Anyone's kid still undecided?

[Anonymous]

I can't get my son to finalize his decision.

He landed on a school, seemed excited, started wearing the tee shirt and all of that. But he said he wasn't ready to commit yet. Then, over the last week, he's started talking about another school. I'm wondering if this is all normal or if he's genuinely wavering. He only has a couple of days left and will have to make a decision!

[Anonymous]

Mine too. We will ask her to decide by Friday so we're not in a last minute panic and knowing us, we'll loose internet on May 1/2 or some other disaster will strike.

[Anonymous]

Yup. I've posted before, but he really would like to go to Indiana's School of Music. He got wait-listed there. So, he went ahead and accepted admission to the University.

Meanwhile, however, if he doesn't go to the IU School of Music he'd rather go to either Purdue or Michigan State for computer science. But he hasn't chosen which.

I share the PP's worry about an Internet outage or some other random disaster.

[Anonymous]

If they can't decide than so be it, they applied to each school obviously for a reason and if not able to make a decision based on their list you'll save some money for another year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If they can't decide than so be it, they applied to each school obviously for a reason and if not able to make a decision based on their list you'll save some money for another year.

Too add if they waited to the last minute and you lose internet than tough $hit, they'll learn a valuable life lesson.

[Anonymous]

Kind of curious what happens if someone misses the deadline? I assume it is not a big deal if you miss it by a day or two. It is not like they will immediately give your spot to the waitlist.

[Anonymous]

Another undecided kid in our house. Open to suggestions on how to help them make a decision without being too pushy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kind of curious what happens if someone misses the deadline? I assume it is not a big deal if you miss it by a day or two. It is not like they will immediately give your spot to the waitlist.

Deadlines are deadlines. I would not risk it.

[Anonymous]

Yup.
School A: low acceptance rate, very urban, so no real campus. Accepted for spring admit.
School B: her safety school, got lots of merit aid and into their premier program but she is not impressed by the caliber of kids who go there or it’s party school rep.

[Anonymous]

Yes,we are here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yup.
School A: low acceptance rate, very urban, so no real campus. Accepted for spring admit.
School B: her safety school, got lots of merit aid and into their premier program but she is not impressed by the caliber of kids who go there or it’s party school rep.

For mine:

School A: low acceptance rate, party vibe/greek life
Schools B: very low acceptance rate, higher ranked, no greek life, but kid not sure about fit

Tough call, not sure what the decision will be. Family rule: must decide by Friday. Not taking any chance on weekend internet issues.

Good luck to all in this last minute boat!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kind of curious what happens if someone misses the deadline? I assume it is not a big deal if you miss it by a day or two. It is not like they will immediately give your spot to the waitlist.

Good luck with that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yup. I've posted before, but he really would like to go to Indiana's School of Music. He got wait-listed there. So, he went ahead and accepted admission to the University.

Meanwhile, however, if he doesn't go to the IU School of Music he'd rather go to either Purdue or Michigan State for computer science. But he hasn't chosen which.

I share the PP's worry about an Internet outage or some other random disaster.

Haha, I'm the Northwestern/Brown theatre/music poster, and she's still undecided too! NU has the great theatre but limited music access, and Brown has the open curriculum and is currently 6k/year cheaper (might be more after final FA review). Decisions, decisions. I wish there was some lightening bolt for her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kind of curious what happens if someone misses the deadline? I assume it is not a big deal if you miss it by a day or two. It is not like they will immediately give your spot to the waitlist.

They do. Places start opening up the waitlist before May 1 and start churning through.

[Anonymous]

Yes, we are here as well. She has two options we think are great. However, she is still hung up on two other schools that we ruled out because she didn’t get any merit. I think she will come around soon.