Congrats to all the recent acceptances!! Such an amazing time in their lives!
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I laughed at this because I recently bought myself some hoodies â I wear two sizes larger than my D26, but she stole one of them and said, âOh, this is perfect because itâs cutely oversized.â
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Awesome! Congrats!!
D26 vacillates between wanting tight and midriff baring to huge and comfy; I never know what sheâs going to want!
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So fun to read about the acceptances, congrats!!
S26 still has not checked on his LSU decision, itâs been three weeks or so that the email has been sitting in the inbox 
. He put down a housing deposit at one school, because thatâs the only way he has a shot at a particular LLC that might come with a scholarship. And he is still working on his cohort program and scholarship applications for his top school (but itâs slow goingâŠâŠ).
We wonât have a decision until later in the spring, because we will be waiting on financial aid and scholarship decisions. Although Iâm getting the impression that he is leaning towards the first school that accepted him. Itâs a non flagship public thatâs popular in our area. And I have to give it to them, their communication is good, well spaced out and personalized. He applied to the business school and they make him feel like they want him to come. Itâs more what I remember some of the private LACs D22 applied to did communication wise. I donât like the school for a different reason, but I am impressed by their admissions office!
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So funny you say this because Iâve been thinking similarly - the quality of the marketing really doesnât need to correlate with the quality of the school. Itâs so hard to separate them!
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Totally agree with this. Some schools marketing is such a turnoff even if they are a great school. I havenât experienced the inverse, that would be hard if D26 got sucked in by it.
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It blows my mind how bad some of the more well-regarded schools are when it comes to their marketing. I think I mentioned here that a very popular, very prestigious state school starts all emails off to D26 as âDear ,â. And another large, well-known private school addressed all of S23âs promotional letters as âDear No,â. LOL.
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Maybe itâs like that old âweâre #2 so we try harder!â ad?!
In this context i have to say that ASU has been pretty impressive in regular but not overloading emails, to both parent and kid about various things (ranging from housing options to watching the football game!) They really do seem to be trying hard. And I almost feel bad that C26 is all but certain not to go there (even though intellectually I know it is basically a well programmed CRM system and not some poor soul slaving away that is doing all this).
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On a totally different topic, does anyone know how competitive the LLCs at Pitt might be? D19 had no interest in LLCs so I donât know much about them, but thereâs one at Pitt that (if C26 ends up there) looks of particular interest. And how does it work - do you apply with the housing app or do you apply before and get admitted to the LLC so you know to put it on the housing app?
Such a great news!! Congratulations 
Yay!! Congratulations
Yes, I think this is some of what is going on there. Itâs not a small school but they clearly read his LLC and scholarship applications and referred to the content in some of those emails. Our state flagship doesnât need to try, they get plenty of apps and their emails are absolute cringe. Every email is titled âwe are #1â. The only thing they are # 1 in is Baseball this year and in highest salary for a football coach 
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Iâve been following all the hullabaloo with the football coach! 
yep, at LSU youâve got to have priorities, the roof of the library has been leaking for years but you can pay the football coach 90 million (and the governor is meddling in the schoolâs affairs big time, oy) 
Although, you live in SEC country, so you will understand
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It was a happy dance night in our house tonight 
But now it is time to try to focus on those pesky exams. First Day of exams are stacked AP Physics AP Calculus & Anatomy &Physiology. The next two day will be a breeze. Winter Break canât come soon enough
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Congratulations!! Notre Dame?
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Yes Notre Dameđ She was super excited! It moved to the top of her list after spending some time there this summer.
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Huge congratulations to your kiddo!! 
Itâs soooo hard for these kids to focus on exams in the midst of all this! Mine has Calc BC tomorrow and AP Bio on Thurs, and then sheâs done, thank goodness. My D22 flies home tomorrow, and weâre going to go see Santa on Thurs afternoon.
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So fun that you guys do Santa visits still 
Congrats!
My S26 has his tough finals day tomorrow tooâŠAP Calc BC, AP Physics C, and AP Lit. The following day he only has Team Sports. Go figure.
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