<p>BunsenBurner, we got around four inches of snow today, which officially puts us at the second snowiest winter on record. YAY!!! (Not)</p>
<p>Yikes, jude_36! I have to call my friend who lives just south of NH to exchange our snow stories.</p>
<p>False alarm. My vigil continues. It was a renewal of their congratulations on the early offer of admission. The reason I am “gladmom” is because of this admission. But I would like to join the anxiousmom user name until we get that FA package.</p>
<p>2blue - I like your suggestions for innocently awaking a sleeping boy. If need be, I will use one next time.</p>
<p>So it’s officially over in our household: Rejected at Berkeley last night (no surprise) and in at BU today with a Dean’s Scholarship (accepted at four out of six). He grudgingly agreed to apply for a scholarship related to my H’s work, which required yet another essay. It had to be postmarked today, and it wasn’t his finest literary effort!</p>
<p>Sometimes I am not so great with endings and transitions–I’m a little too sentimental–but this one? Hah! I’m so glad to move on. In an interesting way he has been making his decision as he goes along. But I’ll save that news until he puts the decal on the car.</p>
<p>We’re having tapioca here (oh, and I had a beer earlier, seeing as how it’s almost spring, and beer is something I reserve for warm weather).</p>
<p>Our vigil on acceptances is interrupted by two acceptances today (CMU and JHU). Still 5 more schools to go, but we expect to hear nothing new till 5 PM on Monday.
We will celebrate today - just the fact that DD got in. May 1 may come out ugly - after all these acceptances DD may end up in one of her safeties because of our unexplainably high FAFSA-based EFC. We can realistically contribute only half of our EFC without sending the next child to a community college and we cannot let DD graduate 100K in debt either).</p>
<p>Citymom,
Glad to hear that good news re: acceptances are rolling in now…but it sure does stink about the $$. I am having the same gut-wrenching agony about not limiting options for my younger son. We got UChicago’s FA today…big nada. Not surprised, as they recalculate FA “in light of” the merit $$ they offer. Given that their COA is $3k higher than S’s other choices, it starts melting away the value of that merit $$ pretty fast. But still, something is better than nothing!</p>
<p>Hi all, late to the party, but better late than never, ay? D’s anxiously waiting on . . . NOTHING! Her supreme equilibrium leaves me apoplexic. Who the heck does she think she IS continuing to have an actual LIFE during this vigil?! HER supreme indifference is directly responsible for MY cc addiction (ok - so I’m lying. This place totally ROCKS and I’m GLAD I have another slated for 2015 - so THERE!). I am clearly capable of sufficient angst for two. </p>
<p>Yalie 2012 decisions on 3/31. I was contemplating skipping work, stockpiling the U.S. reserves of Haagen Daz Rum Raisin, and alternating checking CC & the Yale site w/rocking in a comforting fetal position – but then I discovered a link to this thread in another thread, read all TWENTY-TWO PAGES you folks posted in a mere 10 days, and decided Owlice’s new healthy recipe, calorie-free, UMD catered-cooking was for me! (musta been SOME wedding, Owlice!).</p>
<p>Congrats, Commiserations, & general kudos to all for hanging in there. <em>scootches in next to BusyMomof4</em> <<sigh>> Waitin’ on Yale too, huh? <em>passes one of Owlice’s shot glasses</em> . . .</sigh></p>
<p>Congrats and condolences to all!</p>
<p>In the past two days we got the big fat letters for CMU and Rochester (but no FA, the topic near and dear to my heart) along with a very thin letter from Duke. So we are waiting on the FA’s, Emory (Tuesday) and UM (which for some reason I think is going to be a waitlist because he applied late). </p>
<p>Last night I went through the files and purged the ones that were NO’s and the ones that we have ruled out, so that we can start looking a little harder at the maybe’s. Until we have FA results though, no decisions can be made!</p>
<p>Muffins, right out of the oven: blueberry, low-fat peach, lemon poppyseed, raisin bran, cranberry orange, and, for those in need, chocolate chocolate-chip. </p>
<p>Hubby made coffee before he left for his conference, and I’ve got water boiling for tea. Grab a cup! [<em>]) [</em>]) [<em>]) [</em>]) [<em>]) [</em>]) [<em>]) [</em>]) [<em>]) [</em>]) [<em>]) [</em>]) </p>
<p>I’m on day 4 of a killer headache. Ah, spring! Pollen! Kleenex!</p>
<p>Mmmm, blueberry! And a steaming cup of coffee . . . c[_] Thanks, owlice!<br>
::leaves box of Kleenex-with-lotion on table:: Hope you feel better!</p>
<p>gladmom, The rule in our house is that when a FA package arrives separately from the acceptance, anyone contributing thousands of dollars to the cost of attending school X is allowed to open it. Including us parent-type people.</p>
<p>kitkat82–nice to hear someone else is also purging the files…</p>
<p>Our wait is over too… last letter was a rejection from Bowdoin… so total count 6 accepts, one waitlist, one rejection. Not too bad. And two of the accepts she’s already decided to decline. So four choices. I’m off to the great spreadsheet of life…</p>
<p>Congrats Jude! Hope you’re planning to return for the May 1st festivities!</p>
<p>I’m still debating on muffin selection, but I’ve got my coffee right here. Son got his first waitlist last night. We can’t complain at all. He’s done far better than we ever dreamed. Now here’s hoping some FA offers come in the mail today. He may get some more letters as well.</p>
<p>Congratulations, jude! Let us know what the spreadsheet says.</p>
<p>This morning’s post office run brought a waitlist (Swat) and a rejection (Georgetown) to go with his acceptances. Also an FA offer from U of C. Not as good as I hoped, but not terrible either. I thought he had a better chance at Gtown than at some of the accepteds…and certainly better than at Swat! Go figure. Well, since neither of them are on the list of schools he would consider over U of C, no angst here. </p>
<p>Mon/Tues will be another story. He may not really care, since he loves the U of C, but knowing the financial difference it could make <em>I</em> care!</p>
<p>Kitkat, still no FA package from Rochester here, either.</p>
<p>I think I’m going to make myself a nice smoothie, full of strawberries and blueberries, to counteract my now-permanent agita!</p>
<p>owlice: Baking with a headache? A true hero. Please feel better.</p>
<p>Thanks, mythmom! I do feel better; headache subsided quite a bit. Must have been the tissues knitmom left for me!</p>
<p>I’m setting up the lunch buffet now. Though spring is here (see “tissues” above), it’s still quite chilly, so I have corn chowder to ward off the coolth. Also on the buffet is spinach salad with almonds and mandarin oranges, chicken salad on croissants, and for dessert, warm fruit cobblers (apple, cherry, and blueberry). </p>
<p>Of course, there’s always ice cream, too. :)</p>
<p>cobbles? Oh, yum! :)</p>
<p>Thanks for the salad Owlice…I’ll have a better week at WeightWatchers. FiberOne bar anyone???</p>
<p>We’re watching the mailbox today for one school and the computer on Monday for another. Meanwhile, daughter is getting more and more happy about one school she’s accepted to…but still working on her WL school. Hard to know how an acceptance and/or financial packages would change her thinking. </p>
<p>Looks like some of us in the WL club will be hanging-out in the lounge for sometime to come! Maybe I should visit the liquor store at Costco…</p>