When I applied to college from Europe in the early 90s, I received one acceptance via telegram! I still remember that it started with “Congratulations stop.“
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My son at college is sick with the flu - hard to have him away and not feeling well on his own. Lots of stuff going around.
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I know I’m more anxious about the whole thing than my son. He already has one acceptance that he would gladly go to, so I think he’s feeling ok. For me it will be the last month of anxiety in a while (hopefully).
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snappity–It’s VERY frustrating having our google research thwarted. 
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Contacted how? I think it depends on the school. Yale, usually a LL. Chicago, they might be gauging interest (though i have only heard of this when for WL)…
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I could see my daughter saying almost the exact same comments. The only difference is when she gets pushed she’ll say I only want to go to College xyz…. where she is on the waitlist 
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My recollection is that last year the enrollment deposit at Arizona was refundable until May 15 and we got back the housing deposit even later than that, I think other than the housing application fee the rest was refundable until you selected a room sometime in June (S23 got off the waitlist elsewhere in late May).
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I know it is on-brand for a high schooler to listen only to their peers, but really. . .their friends have no clue. It’s astounding how they believe everything their uninformed friends say 
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Does anyone know if there is any issue of not taking the signed up AP tests? Is it a must since we listed them as expected to take in the common app?
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I don’t think it matters now for seniors. I know a kid who got in EA and couldn’t take their AP for other reasons.
This is going to be school specific. My s24 will fail his AP courses if he does not sit the exams. Failing a course senior year would be a concern for any college.
If your student’s high school does not require the exams, check with the college(s). Most only require submission of scores when the student is seeking college credit for the courses.
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If enough kids sat for it and tanked it on purpose the school would probably end that policy pretty quickly. It’d tank their stats.
It is a state policy is that a student must take the exam and score at least a three to receive weighted credit for an AP course. Thus, failing the exam, deliberately or not, affects the student’s gpa. Additionally, the student’s transcript will not indicate AP status for any course in which the student does not earn a 3 on the exam.
The state pays for the exams. The students have nothing to lose by attempting them.
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Not really. They did all the work of an AP class throughout and it’s solely dependant on the exam at the end, so there is a lot to lose. Their gpa suffers, their transcript won’t reflect that it was an AP class, which are typically harder than regular classes.
That seems over reach on the part of the state.
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By the time the AP scores come out you’re already accepted into college. And not just accepted. Kids enrolling for summer will already be taking classes. Losing weight on the GPA hardly seems like it’d be a deal breaker.
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Different story for underclassmen. But AP scores come out when? Mid July?
It’s over by then for seniors.
You guys peer pressured me into signing up for mail aware 
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Our school does not require students to take the AP exam. They can simply take the class for credit. The score, or even taking the exam, is not part of their grade. My D is taking 4 AP class this year (senior year) and only taking the AP exam in one of the classes.
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Yes. AP scores typically come out sometime in the middle of July. For a senior, the only impact would be the loss of an opportunity to earn credit at schools that take APs.
Same. My kid has one teacher this year who says he’ll reduce their grade if they don’t take the exam, so my kid plans to take that one. Good chance he doesn’t take any others, as his college doesn’t accept AP credit, and there won’t be any course placement benefits for him.