballerina016 I donāt think I posted this before. A few weeks ago we walked into Starbucks. It was Undercoverdad, S19 with his two female friends and I. Right away the kids recognized a boy16 sitting at a table with a young woman. Heās the older brother of their friend. The kids crowded up to him immediately and said āHey! Whatup?ā (or something similar) and he replied āIām fine, thank you. Iām having my lottery school interview at the moment.ā LOL.
D received an acceptance today with a very nice merit award. I wish that we didnāt have to wait until March for the rest of the notifications.
@labegg Iām sorry but youāll never know until you see it in ink. Donāt they send denial letters as well? And thanks but there is no curve. CONGRATS @Undercovermom1!!! <:-P
@Undercovermom1 - Congratulations!
@labegg Hoping for the best for your D!
@Mysonsdad - I had to chuckle about the Cliff episodeā¦Cheers was one of my favorite shows back in the day. A couple of years ago, we were waiting for an important package. The UPS tracker had shown that it was delivered, but no box had appeared. 2-3 days later, a sweet elderly couple showed up at our front door bearing the box. Apparently it had been delivered to their house with the same street number but on a different street. The couple said they were waiting for it to stop raining before delivering the package!
@Undercovermom1 Congratulations! That feels great after rough start with EA for many of us. Hugs to those still in limbo.
@happymochi thatās funny.
Here is what we are figuring, a while back I posted on here that S had called USC about not being able to submit a letter of recommendation from a teacher. USC informed him at the time that they didnāt have his supplemental essays, only his common app stuff and that he was no longer a priority. The next day we got an email stating that as long as he had everything in by the time of the email he was okay. We are starting to think that maybe they had just placed him in the āout of the running for a scholarship so letās put him in the early application for regular decision pileā and that is why he has not heard anything from USC. Then again, I know four other people who have applied and havenāt heard anything, including one with 4.0/36 ACT. On the USC 2020 thread a lot of people havenāt heard either.
On another note, my sister lives about 20 miles closer to me than USC is to me. At the end of November she mailed a package to me USPS Priority and it took 5 days to get here. I think because in my area there is a small post office that sometimes packages just sit in there for a few days.
Oh well, time to move on.
Congratulations to all receiving good news and hoping for the best for all those still waiting! We too have experienced much mail delivered to us in error recently. No major storms to fight or new neighbors to learn for the postal carrier. I can only guess that it is the sorting process that is failing. Thank heavens that most of this process eventually has an online step.
DS received notice of acceptance to an honors college but sadly it is a school in which he has lost interest. Oh well, at least we know he could have and his time applying was well spent.
Advice on applying for smaller local scholarships? My D is burnt out on essays from applying to 12 schools and honors colleges. Wondering if it is worth it and how it affects merit aid scholarship offers that she has received so far?
@catholicmom3 we just submitted a local, smaller scholarship application last week - the first one our son applied for. We arenāt sure how many kids in the area applied for it, but it offers a 3 day internship in addition to the scholarship if they complete the internship. The nice part is that he should find out if he was selected by early Feb. since the first internship day is mid-Feb. The downside is that we are in the blizzard zone (still stuck until a plow arrives) so Iām not sure if his application made it in time through the mail, or if they extended the deadline. Our S16 only has one other scholarship so far, a small merit one specific to one of his acceptances, so this wouldnāt impact other aid. I am curious if others have had success with local scholarships, because they also involve essays and time to gather recommendation letters, transcripts, etc. Hopefully this one will pan out for him because he hates taking the time to do these applications!