Yeah, I think I legitimately liked my college years better than my HS or early grad school years, but I would not say they were my best years overall by a long shot. By far the biggest turning point in my life was finding and marrying the right person, and really none of the years before that can compare to any of the years after.
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In my previous job, I had access to live tiger and my S24ās daycare nearby from my college office. Good times!
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I assume itās a typo but Iām going with your baby was looked after by live tigers and sticking with it. 
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Not tigers. Just one tiger.
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I hear you. Fortunately for me, the finding occurred during college.
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Solid result!
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@NiceUnparticularMan @MidwestMom2020 thanks for your assessment, weāll take the 41% probability of being admitted to one of the remaining 6.
The realistic math is definitely lesser, since only 4 of those reach schools would be preffered to the favourite school amongst the the 5 admits. So the stats would be more like 27% probability of being admitted to 1 of 4 remaining schools.
Best of luck to all
I was just curious. How do we calculate the yield rate? Do they account for the waitlist or is it just the initial number of admission acceptance vs. enrollment?
I was looking at the Cornell CDS data and % of students who asked for need-based aid.
Itās suspiciously consistent.
2022-2023 ā 66%
2021-2022 ā 63%
2020-2021 ā 63.5%
2019-2020 ā 62%
2018-2019 ā 54%
2017-2018 ā 54%
2016-2016 ā 55%
2015-2016 ā 55%
It looks as if there was a guideline to keep full pay to be certain percentage. and the number changes over the years. I wonder how they keep this so consistent while maintaining need-blind. Could they be getting full pay kids off the waitlist first to meet the numbers?
Canāt figure out yield until fall, right? Most places might have to continue enrolling people in the coming weeks or even over the summer.
I didnāt mean most. More like some.
They do not account for the waitlist. If they need to fill 1200 they may offer to 1600. Then yield will ne 1200/1600*100. If they cant fill the 1200 then they go to waitlist.
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C24 got two more results today, waitlisted at American, admitted to Kenyon!
The Kenyon letter was very sweet and very personalized. And this is where Iām going to need to keep my mouth shut because I really, really like everything Iāve seen about Kenyon except its location. C is excited to visit and Iām gonna try not to try to get them to overlook its small town setting.
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Iāve heard good things about Kenyon! Hope you guys enjoy your visit!
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Did my kid apply to any of the schools tagged in the ādecisions out today!ā Header on this site? Absolutely not! Did I click through to all of them and get excited and sad for every post I read anyway? OF COURSE.
Kidās school has a semi formal tomorrow, and I pointed out this is like PEAK decision time, so emotions could be HIGH in the school gym tomorrow night!
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I was rooting so hard for S24ās friends to get in to MIT. No great results today from his competitive school.
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D24 isnāt ready to announce it officially, but she semi-officially has chosen this afternoon to attend Austin College this fall.
Even despite not getting a music scholarship there, itāll be a lower total COA than Southwestern. AND big thing that swayed it in ACās favor is ACās new physician assistant graduate school program.
She said that she wants to mull it over some more over the next few days, but sheās going to officially decide and be ready to put down an enrollment deposit early next week. And thatās also when sheās going to make her pitch/proposal to either the Bank of Mom & Dad or the Bank of Favorite Aunt to loan her the additional $2600/yr sheāll need (after a $5500/yr fed student loan) to fill her funding gap compared to what we (her parents) will be pitching in.
I found a student loan repayment calculator tool online which I used to show her what the expected monthly loan payment would be based on different total loan amounts and duration of repayment (10, 15, 20 yr, for example).
Time to go reserve a hotel room for move in day!
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I realized this morning that S24 would have heard from three schools tomorrow if ED2 had not worked out! Itās definitely an intense time for lots of kids.
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Yeah just had a couple glasses of wine with a bunch of friends. Most of us have seniors in the thick of it. The younger moms with pre teens were petrified once we explained all of this stuff to them. 
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Daughter got into Denison. She texted me an image of the acceptance but is working tonight. Then she texts me an image of them inviting her to come visit on their dime. Denison was 1 of 3 LACs she applied to - the rest were nursing programs. She had put out of her mind up until now having to choose between nursing or a LAC, thinking the odds were slim sheād get into Denison (and even slimmer that sheāll get into D*ke - we donāt mention the name in our house to keep nerves at bay). Now that sheās gotten into Denison sheāll have to make 2 decisions:
- Does she really want nursing or would she prefer a LAC where she doesnāt have to know her major?
- If she wants to consider Denison - is she willing to give up a debt-free option (because sheāll need federal loans to pull it off. They did give her a scholarship and a grant and it is coming in at around the cost of the #2 option (which means we can swing with a heck of a lot of penny pinching).
I donāt even want to think what sheāll do if the other āDā University comes through.
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Comedy of Errors: Weāre not too far from Athens GA (UGA), and Iām taking D24 there tomorrow so she can spend time with a friend, getting an inside look at the dorm scene. This is a friend, but not a close friend, so Iām staying in a hotel room for the night, and D24 can come stay with me later at night if she feels uncomfortable. Problem: I looked at my email confirmation an hour ago, and it said āAthensāUniversity Area, Athens Ohioā (!!!) I called up there to the frozen north, and they told me theyād take the card off so I wouldnāt be charged. Then, I booked at a different chain in Athens, GA. It was only 50 dollars more, but I feel like quite the fool! Theyād better not charge me up there in University of Ohio-land. 
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