@srk2017, @itsgettingreal17 and @NerdMom88 – I add my congrats on your DCs good news!
@RightCoaster – I’d have him save it - might be useful even in ways you might not yet know of.
My Daughters school has a GC just for College counseling,sending transcripts,writing recommendations and any thing else related to the application process. She is amazing!
The 12th grade GC not so amazing. D needed an official transcript sent to no1 college on list College GC was not at school so D went to 12th grade one and she told her she didn’t know what to do. Guess the fact that it was not an in state school or one she was familiar with was why she told D to get a copy from the registrar and scan into computer and send. Really! how official is that! My D even thought that would be fine. I emailed the Amazing one and it was done the next day. That one unofficial transcript could have been a disaster.
D17 did not apply to my alma mater [also is her dad’s alma mater]. She wouldn’t have gotten in and it wouldn’t have been a great fit anyway. Neither of us [we are divorced] give enough money to make the legacy worth much anyway. 
@RightCoaster FRC Team?
I’m late on the roommate issue. Most of the universities S17 is looking at don’t offer singles for freshman. Although one of the top of his list appears to if you register early (He is not) and pay a lot extra. (We will already be paying OOS). So in general it’s not really a choice to have a single as a freshman. My older D even ended up is a sort-of quad, it was more two doubles without a door between them.
What bugs me is my top choice he’s likely to get a triple in a room that was originally designed as a double. So not a lot of space. That was my main worry when we visited in the fall. They even have a really bad cheesy video of how "wonderful’ it is to live in a triple as they don’t show you a room on tour. As a fairly introverted kid who’s always had his own room, I worry it’s going to be a bit much overload. Not enough alone time. Kid needs his alone time.
We will see… Still two more weeks till that school gets back to us. My son won’t even think about it till then.
@RightCoaster My son has applied to mine. It’s the school we are really waiting for before D17 starts making decisions. We should hear on 1/15. This school is a really good fit for him and even if I hadn’t gone it would have been a top choice. As it’s a U. of California school, they don’t even consider the fact that I am legacy. It’s one of his top contenders and I really hope the fact that mom attended doesn’t detract him from that.
He did not apply any any of the lottery schools my husband attended. (Too reachy) The one school I wish he had considered was the Engineering school my father attended. But it was way to far east of the rockies for him to even consider. He wouldn’t look at anything east of the Rockies.
Interestingly the first two schools he was accepted at were schools attended by one of his uncles. And one of those is another top contender. I don’t think legacy really counts into his decision much.
@curiositycat333 My son was in a triple last year and it worked out OK. The room was originally a double. My boys have always shared a room, so maybe that helped. The doubles ended up being the rooms where kids congregated for video games and watching sports because there was more room. So in that regard, a triple can sometimes be a little less busy. There’s always a certain luck factor depending on who your roommates are, even if you know them going in.
@srk2017 - congrats on Regents! @NerdMom88 - congrats on UMD first choice Honors option! @itsgettingreal17 - Way to go on the scholarship at UGA!
alma maters: nope! I went to a public university that is on the other side of the country and expensive for out of state. There was nothing distinctive enough about it to draw her attention. DH went to Stanford! Between the low probability of acceptance, the cost, and my D’s preference for small schools in locations that have four seasons, it didn’t make the cut.
Alma maters: H and I were both Fighting Illini. D15 had no interest in staying in the midwest. D17 would have been a great in-state candidate for U of I engineering, but we discouraged her from applying due to the bottomless pit of despair that is our state’s financial status. 
My D just got a call she is an Anika Rodriguez finalist at WASH U !, momma happy dance
@Cubanmom3 - Congrats! I quickly looked up the scholarship and it’s impressive. GL.
Good luck at Wash U @Cubanmom3 !
@Cubanmom3 Exciting! Congrats and good luck!!!
Thank you! She was crying and a bit overwhelmed. WASHU is flying her up to scholarship weekend at the end of March. At least she knows she got in lol
@Cubanmom3 - Congrats on your D being named a Finalist in Anika Rodriguez. Good luck! I loved WashU when I took D to visit. I felt it was the school that put the most resources into its students of all the schools we visited.
Alma maters: D applied to both H’s and mine. It seems like decisions are a long ways away though.
Lent - so far, I’m giving up my daily dirty chai habit. I think I’ll also give up “gluten”. Since I’m not allergic, I won’t be too picky about checking ingredient lists, but will avoid cookies, bread, pasta, etc. I will NOT however be giving up beer. I know! I guess I’m really giving up flour but not wheat. LOL!
Roommates - my son sure likes his personal space. He’s always had his own room and it’s terribly clean or dirty. Just typical. However, he hardly has ever had friends over (ever). We have offered and encouraged. But he says he doesn’t like people in his space. A roommate should be interesting.
@socalmom007 - That SDSU denial is crazy! It’s stories like these that panicked me when my DS would only apply to 3 schools. Sooooo sure he’d get into his “match” school. So scary! I’m glad your D has some other option. Aren’t you the one with the D trying to go to school near her bf? (Sorry if I’ve got the wrong person.) Whatever happened to his parents wanting to move, etc. Has he gotten into some schools yet?
I’m so excited that it’s March tomorrow. Finally, it’s decisions month. I know it’s still weeks away for lots of us and some have FA to wait for and trips to make. But YAY! It’s almost MARCH.
Congrats Cubanmom3 - My D is a WUSTL Rodriguez Scholars finalist as well. I’ll go ahead and tell them that we’ll reserve 2 of the full tuition awards 
@ Dolmite Congrats to you as well ! Yes please do because full tuition is the only way she is going there …we are "real " in this Cuban Household. Thanks for the support!
@phoenixmomof2 yes, that’s my D17 trying to go to school near her boyfriend. He has one acceptance to a back up school so far, 3 denials to schools he thought were matches (my daughter was accepted to two and waitlisted at one of those). Computer science is crazy, totally changes where they’ll get in. I had to have a “come to Jesus” talk with the two of them yesterday. I understand they want to be together, but it has to make sense. His parents are not going to send him to a lower rated school for more money so he can be near his girlfriend. He certainly will get into some UC’s, my girl may or may not get into the same ones. Cal poly slo could very much be in play for her if that happens. This will be a very stressful month as we wait on the bulk of decisions. As for sdsu I’m still shaking my head, feeling grateful for great options!
@Cubanmom3 congratulations!!!
Alma mater DH & I met at Murray State Univ., but neither S15 or D17 wanted to look at it. D17 think she will melt at 80 degrees, so she is staying north where she will melt as the temperatures just keep getting warmer.
Lent While I typically haven’t really participated in Lent, I’m thinking of doing the get rid of clutter thing - bag up stuff & donate every day of Lent. I really need to clean out the house!
Roommates D17 doesn’t want a single room - she actually wants the college experience of having a roommate. Dorm has already been chosen & she will have a double with a bathroom between 2 rooms - she did balk at having to go out in a hallway to go to the bathroom.