Congratulations to your S @RoonilWazlib99
Big congrats @RoonilWazlib99!!!
Great news @RoonilWazlib99 !
Stanford decisions are coming out very soon. My stomach is in knots for all of you and your kids. Whatever the outcome at your house, I hope it is an opportunity for growth. <3
Excited for the Stanford crew here as well - GOOD LUCK 
I’ll go first - rejected.
My stomach is in knots too. Thinking of all of you!!! @ollie113 , I am so sorry and wishing you all the best in this continued process.
A no for S18 here as well.
Rejection here as well. D18 appears to be okay with it. I’m glad she took the shot.
@chippedtoof I just wanted to give some positive advice to all of you. I have a freshman in UChicago, and I was in the same place where all of you are right now just 12 months ago. At this point, there is nothing else to do. Just wait, and believe that the place where your child is accepted is the best one. We were very lucky. My daughter was accepted EA in UChicago, which was her dream college for two years. Exactly a year ago, I gave her the same advice I wrote in my post.
What is the point of thinking about the many factors that are involved in AO’s decision that are absolutely out of our control? Don’t do that to yourself. I insist. The vast majority of the kids will end up in the place where they belong.
A no here as well. Only sad that both kids will not be near each other. I see lots of airplane flights in our future. My D16 is very sad for S18. He’s moving on to the next school.
Deep breathe. That was hard to hear. i am sorry for the disappointments.
It was nice that the invite to the Scholars program came the same day as the no from Stanford.
Good news for the family wallet as well as we are full pay!
Sorry to everyone hearing disappointing news. Our kids work really hard and we want to see them get what they want. It’s hard hearing “no” but, like so many have said, there are a multitude of factors in play. We have to trust our kids will end up where they are supposed to and where they will ultimately thrive just as much as where they may have “wanted to” be.
:(( So bummed for you guys. Glad the wait is over though. Onwards! >:D<
I second what @mominaz said. Thinking of all of you and your hardworking kiddos! I know that every one of them will bloom where he/she is planted and I hope each of them looks back someday and is glad this all happened the way it did. :x
As D put it, she’s 0-1. :((
I’m also sorry to hear the results here. We all know many of these reach schools are giant long shots, but the “no” still stings. Lots of virtual hugs going out tonight for the kids and the parents.
I have been away for a while: part “decompression” and part “nothing new to report, nothing pending”. I decided to wade back in and read some updates, and I am sorry to hear of the disappointments folks may be receiving. I am sure it will all work out for those high achievers, and I am encouraged that there are still some successes and new opportunities in the midst of temporary disappointment.
DP Jr. has one final application with a Jan 1 deadline. I think he is on track for it, and at the same time, I am also not sure how motivated any of us are for the school anyway. If he doesn’t submit it, I won’t be shocked.
We are pretty firmly in the massive waiting game mode now, and will be for some time! Private Scholarship, School acceptance, Competitive School Scholarships, Program applications, a bunch of items out there with the only thing we can apply to them being 'time".
Difficult day for so many, hope all the kids are hanging in there. DS top choice is Villanova, a decent shot, but it’s VBS, so no guarantees. I’d put odds at 30/70, so we might be in your shoes before long. We should hear from PC, his second choice a few days before and I’m more optimistic about that. Hard to wait and wonder…