Give me a chance to congratulate you and your kid

[Anonymous]

DC, a junior, got a 1520 on the SAT and a 34 on the ACT. No more tests!

[Anonymous]

Awesome scores!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC, a junior, got a 1520 on the SAT and a 34 on the ACT. No more tests!

That's great. How wonderful to be done with the tests. All that energy can now be spent on the actual application, and maybe school work. It will be fun thinking of where to apply with so many choices! Make sure at least one or two are great places that will give you money.

Fantastic!

[Anonymous]

Sophomore with a 1440 on his PSAT.

But more importantly than the anonymous brag, congrats to everyone who put 18 or more years of hard work in and now gets to see their kids dreams come true. Impressive results, and you should be so proud of your kids. And yourselves. Because every successful kid has a parent who has loved and supported them.

And equally huge congrats to kids who are going to less “name brand schools”. Every kid needs something different, and happy successful kids come out NOVA and CNU and JMU and Radford (where our amazing former babysitter was just accepted. She’ll go far in life).

Anyway, putting happy thoughts for you all into the universe— and hoping it helps my DCs when they go through this in 2 & 4 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Report your happy news here. Just happy news. Gush here so you can contain it in the parts of your life where you don't want to brag. That's all.

My daughter: CWRU with a hefty scholarship!

sorry, what is CWRU?

probably Case Western then? Good school for sure.

Yup! Case Western.

[Anonymous]

DD has a 3.97 GPA at Rice, and is loving it. Her older sister just started working at McKinsey in NYC, and thoroughly enjoying it! We’re happy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD has a 3.97 GPA at Rice, and is loving it. Her older sister just started working at McKinsey in NYC, and thoroughly enjoying it! We’re happy!

That's quite a GPA! As for the older one. Being in your 20s in NYC is a wonderful experience - especially with a bit of money in your pocket.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sophomore with a 1440 on his PSAT.

But more importantly than the anonymous brag, congrats to everyone who put 18 or more years of hard work in and now gets to see their kids dreams come true. Impressive results, and you should be so proud of your kids. And yourselves. Because every successful kid has a parent who has loved and supported them.

And equally huge congrats to kids who are going to less “name brand schools”. Every kid needs something different, and happy successful kids come out NOVA and CNU and JMU and Radford (where our amazing former babysitter was just accepted. She’ll go far in life).

Anyway, putting happy thoughts for you all into the universe— and hoping it helps my DCs when they go through this in 2 & 4 years.

Well done to your sophomore. And thanks for all the kind words.

[Anonymous]

Really nice to see a positive thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Really nice to see a positive thread.

Thanks! It was actually good for my state of mind to randomly compliment a bunch of strangers. And, I'm not the only one weighing in with compliments - kind words are contagious.

[Anonymous]

Congrats everybody! My DS was accepted to his two EA schools with very healthy merit awards. Lots of pressure off us all now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Congrats everybody! My DS was accepted to his two EA schools with very healthy merit awards. Lots of pressure off us all now.

Congrats. Makes the holidays that more enjoyable and relaxing. Hope to be in the same position next year.

[Anonymous]

My dyslexic kid has gotten in to 4 schools so far including his reach!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My dyslexic kid has gotten in to 4 schools so far including his reach!

Woo hoo!

May all your problems in life be like this one... how to choose? How to choose?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 9th grader got 1330 on PSATs. His grades have been mediocre since 7th grade. Dipping down to D's frequently, then struggling to end with mostly Bs. He is a very curious and clever child, just not a great student. Hopefully, good testing will balance out the ok grades.

You might want to keep an eye out for ADHD. Executive function issues show up in that way for smart kids, with significantly better tests scores than grades.

Yes, been looking at adhd and anxiety for years. But since he is overall happy and I am guessing fairly high iq, never sought a diagnosis. I am a medical professional, and tend to avoid too much intervention. He is really a strange bird. Tj would have been perfect for his interests, but not the workload.