Yay DC got a college acceptance

[Anonymous]

I can exhale now
I've had nightmares of a complete shut out...

[Anonymous]

Congratulations, OP! Your chicks are fledging!

My kids are only in middle school, but I already know I'm going to be going nuts dealing with this!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can exhale now
I've had nightmares of a complete shut out...

Congrats. I knew a kid at Gilman a few years ago who was completely shut out and one at BCC who was completely shut out. They weren't untalented kids, but they sure didn't know how to choose safeties. Both kids had parents who were able to pull strings to get them admitted to flagship state universities but it wasn't a done deal until well into the summer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can exhale now
I've had nightmares of a complete shut out...

Congrats. I knew a kid at Gilman a few years ago who was completely shut out and one at BCC who was completely shut out. They weren't untalented kids, but they sure didn't know how to choose safeties. Both kids had parents who were able to pull strings to get them admitted to flagship state universities but it wasn't a done deal until well into the summer.

I went to a private that is usually in the top five of best privates in the country - a kid in my class didn't get in anywhere, I guess he was too ambitious. He ended up doing a post-grad year at Andover then got in somewhere , not sure where.

[Anonymous]

Congrats. Hope I am in your shoes in 6yrs

[Anonymous]

Congrats! My child also has an early acceptance to one of his top choices and a likely letter to another. It takes some of the stress off to know that it doesn't matter so much what happens with the rest of the applications!

Best wishes for even more good news in the next few months!

[Anonymous]

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!! Rolling admissions? Very happy for you. We did EA at a state university and got notice in Dec. It really made our holidays so much easier.

[Anonymous]

Same here, it does take the edge off.

[Anonymous]

I'm happy for you. I'm afraid my high schooler may not be on a college track. Not sure what the track will be.

[Anonymous]

Great!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can exhale now
I've had nightmares of a complete shut out...

Congrats. I knew a kid at Gilman a few years ago who was completely shut out and one at BCC who was completely shut out. They weren't untalented kids, but they sure didn't know how to choose safeties. Both kids had parents who were able to pull strings to get them admitted to flagship state universities but it wasn't a done deal until well into the summer.

I wonder if college counselor dropped the ball, or if the family was just completely unrealistic and refused to listen to the college counselor...

-Gilman mom

[Anonymous]

Congrats, OP! My DD got her first acceptance a couple weeks ago. A real ego boost at a stressful time.

I wasn't familiar with the concept of rolling admissions until this year, and am amazed at how quickly she is hearing from schools.

[Anonymous]

Back when DD applied, she did rolling admission to several and heard in Nov, Dec, Jan. We took her back/or first time to the admitted schools to make sure she liked them in Winter. buuurrr.

[Anonymous]

Congrats OP! Feel free to tell us where she got in! D just got in to Pitt.

[Anonymous]

Same here! DS just got into UW-Madison.