Congratulations!! amazing college and a beautiful campus!
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Exciting to read everyone’s updates!
Our friend decided to commit to Washington & Lee last night! It’s been near the top the whole time; proximity to home, and a VERY generous package, plus a clear commitment to increasing diversity and supporting the less wealthy made it a logical leader. It was a hard decision, as he also really loved Harvey Mudd, but he seemed relieved and excited to have made his choice. It helps that he’ll be close to people who love him, including friends at Randolph College and Mary Washington for weekend visits.
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Congratulations! Great choice! And I’m sure it’s a great feeling that both your kiddo and friend have made a decision and will be settled in two fabulous schools. 
Sounds a lot like my daughter! She had an A- first semester in Global Politics but was at a high B+ a couple weeks ago, so was bugging her teacher about how it would average out for the final grade because that would be her only non-A. He just kind of said “depends” and moved on. But her most recent assignment pulled her back up to A- and now grades are closed, so she has officially done the all A thing!
Now she’s peeved about the 2 A- marks (one in GloPo, the other last year in French). 
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So exciting! But, how stressful. I hope you get the details soon.
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Last day of school!
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First off, congrats! Just wanted to share something a friend told me yesterday. She and her husband were planning to go to Paris this summer using their miles. They were all set to do so and at the end of booking when the taxes and fees alone were $2,200! Mentioning this since the flights may be significantly more than usual thanks to the war and unpredictability.
Separately, two other friends received emails from their airlines (two different airlines and two different common destinations) where they had booked tickets a while ago that the airline can’t guarantee that their flight will happen.
I’ve heard fabulous things about Colby and I hope, no matter what happens, that she feels super proud!
Edited to say I just read your follow up that it’s not an international start. Amazing!!! I hope that they fly her out AND give your more time to deposit. So exciting!
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Thanks everyone! She is stil debating what to do. I wasn’t nervous until I realized she really, really needs to put a deposit down tomorrow!
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I have not been here in a while and soooo much happened 
. Congrats to everyone that has made their decisions! How exciting!! And patience to those whose kids are still deciding.
S26’s last day of school is today and it lasts all of an hour and a half and ends in color wars. Graduation is May 8. It all came so quick. He had decided on his college months ago and really never looked back. He is going to one his safeties, which is currently very popular in our area (although it’s across the state) and a bunch of his friends are going as well. He decided to not room with any of them though. He joined an LLC and will go random.
Summer job is lined up (lifeguard) and travel plans are in place. He is looking forward to the summer. And I have to manage two graduations in two weeks but I know a bunch of you here are in the same boat (S26 and D22).
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Someone can probably soon get you a Mule shirt.
Exactly one month of high school left for C26…
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College T-shirt day today, with big group photo taken before school. One kid did indeed show up in the Animal House “COLLEGE” tee. 
There are five guys and one girl (mine) in her class going to Georgia Tech, including both the valedictorian and salutatorian, plus one football player committed to playing at GT. I got a picture of five of them together because the valedictorian was at an area golf tournament. Bummer.
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D26’s school does their “decision day” on Friday. She is definitely experiencing major senioritis, but to her credit she is still pretty much keeping up with her work. I don’t see the teachers easing up at all, but maybe it’s because she’s in so many electives that have all grade levels. Her one AP class is gearing up for the test so no rest there!
Other than school, her main stressor is prom coming up on May 9. They have to pick their table when they buy their ticket and she’s nervous about where she’s sitting. Not to mention that she’s worried about looking fat in her dress 
Youth is wasted on the young!!
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I feel you. I hope prom goes well! Mine got through it only a little scathed. Mine is also peeved about a grade (see prior post about one unweighted B+), has three AP exams coming up, and it’s painfully apparent at events where kids are taking group pics (like college shirt day this morning) that she has NOT found her people in her class, despite being at the school for 14 years.
I have a hard time not regretting sending her to this school – she’s just a different kind of kid, and she probably would have done better in a different sort of environment.
Ah well, two more days, and I’m optimistic that her college experience will be better. That was definitely true for her older sister (who is SO sad to be graduating and leaving her friends next weekend), so I’m holding on to that hope.
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Youth is wasted on the young!!
You are not kidding! Prom here is Saturday and I still don’t know D26 and her date’s plan for pictures. D Instagram messaged him to coordinate and he hasn’t answered and she refuses to give him her phone number because apparently that’s “cringe” I’ve resorted to messaging some of the other moms in the date’s friend group to try and figure out what time they are doing pictures.
In her defense, 17yo me certainly wouldn’t have had the courage to ask a boy to prom.
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well, the great thing about college is that it’s a wonderful opportunity to turn over a new leaf and find your people. You’re not held down anymore by whatever reputation you might have had from being around the same kids since middle school.
FWIW, my D26 hasn’t participated in hardly ANY of the traditional senior stuff. Didn’t go to the prom. Didn’t go to ANY school dances actually. Didn’t participate in the ‘senior sunrise.’ Didn’t go to ‘senior sunset.’ Didn’t dress up during senior week. She has close friends at school, but just is really not into any of the traditional high school social stuff.
Way back in January, she said, “I kind of wish we could just skip ahead to May and be done already. I’m ready for high school to be over.”
Look at it this way…now your D26 knows what kind of people are not a good fit to be in her crew of close buddies. That’s half the battle right there.
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D26 is so torn because she hates her school and has very few senior friends but at the same time she always longed to be popular. She wants to do all the senior things, but most of her close friends are younger and her girlfriend goes to a different school.
@SpreadsheetMom D26 had wanted to take the test for our local prep school (her father is an alum) but we live in a really good school district so we told her no. I don’t know if anything would have been better for her there, but maybe she would have had more of a chance to get involved with theater (they have a very robust drama department and our district does not). She just never found her “group”. She always compares herself with S23, who had a huge crew of friends and was part of the “in-crowd”.
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Same for my daughter. None of the yard signs or banners or even graduation announcements (D26 was like, ‘who would we even send them to?’) She is ready to move on from high school (and has been since freshman year 
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Ugh- prom pictures are the bane of my existence!! D26 always gets so stressed about how she looks and makes us both miserable.
Meanwhile, this is her in her dress. If I looked like that you couldn’t keep me away from cameras!!
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We’re not doing graduation announcements either. D26 doesn’t want yard signs or banners, which I’m a tad bummed about. But the $$ I’d have spent on that will go towards buying her a dorm fridge instead. 
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