<p>^^ here is the reason. I have said many things about many of the schools DD got in. Some of them may be taken as negative. I don’t think I will disclose it here on the open forum. I am concerned that DD could be identified.</p>
<p>Oh, I just figured it was because you’re a drama queen, Dad II.</p>
<p>Morning, all! I hope mountains has better weather than we do – rain rain rain rain rain! A couple of small tornadoes touched down yesterday, and flood watches were out for many areas. I need new shoes, as these are not waterproof; my socks are soaking wet!</p>
<p>Coffee’s been refreshed, and madeleines are on the counter. Enjoy!</p>
<p>Oh, on the Carmina Burana site, thanks for that! I will look at it tonight, assuming the internet connection holds and we don’t lose power.</p>
<p>:D</p>
<p>Just spewed coffee across my monitor, Owlice!</p>
<p>:: hands DeniseC paper towels ::</p>
<p>Sorry about that! ;)</p>
<p>mythmom, as kitkat says, anything after 18 can’t be enforced. S will start college when he’s 17, though (unless he goes early), so I imagine his first semester’s tuition would have to be split according to the divorce agreement, just as CTY tuition and other expenses are. Hadn’t considered that before.</p>
<p>I think I need to update my financial spreadsheet… :D</p>
<p>copter: In terms of hanging the flags, given that it has never been done around here, I would imagine that it could be construed as bragging and, in our competitive HS environment, slightly pompous…If it was a custom, however, I could see that it would be sooo much fun to see all those flags on graduation day…I just don’t think it would “fly” (so punny) around these parts…</p>
<p>rodney, perhaps flags might make a good graduation present for local high school seniors. Could start a trend!</p>
<p>Our school system sends out printed pages to all residents with the name of graduating seniors and the attending school. So the flag is not for the bragging purpose, everyone knows.</p>
<p>My daughter said her school posted what colleges everyone got accepted to, and they posted that she had been accepted to ‘Kenyan University’ instead of ‘Kenyon College’. Oops.</p>
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<p>Me thinks that such concern is a couple of months … too late.</p>
<p>I know, feeling bad about it.</p>
<p>jude: My D and her best friend decided to attend Barnard and Bard College, respectively and everyone and their grandmother kept getting the schools and the girls mixed up. Even in print. Then at graduation (only 80+ kids) when each school is read out (gross in my opinion and embarrassing to some) the principal read mythdaughter: Bernard College. Huh? No one had every heard of it, of course, even here in NY.</p>
<p>“Our school system sends out printed pages to all residents with the name of graduating seniors and the attending school. So the flag is not for the bragging purpose, everyone knows.”</p>
<p>Ugh, how horrible.</p>
<p>Jude, don’t forget to let us know what you and your D thought about Dickinson.</p>
<p>Haha, mythmom! In our case, everyone thinks we’re saying Cornell when we say Grinnell. Since we know DS is going to one of the best schools in the world, we just laugh it off.</p>
<p>Our school doesn’t post acceptances, and I’m glad they don’t. There are enough kids who are disappointed in their acceptances or who don’t even go on to college. </p>
<p>My son is in an airplane, headed for his next school visit. It will be fun to hear how it goes. He told me he doesn’t know yet what he thinks of the first school he visited because he doesn’t have a basis for comparison. Here’s hoping this week reveals a clear favorite.</p>
<p>Dad II, if it’s any consolation, I don’t have a clue who your D is.</p>
<p>our house is on the school district line so we receive such listing from both local HS. The school would say the final transcript is sent to such school for such student. other than some WL situations, they are pretty acturate.</p>
<p>Both HS are very good that less than 1%, I think, of the seniors do not attend a 4 year college.</p>
<p>I checked the school’s web site. It is 96% attending college</p>
<p>bethievt, I think it is funny how region affects what schools you are exposed to. Of course being in the Northeast, everyone has heard of Cornell, but not necessarily Grinnell. No reflection on how good the school is, just that we’re more familiar with schools that are closer, naturally. </p>
<p>At least until we become CC addicts, then we know ALL the schools…</p>
<p>^That’s an incredible figure. I should ask our guidance office what ours is. I just looked online and couldn’t find it. I’ll bet it is pretty low. We live in a rural area, and there are quite a few kids who move on to full-time work. There are usually a few who go to Stanford and a pretty decent-sized cohort that attends LACs but most going onto college go to the state university.</p>