It’s funny- I love spending time with D26 and I really enjoy the college visits. HOWEVER, D26 gets stressed out and overwhelmed by Big Events and she is particularly difficult to deal with on college tours. Everything I do embarrasses her lol. The only time she has no problem with me is at the campus store. Go figure!
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If only all the admitted students’ days are during spring break! 
We’re almost there! Hang in there!
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From a parent of older kids: This can be a stressful time – but do take a moment to appreciate that this may be one of the last big road trips with your college bound student. Take time out when you can to enjoy a meal together, listen to their thoughts, and laugh together.
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Thankfully this is where I am with it. Looking forward to each trip with D26. We had such a great time last weekend all spending time together. Will do it again this weekend. And the next. I find it exciting imagining the life she might build in each place. Finding and checking out local restaurants together. Seeing her take center stage on these trips that are about her future home not ours. I get why they are so stressful for a lot of folks for a variety of reasons. I’m just appreciating that they are not for me. I have been so stressed about every aspect until now. It feels like I can breathe a little bit and enjoy before I get sad over the reality of her leaving us in a few months.
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I don’t get the sense it is all that common and probably depends greatly on the school and the number of students that they are seeing committing. Another interesting thing I learned this week is that, while most of S26’s schools have a minimum GPA that one must maintain to keep a merit scholarship, one does not take the whole scholarship away if it isn’t met. Some schools give a grace period to get the GPA back up and some don’t, but one school only takes away a small amount, who knew?! It’s worded in the acceptance letter much more strongly, so we’ve had multiple emails with admissions to confirm that they do not, in fact, take the whole thing away if one’s GPA slips below the cut-off. Again, maybe an outlier, but it was a surprise.
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You guys I’m so overwhelmed – and excited: D26 got into Duke!! 
We were so stunned last night, we both just sat and cried for an hour lol
Even better: the financial aid package is very, very generous. I just can’t believe it.
I haven’t been posting here long so you guys have no way of knowing this but: This kid has been through a LOT. Some medical issues – that Duke is the world’s leader at addressing. That are her “why.” I can’t begin to tell you all what this means to our family.
I know we talk a lot about stats and ec’s and culture and fit but – this feels like a fairy tale.
crying again 
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Oh yeah, but (in our case) generic Hyatt Places in town after town get old although - we had a different (but same level hotel) in Champaign, haha.
Congrats!!!
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This is definitely less stressful than the waiting for decisions. I just wish all the travel wasn’t so bunched together for the last 3 – we do them all in one week.
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I think this is where we are – my daughter didn’t love her first option - and I think she is wondering is she will love any of the remaining three.
It’s definitely more of a ‘will I fit here’ question than academics -at least so far.
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I really have been enjoying spending time with D26 on these trips - it’s a lot of chaos, a lot of exhaustion but still really fun. I hope you have a wonderful time!!
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Congratulations!! So happy for you guys!
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I am not allowed to speak to random strangers on the college visits (like I can sometimes do in real life) – haha! But the often split up the parents and students anyway -so I can talk to all the random strangers then 
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Yes, that is where we were before and it was stressful!
Although our kids can figure out all the technical details from afar, they don’t know if they will get that feeling of “fit” until they visit. And it can be scary for them to wonder about whether any of the visits will give that feeling. Good luck!!!
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You aren’t my wife are you? 
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Woohoo congrats!!!
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I’m not on here often but this was so exciting to read as the last message when I came back. That is amazing news. Congratulations.
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I guess we’ll never know…
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WOW! This is amazing, congratulations!
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Wow! Congratulations! I was just reading that the acceptance rate was less than 4 percent for RD. Holy Moly. Sometimes things just fall into place as they’re meant to. Excited for you guys! 
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