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<p>Had to chime in after reding this. DS is in 9th grade of a pre-IB program. His LA clas was actually using a form from AP English Language class for one of the books they were discussing. The Castle by Kafka.</p>
<p>Wishing best of luck tomorrow and/or Thursday. There are a lot of terrific kids and parents of terrific kids on this board and I hope they get at least some of what they want.</p>
<p>^^^Ditto that. Although in this thread it seems everyone has already got some great wins in hand! no problem adding a few more though.</p>
<p>the valedictorian at our school has gotten in to one excellent LAC-- and been waitlisted or denied everywhere else. This is a brilliant kid who has worked tirelessly and taken every challenge offered. It’s a brutal situation, so much different than my time years ago, and I really feel for these wonderful kids. I’m so glad so many on here have found great spots–it is really tough out there!</p>
<p>S2 had to read the Fagles translation of the Odyssey and dissect it with heavy notes and citations as his summer assignment for pre-IB 9th grade English. Also had to read one of Antigone, Frankenstein, The Tempest over that summer, too. Can’t say we didn’t know what he was getting into!</p>
<p>In at Tufts! .</p>
<p>Congrats mathmom! </p>
<p>Unfortunately the news was not so good at our house. So that’s now three of the four schools our son was really gung-ho about that have rejected or waitlisted him, and a rejection from the fourth (Cornell) is 99% of a foregone conclusion. Sigh.</p>
<p>At least it’s nice to have the acceptance from Rochester–even if he doesn’t decide to go there–to affirm that all the hard work he did to bring up his GPA over the past year wasn’t wasted (for admissions purposes, I mean–of course work is never wasted if it’s worth doing).</p>
<p>Congrats, mathmom! We saw Tufts earlier this week and S really liked it.</p>
<p>Reporting in on son’s results:</p>
<p>Accepted
USC SC Honors College (will probably attend)
Oxford College at Emory
Clemson
University of Georgia
Wofford</p>
<p>Waitlisted
Emory
George Washington</p>
<p>Denied
Chicago
UNC-Chapel Hill
William and Mary</p>
<p>Still waiting to hear back from Michigan but who knows when that will be. They seem rather vague about it.</p>
<p>Stats were : 31 ACT, GPA 3.2UW, 3.8 WA, 6 AP classes, NMSF. Attends a very rigorous college prep HS. Somewhat weak on ECs except varsity football and a few National Latin awards.</p>
<p>It’s been a heck of a ride but we are very pleased with the choices he has - the honors college is top-notch and nationally recognized and pretty hard to get in to. We really believe it will be a good fit. And the icing on the cake - with his scholarship money, it will cost 1/2 of what we pay now for private HS! So we will have plenty of $$ for grad school.</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone - I think it’s important for kids to apply where they want even if they don’t have much of a shot of getting in. It’s been a good experience for my son and I won’t have done anything differently.</p>
<p>Agree with Fauxnom (as I usually do!) above. The kids taking the most rigorous HS courseload have a real advantage in college. That said, I should point out that my older s finds his honors college classes just as or more demanding than his ultra-rigorous HS classes in terms of the analysis and reasoning expected. However, the piling on of written assignments to turn in, plus the frequent quizzes and so on are gone. The time spent in classrooms is much shorter than HS, allowing more time for reading. Overall, it feels like he’s freed up to do the work which makes the schedule much easier. </p>
<p>One small but real caution: if your s or d is a procrastinator or might be distracted by all the freedom and fun associated with living away at school, they might not find college is “easier” at all. I think it’s a good idea to talk about this with our students before they go off to college thinking it will be easier than HS… I’ve seen a few terrible results and would hate to see those mis-steps repeated.</p>
<p>Madbean,
S1 expressed relief almost immediately when he got to college that HW had finally become RELEVANT. S1 also has been a great example of how Chicago can kick one’s tail if one doesn’t stay on top of things…an object lesson for S2. </p>
<p>S2 got into Tufts. Big sigh of relief, as it was one of his top two. He’s 3-2-2, with one (URoch) still pending. However, he got a letter almost three weeks ago asking him to apply for URoch’s Portable Research Grant, so we kind of thought that meant he’d likely be admitted. However, URoch’s CC rep said today that 70% were waitlisted or rejected this year – and last year they had an accept rate in the low 40s. So, we’ll keep an eye on the mailbox to see what arrives.</p>
