How are families planning on opening decisions notifications?
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Anonymous
Mine yelled upstairs that he got into an Ivy—one I didn’t know he applied to  .
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Anonymous
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DD has had 4 acceptances so far and each has come in a different way, but she is waiting for her #1 choice to come 12/20. She didn't ED and it should be a target school but one never knows.
She'll probably need a lot of encouragement to open the decision announcement. I did buy a hoodie as a surprise and if it's a no, it's going to be returned immediately! Good luck to all the applicants out there! |
Anonymous
| We have a photographer to come videotape all of our reactions. Coordination is a little tough but this is worthwhile. |
Anonymous
| When she gets emails she opens them. She’s not into the filming her reactions. I’m ok with that. How it should be. It’s her moment not mine. |
Anonymous
| We’re just wait c, no plan. If I happen to find out before her on any of them I’ll keep it to myself. |
Anonymous
Kind of joking, but I like this idea...This whole process is such a bunch of arbitrary bull$hit. I'm angry that the system has become so stressful for kids. Can't wait till it is over. |
Anonymous
What song(s) are you using for the mash up? I suggest using Taylor swift’s “the lucky one” when she opens big envelopes, the Beatles “let it be” for the small envelopes, and then cut to you with “poker face.” TikTok will love it! |
Anonymous
| My kid had three T-25 decisions come in the same day (RD). They opened them after dinner, brushed off the rejection and waitlist and then we started planning April visits to a couple places that accepted them. Open them, react and then move on. |
Anonymous
| We will be on Tik Tok |
Anonymous
| My first opened them by herself. My second opened his ED with me there and it was surprisingly thrilling, we both spontaneously started yelling when we saw the confetti, before we even read the letter. My third will likely open by himself. So ready for this process to wrap up for our family. |
Anonymous
Of course it is. It's all for Insta in OP's mind, your kid's emotions be damned. I agree with the PP. Set up a tripod and force your kid to open each result in front of the entire family. Better yet, invite in a few neighbors so it will look like a crowd. Be SURE your lighting is correct. You only get one real shot at this, but of course the whole thing can be replicated with a "take 2" if you aren't happy with the first video. If it's a rejection, instruct everyone to mope and look dejected. Kid and mom (only) are allowed to cry. |
Anonymous
I'd think this was sarcasm or a joke except I think people do this. Talk about too much time and money on your hands. I've definitely seen ones where the kid is made to WEAR the sweatshirt while opening the decision. Which is next level twisted. |
Anonymous
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Ask your kid what they want to do.
Colleges will notify the kids when decisions will be released so you can plan ahead. DC1: decision was released during a weekday when DC was at school and had to stay late for an extracurricular. DC waited until they got home, wanted both parents with them, logged on in the kitchen with us watching. DC2: decision released on a weekend so we were all home. DC did not want us there, opened it up alone in their bedroom, then didn't even tell us right away. It was actually good news but I thought it wasn't when they didn't tell us right away. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| oh and we did not video it, and i did not buy the merch ahead of time. |