Anyone's kid still undecided?

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My kid has always been a good student. Part of that is because he loves getting the right answer. He really struggles with decisions where there is no wrong answer. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the students mentioned in this thread are similar.

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Anonymous wrote:Still undecided at 8:00 Saturday night. None of the schools is the perfect choice. It will have to just be a good enough choice.

These threads are driving me nuts. It’s not that deep, at this point the kid needs to make a gut decision. In life, once you’ve weighed the pros and cons, you make the gut decision. Shouldn’t be this hard.

When you only got into safeties that you didn’t expect to have to choose from, and they’re fairly similar with none standing out over the other, or with each having one significant flaw that you need to decide you can live with, then yes it can be hard.

Visit both and pick one! Not hard. They can allwsys transfer.

Kid did visit them all. Still hard.

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Anonymous wrote:Still undecided at 8:00 Saturday night. None of the schools is the perfect choice. It will have to just be a good enough choice.

These threads are driving me nuts. It’s not that deep, at this point the kid needs to make a gut decision. In life, once you’ve weighed the pros and cons, you make the gut decision. Shouldn’t be this hard.

When you only got into safeties that you didn’t expect to have to choose from, and they’re fairly similar with none standing out over the other, or with each having one significant flaw that you need to decide you can live with, then yes it can be hard.

Visit both and pick one! Not hard. They can allwsys transfer.

Some people are a little less cavalier about major life decisions than you.

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Anonymous wrote:Still undecided at 8:00 Saturday night. None of the schools is the perfect choice. It will have to just be a good enough choice.

These threads are driving me nuts. It’s not that deep, at this point the kid needs to make a gut decision. In life, once you’ve weighed the pros and cons, you make the gut decision. Shouldn’t be this hard.

When you only got into safeties that you didn’t expect to have to choose from, and they’re fairly similar with none standing out over the other, or with each having one significant flaw that you need to decide you can live with, then yes it can be hard.

Visit both and pick one! Not hard. They can allwsys transfer.

My kid already decided but this PP shows a shocking lack of empathy.

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Anonymous wrote:Still undecided at 8:00 Saturday night. None of the schools is the perfect choice. It will have to just be a good enough choice.

These threads are driving me nuts. It’s not that deep, at this point the kid needs to make a gut decision. In life, once you’ve weighed the pros and cons, you make the gut decision. Shouldn’t be this hard.

When you only got into safeties that you didn’t expect to have to choose from, and they’re fairly similar with none standing out over the other, or with each having one significant flaw that you need to decide you can live with, then yes it can be hard.

Visit both and pick one! Not hard. They can allwsys transfer.

Some people are a little less cavalier about major life decisions than you.

ok so what’s going to change today from yesterday? Or two hours ago?

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Anonymous wrote:My kid has always been a good student. Part of that is because he loves getting the right answer. He really struggles with decisions where there is no wrong answer. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the students mentioned in this thread are similar.

Absolutely. There’s a spectrum though and these kids are going to have to get used to making a decision when there is no “right decision”. It’s a life skill that apparently they need to learn. It can’t all be facts and figures, sometimes you have to consider the heart not just the brain.

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Anonymous wrote:Mine decided yesterday. I was like, just have a decision logged at some point Friday. It's Brown for the win!!!!

I am so happy for you! And I am an NU alum, too, with one dc who graduated in 2020.

My honest opinion: NU is a great school, but it's not worth $83k. If my dc had lived in a dorm senior year, it would have cost $71k (it was less because dc lived in an apartment). That was just three years ago! There's a point where you just say it's ridiculous and steer your kids to other schools.

Thank you!! To be fair, NU offered good financial aid, but Brown was about 8k less in the end, which does make a difference. And, I'm excited about students being able to propose things and get grant money for that purpose.

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Anonymous wrote:16 hours and 23 mins to go and still no decision!

Oh, my!!! Get that decision in, Kid! What are they deciding between?

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Anonymous wrote:My kid decided but still doesn’t seem excited.

+1 the mood is ... not great.

I am the quoted PP. I am afraid my kid is still hoping to get off one of his WL schools even though he knows it is basically impossible.

Agree with other PP, there is hope, but accept something now and get excited for it. Waitlist movement will come later. Good luck!

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Anonymous wrote:16 hours and 23 mins to go and still no decision!

Forced my kid to decide last night at 7p. It is like a huge weight is lifted.

Same on both counts.

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Anonymous wrote:I think we finally heard the decision about 10 pm last night. In the past 2 weeks, DC has cycled between three different schools, but finally came back around to the one that had been the favorite for months before that (as mom and dad expected).

That's reassuring. Somewhat the same here. Got accepted to a cool program she didn't expect and also to Dream school. Dream school won out in the end.

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Anonymous wrote:Still undecided at 8:00 Saturday night. None of the schools is the perfect choice. It will have to just be a good enough choice.

These threads are driving me nuts. It’s not that deep, at this point the kid needs to make a gut decision. In life, once you’ve weighed the pros and cons, you make the gut decision. Shouldn’t be this hard.

When you only got into safeties that you didn’t expect to have to choose from, and they’re fairly similar with none standing out over the other, or with each having one significant flaw that you need to decide you can live with, then yes it can be hard.

Visit both and pick one! Not hard. They can allwsys transfer.

Some people are a little less cavalier about major life decisions than you.

ok so what’s going to change today from yesterday? Or two hours ago?

Please stop.

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Anonymous wrote:Still undecided at 8:00 Saturday night. None of the schools is the perfect choice. It will have to just be a good enough choice.

These threads are driving me nuts. It’s not that deep, at this point the kid needs to make a gut decision. In life, once you’ve weighed the pros and cons, you make the gut decision. Shouldn’t be this hard.

When you only got into safeties that you didn’t expect to have to choose from, and they’re fairly similar with none standing out over the other, or with each having one significant flaw that you need to decide you can live with, then yes it can be hard.

I'm sorry. Hoping one will edge the other out, and kid will start to get excited. Safeties can offer fantastic faculty and opportunities to shine.

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Anonymous wrote:Still undecided at 8:00 Saturday night. None of the schools is the perfect choice. It will have to just be a good enough choice.

These threads are driving me nuts. It’s not that deep, at this point the kid needs to make a gut decision. In life, once you’ve weighed the pros and cons, you make the gut decision. Shouldn’t be this hard.

When you only got into safeties that you didn’t expect to have to choose from, and they’re fairly similar with none standing out over the other, or with each having one significant flaw that you need to decide you can live with, then yes it can be hard.

Same. DC finally decided, but it still feels like a kick in the gut. Now people are asking, and DC doesn't want to tell anyone.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid has always been a good student. Part of that is because he loves getting the right answer. He really struggles with decisions where there is no wrong answer. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the students mentioned in this thread are similar.

Mine was definitely worried about making the "wrong " choice. She had amazing choices but got so negative about it that I wanted to shake her. I think my continued affirmation that there were several "right" choices helped. So, maybe not exactly the same as yours but a similar mentality. Glad it's finally done!