OH my word. First, congratulations! Second, yeah no pressure or anything at this point, lol. Geez. Hugs to you and D26 as you figure this out!
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Congratulations!!!
Sure, but from the airport, the buses leave on time even if your flight is late and you can’t always get another even if there is a later one because they may be booked full. At least if it’s a flight it’s the airline’s responsibility to get you on the next one. I have seen posts of flights landing late and kids missing the bus and having to find very expensive Ubers to get down to CU.
Well, there are pretty limited flights from ORD to Willard - so if your flight into O’Hare is late enough or there are weather issues for ORD or Champaign…the next flight may not be until the next day. And weather delays, frequent for O’Hare as a hub, don’t always come with hotel / food vouchers because ‘weather’ is Act of God stuff, not the airlines responsibility.
I understand. And while my personal experiences and recall are from 30ish years ago and a few things have changed on campus during that time…I did spend seven years at the school and the transport issue was a big problem then… Willard was not a solution anybody I knew or heard of really used in all of that time.
Hence the reason I mentioned the transport concerns back and forth from UIUC as one of the negatives (along with the potential for bitter cold and wind, and that there’s really not much to Champaign/Urbana once you’re two -three blocks off campus…nor much but cornfields for basically 100 miles in any direction) - waaaay back when several folks were talking about it.
Aside from our (now out of state )cost to go to UIUC, I still had D26 apply and get in Gies Business - it made her final three - but the two things I put as detractors for her when we were reviewing options were December/January/February in Chambana and the complications of getting there and back.
So listen to this. D26’s goal for high school was to get an unweighted A in every class. That almost happened – except she currently has an 89 in AP Lit.
There are 8 points added to every AP grade, so technically it’s a 97 – which is an A+ at her school. But the unweighted 89 is making her CRAZY.
It doesn’t matter in the least – she’s not in the running for val or sal, and GT is not going to rescind her acceptance for this grade, lol. The grade is fine. But this is a kid that likes for things to line up neatly – when she pumps gas, she tries to make it stop on a nice even number. 
She was muttering about jokingly asking the teacher to drop the lowest test grade or offer extra credit to everyone – we love this teacher (D22 had her as well, and she’s the senior class grade chair) – but if D26 actually gets the courage to ask, I suspect the teacher is going to say, um, no. 
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Same issue as taking the scheduled bus, though. Assuming the ones the next day still have seats available.
We have a critical mass of Bay Area students who attend UIUC with minimal issues and there are limited times per year that students travel, so ultimately we decided the logistics were not a reason to turn down the school. There are private shuttles available to book and one idea I did have was finding other Bay Area students who would be on the same flight and sharing a shuttle - that way it would wait for the kids if the flight was late. Haven’t looked into it deeply enough to check costs/number of students needed that would make that make sense.
Everywhere C26 was seriously looking at has bad winter weather so that wasn’t really a decision point; the criteria C26 has and what your D26 have differ in some crucial ways of course and that’s why colleges all over the country with vastly different offerings attract enough students.
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So we have a decision - she is going to UWashington (UDub). I have been feeling that this is best of the options she had for a while and I was wowed by their admit day. She says she is unlikely to change her mind even if any of the WLs come through except possibly UCSD, mainly for the weather.
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No - she would accept one of the others -and then treat this like a waitlist offer that came on/after May 1 -since her letter won’t be here for a day or two. I realize it likely means 2 deposits if she chooses Colby, but it’s really hard to decide when she hasn’t been to campus.
ETA: Or at least we are asking them to consider this like they offered it after the deadline 
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Congratulations!
This makes me so happy! Absolutely amazing. Best news of my day. Whether she decides to go there or not, it is just awesome that she got this option. By the way, I have a family member who went to Colby. Loved it there. And the alums are very tight and supportive of next generations coming up.
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I think that plan makes perfect sense. The extra benefit is your D will have only one school to compare to Colby.
Good luck with the decision. All excellent LACs – at this point it comes down to personal preference.
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Congratulations! Fantastic school and wonderful city!
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Congratulations! We love Seattle, and I know kids fall in love with UDub – I hope she thrives there!
My D26’s good friend really wanted to march with the band there, but he landed at UMD instead.
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that’s awesome. Congratulations!
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Muhlenberg. And why my daughter refused to consider the school, as at a college showcase for softball, she discovered their women’s teams are called Lady Mules.
That makes me think of shoes!
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Their marketing team may need some help there.
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@cquin85 Can you help us out with those cherry blossom pics?
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My D was wearing her UW cherry blossom shirt today! She really liked UW too.
She has been wearing a different college shirt every day this week, to confuse everyone. 
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Congratulations, and good luck! She can’t go wrong with any of her picks.
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