D26 told me one of her closest friends hears her ED decision from Fairfield tonight and her other close friend hears from TCU tomorrow. She is on pins and needles for them. They were with her when she got her Auburn decision and cried right along with her when she was admitted. She is praying she gets to do the same for them tonight and tomorrow night. Such an exciting but nerve-wracking time for these kids.
In other news we had D26 cheerleading banquet last night. As captain, she had to make a speech and it was so good. She ended it by thanking both her dad and I in such a sweet and meaningful way. I know she appreciates all we do for her but the way she said it really meant so much. It was a very rough season with everything on her plate and she truly seemed to understand that as parents it was a lot for us too. Hard to explain but was really nice.
The next few days until Monday morning is when everything with my mother (for those of you who remember the saga) is coming to a head and hopefully resolved. So much energy, time, money and effort on my part has gone into making all of this happen and I have been a wreck trying to take each hour as it comes. I seriously think I have aged 10 years in the past tow months. I am at the point where I know I have done everything I can to make this happen and if something happens it is out of my control. I fully admit I donât do well feeling like things are out of my control. Anyway, I would truly appreciate any good juju, prayers, rain dances, voodooâŠanything at all between now and Monday night.
They really do slow roll out the ED1 acceptances- starting mid-Nov and it goes all the way until mid- Dec.
This should be classified as torture
I really wish there was a date or a week timeframe for this!!
I do think that I am going crazy- I spent most of the morning trying to find patterns from previous years for release dates and times that are associated with D26s major. I am one step away from my own A Beautifull Mind movie.
My best guess in tomorrow or Monday with a release time of 2:00 Mountain time.
We got a pretty bad snowstorm here, so I have way too much time on my hands since I donât feel like driving anywhere.
Anyways- what is everyone else up to
ETA: Visual representation of me this morning while scouring every site I know of that talks of college admissions
Got an invite to scholarship info session now (addressed to hubby and myself) and again going down email astrology to figure out if it means anything lol. Part of me wants to go on Reddit and ask âis everyone getting these?â ButâŠReddit, nah.
I feel like the unofficial rolling admit schools like this are the worst. When other people around you are hearing and you are not, itâs a bit torturous and then you really go crazy trying to figure out what the others may/may not have in common with your kid. Different major? Went TO? Slightly better/worse GPA? THATâS why I havenât heard yet. It makes you crazy. Even though end of January is a ways off, I think itâs easier if everyone hears at the same time.
This is UMN for us. Officially end Jan but a bunch of people hear earlier. Annoying to me but overall not too fussed as C26 prefers Pitt to them anyway for various reasons, but if it was a top choice it would be nerve wracking.
My daughter has quite a few RD applications too. She also has EA âbut quite a lot of RD. Iâm sure she is unlikely to have a clear idea of where she is going until late March -as some of her favorites are in that RD batch (they did not have EA).
For those of you waiting for ED decisions I learned something from D26s counselors that I wanted to share.
While everyone focused on how to deal with the disappointment and things that have to happen if your kid does not get in ED, they raised something to be aware of/prepared for if they do.
They said some kids who get in ED, after the initial excitement, can feel some kind of way about it and have some buyers remorse, doubt, and stress about if they made the right choice or what it means. In addition, some then struggle with the long time between knowing where they are going and the many months of high school left.
It did not sound like this is most or even a ton of people, but a significant enough occurrance that they wanted parents to be aware of and to be ready to support their kids through struggles with the âgood newsâ as well. Figured iâd share in case useful for anyone.
Iâm grateful that my daughter was accepted to each of her schools on the earliest end. If she hadnât been, Iâd have gone mad. I think it is really tough on the kids this way as well. My daughter heard from one school and her BFF didnât and BFF was spiraling. I knew the BFF was going to get in, but she applied for a different major that just hadnât announced yet. I tried to tell her this, but she was freaking out. Lo and behold after a tense 24 hours BFF was accepted as well.
Yes 100%! There is definitely another side of the ED coin. Pulling all of those other apps and never knowing about the remaining schools is hard. The wait for RD is long but worth it. I know for us last year, we felt more at ease when she got into a few schools she was excited about while we waited for the rest. And for some families the wait for financial aid or merit is hard bc that can make or break their decision. I remember getting attached to the schools and programs she didnât commit to. You can only choose one!! Itâs hard to explain this stress to other people. Grateful I have somewhere to share this!
I can totally see this happening and itâs great that the counselors at your school brought this up. Some people wonder âwhat could have beenâ even if they are happy with their choices. The finality of it all is scary.
This is totally me with D26âs other favorite. The EA deadline was 12/1 and the website says decisions will be sent BY February 1. Arghh! Too long to wait!! Meanwhile some who applied in October/early November have already heard. But did they hear because they were high stats or because they got their app in early?? I have been digging in every thread I can both here and on the interwebs for clues.
And then, thereâs a dark horse that D26 absolutely loves but doesnât really have her major. They send acceptancesâŠ.in the mail. Whaaaaaahhhh???
Mine is quite anxious. I think she wants to be sedated till next week too.
She is prepared to go back in the recruiting pool, but is really dreading it. Sheâs been at it since spring of sophomore year, and she wants it to end.
I think a lot of kids apply ED because of the bump rather than that it is where they absolutely want to be. Neither of my DS26âs top 2 schools have much of a bump for ED, but otherwise we would have had to play the game and make a determination based on where he was most likely to get in. My DS24 EDed to his actual top choice and never looked back.
