<p>DeniseC,
I hear you about wanting to make plans. We are on Spring Break this week. SO are two of S’s top choices. Fat lot of good that does. The other two top choices haven’t made decisions yet and involve air travel. No point in springing for plane tickets without a decision, esp since S wants to return to interrogate profs and advisors once he has a ‘yes’ in hand.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, we are blowing a week that could have been productive. The attendance people are going to be miserable and snarly when we pull him out for visits.</p>
<p>DeniseC: We kind of made a rule that forced her to rank the schools she was already admitted to: Spring Break is 4/7-4/11…we will only pay for re-visits to 3 schools that require plane rides (just to make her decide; not etched in stone!)…It got her to eliminate so she can plan to visit over the break the one far school she was already accepted to…that leaves the two that she hasn’t heard from yet…If she gets in, great…If not, she has already revisited one that’s far, one that’s relatively near…Sneaky on our part, but it worked…</p>
<p>mythmom: don’t even get me started on Prom…multiple dresses anyone? or do you all have boys???</p>
<p>limner and 2blue-- now that I know the dates the decisions are being mailed (today) rather than thinking they have already ALL been mailed and somehow my son’s got lost it has really helped me. Honestly, we have terrible mail service and I am always putting someone else’s mail back out for the post-people to redeliver to their correct addresses. This last week, I’ve been agonizing that someone has my son’s mis-delivered letter and just hasn’t gotten around to letting the mailperson know.</p>
<p>We had one college acceptance go to the neighbor’s house. Was VERY glad it was the in-state flagship and it didn’t say “THIS IS A BIG FAT ENVELOPE!” or something similarly obnoxious, as we have been trying to keep very low key.</p>
<p>How’s this for agony? H called (he’s home today) and said there was a regular sized, but thick, business envelope from a college. This college is known to send ALL their decisions in regular-sized business envelopes. Of course, only S can open college-related envelopes. H asked if the iron works well as a steamer - I said, “Please don’t burn the house down.” We’ll find out tonight, I guess, when S gets home from rehearsals. The worst part is that I’m here at work and the ice cream is at home.</p>
<p>Most of D’s schools I could figure out without opening them, but that would be a tough one for me. Could H meet him right after school for a quick peek?</p>
<p>Oh, man–that’s a tough one, mountains, but the thickness bodes well doesn’t it? I don’t know if waitlist letters are ever thick, but I can’t imagine why a rejection would be.</p>
<p>I say if it’s fat, it’s yes. Rejections are one sheet. But our Bard acceptance RD came in a smallish envelope, but not a legal envelope. Hm.</p>
<p>Good luck mountains!</p>
<p>Since I no longer have a horse in the race I am just here for moral support.</p>
<p>To all making air visits: We wanted to but never sprang for plane visit to Chicago. The fact that we couldn’t get on the plane to visit kind of eliminated it for consideration. We just accepted that we are a lazy family and totally automobile bound.</p>
<p>Both kids are reachable by car within four hours; D two hours. Lazy, lazy and cheap!</p>
<p>I am providing endless cups of Starbucks Chai tea, my favorite. Belly up to the bar.</p>
<p>Hi bethie! What a difference a year makes! right? Another universe.</p>
<p>Hi mythmom! This year feels a whole lot better. Last year, my son didn’t get his Pomona acceptance until April 3. And we had never seen it with students on campus, so we felt he needed to get a better look. I can’t remember (and don’t want to) how much we paid for those last-minute plane tickets to MN, OR and CA. He had about 2 days to make his final decision, but he pulled it off. I do understand what parents are saying about travel plans, but my son really felt he had to have every acceptance on the table before he could decide what to drop.</p>
A few more hours…</p>