Awaiting ED decisions — how are you feeling?
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Anonymous
| DC is awaiting an ED decision the first week in December. If he doesn’t get in, Christmas break will be rough with all the other applications. We are cautiously optimistic but it’s a very selective SLAC so the waiting is stressful. |
Anonymous
| My DC will hear the second week of December. He’s not likely to get in… he has an ED2 choice but it would be so nice to have it l over with. |
Anonymous
| Hoping DS either gets in or gets rejected. The little hope that comes with a deferral can be misleading. This whole process has been a lot and I just want to know what next year will look like already. |
Anonymous
| I think DS will get into his ED choice, which was a target school that he really wants, but praying that they give us a good financial package. We can afford it, I was just against doing it this way because I want to see where he can get merit aid. |
Anonymous
| Good result or bad, remember that this will be a memorable moment for your child. Here's wishing everybody sees that confetti! |
Anonymous
Allay some of the stress by working on those other apps now. |
Anonymous
| DD went through this last year. ED’d to her top choice, was deferred to RD, then offered waitlist. She ended up attending the first school that accepted her because it was obvious that they really wanted her. Love the school that loves you back. I think it’s awful that so many schools waitlist kids to manage their yield. It’s much better to just reject them and let them move on instead of letting them hold out hope for a slim chance of getting off a long waitlist. Good luck everyone! |
Anonymous
How would you reject a waitlist? Did you write a rejection letter to the school? Dear Columbia: I have carefully reviewed your waitlist email. After much consideration ... |
Anonymous
The hardest part of the application process is over—writing that personal essay. If your kid doesn’t get in, winter break won’t be that bad. They could start working on them now. My kid was deferred two years ago. She was able to tweak the supplementals and tailor them to different schools. Stay busy. Good luck. |
Anonymous
The school will asked you if you want to stay on the waitlist. You can say no. |
Anonymous
| We're only going away for 2-days over Thanksgiving. Rest of time will be spent on other apps. Hoping for the best, but preparing for RD round. |
Anonymous
In the application portal, with the notification that the student was being offered the waitlist , there was a button to select whether the applicant was accepting or rejecting the waitlist. No letter was needed. |
Anonymous
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Waiting until decision. I’m on leave from work 12/12 until the new year and his last midterm is 12/16.
It is what it is —there will be time- controls planned if more apps need to go out. Older sib got a EA deferral and then cranked out 11 apps over winter break 2 years ago…not only did the deferral accept him RD did, so did 9 other schools. I really hope we are done this time around. It was a stressful spring with lots of admitted day events and indecision. |
Anonymous
| *^ no trips planned (not controls) |
Anonymous
| Not going to lie, I will be devastated if DC doesn't get in to their ED. My kid will be happy wherever, but no where stands out to them like his ED school does. |