<p>Overseas, all the best. I was SO glad when the last of our 3 was done with the wisdom teeth goop! (really hate those bloody gauzes). Mine were all ready for theirs to come out by sophomore year of HS and we are now done. Two of my 3 were so funny and goofy after the anesthesia, especially S. Hard to restrain a big kid who keeps wanting to get off the recovery bed immediately and has to be pushed back down over and over again by the irate recovery room nurse. I still chuckle when I think about it.</p>
<p>My younger one still has his at 21, and we have high hopes it will stay that way; his dad never got his removed and has had no problems.</p>
<p>We had both kid’s wisdom teeth out as sophomores, when the teeth were still buds. I think it was a good decision, and it meant that the removal and recovery were easy - no impacted teeth, nerve damage, huge sockets, or permanent teeth movement. :)</p>
<p>wait… is this the wisdom teeth thread?? I thought it was the “how are you dealing with the looming application deadline during the holidays” thread… how confusing. I basically switch between, nag mode, verbal abuse mode, upbeat let’s go getem mode, and finally, I honestly don’t really care if you go to community college next year mode. That is a viable option. You can always transfer when you figure out where you want to go to college since you obviously don’t know now…</p>
<p>Sorry NJres. Us old-timers tend to wander a bit… you know, the old brain gets a little confused ;)</p>
<p>Son is having all four out on Tuesday. He opted for Novocaine and nitrous. </p>
<p>I opted for the intravenous-complete-knock-out in the waiting room. I’m a nervous wreck about it!!!</p>
<p>My S had them out a few years ago. Total IV knock-out. I was a nervous wreck too, but it was very quick. He took a few days to recover and maybe a week before he felt totally back to normal. Hope you have the day off to be with him. My S was half-conscious for the first few hours of being home and really wanted me around.</p>
<p>One more app went out this WE. S figured out a good way to approach the “Why xyz college?” question, so that will help on most of the other supplements. Each completion feels like something to celebrate.</p>
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<p>This was my answer (D got deferred):
- Youve done absolutely the best you could and this is all that matters its paralyzing and self-destructive to get frustrated about things that you cannot control
- Youve applied to one of the most competitive programs in one of the most competitive colleges this is like playing a lottery no matter how qualified you are
- The only devastating life events concern health, safety and relationships; nothing else really matter in the long run
- if you cant handle competitive environment youd better reconsider your college choices before its too late
- consider yourself fortunate for having a potential to achieve your outstanding credentials how would it make you feel if you could not even qualify for admission to your dream school?
- life is not always fair - better get used to it</p>
<p>Having said this, weve had every reason to expect her to get accepted. This year ED/EA admission results were very disappointing not just for us, but also for Ds classmates and many our and her friends would never have predicted this based on the last year admission stats 
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<p>Thankfully, D has recovered gracefully and completed all her remaining applications over this weekend. It helps that she had gotten a rolling acceptance into UMichigan-Ann Arbor and should be very happy there even if there are no other choices.</p>
<p>bethievt, if you don’t mind me asking, what is this method that your son found out? those questions can seem so easy yet so hard.</p>