Early Decision / Early Action Admissions Decisions (College Class of 2019)

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Anonymous wrote:Are these students or parents posting. If it's the former, congrats! If it's parents, really?

Haven't you noticed the trend? It is like "we are pregnant"... "we applied to harvard"

As an older parent of several older children, one already out of the house, I can honestly say that those many, many long (and often stressful) years of child rearing - reveling with them in their joys, comforting them in their disappointments, caring for them in sickness, playing and sharing leisure and vacations them in health - felt like one protracted act of birthing. When my oldest earned their admissions to colleges, it was a moment to celebrate and share that news with others, sort of like a birth announcement. So no, I think that parents, in raising their children those many years, have earned the right to shout their joy from the rooftops, and proclaim it with ringing endorsements from the church rafters, if that is what they want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are these students or parents posting. If it's the former, congrats! If it's parents, really?

Haven't you noticed the trend? It is like "we are pregnant"... "we applied to harvard"

As an older parent of several older children, one already out of the house, I can honestly say that those many, many long (and often stressful) years of child rearing - reveling with them in their joys, comforting them in their disappointments, caring for them in sickness, playing and sharing leisure and vacations them in health - felt like one protracted act of birthing. When my oldest earned their admissions to colleges, it was a moment to celebrate and share that news with others, sort of like a birth announcement. So no, I think that parents, in raising their children those many years, have earned the right to shout their joy from the rooftops, and proclaim it with ringing endorsements from the church rafters, if that is what they want.

Precisely! And on that note: DS got into University of Florida. I am not sure he will end up going there, it was his safety school but I am still very much proud of him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are these students or parents posting. If it's the former, congrats! If it's parents, really?

Haven't you noticed the trend? It is like "we are pregnant"... "we applied to harvard"

As an older parent of several older children, one already out of the house, I can honestly say that those many, many long (and often stressful) years of child rearing - reveling with them in their joys, comforting them in their disappointments, caring for them in sickness, playing and sharing leisure and vacations them in health - felt like one protracted act of birthing. When my oldest earned their admissions to colleges, it was a moment to celebrate and share that news with others, sort of like a birth announcement. So no, I think that parents, in raising their children those many years, have earned the right to shout their joy from the rooftops, and proclaim it with ringing endorsements from the church rafters, if that is what they want.

Precisely! And on that note: DS got into University of Florida. I am not sure he will end up going there, it was his safety school but I am still very much proud of him.

Yay! We will toast to all our Seniors and the ever-more-senior parents who raised them on Christmas Eve - which after all, celebrates the mother-of-all Births and Child - tonight!

[Anonymous]

DD got her first acceptance today! Yipee! A school to go to! Yea!

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DS got his first acceptance too. Penn State.

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Anonymous wrote:DS got his first acceptance too. Penn State.

Congratulations.

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Are we really waiting until the end of January for UMD? My DS first choice! Already heard from Purdue and Michigan... The suspense is killing me!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a website for parents. Really!

WTH is your point?

My point is someone said, "congrats!" a response that could only be suitable for a student. the parent didn't get in anywhere.

People congratulated my parents at my wedding, and on the birth of their first grandson -- they certainly didn't do anything to make that last one happen.

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I agree with the above PP. Our congrats fade as the kids move on... This journey in our case was a family process and we are all expressing relief and sharing the joy(DCUM isn't big on that). Let's all have our moment with our kids And celebrate our seniors!!

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PP, I absolutely agree!

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Anonymous wrote:Harvard. Not completely unexpected (DH has degrees from undergraduate and the Harvard Law School), but still a relief. We're very proud of DS.

I, too, am HLS. No dog in the fight this year but coming up in a few years. Do you mind if I ask if your DH gave a lot of money to either undergrad or grad at Harvard and do you think it made a difference? What I can give is nowhere near the six and seven digit figure I'm hearing that actually may make a difference for DC (who has all the other necessary credentials in their own right).

I have a friend who Harvard tried to 'extort' money from, i.e. 'we will let your kid in, if you donate X'. Pretty shitty behavior if you ask me. He passed.

21:53 Harvard grad back. How much money did they try to extort? Parents at Horace Mann tell me Harvard doesn't blink unless it's in 7 figures, which we don't have.

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[quote=Anonymous]Duke here.

My college roommate's son got accepted to Harvard, EA. No legacy, no hook that I know of, and he's white. He goes to a extremely small school in rural Wisconsin (like the type of town where there are more cows than people), where getting into an Ivy is almost unheard of- getting into UW-Madison is a huge deal. I was really happy for him.


Some admissions officers get very excited when they hit a white "first generation" to go to college person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Harvard. Not completely unexpected (DH has degrees from undergraduate and the Harvard Law School), but still a relief. We're very proud of DS.

I, too, am HLS. No dog in the fight this year but coming up in a few years. Do you mind if I ask if your DH gave a lot of money to either undergrad or grad at Harvard and do you think it made a difference? What I can give is nowhere near the six and seven digit figure I'm hearing that actually may make a difference for DC (who has all the other necessary credentials in their own right).

You should read the book "The Price of Admissions..." that will answer your question.....

Several PPs have mentioned "The Price of Admissions". Amazon.com has at least five books by that name. Which author is best?

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Anonymous wrote:[quote=Anonymous]Duke here.

My college roommate's son got accepted to Harvard, EA. No legacy, no hook that I know of, and he's white. He goes to a extremely small school in rural Wisconsin (like the type of town where there are more cows than people), where getting into an Ivy is almost unheard of- getting into UW-Madison is a huge deal. I was really happy for him.

Some admissions officers get very excited when they hit a white "first generation" to go to college person.

I guess you missed where pp said it was her COLLEGE ROOMMATE'S son? Aka not first generation.

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GA Tech Engineerig for my DS. So proud of all his hard work. Nice to have the pressure off!