Wow! Another great day. Congratulations to everyone on MIT, Cornell and all of the other big news!
@LKnomad - I can relate. SLACs are great. D '10 attended a fabulous one. Both S '13 and D '10 actively disliked Caltech, although the campus is very nice. And both of our boys decided MIT was not for them-S '13 after admission and CPW. S '16 knows MIT very well and decided not to apply. Still, I called it…he was watching admissions closely this afternoon and said at least 20 friends go in and he was very excited for them. Good luck and great cake advice. Every time one of our kids has a big achievement they think they should get cake- and they usually do. What does that say about their parents, I wonder?
Congrats to everyone who received good news recently.
My son just received a call letting him know that he is one of three finalists for a $25,000 per year scholarship, and if he doesn’t receive the scholarship, he is still guaranteed to get $5,000 per year. If he received this scholarship, he would have a full ride to this university. However, this is not the school that he decided was his first choice. #-o
He waited until curfew and checked - he did not get accepted. He gave a big sigh, and said, “I’m going to do be with my friends. You win some, you lose some.” I’ve only texted him this morning, but so far he seemed okay. One down, many more to go!
Thanks! I think he’s realized that MIT WAS his dream school up until probably fall of last year. Then it was just the default dream school because that’s what it had always been. He’s gotten some nice acceptances and even nice scholarships (still waiting on complete aid packages). He will most likely, with what he has in hand, go to the College of Wooster or UVA.
Sorry about rejection @MomofMany02, but your son has a great attitude.
Congratulations @Justathought1 Best of luck to your son.
My husband and I couldn’t sleep from 3am. The choices she got, the decisions to make… We never thought she had a chance at east coast schools so now we have to process the possibility that it might happen. If MIT was located on west coast it would be an easy choice.
@MomofMany02, I’m sorry about the disappointment, but both uva and college of Wooster are great (if completely different) schools. He’s got some great choices.
@Ballerina016, geography is really important, but MIT is a hard one to give up just to be close to home. Good luck whatever you decide.
@Ballerina016 We were also SO reluctant to have our D14 attend her first choice school almost 3000 miles away on the east coast. That is where she is and she is THRIVING…and rather than a days drive to visit her or get her home, it is a days flight (6-8 hrs.). Not quite as convenient - but doesn’t feel as far away now that she (and parents) have done the trip a few times.
The geography hurdle is not as daunting to us now with S16 since we have already adjusted with his older sister. I believe there is more than one “right fit”…but often these kids know what their “right fit” is…even if it is across the country.
@MomofMany02 sending hugs @Justathought1 congrats on the finalist status. It’s always nice to have options! @Ballerina016 your DD has fabulous choices, no matter which coast she selects.
Stayed up past midnight as that’s when UCSC released decisions. She was accepted AND today is her 17th birthday!
Congratulations to all whose great kids have received wonderful news lately.
Moreover, my shared condolences to those whose equally great kids have been disappointed by recent events. I feel your pain. This continues to be such a protracted and anxious process at our house. And I am beginning to worry that other than the wonderful support on this thread, College Confidential is starting to make me crazy.
I found out here that my son didn’t get in SCEA - b/c kids on one of the HYP threads posted the URL for the “admits” page many hours before notifications were sent but it could only be accessed if your log-in had been marked admit. He was deferred.
I found out here twice that, after being named a finalist for a full-ride scholarship at two different schools, he didn’t get either because both times other kids posted about their selection. Once that happened 3 days before the rejection email came, and the other happened last week - though he still hasn’t received official notification on that one. In all these cases, I didn’t tell him ahead of time, but I did begin laying the groundwork to soften the blow.
This second scholarship isn’t even at a school he really wants to attend, but he was hoping to provide us an affordable alternative in case Financial Aid doesn’t work out at his top choices. So he will again feel he has let us down once he finds out. And while we were holding out some hopes for March 31, I now see the succession of people posting about Likely Letters or early write admits, and I can’t help but feel like the lack of such communications directed his way is going to end in another round of disappointment.
I can’t help feeling like I would be better off not knowing all this stuff is happening, but now that I know the info is available, I can’t stop myself from looking.
Serious congrats to everyone with all the good news. MIT is an amazing opportunity and a huge accomplishment. I didn’t apply, but seeing all the news makes me regret not at least giving it a shot. Hindsight is 20/20.
Another good thing is that I (and everyone else) is down to about a week for the rest of the decisions to come out. This whole process was eye opening but I’m fairly sure almost everyone is ready for the wait to be over.
@baltimoreguy with you all the way. Found out on CC that D wasn’t getting big scholarship several days before she knew. Hard to pretend I don’t know at times. Not looking forward to March 31–got a bad feeling.
@baltimoreguy - you’re not alone. My D has gotten likely letters, but when I see the discrepancy between what they believe I can pay and what I think I can pay – it lessens the joy. I’m happy my D got into some of these schools, but when one sees the numbers on the letters – it’s sobering.
@baltimoreguy i completely agree, however, i do think that me knowing first and helping to lay the groundwork can help a child.
it is disappointing and extra stressful, but the early word I saw here (about my D not getting a full tuition merit scholarship at a school that was her top choice at the time – based on others saying they had received word that they had gotten it) was helpful because I did have a day or two to casually lay the groundwork with her about how tough the odds were … and that if it didn’t happen she still had great choices.
in that regard, i view the extra stress to me as “taking one for the team”
Why so few spots, why, why, why, why? :(( Hugs for your DS and crossing my fingers that a spot opens very soon [-O<