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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did not see this coming.

I soon expect my DS to be accepted into 2 T15 schools, and prior to starting applications, these were his goals.

Partly from interest at this point in his life, partly to evaluate campus vibes, this also ended up being the college football season he paid attention to and watched many games.  On a whim, he applied to Mizzou, UGA and Auburn.  He's been accepted into Auburn and Mizzou.

Mizzou is love bombing him.  Phone calls from the admissions office to check in, automail, handwritten letters from local alumni, invitations for local lunch and meetups, etc.  Every day there's a letter or package in the mailbox from Mizzou.

While he awaits his target schools decisions we see it's affected his perspective.  What went from "Mizzou looks like a fun place" is being replaced with "I would be the top student in their EE program" and "you could save tuition for my grad school".

We have no qualms about where he attends, but worry the college loving you back trope is negatively affecting his perception.  We armed ourselves mentally for rejections, but not for safety schools going hard on marketing.

Anyone else navigating this?  We don't have problems if he decided to attend Mizzou, but don't want love fog to be the reason.[/quote]

Yes it is really tough holding off on love bombing from HYPSM. But we are hanging on.
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