College Decisions 2014

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What is wrong with you people? You are posting such specific information that your children are identifiable. Why would you do that? Its their lives, not yours, and its not a game where you show your hand at the end. Its one thing to say the specific school your child will attend (though I have to ask: why?) but its another to list all the schools AND the financial aid. Do your children know you are doing this?

But it is useful to know how the game has worked out for others. For example, without this thread, I would not have known that South Carolina offers in state tuition to some OOS students.

I also like hearing about schools that I might not gave thought to mention to DC as possibilities he should explore.

And it is kind of a game, isn't it?

And I would've never considered SC as a possibility. But reading that it's very pretty, offers generous tuition and is obviously quite well-known and liked in these parts will make me give it a closer look.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is wrong with you people? You are posting such specific information that your children are identifiable. Why would you do that? Its their lives, not yours, and its not a game where you show your hand at the end. Its one thing to say the specific school your child will attend (though I have to ask: why?) but its another to list all the schools AND the financial aid. Do your children know you are doing this?

In all of DC, MD and VA, (public and private) there are hundreds of schools. Very little chance of being identified. Even if they are, who cares.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'll play:

In at:
Northwestern (no aid)
Purdue (25% aid)
Rhodes (100%)
Tulane (100%)
Vanderbilt (no aid)
Furman (100%)
William and Mary (in state, aid, not sure of percent yet, approaching 50%)
Davidson (no aid)

Going to WM.

YESSSSSS! CONGRATS!

Merit aid ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shouldn't this be DC's info to share? You sound way too involved.

Not to mention that the result - a commuter campus of U. Mass. - is seriously anti-climatic given some of the other schools to which your DC was admitted. You do know a lot of people associate that school primarily with the Boston Marathon bomb suspect, right?

You can just call it "Dartmouth" rather than its full name.

UMass Dartmouth and Dartmouth are two different beasts. The latter is an ivy.

Thanks for that enlightenment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is wrong with you people? You are posting such specific information that your children are identifiable. Why would you do that? Its their lives, not yours, and its not a game where you show your hand at the end. Its one thing to say the specific school your child will attend (though I have to ask: why?) but its another to list all the schools AND the financial aid. Do your children know you are doing this?

In all of DC, MD and VA, (public and private) there are hundreds of schools. Very little chance of being identified. Even if they are, who cares.

Exactly! PP's DC is the only one who will pack the car and move into the dorm room under the cloak of darkness, wearing dark clothing and sunglasses, lying down on the seat as the car pulls out of the garage, hoping the neighbors won't know she's off to college and which one she's going to.

PP is the only parent who will tell friends, neighbors, colleagues, and the people at church that DC is "down south visiting relatives" the entire 4 years she's away at college just so no one knows where she goes.

The rest of us will proudly put the stickers on our cars and have already told everyone we know where DC has been accepted and decided to go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is wrong with you people? You are posting such specific information that your children are identifiable. Why would you do that? Its their lives, not yours, and its not a game where you show your hand at the end. Its one thing to say the specific school your child will attend (though I have to ask: why?) but its another to list all the schools AND the financial aid. Do your children know you are doing this?

In all of DC, MD and VA, (public and private) there are hundreds of schools. Very little chance of being identified. Even if they are, who cares.

Not only that, but there are thousands of kids who are going to hundreds of schools in other states.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shouldn't this be DC's info to share? You sound way too involved.

Not to mention that the result - a commuter campus of U. Mass. - is seriously anti-climatic given some of the other schools to which your DC was admitted. You do know a lot of people associate that school primarily with the Boston Marathon bomb suspect, right?

You can just call it "Dartmouth" rather than its full name.

UMass Dartmouth and Dartmouth are two different beasts. The latter is an ivy.

Thanks, I think we know that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'll play:

In at:
Northwestern (no aid)
Purdue (25% aid)
Rhodes (100%)
Tulane (100%)
Vanderbilt (no aid)
Furman (100%)
William and Mary (in state, aid, not sure of percent yet, approaching 50%)
Davidson (no aid)

Going to WM.

YESSSSSS! CONGRATS!

Merit aid ?

