@srk2017 I’d never looked at that before, but it’s interesting that it is 4 (bioengineering also) different degrees through different departments. I’d try to schedule meetings with the individual departments that interest him. It may be difficult to find the right people available on a specific date in summer, so it’s probably good that you have several options.
ETA: People argue about rankings… #1 and #2 are pretty clear.
I would say the number 3 UC depends entirely on your planned major!
The Clemson application fee waiver came by usps. I don’t have access to her e-mail. If interested you might call and ask. That is what I plan to do if someone mentions fee waivers from a school that interests us.
Well, D called to rant about the news to me. After listening to her rant, I had enough leverage to get her to open her inbox and actually look at the college mail she’s been getting. No fee waivers here either. The last ten colleges were
Reed
Bennington
Yale
Fordham
Wake Forest
Cornell
Johns Hopkins
Columbia
Sarah Lawrence
Vanderbilt
In other news, D finally called the photography studio to schedule her senior portraits. She’ll take them 2 days after she gets back, so hopefully, she will be somewhat rested by then. I can’t believe she is actually going to be a senior! Where did all the time go?
Question…How do you get an official transcript to the colleges you apply to? Regular mail to each college?
@Tgirlfriend it depends on the high school. I know mine did a lot through Naviance
Just tried to get D to share her inbox with me. She, of course, rejected the idea and informed me that everything has been trashed. Also she said after she checked off the “Not share” box on her AP tests, she seems no longer getting as much emails as before. Maybe that overrode all previous “yes” choices?
@readingclaygirl …well, our high school let the senior counselor go at the end of the year. I think they mentioned another starting August 1st. This maybe a huge mess!!
I almost did that, but not major in water skiing, just join the team. It was a different world back then.
Our transcriptss go via Naviance also.
I guess I’m a bit of a helicopter parent when it comes to electronic media. D is not allowed to have any email or social media accounts that I don’t have access to. This has always been the rule in my house. So I do see her email regularly and she actually asks me to check it for her and sometimes respond if time is of the essence. I also allow her into my email box. I have nothing to hide in there and its just easier sometimes for her to check for things in there when I don’t have the time to find things for her.
Anyway…
D has new stalkers. The California schools are now emailing her on an almost daily basis - UCLA, UCB, Cal Tech, USC, some San Francisco school. The women’s colleges are runner’s up. It’s interesting how most of our kids have similar stats yet are targets by very different school. At least for my D, major doesn’t seem to be the filter.
I don’t have access to DDs email, but she gets more mail than I do these days; all from colleges. I glanced yesterday and I remember Tulane and a couple others. I think overall UChicago has been the one that sends the most. As for email, I get some emails to my account since some ask for parent emails also. I get one once a week from Fordham inviting us to visit this summer (if they paid, we might since we’re in CA lol). Also got one from Rice.
We are at zero spam and mail. Only info comes from schools she has contacted directly.
D17 got to take the SAT and ACT in middle school, so when I initially set up her CB account, I used my email address. We finally changed it to her email address last year prior to the PSAT, but I still get lots of college email. Not sure what her most recent ten are, but here are the last ten in my inbox:
Penn State
Ithaca College (2)
Tulane (2)
RPI
SMU
UC Irvine
Sarah Lawrence
Northern Arizona
UPenn
University of Arizona
D has scheduled her senior portrait appointment, and on Friday we are taking her to an oral surgeon to get her wisdom teeth evaluated. Hoping to get them taken out this summer, so she doesn’t have to worry about it next summer in the midst of getting ready to move away to college. She is still very interested in UKy, but I have asked her to put together a reasonable list of other schools that she might consider going to. She has started her summer reading assignment and has made good progress. Now if I can just get her to clean her room.
@Tgirlfriend Is the new GC going to have to write letters of tec? If so hopefully they send out brag sheets or something so they have some information
@Tgirlfriend I feel for you. It just means you will need to take alot more GC work on your shoulders - but you can do it! Good luck!
Today I found out that, yes indeed, the guidance department of son’s school gets the entire summer off! Lucky them. In the meantime, no letters are being written, no transcripts are being updated, and no guidance is being given. For at least a year we’ve been hearing about the importance of getting a head start and not waiting until the last minute. I guess they forgot to mention their 3 month break just before deadlines!
EDIT: By the way, our “official” deadlines are the early deadlines. Because the language most schools use is that financial aid is most generous with early applicants. There will be no Regular Decision applications written in our household.
@readingclaygirl I sure hope not. My S will have rec letters from the UIL coach…principal…and superintendent. We are a small school so everyone know everyone and everything about everyone whether you want them to or not. lol I told my S to fill out a brag sheet just in case.
@STEM2017… I know…right. I have been on my S about writing essays and getting letters of Rec only to have the school office be closed until August 1st. I have an unofficial transcript but that does me no good. Ugh… I think I will have the school seal the official transcripts and I will mail them myself. That away I know it gets done. I am pretty sure our school doesn’t use Naviance…that would be WAY to easy.
I’m sending UA my son’s unofficial transcript. Thankfully, it’s updated to include his junior year. UA can put it in his file, or they can throw it in the trash. Not much I can do about that. But at least we are making the effort.
GOTD - Only one that comes close to my D’s CB profile is Indiana. Snail mail is drying up, received a letter from Columbia on nice stationary yesterday and a personalized post card from Furman last week.
Colby College
Furman - they have been crushing on my D for the last few weeks
Wofford - stalker - 20 emails since spring
Indiana
Yale - where is our big glossy book?
Washington College
Tulane - Once a week for the past month or so, tome for an App fee waiver.
Boston University
RPI
Williams - they send a very nice big glossy book
My D has sent SAT scores to 4 schools, only one of them has sent an email. I guess if you send scores they figure they have you hooked already.