Anonymous
02/10/2026 22:13
Subject: So tired of the wait
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We applied early and knew by the end of Nov. I don’t understand why students wait. Do you?
Good for you all! The reality though is that applying early doesn’t automatically translate into being accepted early or having the process concluded sooner. The vast majority of applicants are still awaiting final decisions.
Seriously! Doesn’t this person know that many schools have ED or RD and you have to wait. Not all schools are rolling.
Anonymous
02/10/2026 21:37
Subject: So tired of the wait
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We applied early and knew by the end of Nov. I don’t understand why students wait. Do you?
“We applied early”?
Did you apply to college too?
As in family. Parents are paying the tuition.
Yeah, of course they are. Doesn’t change the fact that it’s the kid’s process and the kid’s life.
But you know — you’ve got OP up there stressing about her kids’ applications seemingly more than they are.
Oh give it a rest. Parents can be just as invested (or not, in your case) whether they like to or not. To each their own.
They can. But it doesn’t make it healthy.
I’m so happy my parents didn’t participate in my application process at all.
I plan to stay out of my kid’s process.
You have no child going through this process, and no clue how much it has changed since the 90’s. Yet you are qualified to judge the OP harshly (and repeatedly) in a public forum? Your antipathy towards other parents is what’s unhealthy.
Don’t you have a hobby?
Anonymous
02/10/2026 21:33
Subject: So tired of the wait
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wait till your kid gets waitlisted at their dream school and puts down a deposit for a not-so-exciting school by May 1. Wondering each day if there's going to be waitlist movement until deep into June/July. That's even more torture.
yeah and then they don't get off the waitlist and they're applying to transfer the following year and they're doing it all again.
Good times.
Like the kid who got off the wait list at Stanford in August and left the also very good university located in the Midwest to move to. Palo Alto?
Anonymous
02/10/2026 21:29
Subject: So tired of the wait
Anonymous wrote:This is absolutely just a vent post since this waiting feels like such a long slog. I have twins and both got into safeties but they still have almost two more months to wait on deferral/RDs. They're doing ok with it but it feels so unsettling to me. And then it will be a rush to visit admitted student days in April, make decisions, etc. I know it's all part of the process -- and again I'm just whining since I can't do it anywhere else -- but I've lost any of the college excitement with all this waiting. Vent over.
It'll be ok, Susie.
Anonymous
02/10/2026 20:56
Subject: So tired of the wait
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We applied early and knew by the end of Nov. I don’t understand why students wait. Do you?
“We applied early”?
Did you apply to college too?
As in family. Parents are paying the tuition.
+1
Parents are part of if. Except for you deadbeat parents who won't be paying for anything and are instead demanding "full rides" or else.
Anonymous
02/10/2026 20:43
Subject: So tired of the wait
Anonymous wrote:We applied early and knew by the end of Nov. I don’t understand why students wait. Do you?
Not OP, but I do. Some people can't afford ED commitment since they need to compare offers and not all schools have an EA option, only ED.
Anonymous
02/10/2026 20:43
Subject: Re:So tired of the wait
My kids have a two year age gap and it felt like as I dropped off one for college the other one stared college visits. I can’t even imagine both at the same time for twins.
The good news is if you were able to visit a lot of the colleges it feels almost anti-climatic by decision time. My kids pretty much had an order of preference and short of a really compelling merit offer or conversely not being quite on budget for a favored school they knew where they wanted to attend once all the decisions were in.
The good news is if you were able to visit a lot of the colleges it feels almost anti-climatic by decision time. My kids pretty much had an order of preference and short of a really compelling merit offer or conversely not being quite on budget for a favored school they knew where they wanted to attend once all the decisions were in.
Anonymous
02/10/2026 20:42
Subject: So tired of the wait
As much as I am waiting for the results, I also want the time to go super slow.
I want the college move day to come as far away as possible .
I want the college move day to come as far away as possible .
Anonymous
02/10/2026 20:39
Subject: So tired of the wait
My DC applied ED to Michigan. Postponed. Two rounds of EA came out. Postponed again. Now waiting for RD, where DC will likely be waitlisted.
Anonymous
02/10/2026 20:13
Subject: So tired of the wait
Anonymous wrote:This is absolutely just a vent post since this waiting feels like such a long slog. I have twins and both got into safeties but they still have almost two more months to wait on deferral/RDs. They're doing ok with it but it feels so unsettling to me. And then it will be a rush to visit admitted student days in April, make decisions, etc. I know it's all part of the process -- and again I'm just whining since I can't do it anywhere else -- but I've lost any of the college excitement with all this waiting. Vent over.
I’m with you op. But I am also dreading the outcome. My kid applied only to Ivies in RD. We know he is not getting in
Anonymous
02/10/2026 19:25
Subject: So tired of the wait
Imagine, this happens every year.
Anonymous
02/10/2026 19:24
Subject: So tired of the wait
Anonymous wrote:Wait till your kid gets waitlisted at their dream school and puts down a deposit for a not-so-exciting school by May 1. Wondering each day if there's going to be waitlist movement until deep into June/July. That's even more torture.
yeah and then they don't get off the waitlist and they're applying to transfer the following year and they're doing it all again.
Good times.
Anonymous
02/10/2026 19:23
Subject: So tired of the wait
Wait till your kid gets waitlisted at their dream school and puts down a deposit for a not-so-exciting school by May 1. Wondering each day if there's going to be waitlist movement until deep into June/July. That's even more torture.
Anonymous
02/10/2026 19:17
Subject: So tired of the wait
Anonymous wrote:We applied early and knew by the end of Nov. I don’t understand why students wait. Do you?
Good for you all! The reality though is that applying early doesn’t automatically translate into being accepted early or having the process concluded sooner. The vast majority of applicants are still awaiting final decisions.
Anonymous
02/10/2026 19:15
Subject: So tired of the wait
It drags on forever, such a slog. Hang in there, OP! Know you and your student aren’t alone in the waiting game.