Wow! So many negative responses.

Our DC got into their top choice, not an elite, and we went out for a fancy dinner and then served champagne at home as well as ordering some gear from the school.

Why wouldn't you celebrate your own child's accomplishments? I say party it up, take a trip if your budget allows, whatever works for your family.

Your child worked hard for this and of course you should all be proud and want to celebrate the good news. Just don't be obnoxious about it outside the family.

Bah humbug to the naysayers. Yes, have a great celebration OP. We did when kid got into Princeton as dh and I were poor state school kids. We celebrated the American Dream.

Anonymous wrote:So lucky that the news will come in time to make the year's holiday newsletter!

I know, right? #thankful #soblessed

Anonymous wrote:if an Ivy, a new Jeep would be a proper gift.

No need to wait til college. My kids' high school student parking lot is littered with these.

Anonymous wrote:This thread is filled with holier-than-thou, all-mighty elitists who are overtly sensitive and are the splitting image of the rich, out-of-touch people who get mocked by everyone else.

Don't take them too seriously! I got your reference and I loved the idea!

I didn't get the reference, but it sounds like something we wold do.

Anonymous wrote:or a gift, or just a mere I'm proud of you and that's that?

First world problems. How about serving soup at a homeless shelter. That would be even more impressive.

You celebrate as a family with a nice dinner, and then enjoy whatever you would normally do as a family over the winter break without having to stress about the application process.

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Anonymous wrote:So lucky that the news will come in time to make the year's holiday newsletter!

Would Yale "Y" stickers to seal the envelopes be tacky?

You're kidding, right?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When DD got into Berkeley, which was where she wanted to go, we got a cake that said, "It's Berkeley, bitch!"

DD got the love plate at dinner that night, my ex came to dinner, and then we whipped out the cake. DD's younger sisters screamed congratulations and threw confetti on DD. It was something that really only cost $30 or whatever, but totally marked the occasion and made DD feel loved and recognized.

You sound like a really classy family.

Wow, it was a JOKE. So nobody here is familiar with Britney Spears? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elueA2rofoo

I am not familiar with Ms. Spears's oeuvre and am widely acknowledged to be a major tightass, and I thought it was funny.

Also, OP, celebrating getting in to a place s/he wants to go is great. Ever using the word "elite" except during March Madness is horrifying.

Anonymous wrote:or a gift, or just a mere I'm proud of you and that's that?

An “atta boy/girl” and dinner out with the family to celebrate the decision and the end of the ordeal.

Anonymous wrote:So lucky that the news will come in time to make the year's holiday newsletter!

Anonymous wrote:The stupid questions people as here never cease to astound me.

THIS.

if an Ivy, a new Jeep would be a proper gift.

This thread is filled with holier-than-thou, all-mighty elitists who are overtly sensitive and are the splitting image of the rich, out-of-touch people who get mocked by everyone else.

Don't take them too seriously! I got your reference and I loved the idea!

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Anonymous wrote:When DD got into Berkeley, which was where she wanted to go, we got a cake that said, "It's Berkeley, bitch!"

DD got the love plate at dinner that night, my ex came to dinner, and then we whipped out the cake. DD's younger sisters screamed congratulations and threw confetti on DD. It was something that really only cost $30 or whatever, but totally marked the occasion and made DD feel loved and recognized.

You sound like a really classy family.

Wow, it was a JOKE. So nobody here is familiar with Britney Spears? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elueA2rofoo