How are college admissions going this year fro class of 2016?

[Anonymous]

My DD applied to 6 OOS publics and one private LAC and had all her results by February. She's made her choice and will attend orientation before FCPS's (extremely late) graduation.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, what is EA, ED and RD. I am not familiar with these abbreviations ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, what is EA, ED and RD. I am not familiar with these abbreviations ?

Early Action, Early Decision and Regular Decision.

[Anonymous]

I'm the one advocating to the Virginian to apply EA. AMA

[Anonymous]

DC applied early decision, was notified that she'd been accepted in December, and we're done. SO much better than with older DC, for whom we had to wait until regular decisions.

[Anonymous]

We had four accepts to all four EA schools and a deferral on the SCEA one. I strongly recommend going EA, ED or SCEA. DC is so much more relaxed than his colleagues (one of whom just received 3 deferrals this past week from tech schools).

[Anonymous]

To the pp 15:06: Insteads of recent "deferrals" I assume you meant waitlist? It's a little late in the process for a deferral.

[Anonymous]

DS had a little rough patch starting his freshman year. He has adjusted now and LOVES his choice. He said he was just having trouble finding friends, and once that happened, everything else fell into place.
Engineering student by the way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, what is EA, ED and RD. I am not familiar with these abbreviations ?

Early Action, Early Decision and Regular Decision.

Okay thanks that helps . And I understand what early decision and Regular decision means, but what is Early action ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We had four accepts to all four EA schools and a deferral on the SCEA one. I strongly recommend going EA, ED or SCEA. DC is so much more relaxed than his colleagues (one of whom just received 3 deferrals this past week from tech schools).

don't you mean classmates or friends?

[Anonymous]

Early action means that the school tells the applicant whether s/he is admitted/deferred/or rejected sometime in the winter. Applicant is not bound to accept the offer -- can decide when other results are in in the Spring.

SCEA (used by HYPS) is single choice early action, which means that if you apply to one of the SCEA schools, you may not apply EA to any other domestic private university. You may apply to state school(s) or schools outside the US.

[Anonymous]

Or ones with rolling admission

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Early action means that the school tells the applicant whether s/he is admitted/deferred/or rejected sometime in the winter. Applicant is not bound to accept the offer -- can decide when other results are in in the Spring.

SCEA (used by HYPS) is single choice early action, which means that if you apply to one of the SCEA schools, you may not apply EA to any other domestic private university. You may apply to state school(s) or schools outside the US.

Thank You, this helps. I am just learning about these things to get myself familiar with as I have a sophomore now. But the whole process seems very demanding and stressful just reading through the post.

[Anonymous]

I think that the key to minimizing stress is to find a few schools that aren't that difficult for your kid to get into, that you can afford, and that your kid loves. When even the worst-case scenario looks appealing, it's easier to keep th craziness at bay (somewhat)!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Early action means that the school tells the applicant whether s/he is admitted/deferred/or rejected sometime in the winter. Applicant is not bound to accept the offer -- can decide when other results are in in the Spring.

SCEA (used by HYPS) is single choice early action, which means that if you apply to one of the SCEA schools, you may not apply EA to any other domestic private university. You may apply to state school(s) or schools outside the US.

Thank You, this helps. I am just learning about these things to get myself familiar with as I have a sophomore now. But the whole process seems very demanding and stressful just reading through the post.

You should learn how to do your own research. You will find that you won't be able to just use other people's experiences because every child and everyone's situation is different. My older child is in college, but I will need a different approach with the younger one, because they are so different. And that is within one family.