Any news on Stanford?
So your choices are Emory, Georgetown, Notre Dame and Georgia Tech?
That’s pretty awesome: three T25 privates (they are peers in my book) and one of the better public schools. Nice!
From someone who wanted to give up on college admission process at the start of the thread I’d say you have done quite well. You have some amazing admits to chose from. Let us know where you end up.
Congrats on your great options!!! Keep us posted as you make your decision!
Rejected by Stanford, unfortunately! It’s totally fine. I didn’t expect much. @MuffinLord1
@prezbucky Yep! I also got into UCLA (waitlisted by Berkeley EECS). So the choices are UCLA, Notre Dame, Emory, Georgia Tech, and Georgetown.
Given I’m very inclined toward CS and Aerospace Engineering (I’d like to work for NASA/SpaceX), GA Tech definitely looks like it’ll be my home next fall, with its top-notch programs in both subject areas. It’s actually almost like a fairy-tale! The majority of my childhood was spent in Georgia, and I’ll likely be returning right where I started, with some of my elementary/middle school friends. Of course, this is all cost-permitting. GT still hasn’t sent any financial aid notification, so I’m a bit in the dark!
I guess all that remains is waiting for Tech’s finaid package and writing some convincing, update-filled LOCIs for Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, and Duke. Interestingly enough, our Sal was accepted to Harvard, Yale, and Duke, even though he’s/she’s 99.9% going to Stanford (REA), so hopefully something opens up on the waitlist. But I’m just going to try and stop speculating any longer and fall in the greatest love with Tech. I’m so grateful that this process is finally over!
Thank you all so much, once again, for your endless love and concern. It is extremely appreciated.
Don’t expect any financial aid from Georgia Tech.
It’s a public university so its financial aid goes to the state’s residents.
All in all you did very well!! Congratulations, what good choices to have!
Great choices Pocrocodro! Now, here’s a question: are you going to tell your father about the essays? Because I do think you should. Maybe not right now, but sometime.
Not now. Wait until the tuition bills are all paid. 
Not now. Later on, once you’re a senior in college about to graduate with an awesome job lined up. 
(Unless you have a younger sibling. But in that case, maybe just tell the sibling when the time is right.)
@Lindagaf Thanks! Actually, I don’t have any plans on telling my father anything. That may sound very spiteful, but he’s currently spewing hate for my lack of admission into any Ivies. He’s saying he expected it and blaming it on my sophomore year, during which I categorically denied his help in preparing for AP exams despite his invective (he wanted me not to use any review books i.e. Barron’s because he saw them as inefficient ways to prepare and wanted me to prepare using some cheat sheets from the Internet). I got 5s on AP Stats, AP Spanish, and APUSH but 4s on AP Biology and AP Macro that year. He thinks those 4s are why I didn’t get admitted anywhere with a sub-10% acceptance rate. And he has repeatedly done this, saying that I shouldn’t be trusted to prepare for standardized exams on my own because of those 4s. What this shows to me, essentially, is that he is a very spiteful, narcissistic person himself – that he won’t let anything go from the past. Should I mention this essay ordeal to him, it’ll be, rather, become, the reason for any failures I may experience moving forward.
I’m so sorry for you @pocrocodro. Wish I could give you a hug and let you know what an amazing job you have done. I wonder if your father is trying to accomplish things through you that he didn’t do himself. In any event, as you know “expecting” an Ivy acceptance is ridiculous. You have done exceptionally well in terms of your admissions and are to be congratulated. On top of that, you have displayed extraordinary maturity and problem-solving abilities in dealing with the application situation your father created. Those traits bode well for your future and I expect that you will do great at whatever lucky school you end up at (and I agree that GaTech sounds like a fantastic fit for you).
The sad thing for your father (that he somehow fails to grasp) is that I suspect all of his hounding you, usurping your applications, and creating realistic expectations for you will lead to a situation where once you are financially independent that you will minimize your interactions with him. That will be his loss.
Hire a college consultant just to review your essays. Give him yours and your dads, and ask for feedback. What colleges wanted 25 years ago (a recitation of your resume) is not what they want now, so your dad may be hurting your chances of getting in to college.
