Congratulations to @RightCoaster , @mtrosemom and @dfbdfb!!!
@dfbdfb - I just got into a whole discussion with a friend (another ex-New Yorker) about Deborah Tannen’s work in sociolinguistics. She had just started teaching at Georgetown when I was there as an undergraduate (Donna Jo Napoli, who’s now at Swarthmore, also taught there). But no, I wouldn’t imagine that too many LACs would provide a great deal of depth and breadth in linguistics.
What language(s)/regions do you do your research on/in?
@dfbdfb My knowledge in linguistics is limited to knowing that due to growing up and living most of my adult life in upstate NY, I’m a poster child for the Northern Cities Vowel Shift. I can tell an upstate NYer immediately from the way they say words like “apple” and “pants.”
Making some progress here, which feels nice. I had DS trapped in a car yesterday for a couple of hours, so managed to pry at least some of what he’s thinking out of his teenage boy brain. Still waiting on two Ivies, but of the schools he’s accepted to so far, he concedes that his top two choices would be Georgetown or Middlebury. I’d be happy to see him at either of those schools, so that was a relief. He’s not willing to say yet that he’s totally sure Johns Hopkins, Grinnell, and Carleton are off his list, but I think he’ll get there. I don’t think Hopkins is as good a fit for him as G’town, and I can’t see why he’d go to Grinnell or Carleton over Middlebury (both great schools, but he’s a New Englander at heart). So now it’s just down to waiting on the Ivies, one of which he’d almost for sure go to if he got in, less sure about the other.
Linguistics: I was born and raised on Long Island, or as we say it…Lawngg Eye-lin. I Henry Higgins’d myself on the first day of college at NYU. Speaking with me now, you would never know what part of the country I am from.
Sadly, all that linguistic self-training goes out the window after a glass of wine…or two. Fuggetaboutit
@STEM2017 :))
@soxmom I am a Midd grad [from wayy back when of course] so I doubt I can answer much for you, but feel free to pm me if you think I might be able to help with anything. I LOVED it there. 
Thanks @kt1969. I’d love to see him go there, I think it’s probably the best fit for him of the options he has (or is likely to have). It was a very late addition to his list of schools, so we didn’t go visit it but I think I’ve got him pretty convinced that if he loved Williams (which he did), then he’d love Middlebury too. If he gets into Princeton, I’m not sure he’d be able to turn down the lure of that, but we’ll see.
@RightCoaster; @mtrosemom and @dfbdfb Congrats on the decisions! Such a good feeling, isn’t it?
Where we hoped he’d go - one of our in state options - would have loved to have him at UMass Amherst with his sister.
Where he hoped he would go - WPI
Where he is going - Colorado School of Mines - this was only a distant and passing thought in any of our minds.
@RightCoaster - Congrats on Northeastern U. So happy you hung in there 'till the end for you and DS to learn all options. I went to school in Boston and absolutely loved it. Sounds like an awesome opportunity. Yay! <:-P
@stencils - I don’t think I’ll ever loose my nasal “A”, nor would I want to. 
Where did I hope he would attend? Top school on DS list - Statistically #1 wasn’t strong so pushed for #2… hopefully DS is ok my wisdom (or not) with time. I’m pretty sure he already is… :-?
Where did I think he would end up? Cornell 
Where did he want to go? MIT
In many ways we are STILL waiting. Cornell waits for RD to be sent out, and then sends out welcome packets to the entire school at the same time. No housing or info in general yet!!! :(( :-w :-w
Congratulations to those of you with good news and decisions for final destinations. Regrets to those with disappointments and still waiting.
@soxmom, you just gave me the best idea - trap the kid in the car for a couple of hours!
I might need to take D for a long weekend trip just to get her thinking and talking about the inevitable decision that is due in about a month.
@LoveTheBard dfbdfb ALASKA!!
@STEM2017 Perfect response! Did I know you went to NYU?!
@soxmom @AngelaD Love getting them trapped in the car, works every time!
@Fishnlines29 I don’t mention my past very often. Too many skeletons.
HAHA, well, D is going so I might have to pick your brain 8-}
I didn’t go to NYU (was admitted but didn’t attend), but now am considered an NYU alum through their mergers and acquisitions 
When I have to spend several hours in the car with family, I’m the one that feels trapped… ~X(
Dad, old man, Daddy, dude, dad, dad, dad, dad…DAD! %-(
@Motiv8tedmom23 how did your son end up in CO?? I have a son19 looking into engineering schools and I’m interested in your journey.
Hey @STEM2017 I don’t know which accent is worse, the Long Guy Lin accent or the accent that many people from Row Dye Lin have. I am grateful for my parents that although I grew up in RI, I avoided any bad accent.
@RightCoaster Congrats! Feels great to have that decision I bet!
@Collegecue yes! Except for my bank account- RIP. Thanks
@RightCoaster I am right there with you on that front! $-)