Gotta be. There's no way someone would qualify for financial aid covering 100% of cost at Tulane but get no financial aid at all at a 100% need school like Northwestern.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok I will play. DS accepted to every school he applied to. UMD College Park LEP Business (accepted to scholars) instate, VATech Engineering OOS (not sure of major, keeping options open by applying to the limited enrollment programs), University of South Carolina and Towson. Towson was the safety, Carolina was the first choice. Towson offered a full ride, UMd gave us 5000 in merit for each year (20,000) VA tech gave 5000 first year no guarentee subsequent years and Carolina gave him instate tuition and he must maintain a 3.4 Gpa. He will be a gamecock come August. Sorry for the typos-ipad

Congrats to your DS. Can you explain something to me? We toured Va Tech last week and it is our DD's first choice for aerospace engineering. WE now understand that one has to apply to one of the eight colleges at VA Tech and that it is the most difficult to get into engineering, followed by architecture, interior design and another fourth major highly in demand, etc. etc. and that when applying you can apply to only one of the top four most demanded cikkeges and must list an alternative not of the four in the application. We understand it is the most difficult to get into Engineering. DD would probably go ED (yes we understand that is committed) and hope to get in early so to avoid the big December mess of 20 applications to every other school in the universe. If I am reading your post correctly, you are saying that your DS got into VA Tech Engineering OOS but I don't understand the line about "not sure of major". What is the "Limited Enrollment Programs"? We would be applying ED to Engineering for Aerospace Engineering as Virginians. Thank you. And Did you apply ED and get deferred? I understand only 1/8 of the Engineering ED applications are approved and the rest either deferred because VA Tech wants to see more or outright booted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shouldn't this be DC's info to share? You sound way too involved.

Not to mention that the result - a commuter campus of U. Mass. - is seriously anti-climatic given some of the other schools to which your DC was admitted. You do know a lot of people associate that school primarily with the Boston Marathon bomb suspect, right?

You can just call it "Dartmouth" rather than its full name.

UMass Dartmouth and Dartmouth are two different beasts. The latter is an ivy.

Uh oh. Does that mean I don't really have an Ivy degree?

[Anonymous]

^^ 'fraid so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok I will play. DS accepted to every school he applied to. UMD College Park LEP Business (accepted to scholars) instate, VATech Engineering OOS (not sure of major, keeping options open by applying to the limited enrollment programs), University of South Carolina and Towson. Towson was the safety, Carolina was the first choice. Towson offered a full ride, UMd gave us 5000 in merit for each year (20,000) VA tech gave 5000 first year no guarentee subsequent years and Carolina gave him instate tuition and he must maintain a 3.4 Gpa. He will be a gamecock come August. Sorry for the typos-ipad

Congrats to your DS. Can you explain something to me? We toured Va Tech last week and it is our DD's first choice for aerospace engineering. WE now understand that one has to apply to one of the eight colleges at VA Tech and that it is the most difficult to get into engineering, followed by architecture, interior design and another fourth major highly in demand, etc. etc. and that when applying you can apply to only one of the top four most demanded cikkeges and must list an alternative not of the four in the application. We understand it is the most difficult to get into Engineering. DD would probably go ED (yes we understand that is committed) and hope to get in early so to avoid the big December mess of 20 applications to every other school in the universe. If I am reading your post correctly, you are saying that your DS got into VA Tech Engineering OOS but I don't understand the line about "not sure of major". What is the "Limited Enrollment Programs"? We would be applying ED to Engineering for Aerospace Engineering as Virginians. Thank you. And Did you apply ED and get deferred? I understand only 1/8 of the Engineering ED applications are approved and the rest either deferred because VA Tech wants to see more or outright booted.

Limited enrollment is a term used at UMCP- I just shuffled it over to the VA tech portion because it's basically the same thing. You can transfer into the major with decent grades if you are accepted to the school but not the LEP. Did no apply binding-wanted to keep options open.

