Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 23:03     Subject: How are families planning on opening decisions notifications?
Anonymous wrote:I have an effigy of every AO in the country, ready to be engulfed in flames


Oh my
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 23:01     Subject: How are families planning on opening decisions notifications?
Anonymous wrote:We will have the tripod set up to record us all watching dc open the emails. I have a sweatshirt and streamers for each school they applied to and will bring them out if it is an acceptance and play their fight song.

If it is a rejection then we will all go outside and smash the 4 ceramic place settings I also bought that have the colors of each college they applied to. Of course we will not film that.

We did this for our oldest and it was great.


Why oh why?
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 23:00     Subject: How are families planning on opening decisions notifications?
Anonymous wrote:DS has been getting email notifications during the school day and texts us the news. It’s not like when we were applying and the answer arrived in the mailbox.


Good ole days suspense, huh?
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 22:59     Subject: How are families planning on opening decisions notifications?
Anonymous wrote:We will have the tripod set up to record us all watching dc open the emails. I have a sweatshirt and streamers for each school they applied to and will bring them out if it is an acceptance and play their fight song.

If it is a rejection then we will all go outside and smash the 4 ceramic place settings I also bought that have the colors of each college they applied to. Of course we will not film that.

We did this for our oldest and it was great.


weird
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 22:56     Subject: How are families planning on opening decisions notifications?
Anonymous wrote:I have an effigy of every AO in the country, ready to be engulfed in flames


Now this is a trend I could get behind.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 22:54     Subject: How are families planning on opening decisions notifications?
Anonymous wrote:We will have the tripod set up to record us all watching dc open the emails. I have a sweatshirt and streamers for each school they applied to and will bring them out if it is an acceptance and play their fight song.

If it is a rejection then we will all go outside and smash the 4 ceramic place settings I also bought that have the colors of each college they applied to. Of course we will not film that.

We did this for our oldest and it was great.


Thanks for this! : )

Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 22:53     Subject: How are families planning on opening decisions notifications?
Anonymous wrote:Op here
I had no idea, some people make all these plans and I thought it was something people do normally.


No.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 22:42     Subject: How are families planning on opening decisions notifications?
Naked.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 22:39     Subject: How are families planning on opening decisions notifications?
OP, you need to read this thread for ideas:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/94308.page
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 22:38     Subject: How are families planning on opening decisions notifications?
DD’s ED decision is expected Friday at 3. She plans to come home from school and take a nap and then open it. She’s her own person.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 22:35     Subject: How are families planning on opening decisions notifications?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My kid was so stressed he actually vomited before opening his ED decision. Fortunately we weren’t witnessing any of this, and he got it in.

It made me realize how much stress these kids are under, and the best thing we can do is just downplay the whole thing. It’s a horrible process for high achieving kids.


Just for "high achieving kids"? Spare us all. It's a horrible, stressful process for ALL applicants.


My other kid wasn’t nearly as driven to go to a specific school. She was a fine student but wasn’t applying to selective schools. There was no stress at all. Neither approach to college is better. Most colleges in America are decidedly nonselective.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 22:31     Subject: How are families planning on opening decisions notifications?
I’m opening it first so I can plan the “acceptance reveal” and film it. I’m thinking a cake that is the school colors inside once he cuts it, if he’s admitted.

lol.

Or, he could just open the text message and let us know.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 22:27     Subject: How are families planning on opening decisions notifications?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Op here
I had no idea, some people make all these plans and I thought it was something people do normally.


Just because you see it on social media doesn't make something the norm.


True that is where I saw all the plans.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 22:24     Subject: How are families planning on opening decisions notifications?
I have an effigy of every AO in the country, ready to be engulfed in flames
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 22:23     Subject: How are families planning on opening decisions notifications?
Anonymous wrote:My kid was so stressed he actually vomited before opening his ED decision. Fortunately we weren’t witnessing any of this, and he got it in.

It made me realize how much stress these kids are under, and the best thing we can do is just downplay the whole thing. It’s a horrible process for high achieving kids.


Just for "high achieving kids"? Spare us all. It's a horrible, stressful process for ALL applicants.