Wow, do they graduate in February?
Congrats!
Nope. May. Senior projects start this Monday. In early May, they do a big presentation to administrators and teachers and their peers. Are required to do 15 hr a week of in person āsite placementā work + research on their own in conjunction with the project and submit a written work about their findings.
So you know that article about arguably excessive parental involvement in their childrenās lives?
S24 is out of town for a sports tournament in Buffalo, this evening we suddenly start getting panicked texts. Can you get me and the girlfriend a reservation at a nice place on Valentineās Day?
. . .
You just know this all started with a different text, something along the lines of, āSo what do you have planned, sweetie?ā
. . .
Of course every place is booked. Finally one guy is openly mocking us. Why isnāt HE calling? You said the FIFteenth, right? Ha. Ha.
And then after his pound of flesh is extracted, he actually hooks us up. So I assume we will be Yelping restaurants in some college town a year from now.
Anyway, turns out my favorite use of the saffron amaro was actually in a variation on the Deferred! Literally tried it just because that would justify the name Libation of Continued Interest.
And the universe, like that one dude, said sure, why not?
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Curious on this from those that have been invited/attended Scholarship weekends. Have the schools disclosed the names of the fellow attendees ahead of time and their high schools? I was surprised, my son thinks it has made it more personal. Perhaps encouraging them to build relationships regardless of scholarship outcome to encourage them to attend?
D24ās was an OOS public and they did not disclose any information about the other participants ahead of time.
They had a meet and greet/reception where some information was shared (name, major and hometown maybe?), and D24 shared contact information with some of the prospective students in her breakout groups.
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You can add one more- my BFF daughter just admitted to Colby ED2 as well! Super excited for her.
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Classes end June 4, graduation is June 14.
My D24 had a whole little care package of a polar bear lego and little ornament for the ED1 decisionsā¦ which ended up being a yankee swap gift when her friend didnāt get in to her first choice. There are no mule-themed lego, unfortunately so she is scrambling for a āyay, Colby!ā gift for her.
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No info was passed on. Emails were directly emailed. Iāll add my DD18 went to 6 different scholarship weekend/days and public/private schools and received no other student information. Although, it could be nice.
D24 scored 2 more schools with the ranking system weāre using. Hereās what the scores are now:
- Austin College - score of 242
- Southwestern - 235
- Centre - 160
- NMSU - 131
Kid still needs to score U of A and UNM and sheās being a stubborn teenager and refusing to do it until tomorrow. 
Decision factors/criteria got sorted into high, med, or low. Those are weighted:
High = 5
med = 3
low = 1
Then kid scores each decision factor on scale of 1-5, where 1 = lowest, 5 = highest score.
Then we multiply the decision factor weight * the score. And then add up all of those. D24 came up with 13 different criteria.
Iām impatient and want to know where U of A ends up in this scoring method compared to her emotional ranking system in her head.
NMSU is the cheapest of all of her options, but is currently ranked the lowest because it scored low in a number of other things.
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Niceā¦. What were the 13 criteria?
High priority:
- cost (lower cost gets a higher score)
- small class sizes
- classes are all in person
- ānot too far away from homeā
- āfun stuff to do on or around campusā
- easy to get to airport to fly home
- campus safety
Medium priority:
- strong PA grad school partnerships
- in or near a large suburban or urban area
- ānot too cold in winterā
- ease of getting internships, research w/professors
- strong pre-health program (yes, every college has this, but they really are not all the same)
Low priority:
- music scholarship for non-music majors
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With more schools pushing back the decision date because of FAFSA, what do you think it will impact? Iām guessing it will take longer for school to process waitlist. I have seen many from S24ās school last year that got off waitlist and changed the final destination as late as end of June.
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Given the amount of early strategies, state school deadlines, would be interesting to have an idea of the percentages of applicants who apply early, get admitted early, and what percentage applicants ultimately go through the RD round
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I do not work in admissions or FA, but I do wonder if there will be differences in the speed to committal for the schools that required/allowed financial info to be submitted separate of FAFSA. The two favorites of my daughter are not CSS schools but one had an option to basically submit the same info you would on FAFSA (including copies of tax returns) and the other had their own form that asked for a lot more info, not just returns but W2s and 1099s and home equity, etc. I think those schools would be able to make a financial offer confidently without FAFSA data being drawn down. I do feel for my colleagues in admissions and FA, because Iām sure there are parent that will take out their frustrations with FAFSA delays on them, and they are just as impacted - if not more! We all have just one (or 2) forms we are waiting to see āprocessedā on, schools are waiting on soooo many more.
Itās False Spring up here in Maine so we went to MDI and walked around the campus of College of the Atlantic as one of our stops - D24 and my husband had done an interview and tour last month, on a bitterly cold day just after a storm, so everything was covered in ice that day, and today it was melty and muddy. Itās a reach school for her but she does like the quirkiness of it. I wish it were a little bigger, but, most of the people that do go there are not from here, so there would at least be that - and, it may be moot as it is a reach. Pretty campus, though and a nice place to be on a sunny day.
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The question is unclear to me. Are you wondering how many RD students (not deferred) are accepted to sate schools? If so, while I donāt know the answer, I imagine that number is pretty small.
The question is out of 100% of admitted students who attend, whatās the breakdown
% accepted ED1
% accepted ED2
% accepted EA & attending
% accepted to state schools & attending
% accepted RD & attending
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Do a lot of state schools have ED2, if any? I donāt think many have ED either? Obviously the EDs attend.
I am trying to follow your thoughtsā¦ where are you going with this? Are you trying to assess a WL situation?
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Everyone advocates for the advantages of applying early when ready, and it would be interesting to consider the actual advantage of early vs regular apps. Of course, one can then adjust the early round by removing the athletic recruits from the data