D18 was waitlisted at Rice yesterday. She has two rejections (Stanford REA, WashU), one waitlist (Rice), and four admits (Bama, UGA, Clemson, and GT).
The biggie is USC, which should be today … or maybe tomorrow morning … or maybe tomorrow afternoon … I don’t know because of the goofy way that they notify applicants: physical mail followed by a slow online portal rollout starting early Sunday morning. Bizarre.
If she gets rejected by USC … well, it’s gonna sting. She’s been obsessed with that school for a couple of years. As I’ve mentioned here before, my gut says she’ll get in … but their admit rate dropped to 13% this year due to a surge of applications. That’s crapshoot territory.
@droppedit I feel your agony…hope she gets great news and soon! Some great admits already so that is good. Some of my daughters friends are in similar crapshoot territories and they only have meh admits in their pockets. Something is always better than nothing…have read some really sad threads on the Admissions boards of kids in really tough spot.
@Kayak24 I live 5 miles from a big outlet mall so it was the Talbots there I went to though I think the inventory is the same as in the stores. Basically got the same dress in two patterns. Loved the price and love that it is a classic style so I can wear it again in two years when D20 graduates and I can not even afford $39 after paying for two years of D18’s college :))
We are waiting on USC as well. Top choice is Barnard which was a WL yesterday, so that was disappointing - also a 13.7% acceptance rate. I really thought that she would get in, sigh. All that’s left to hear from are reaches and one less-appealing safety, so it’s a bit of a slog from here on in. I hear you on the physical mail notification @droppedit, it’s so stressful. Georgetown does the same minus the portal update.
Just looked at my USPS informed delivery and there’s a letter from USC. Looks like a rejection. This is the first one for my daughter. She’s still sleeping… looks like it will the UCLA be for her. I will let her find out the mailbox way. USC would not have been an option anyway, unless she got it to a U.C. price…so maybe everything works out for a reason. I think she will still feel the sting of disappointment.
So on our way home from the Pitt revisit. Consistent with our previous visit, day was really well done. Broke a large group into much smaller cohorts and spent the morning in respective college. Daughter was in the School of Pharmacy and interacted with current students and faculty and got a great sense of what each of the years entailed both academically and clinically. If it were up to my husband and I our daughter would have made a commitment right then and there and would have been showered by the confetti cannon. That said daughter felt differently so we wait…She’s more of a country mouse than she (or her parents) appreciated during the application process and reluctant to spend the next six years on an urban campus.
Colleges are a business involving heavy marketing and finding ways to help parents pay for buying into the marketing. In some ways it’s like buying a car. Each manu/dealer markets the heck out of their product and when you walk in they find creative ways to “help” you find a way to pay for it. A dealer will love to send you off in the top-of-the-line model with low monthly payments. As long as the buyer goes in knowing what they are getting in to, it’s fine. But when they fall for “look at the low monthly payment” or look at all these education loans you can take out to finance your child’s 50-70K per year education…
@momtwin (BTW, I’ve also got twins heading off to school) - she’s deciding between SB, SD, and UCI. Cal still to come but it’s a longshot and also too close to home for her.
@SC Anteater Same for my daughter, waiting for Cal, but waaay to close to home, also with all of the craziness going on in Berk. it’s not really her thing. Your daughter has great options. My daughter is also torn about SB, she loved it there.
@momtwin – What’s worst is that S’s first choice was SLO, and he got it, so he’s been sitting fat and happy for weeks now. Whereas D gets rejected from her first choice and doesn’t have a clear favorite among the one’s shes been accepted to, so there’s much angst in the air.
She’s at the Nor Cal UCSD reception now, hopefully that either gets her excited about the school or crosses it off her list.
@1399HdJ the coed issue is up to your comfort level. I encouraged my S to sleepover on NYE, not even because I was worried about him driving but others. The coed group was a lessor worry for me…
@minniefan we registered today for an accepted students event at Ithaca as well! It wasn’t an early favorite, but we went to a regional event for accepted business students and came away impressed. That plus being waitlisted at his #1 makes this option move up the list. I’d love to hear your thoughts after you attend.
Having news, good and bad, is better than the endless limbo of waiting.
D has two good choices now and a third financially almost full ride offer. Still waiting on the lottery tickets later this week, but if they are all rejects as expected, it is a tough choice to make from the three appealing choices in hand at LA, NYC, and Dallas.
Little sister pitched in Disneyland beats Broadway, so DD should go to LA.
@sc Anteater that must be hard, especially having two…they must compare themselves a lot. I actually don’t have twins…I am a twin. Good luck to your daughter, UCSD is a great school and you can’t beat La Jolla, and all of the companies and opportunities in SD.
