<p>Been on the road since last Friday crisscrossing New England, I have had 3 hours sleep in the last 28 hours. Today my son chose the last college I would have expected (Sarah Lawrence) and told me to forget the rest,
I played it safe though and didn’t buy a window sticker, that would probaly jinx it.
High School Graduation seems almost anticlimatic now. Can I open the champagne or do I have to wait?</p>
<p>Bill</p>
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<p>Boy, can I relate to this!!! What an interesting turn of events! Your son ended up choosing the college you least expected! <em>lol</em> A BIG CONGRATS to your son and your whole family for having made it through this ordeal! That is SO exciting! Now, go and pop that cork, toast his choice, and then GET SOME SLEEP!!! 
~berurah</p>
<p>Congrats on decision made - but I would change that order of things - GET SOME SLEEP first - so you can enjoy the celebration of when you pop that cork - so you don’t go face first into the punch - and happy dancing is definitely in order - can’t do it if you can’t stand up lol</p>
<p>Bill,</p>
<p>Congrats one the decision. I wonder if your son really wants to attend Sarah Lawrence or if he’s just too tired to continue. Is he getting more sleep than you? </p>
<p>I do wonder how kids deal with the 11th hour crunch and travel involved in making the selection. It’s got to be rough.</p>
<p>nothing like a good night’s sleep… I don’t know if he was feeling the crunch, He was certainly more clear headed than I yesterday since he slept while I did all the driving . He is interested in a obscure area of Philosophy that he ultimately wants to do his graduate work in, He applied to colleges with well known and respected philosophy departments, he got rejected at his four top picks, The philosophy departments he visited at the colleges he received offers from all pretty much told him that they had nothing to offer in his area
At Sarah Lawrence he had a meeting with thier Philosophy Dept chair, when he walked into her office he immediately noticed she had books stacked floor to ceiling in his specific area of interest. Apparently she has worked 30 years in that area of interest. She assured him that a degree from Sarah Lawrence will not be a hinderance when appling to grad school, which was his biggest fear. She also arranged a phone call with a senior who is on his way to grad school at Princeton in the same area of interest. That sealed the deal.</p>
<p>Actually I wish he would look at the last two colleges on the list , just so we could have a couple of more days together, The whole process has been so much fun and rewarding as parent.</p>
<p>It is time for celebration, a final choice made!</p>
<p>But not time for CELEBRATION, when it’s all done and paid for. Unfortunately, even at graduation time, the “paid for” part may linger for some time.</p>
<p>Nonetheless, it’s a good moment, so relish it.</p>
<p>Bill,
glad it all worked out. I was vaguely disappointed that my son didn’t want to do any post acceptance trips - he had them ranked, and that was it. I like the image of the books stacked in the department chair’s office.</p>
<p>Enjoy. Congrats.</p>