@HiToWaMom thanks. I don’t think (hope!) that it will impact any of his acceptances or awards but the notification part is not terribly fun. He will feel better (as will I) once that part is done and all are confirmed to be ok. It is the right call but it’s not terribly fun.
As for UPS, It’s a huge wild card on merit and on FA. If all he is offered is the latest NPC and no talent monies, it’s off the table. However if they meet or exceed the NPC and he receives talent monies it could definitely be in play. Their top offer (non competitive) isn’t quite half tuition and he’s unlikely to get the full top offer. But he has an outside chance of an alumni scholarship so who really knows and I believe all are stackable. It’s always been the most unpredictable for price lol. We really need it to be half tuition to be in play.
We won’t hear on music or theater till end of March and FA will come after that, but I’d sure like to know on the rest now.
@socalmom007 Only Regents scholars get to know about UC acceptance this early. Regular decisions for almost all UC applicants will be mid-March. I looked at the UC I am most anxious and they have posted that decisions will come out March 15th. Another month… Sigh…
@youcee Congrats on UCI. I agree the most valuable benefit is the priority registration.
My kids are 16yo and 18yo. My wife doesn’t really care about cursing. Personally, I don’t want them cursing in front of me. The occasionally do, and then I admonish them (no punishment or anything). My 16 yo often asks me “why do you care?” and I don’t actually know…
@thshadow QOTD - None. I curse on occasion but not at home and don’t allow it at home. I tell my daughter to speak intelligently, and that means use words other than curses to express your feelings.
QOTD: In the Gator88NE household, it’s the kids that admonish me for my language (especially during Gator games), or correct my grammar, or question my taste in fashion…
@HiToWaMom yes, 7/7. The blessing of not going after reaches and EA offered at all lol.
We have FA and Merit in on 6, but there are 3 outstanding school specific scholarships oustanding still, plus general merit/FA at UPS. I just looked at the admitted student overnights and the one that works for him isn’t until April 14th. UGH!
QOTD - cursing: My kids occasionally curse. H and I now occasionally curse. We didn’t while the kids were young, mainly to set a good example and so they wouldn’t be learned and used to it. D15 learned “swear” words from various coaches. S17 learned them from her. None of us do it very often so I don’t get too upset. If it was frequent, I would try to shut it down. I tried to impress on them that curse words are not needed and it does not present you in a good light. And I care mainly because I personally don’t like to hear conversation with a lot of swearing.
QOTD - Well I curse a fair bit, especially when I am working on a project of some sort (home repair, auto repair, etc.) I know that they learned it from me so it is hard for me to admonish them for it. I rarely curse at work and I have discussed that with them.
So, so happy to report that DS17’s college search process is now over…in at UCHICAGO today ED2…enrollment and housing application fees submitted…and as regards swag status…son has donned the swag tshirt he received from them earlier this summer before his EA deferral from them. <:-P =D> 8-}
QOTD: I wouldn’t want my D cursing in front of me or other family. I occasionally drop a curse word here or there. I’m sure she might with friends, but doubt it’s much.
QOTD: The only time I’ve ever heard D17 curse is when singing lyrics from Hamilton. I curse when I stub my toe, which is more frequent than it should be, which must mean I’m either very clumsy or not as aware of my surroundings as I should be.
QOTD: I’m really the only member of the family who curses. I don’t think I curse very much, but I am by far the biggest potty mouth. I kind of agree with @itsgettingreal17, I wish I had a better vocabulary at those times. I also set a poor example because I find it hilarious when certain retired and active late night talk show hosts drop certain curses and made up compound curse words. For example, on the Late show on Monday, there was an absolutely perfect moment where Stephen Colbert asked, “What the f@$# are you talking about?”
For the rest of the family:
DW, never really.
S’14, very rarely.
D’17 to date, I’ve never heard her curse and she gets anxious if I do.
S’20 not much yet, but he’s probably in second place. He seems to have inherited most of my faults, so I am not terribly surprised to hear him curse. Although once at a youth football game, a flag was thrown and he was accused of calling an opponent an MF’er. I knew it wasn’t him. I said it the coach and a few friends on the team. The real perp admitted the offense at the postgame film session.
They’re not perfect kids; they just don’t curse.
For father’s days in the past, I have received an f-bomb paperweight and this Christmas I got a matching a with a hole paperweight.
See, the rest of my family are just better people than me.
QOTD: D17 and D23 regularly admonish my husband for his rampant cursing. D17 will very occasionally let slip what I consider a judiciously employed editorial curse in front of me, in confidence. And I will do the same in front of her. But not D23. And D17 will not curse in front of D23.
It’s funny, I swore a lot as a teen. Blame my Brooklyn upbringing. Yet, I don’t think I ever cursed in front of my own mother. It’s something I can flip on or off (I think the kids call this code switching, lol) and I made a conscious decision not to curse in front of my children when they were young. My husband, however, doesn’t seem to be able to control or curb his language (and he came from a much more socioeconomically privileged background than I did - he can’t blame the mean streets of La Jolla!)
Yet, I don’t think I ever cursed in front of my own mother. It’s something I can flip on or off (I think the kids call this code switching, lol) and I made a conscious decision not to curse in front of my children when they were young. My husband, however, doesn’t seem to be able to control or curb his language (and he came from a much more socioeconomically privileged background than I did - he can’t blame the mean streets of La Jolla!)