<p>S is glad he didn’t apply Ivy or to more than eight schools. He had two waitlists and one rejection from LACs, which I guess held his grades against him more than we might have thought. Quite possibly those LACs aren’t as familiar with the school he attends, or just have so few spots that they can’t take chances on kids with an imperfect record. Chicago and Tufts know his program very well and could place the GPA in context.</p>
<p>Congrats to Counting Down’s S2 and to all of those kids who put themselves through the IB ringer and found success in this application season!</p>
<p>I belong in this thread… and I come bearing happy news. Now I do have a 2360 SAT and a 35 ACT, but my GPA isn’t above a 3.55, and I’m not in the first decile at my public school…</p>
<p>But I was accepted by Carleton! Little ol’ (errrr, maybe not) me, not even in the top decile, accepted at one of the ten best LACs in the country!</p>
<p>With strong test scores and good subjective parts of your app (I think my essays, for example, were great, as writing’s one of my strengths), anything is possible.</p>
<p>Have hope!</p>
<p>Good job, Gummint! Carleton sounds like a wonderful place. The students there seem to be really happy. Here’s hoping you are, too.</p>
<p>Big congrats to mathmom and CountingDown on Tufts! Tufts is tough to get in. S1 was turned down at both Tufts and JHU yesterday. It was the worst day for him in this admissions season so far. It is a humbling experience. He took it very well thanks to earlier acceptances. Hope for better news later today and wish everyone the same.</p>
<p>nightchef, sorry to hear about Tufts, but your son already has Rochester, which is a great school to be proud of.</p>
<p>MomLive, thanks for keeping us updated on your son’s progress. Both USC SC Honors and Oxford are great options, and I hope you hear good news from Michigan soon. Is your son going to stay on the Emory waitlist?</p>
<p>TG, thanks for sharing your admissions results on this thread.</p>
<p>PCP, I’m sorry to hear that. I think my son had two advantages that I didn’t fully factor in. One is that there really is less grade inflation than I expected so his rank was higher than I had predicted from his grades. Second is that rank does matter - in a huge school with students at all levels he ends up looking relatively good. I think he was also managed to write some great essays (the Tufts application seemed tailored to make him look good!) and I’m pretty sure he got some very nice recommendations. My older son, a much stronger student, but a math-science guy had a much harder time with essays.</p>
<p>Momlive -</p>
<p>With U of Michigan’s so-called rolling admissions you will hear on April 15. It sounds like there are some fine choices so you all won’t have to sweat that one out.</p>
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<p>For the life of me, I don’t get why a kid who got in Chicago last fall and has already gotten into Caltech isn’t just celebrating his wins, taking his trophies, and closing up shop. He’s already <em>won the game,</em> PCP. He doesn’t “need” Tufts or JHU acceptances. Be glad that those spots may be going to kids who don’t have TWO TOP 10 SCHOOLS already on hand.</p>
<p>Thanks, mathmom. I’ve been thinking about what we could’ve done differently with S1’s apps to JHU and Tufts, and I’ve come up with a few ideas, but I’ve also accepted that it is just plain difficult for unhooked kids to get into these schools, especially with a 3.6-. We knew this going in, and we are grateful for the acceptances so far.</p>
<p>S1 did not work the RD apps with the same intensity he did with the EA apps after getting good EA results. It was hard to get motivated because by then he had essentially accomplished what he had set out to do, notwithstanding his super-reach first choice. He knew that school was a long shot anyway. Even if he had exerted himself to exhaustion, the results may still be the same. These schools may have judged he’s a better fit elsewhere, and they may be right.</p>
<p>PG, we are celebrating everyday! It has really come down to having and comparing finaid options.</p>
<p>Ok then. I don’t mean to sound like I’m raining on your parade, at all!</p>
<p>Speaking of rain - what was WITH Boston? We had the dubious honor of touring all our Boston and MA schools under pouring skies with umbrellas and ponchos … not fun!</p>