Here is even more info- sorry to freak out the person saying are posting too much, but aren't we all here to help each other? My son had a decent SAT (mid 1900), a great ACT (low 30's) and a mid 3's for an unweighted Gpa, high 3's weighted. By being realistic with choice of school, attention to detail on the apps (I admit I did the apps- he did the essays of course) and getting everything in early the process wasn't so bar.the people who get screwed shoot for the moon with no common sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok I will play. DS accepted to every school he applied to. UMD College Park LEP Business (accepted to scholars) instate, VATech Engineering OOS (not sure of major, keeping options open by applying to the limited enrollment programs), University of South Carolina and Towson. Towson was the safety, Carolina was the first choice. Towson offered a full ride, UMd gave us 5000 in merit for each year (20,000) VA tech gave 5000 first year no guarentee subsequent years and Carolina gave him instate tuition and he must maintain a 3.4 Gpa. He will be a gamecock come August. Sorry for the typos-ipad

Congrats to your DS. Can you explain something to me? We toured Va Tech last week and it is our DD's first choice for aerospace engineering. WE now understand that one has to apply to one of the eight colleges at VA Tech and that it is the most difficult to get into engineering, followed by architecture, interior design and another fourth major highly in demand, etc. etc. and that when applying you can apply to only one of the top four most demanded cikkeges and must list an alternative not of the four in the application. We understand it is the most difficult to get into Engineering. DD would probably go ED (yes we understand that is committed) and hope to get in early so to avoid the big December mess of 20 applications to every other school in the universe. If I am reading your post correctly, you are saying that your DS got into VA Tech Engineering OOS but I don't understand the line about "not sure of major". What is the "Limited Enrollment Programs"? We would be applying ED to Engineering for Aerospace Engineering as Virginians. Thank you. And Did you apply ED and get deferred? I understand only 1/8 of the Engineering ED applications are approved and the rest either deferred because VA Tech wants to see more or outright booted.

Limited enrollment is a term used at UMCP- I just shuffled it over to the VA tech portion because it's basically the same thing. You can transfer into the major with decent grades if you are accepted to the school but not the LEP. Did no apply binding-wanted to keep options open.

Here is even more info- sorry to freak out the person saying are posting too much, but aren't we all here to help each other? My son had a decent SAT (mid 1900), a great ACT (low 30's) and a mid 3's for an unweighted Gpa, high 3's weighted. By being realistic with choice of school, attention to detail on the apps (I admit I did the apps- he did the essays of course) and getting everything in early the process wasn't so bar.the people who get screwed shoot for the moon with no common sense.

Again sorry for the typos. Autocorrect iPad and 6am tired eyes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'll play:

In at:
Northwestern (no aid)
Purdue (25% aid)
Rhodes (100%)
Tulane (100%)
Vanderbilt (no aid)
Furman (100%)
William and Mary (in state, aid, not sure of percent yet, approaching 50%)
Davidson (no aid)

Going to WM.

YESSSSSS! CONGRATS!

Merit aid ?

Gotta be. There's no way someone would qualify for financial aid covering 100% of cost at Tulane but get no financial aid at all at a 100% need school like Northwestern.

PP, would you mind sharing your DC's stats? This list is very similar to my DC's, and we are wondering if merit aid is a possibility. If not DC might just do ED at WM. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is wrong with you people? You are posting such specific information that your children are identifiable. Why would you do that? Its their lives, not yours, and its not a game where you show your hand at the end. Its one thing to say the specific school your child will attend (though I have to ask: why?) but its another to list all the schools AND the financial aid. Do your children know you are doing this?

In all of DC, MD and VA, (public and private) there are hundreds of schools. Very little chance of being identified. Even if they are, who cares.

Exactly! PP's DC is the only one who will pack the car and move into the dorm room under the cloak of darkness, wearing dark clothing and sunglasses, lying down on the seat as the car pulls out of the garage, hoping the neighbors won't know she's off to college and which one she's going to.

PP is the only parent who will tell friends, neighbors, colleagues, and the people at church that DC is "down south visiting relatives" the entire 4 years she's away at college just so no one knows where she goes.

The rest of us will proudly put the stickers on our cars and have already told everyone we know where DC has been accepted and decided to go.

I'm PP and I put a sticker on my car, at DD's request, as soon as she was accepted ED. I will proudly tell anyone who asks where she is going. What I will not do: (1) post one of those braggy "I'm so proud of DD who was accepted at . . ."posts on facebook. (2) post details of HER college application process on the internet. I will ask again: do your children know you are posting this information? If yes, fine, its theirs to control. If not, or if you wouldn't tell them, that tells you something right there.