@PNW The OP has completed the college admission process. I agree with the OP, that this issue is best not mentioned to the dad. The OP is already into a number of great colleges, it will just infuriate the dad who the OP is dependent on to help pay college costs.
@pocrocodro, I agree with the others…you have shown such grace under pressure already at such a young age, I have no doubt you will become quite a person of stature during in your life. Ironically, I think that if the Ivies knew this about you, (of course, they were informed of the essays, but not the whole story) they would want you, hands down! It’s their loss, and I really think any of the schools that accepted you can give you an exceptional experience. I’m so glad you are staying positive, and not letting your father’s toxicity get to you so much. If things get hard with your dad, don’t hesitate to come to CC for a little morale support…I think you have a loyal cheering section here
Just wanted to add my congrats and support and to be one more person saying that you are DEFINITELY a good writer, no matter what your dad says.
Hi everyone, and sorry for the delay in response to all your warm messages!
@happy1 Thank you so, so much. It’s so wonderful to get support from you all. I hope that if I thrive in undergrad, my dad will realize the effect he had on me. I want to be able to have a good relationship with him, but I don’t think he realizes hat he actually doesn’t “know everything”, a frequent claim of his.
@inthegarden Haha, I actually thought about that! It’s pretty funny, actually. So much goes on in one’s life, yet the application and perhaps a short interview, although reasonably holistic, are all AdComs have to decide the direction in which one’s future will go. I will definitely be on here throughout undergrad. Should I end up at GA Tech, I’ll surely need some support to balance the geeky workload!
@dustypig Thanks!!
Just a little update on things for others:
I’m currently spending a lot of time on AP and IB prep, but also writing some pretty update-filled LOCIs for those pesky waitlists (n=6 :o)! My debate team, which I’ve personally coached since sophomore year, made it to its first elimination round in school history. I’m super proud of them and how far our debate squad has progressed. In addition, I was also chosen as our school’s recipient for a $10k scholarship, as the top sci/tech guy in the senior class! That’ll alleviate some of my parents’ financial stress! Finally, I was also selected as the school recipient for the Congressional Medal of Merit. Apparently it’s given to the most academic and leadership-oriented student in the senior class and will be awarded by my local Congressman.
So, yes, lots of awesome stuff happening in school right now. Ironically, I find school, with the current lack of homework and increased “fun” time, to be a lot more enjoyable than home! Weekends are decidedly boring and filled with regimented studying. What a twist of events, lol.
Hey everyone!
I’ve just finished up some LOCIs just now and plan on sending them in tomorrow before waitlists open up May 1st.
Would anyone be able to read the LOCI and perhaps give some feedback?
Thanks!!
Sure, I’m writing mine for couple Ivies right now.
So, just a quick update… Again, somehow, someway, my dad has managed to hijack my dreams.
Among my top choices were Notre Dame, UCLA, and Georgia Tech. As I stated earlier in this thread, I really wanted to go to GT to do AeroE or Computer Science. As I told my dad that I would be enrolling today, he stopped me.
Apparently, his dream is that I work as a Business major at Notre Dame. The problem is, I’ve never liked business at all, not one bit.
But he just told me that he’s not going to pay for college unless I go to Notre Dame for Business (I could add CS as a double major, if necessary, according to him) or my local state university for whatever major I want.
His fear is that I’ll end up a sad, nerdy programmer/engineer who never interacts with people. He fears that GT, which is no doubt a tough school, will ruin my GPA and preclude my attendance at grad school. At Notre Dame, he thinks I’m guaranteed a 4.0… lol.
I’ve tried to disabuse him of many of the sentiments (namely, that CS grads don’t program in a corner all day, that I don’t like business, that a 4.0 will be tough with Engineering and Business) he feels and so has my mom. But, again, it’s not going through. His logic is that he has infinite more experience and that makes him right.
I have nothing against ND. Its business program is really good. And I researched the CS program over my weeks of deciding and found that although it’s not highly ranked, people get good jobs in good places. However, I just feel I would fit in more into the geek culture at GT and that its high rank for AeroE and CS make it an attractive destination for me.
So, the two choices for me to decide tonight are local state university (which is higher ranked for both AeroE and CS) or Business/CS (double majors are tough at ND between Engineering and Business) at Notre Dame.
Once again, and hopefully for the last time, I ask for help.