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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My recommendation is to share nothing with anyone, supportive or not. Allow your kid to go through it without the added pressure of others knowing their plans. [/quote]

Agree. But OP I feel your pain. My parents would constantly ask why we weren't applying to more Ivies and say obnoxious things like "oh, XX went to that school, she was a terrible student." With one parent (they're divorced) I claimed from the start that we had basically decided that DC would go to our state school, which has a generous admissions rate, and didn't admit until after acceptances were all out that we had in fact applied elsewhere. [/quote]

This is a great idea if your kid is on board (and my guess would be a yes.) Tell grandma you are all head over heels and the die is cast.  Then do what you want and alert them after the facts if/when something has changed.  I also like the idea of actually getting head over heels about said state school so DC has a safety they are happy about.  Win-win![/quote]

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