<p>Or I won’t be able to “play”. I have promised myself that after 500 posts I am “emeritus”(not senior) and I don’t have many threads to play with…I figure one after a decision is made, and one for “precollege planning” which in my case will be a whole lot easier if my son chooses one of the schools nearer relatives!!</p>
<p>4 months ago the focus was on tweaking the list, the current focus in on deciding (!) and in 4 months they will all be getting ready to go…hard to imagine. I think we might have a long wait, however, as my son has declared his intent to ride a waiting list till the bitter end (we’ll see)…</p>
<p>Good luck with 3 more posts! Let me tell you, I would much rather be in the phase of deciding sheets right now! and luggage…financial aid and even merit scholarships and even acceptances are still arriving. I thought it was supposed to be over April 1st. I guess not when you live on an island somewhat off the beaten track where we have had a spate of 3 day holiday weekends for the past three weeks.</p>
<p><em>lol</em> Seriously, though…you MUST continue to post Roby, or I will be lost! I wish your son all the luck in the world for getting off that blasted waiting list! I, too, have marveled at the changing focuses over such a short period of time. I never thought we’d get to where we are now!</p>
<p>overseas~Let us in on the latest news!!! It must be SO hard to have to wait so long for those letters to come! Hey, can I come to your island?? I NEED A VACATION!!! WWWAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!</p>
<p>Re. sheets and luggage: I jumped the gun, ordered X-long twin sheets over the internet only to find out the school has regular size. Now I’m wondering how many towels to send him with…details, details.</p>
<p>At least my son knows where he’s attending!</p>
<p>OH, I can’t wait until we get to the “egg crate phase” of this long college process…I recall it last year as a distant memory…but I say as soon as we can, bring it on! :)</p>
<p>PS, funny that I should recall the long egg crate thread from last year but I just realized that last week when my D was confined to a hospital bed in our living room, and given the nature of her injuries, an egg crate was ordered for that bed…so maybe I have one already for next year!</p>
<p>Patience, everyone. For the waitlists, the FA awards, the decisions, the housing, the sheets and then, ah yes, then the vacations. But wait. Forget the vacations…the payments!</p>
<p>I am with you Soozievt, I am waiting for the joy of picking out comforters and sheets, instead of still checking thd mail each day, now for finaid and doing last minute visits. It is such a relief to have the final list though, I am glad for no wait lists at least</p>
<p>I really do want to know the pros and cons of the eggcrate vs the foam bed thing( i don’'t even know what they are called!) I remember the thread from last year… it is never too early to start checking it out.is there anything new on the bed front this year?</p>
<p>speaking of getting the mail, did anyone else look in the mailbox, see a big acceptance pkg, and leave it in there so your child could pull it out himself?
All of his acceptances came while he was in school (and I put them in his room,) so I put the last one back in the mailbox so he could get the thrill (?) of sticking his hand in there and finding it. Of course, it was a Sat. and I could tell it was good news, so that helped.</p>
<p>Some poor little girl in the Boston area is going to be receiving her Bowdoin thin envelope late because it was stuck to my kid’s waitlist evelope. I feel awful - she will have to wait another couple of days. UChicago finaid came in the same post, so joy trumped sadness. Anyway, I sent in the room and class deposit to UChicago this morning - UChicago was a hair ahead of Bowdoin, so no waitlists for us!</p>
<p>eggcrate or foam - with us it’s a tufted featherbed. Mine couldn’t stand it and we started buying sheets etc. a couple months ago. But we already knew she would be leaving home even in-state, so…</p>
<p>robyrm, et.al-
I am a fairly new poster and have been devouring and trying to digest so many posts from so many seasoned CCers. My D is a junior this year and we are just starting the college selection process while most of the posters I read are wrapping things up. I have learned SOOOOOO much in the last week since first posting that I can’t fall asleep at night wondering if there is someone placing a post that I should be reading!</p>
<p>My D is a very sweet, well rounded and fairly accomplished young lady. I used to think she was much more accomplished till reading some of the fabulous vitae on CC!!! D is very interested in government and politics and has wanted to go to Georgetown since 4th grade. I hope that next year at this time I will, like you all - be worrying about sheets and mattress pads too. I am overwhelmed presently over the unbelievable cost of school. I am a struggling single parent with limited income- likely a tiny bit much to qualify her for PELL $$. Ex- husband will not be contributing (it will be a miracle if we get his info for the FAFSA) and my daughter is depressed that she must be tied to his income for the next 4 years. His income is less than mine. This $$ realization has come to me after reading posts by many others in the Financial Aid section who are in a like situation.</p>
<p>So- CC has offered so much info and support thus far but has also created a landslide of concerns…will Georgetown take her ? if they do, will they offer a sweet FA package? if no $$ is offered, will I survive telling her that we just can’t afford it?? All this to be decided in a year or so. We will try to stay focused on the process and I am betting that many alternative schools and options will present themselves. </p>
<p>Meanwhile-as I reflect on how much my D means to me and how much I owe her for helping raise her younger brothers while I work at the hospital and how cheerful she is about this…and how hard she works in school and community…she is one incredible kid…I know how all of you must be feeling as you prepare to send your offspring into the world in a few short months…love them up while they are still with you!!! And I hope all of you will stick around to offer momnipotent advice and throw me a pearl or two to help me along the way!</p>
<p>momnipotent - First, you are of course at the top of the running for best screen name on cc.</p>
<p>So glad you found this forum when you did. I didn’t find it until process almost done, but I do love it. It will be so helpful in your situation. You are just at the right time to start helping your D find a selection of schools she can be very excited about, including but not limited to Georgetown, of course.</p>
<p>Then she can include some financial safeties that could work if G’town doesn’t come through in the way you need.</p>
<p>Why don’t you start a thread right now to start getting help building her college list? The info in your above post is almost all you need, with a little more about her stats and what type of environment/geog. location she would want. (If you need help on starting a thread, let me know and I’ll help).</p>
<p>jmmom- thanks so much! I have to go mow the lawn for now and will put together a post later. Thank God for sending spring weather to OHIO finally!!</p>
<p>X-long sheets redux: We, too, thought we’d be done with this for awhile. But frosh D, just like older bro, will be tossing her sheets and towels at the end of the year. Both told me that we don’t want to see the shape they were in. Suspect that has something to do with not seeing the inside of a washing machine more than once a term.</p>
<p>Jeez: I don’t think I should contribute to this thread. S#2 will be inheriting the X-long sheets from S#1 who washed them every week (one of the lessons of summer camp :)). They look good enough to last another 4 years. Maybe I’ll consider whether to loft or not to loft, and egg crates mattresses vs. featherbed. Since S will be moving only a few blocks from home, I’ll skip the luggage discussion as well. :)</p>
<p>Marite, we can move you to the thread that is sure to pop up about winter boot and jacket attire for schools in the Northeast. Your son does a lot of walking now to his college classes so you will have that one down pat. </p>
<p>And now that we are on round two with the second child, we can be the pros helping the newbies with the send off threads, right? </p>
<p>Then I (you too, sorry!) will have to join a thread of empty nesters, yikes!</p>
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