Lol me too - I already have two kids in college and no one knows where they are going unless they ask me directly in the right tone lol.
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Im not sure how parents with 4 kids do this.
By the 4th one, Iād tell them not to apply to any school with less than a 99% acceptance rate.
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D24 is good with all 8 sheās applying to (please lord let her get the rest of the apps in soon), and Iād call two of them āsafetiesā for her. On the safeties is her top two.
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I donāt share much on social media to begin with, and I donāt share photos or news of my kidsāat least not since they were out of elementary school. IMO, thatās for them to share (or not) on their own socials.
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Excellent point - to be clear, I share with permission.
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U of Chicago is infamous for manipulating its yield in this way. They accept very few students RD then start making calls immediately and selectively doling out offers to those who have made a verbal commitment.
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Our school does this as well. They announce the acceptances and the students sign a sort of envelope-sized placard with the school logo on it. All of those are hung in one of the hallways in the academic building. Itās pretty cool to see the entire wall in May.
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I love hearing about the different school celebrations. I do think there may be different motivations at a school where everyone goes to college and a lot of kids are looking at very competitive admissions (where the school might want to lower the temperature) and at a school that wants to send more kids to college and get everyone excited about the process. Our school falls into the first category. There are athletic signing days, and kids post acceptances to unofficial student instagram, but the only other school sponsored event (prior to May 1) is in early September ā¦ the counselors will go into homerooms and ask who has been accepted to a school alreadyāand celebrate those students. I think it is meant to remind everyone there are early rolling schools and to celebrate those schools (that some might think of as ājust a safetyā). And hopefully to light a fire under kids that havenāt started apps yet.
As for social media ā¦ facebook got big when I was a young attorney. I was already recording my time in 6 minute increments (.1 hrs), and the thought of sharing with the broader world what I was doing moment by moment was horrifying to me. I never got facebook until my oldest went to college and I needed it to see the parent resources. Iāve still never posted anything on facebook or instagram. If I want to share something with people I know, Iāll send it in a text or email. I guess this board is my social media! Thank you to everyone on here for being a listening ear and for providing such interesting insight! Itās a special community!
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Our school does a signing day for athletes, but doesnāt otherwise acknowledge college acceptances on a school-wide basis (individual clubs may have an end-of-year slideshow celebrating the seniors and showing their future plans).
So all the angst from earlier this week with D24 worrying about getting 3 Bsā¦it all worked out. All the assignments that hadnāt been graded were put in, her presentation was āslayā, and my math wary kid got a stinking 100% on her Calc 1 final after getting a C on a calc test just last week (hence the worry about getting a B in that class, but the final stuck pretty close to the study guide content, so studying really helped).
She also got into UNC Charlotte (generally, but not her major) last night! The pre-architecture major at UNC Charlotte has an additional (selective) admittance process that is still in progress. The next step is an interviewā¦if you donāt get selected for an interview (based on what they see in your portfolio/supplements/application), itās the end of the line. If you do, it still doesnāt mean you are in yet.
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Good luck to her! Prescreens (or whatever itās called for architecture majors) are brutal. And congrats on the grades.
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Congrats on your son getting into FSU. That is a great school. My daughter applied to FSU as well, but we are out of state so she will not know if she got in until February. She also applied to the honors college and they had her write an essay to get in. I thought the topic was interesting: (Paraphrasing) If you could teach a college class to students, what would you teach and why? Kind of a cool topic and much different than any other essay question she had been asked to write by any other school during this process.
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Our school does ONE accepted college day late spring (perhaps May 1st and I never paid attention) where the seniors wear gear and use colored chalk to draw college logos on walkways throughout campus. BUT until that day we (parents) were āstronglyā encouraged at meeting with CC NOT to share because of āotherās feelingsā. My guess is because we are in SoCal so the majority of D24ās class wonāt know until those CSU and UCs come out Marchā¦ thatās a LONG time to wait when an ED decision is being flaunted.
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Our HS also does an event in the spring, and they put pictures from that event on social media, and actually one group picture of the kids in their college gear goes on the main website permanently (or as permanent as anything on the internet). In 2020 and 2021, it was a collage of individual pictures.
But anyway, that is for the colleges where the students have actually committed, not acceptances. Although they do not in fact digitally change the sweatshirt if a kid goes somewhere else off a waitlist . . . .
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Sās high school has an IG page where students post their acceptances. I would say ~30% of the kids post. The school has had itās issues of depression being rampant and even had a few suicides (about 10 years ago). The administration has taken great steps to reduce the anxiety/depression of students and probably part of this meant toning down the acceptance announcements. The school is a large public school, an Ivy and T50 feeder with a highly competitive environment. I guess each school goes with what would be best considering the environment at school. IG stories of acceptance are common and celebrated, but not much beyond that.
In general, the kids now are much more relaxed and happier than even 5 years ago.
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Brown has this essay too.
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@helpingthekid73 Good luck but he is not likely to change and that is what has made him successful. What I told my daughter is that she needs to enjoy the next six months because she wonāt get them back. They are on trimester so her mid year updates are being sent. My daughter has recently gotten in to live music so we are encouraging concerts, even if they are on a school night.
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RIT had same prompt.
DS2022 wrote about a ramen noodle course that heād teach, because heād get to eat tons of ramen.
He was accepted. 
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That is a common prompt in our area for 6-12 independent schools. Adds a little fun to the application process - or at least it should 
Love your sonās class, Iād sign up for the same reason - ramen 
Same. Last spring I took DD from her BS (in MA) to a double concert in NYC, Saturday night with me to one artist, and then Sunday night with friends to another. We got back to MA at like 3am. Monday school was no fun at all, but wouldnāt change it for the world.
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