And no - we haven’t visited - I suspect it’s the Spain start. I have to say that I THINK Mac or CC might be a better fit for her career goals. But turning down a prestigious liberal arts school in New England with a start abroad (something she would love to do) may be a hard choice for my kid.
We are going to ask about financial aid and whether they will fly her out. That should be a real test for them.
Tagging @gardenstategal whose DC went to Colby and had a terrific experience. Good luck!
It is absolutely crazy how CWRU is flooding us with emails and mailings (even after D turned them down a while ago). It seems like half the stuff in our physical mailbox is from them, and they are sending multiple emails each day, too.
I was thinking that their marketing people must be closer to my husband’s age, because he gets these emails and his reaction is to say to me, “Did you know that 81% of CWRU med school applicants get into med school? That’s pretty good, maybe we should suggest to D that she reconsider?” (Note: D is not planning on being premed.)
On the other hand, D is not impressed: “Mom, I keep getting all this email from CWRU, they must be really desperate to fill their class!”
DS also got in off the WL and attended. He had a great experience there. Here are a couple of things to know:
Lmk if I can add anything else. There’s so much to like!
Most schools use it as a fundraiser for the safegrad party. People buy a “flock” and send a message to the senior. Then several flamingos usually in the school colors and a sign saying “We’ve been flocked for (school) safegrad” or something along those lines shows up in the senior’s yard for a couple of days before they move on to the next senior’s house.
What is safegrad?
We know this is true because of their really low yield.
They need to hire the Northeastern marketing person.
It’s an all night party after graduation as kind of a last hurrah for the whole class to be together and to discourage people from having their own parties with alcohol. It was called project graduation in the midwest when i was in HS. For D26’s class they have rented out an arcade/laser tag/ropes course place for the whole night and have DJ and magician coming plus raffles for gift cards, laptops, stuff for their dorms, etc.
That sounds adorable! I would help plan that in a heartbeat.
Sounds like our grad night. I don’t think they’ve released details of the venue yet.
Are you talking about “Willard” - the airport that is actually owned by UIUC?
TBH I don’t know anyone who used Willard for commercial travel - I had a couple of fraternity brothers who were in the UIUC Flight Program back in the early 90s, but I think that has been shut down for like 10 years.
If I recall the reason it wasn’t so popular was it’s commercial flights were smaller planes and the weather impacts for the airport plus the logistics for back and forth from O’Hare made it really susceptible to cancelled flights or delayed flights resulting in missed flights at the connection airport - and that left people without viable alternatives other than waiting until the next day (or making the drive anyway).
Wow!! That’s exciting 
There are around 4 flights a day from AA and United is about to add a few a day as well, I think those start at the end of this month. Not sure about “back in the day” but have heard some decent feedback from other parents, albeit with a warning to watch for connection times at ORD depending how far across the airport you need to get. We are not a family that’s scared of small planes (in fact commercial “small” planes are a lot bigger than some of what we’re used to, haha). As I say we’ll be testing it with one of the (new United) routes in June and see how that goes before deciding on best logistics for when C26 is traveling on their own.
If the incoming flight is late then the student will miss the bus anyway so it’s much of a muchness from that perspective. They are clearly not going to be renting a car and driving at 17/18 yo anyway (or possibly longer, according to Google minimum age for car rental in IL is 21?)
I did not know the airport was owned by UIUC. That’s pretty cool. How many other colleges have their own airport?!
Colby ended up being D26’s second choice and she was admitted ED1 elsewhere, but we visited and did a bunch of research. I will certainly defer to parents of actual Colby students, but FWIW here are my observations:
I think D26 would’ve done well there if she hadn’t found a perfect fit elsewhere. I would say that Colby and CC have many similarities, and both are a bit different from the urban vibe and more social/political activism feel of Mac. Again, my two cents - YMMV.
Congratulations! Great choice. So happy the decision is made.
So just had the conversation with Colby -and they said she is admitted. Doesn’t seem like Global Entry. Hoping they give her a bit of extra time.
ETA: THe official letter might not come until April 30! Ekk. We are waiting to see if they can fly her out there.
Very exciting! Congrats! (But also a new wrinkle in the decision process.)
We have never been to Whistler before, but my D is excited that she will not have to get on a plane to get there this winter! 
Congratulations!! Yes, I hope she gets some extra time, but wouldn’t her other schools have to give her extra time in that case, too? 
Technically Willard is in south Savoy which is immediately south of Champaign. I lived in Savoy (Winfield Village) during my last year (of seven) at school, there is / was a large contingent of grad/professional students who lived in the apartments because they were quite cheap. It’s also where I got to see a major F3 Tornado rather up close and personal as it ‘skipped’ over the apartment complex and then trashed some bigger parts of southern Urbana.
I believe UIUC still owns Willard. And I think Purdue owns their airport (also associated with their aviation program).
Fun fact - during a presidential visit to UIUC, AIr Force one got stuck in the mud at Willard (late 90s I think ?) and had to be towed back onto the runway.
Nope - most students would have to catch a bus or shuttle -or- ride with some other Chicago based kids back to campus.