@GFORCE2818 - Welcome and congratulations! Gettysburg is a great school!
Ok @4MyKidz I want extend my congratulations to your S and If I offended you in any way, feel free to call me out on it. Personally, I am not racist or biased in any way, and want you to know that I believe in equal opportunity for all.
Has your S made a final decision on where he is going next year or is he still waiting?
@4MyKidz I have had a similar comment (not on here.) Simply that my son should be accepted because he is URM. Instead, his grades and test scores suffered (still did well, just not stellar) because of all of his family obligations. Sometimes people forget that there are real people behind the screens.
@GFORCE2818 - Congrats to your son on such great choices!
@letsshare - very sorry for your loss. That is so hard.
@RightCoaster Thank you for the congrats and yes he has made his final decision.
Thanks everyone! You make me feel welcome. My son is excited and canāt wait to be able to say its a final decision!
@letsshare Iām sorry about your dog. It is so hard to lose a furry member of the family.
@4MyKidz Since Iām new to the page and way too lazy to scroll back 1105 pages, do you mind if I ask where your son has decided to enroll?
I am so sorry @letsshare
I wanted to let any of you that have kids considering Northeastern how my older sonās 1st co-op process has turned out. He is a sophomore and will do his 1st co-op Aug- Dec. He found the process quite straightforward. The kids search through a list of jobs available with their advisor. The kids arrange interviews and handle those all on their own. If they need guidance, the advisor is there to help. My son applied to around 20 jobs, had 5 interviews and just accepted his first co-op. Itās convenient to campus and has a nice rate of pay, and will start getting him exposure to his area of study. He was waiting to hear back from a few others, but we advised taking the bird in hand, and be more picky next time maybe.
So, up to date, I would have to say I am impressed with the eduction he is getting, his dorm life seems excellent, socially decent, and good access to co-ops.
@letsshare My condolences to your family. So sad for all!
@GFORCE2818 Iād rather not say but it was one of his top 3 choices & he is a presidential scholar. Most importantly, itās a great fit for him! Thank you for asking ?
D just received admittance into George Washington with $24k for 5 years. Not going to trump full ride at tOSU. Donāt think she is regretting her decision, fingers crossed. American U decisions are in the mail.
Wow! @jjulesjenks nice options! Congratulations ?
Well, I think weāve hit a major snag. It looks like due to an unforeseen circumstance, daughter will not be able to go to the school she chose. Sheāll have to decide between her other two options, and we have absolutely no idea what to advise her to do. I posted a detailed thread about the situation on the college selection forum. If anyone wants to weigh in there, Iād really appreciate any thoughts.
@4MyKidz Awesome! Congratulations to your son! Glad he found his perfect fit!
@jjulesjenks Congratulations and good luck!
@4MyKidz welcome! Congratulations to your son, what a great opportunity!
I think itās important to speak up when something makes you uncomfortable. Particularly on social media where people donāt know each other to be able to judge intent.
I have spent this week stalking the boards and trying to distract myself from tomorrow. Itās good my oldest is a shopper because D18 bought her prom dress online then S19 went out with his buddies yesterday and they all rented tuxes.
It was impressive though because his buddy had a code for all of them and will earn himself a gc if a few more rent with his code. I guess Iāll have to wait for prom night to see him all dressed up.
@RightCoaster and @4MyKidz my daughterās friend group is super diverse and sheās looking for a school that reflects diversity and LACs are sadly pretty homogeneous. Iām in no way speaking for you rightcoaster, but there are SO many qualified kids, and when all things are equal, I know my daughter would rather go to a school who tries to choose diverse kids so that the school reflects society more accurately. And the U in URM is under-represented, which in my mind, means should be more accurately represented and schools are trying to correct for that. At least, thatās how I read rightcoasterās post.
Hi @GFORCE2818 . Sorry about the questbridge frustration but happy you have a great full ride option!
@4MyKidz congrats!
And congrats to your D, @jjulesjenks ! GWU was D19ās #2 choice and one of the ones she got sad about not sending in her lovingly crafted essay for!
@RightCoaster , great to know itās working out so well.
@GFORCE2818 welcome and congrats to your son!
@letsshare Iām so sorry for your loss.
@NicoleGreen Iāll go check it out.
@jjulesjenks congrats, a full ride canāt be topped by too much!
@RightCoaster thanks for the description. S19 didnāt apply there but got into another school with co-ops. I donāt know anything about the process so it was helpful to read.
@packacards ok. Hereās the catch-22 though. We donāt come from a very diverse area. And S19 would like more diversity in his colleges. Unfortunately, as a white kid from the suburbs, there are very few spots available in the most diverse LACs for him.
So far, the only school heās been denied admission to is Williams where only 37 percent of the admitted students were white. Divide that by two, letās say, and youāre down to 18 percent of admitted students were white boys. Iām betting a decent number of the legacies were white so he loses some ground there too. They had about 9000 applicants. And accepted 1100 total with ED and RD. 18% of 1100 is about 200 spots. Iāll never know how many white boys applied but when I look at their website LOTS of the athletes are white. He never had a chance. 200 total spots including legacies and athletes who went ED!