Congratulations!! Time to relax and enjoy the holidays.
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Congratulations! My son was also accepted to Williams for the Class of 2028! We are over the moon!
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Congratulations for the early holiday present!
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What great news!
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In case anybody is interested, Sobel Westex has fancy foo foo towels for sale right nowâŠ$19.50 down from $65. Comes in multiple colors. Iâm going to buy some for D24âs dorm room! Of course, sheâs not going to need a 24 piece towel set. Weâll use the rest at home. 
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Congratulations! It feels good to hear good news!
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Agree! Seeing others success gives hope that there is enough success to go around!
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Exactly! Somehow it feels the admission season is moving slow! I know it is not even ED/EA decision day yet but I feel impatient this time. So it feels good to hear this!
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D24 accepted to Williams. So excited and relieved.
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Have your kids received Portal information from UCLA or UCSB?
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3 acceptances at Williams. Congratulations.
Ok, who wants to buy the authentic Williams pencil we received in the mail (never been sharpened).
Start the bidding at $.99.
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Why do I want to participate even though S has not applied to Williams?
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Iâve seen someone bid $102 on a $100 Home Depot gift card on ebay.
So anythingâs possible.
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UCLA doesnât have a portal just a site where you put in your info. (My 24 kid didnât apply there but older kid did.) UCSB might be the same.
Thank you!
UCSB is notoriously slow at sending out their portal information. On the positive side, they are the only UC that informs students of the exact date and time that admission decisions will be released.
UCLAâs portal isnât like the other schools. UCLAâs can be found here: UCLA Application Status.
You might follow the UCSB and UCLA Class of 2028 threads for more info.
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S24 was rejected by his ED school last night. Heâs our oldest, so this is our first time navigating the college process as parents. The experience was not quite what I had expected. S24 had been laid back so far during this process and his ED school was only a very narrow favorite. He also had never been particularly confident about his chance of acceptance there - he had actually been tempted to apply ED to a slightly safer school, but his college counselor encouraged him to go for it. Despite all of this, the negative outcome last night hit him very hard. He went through a full range of emotions in the course of the evening: he was worried because he felt that this decision showed that he is a poor candidate who will not get admitted to any of the schools he likes; he felt that he couldnât trust his college counselor; he felt betrayed by the process when he learned that others in his class had not fared much better (which is a pretty unusual outcome at his school); he felt resentful when he learned that the one person who was admitted from his school was someone hooked with less impressive academic qualifications. He is working through all of these emotions and he will be fine - a sports tournament today will help, I think. I have been encouraged to see that his friend group is being very supportive of each other. But it was a good reminder how tough this process is on kids, even the ones who have not been making college lists for years and anxiously awaiting results. I was also surprised by my own emotional reaction to the news. At a rational level, I am completely okay with it. I did not think that S24âs ED school was a clear best fit for him, though it is a great school. I had actually found myself getting a little uneasy that he had potentially committed to a school about which I was having some doubts. I am excited about many other colleges on his list, including my own alma mater. But I still found myself feeling unexpectedly furious at the ED school for having rejected my kid - it turns out that it is a bit of a gut punch when someone tells your kid that he didnât make the cut.
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All those emotions are totally normal. Rejection (even when you are kinda, sorta anticipating it) is never easy. I hope this is just a blip in your sonâs college journey!
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Wish I could hug you and your S24. Those feelings all sound totally normal and appropriate, but knowing its normal doesnât make it easy to ride that wave of feelings. I have no doubt he will end up somewhere wonderful, and hope he receives some acceptances that excite him very soon.
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My daughter got into Ohio State this morning. She also received a generous scholarship offer from Missouri University. I still think Ole Miss is her favorite and in the lead, but she continues to get more options to consider.
Big congratulations to those of you with children getting acceptances into their top choices in the last few days!
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