Anonymous
Post 11/26/2025 19:25     Subject: 2026 acceptances

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DD got into her first choice - Nazareth University in Rochester. Merit was pretty good - now we wait for the full financial picture.


And I literally can't believe that I used to post in the daycare/preschool forum and now here we are!


Haha, yes! Me too!
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2025 18:09     Subject: 2026 acceptances

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Arizona State University!

Wonderful! Is your DC excited?


Thank you! He’s so excited; he’s a good kid but his grades aren’t great (3.8 weighted and 1400 SAT) and he’s been panicking hearing about all his other friends getting in elsewhere already. It’s a great option for him.


those are great grades and SAT scores! Congratulations.


This is very kind of you. He's struggled a bit and all his friends have much better scores so I appreciate that.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2025 16:30     Subject: 2026 acceptances

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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am from the South and am very familiar with Auburn. It seems to have really caught on in other places. I am genuinely asking--what is the fascination?


Seriously what is it with this school and on this board?? Different poster.


I have never visited Auburn, but people who have rave about it.

What I think is attractive is all the other people applying to these large, larger, southern and SEC type “fun” schools that are still a great education and relatively affordable compared to similar schools in the northeast.

Plus, Auburn is pretty strong academically (relative to some other large southern school choices) and gives great merit for the right stats.


I am the first one who asked. I actually have family (in-law) there and yes, the campus is pretty. Just a generation ago, you only needed a pulse and a social security number to get in, and now it seems to be all the rage. Fascinating how they have been able to capture what's going on with the SEC schools, etc. It is "fun" but also, IMHO a little more small town and you get a lot of Southern culture there (being religious is mainstream, e.g.), etc. It's also like the Va Tech of AL so more of a STEM school so maybe that is what certain people are looking for?

I am sure the culture is changing with all of the OOS interest--I am just wondering how all of a sudden it seems to be so popular among people who may end up feeling like fish out of water there (maybe not given how many OOS students they seem to be admitting/courting).


So much can change in a generation! Especially when a school is actively seeking to draw more of a national student body rather than a solely regional student body.

For example, I went to Duke in the 1990s. My alumni interviewer was my parents' age, and it felt like he was talking about a completely different school than the one I visited. His experience in the late 1960s was of a regional school with far less academic rigor and a student body almost exclusively from the southeast. By 1990, it was already a very national school.



Anonymous
Post 11/26/2025 16:23     Subject: 2026 acceptances

Anonymous wrote:DD got into her first choice - Nazareth University in Rochester. Merit was pretty good - now we wait for the full financial picture.


Congratulations! We live in Rochester and love Naz. Great school with warm, nice kids and a very pretty campus!
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2025 15:48     Subject: 2026 acceptances

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Arizona State University!

Wonderful! Is your DC excited?


Thank you! He’s so excited; he’s a good kid but his grades aren’t great (3.8 weighted and 1400 SAT) and he’s been panicking hearing about all his other friends getting in elsewhere already. It’s a great option for him.


those are great grades and SAT scores! Congratulations.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2025 15:05     Subject: 2026 acceptances

Anonymous wrote:McGill! DC is thrilled!


That's fantastic! Congratulations!

We applied recently, but it seemed we wouldn't hear anything until after uploading midterm grades. Did you all need to do that?
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2025 14:51     Subject: 2026 acceptances

McGill! DC is thrilled!
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2025 14:29     Subject: 2026 acceptances

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DD got into her first choice - Nazareth University in Rochester. Merit was pretty good - now we wait for the full financial picture.


And I literally can't believe that I used to post in the daycare/preschool forum and now here we are!


Its wild, isn't it?
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2025 13:55     Subject: 2026 acceptances

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DD got into her first choice - Nazareth University in Rochester. Merit was pretty good - now we wait for the full financial picture.


And I literally can't believe that I used to post in the daycare/preschool forum and now here we are!


Yeah, you have 9 months to go -- start looking into xl bedding not crib sheets.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2025 13:50     Subject: 2026 acceptances

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Arizona State University!

Wonderful! Is your DC excited?


Thank you! He’s so excited; he’s a good kid but his grades aren’t great (3.8 weighted and 1400 SAT) and he’s been panicking hearing about all his other friends getting in elsewhere already. It’s a great option for him.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2025 09:49     Subject: Re:2026 acceptances

Congrats!
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2025 09:48     Subject: 2026 acceptances

Anonymous wrote:DD got into her first choice - Nazareth University in Rochester. Merit was pretty good - now we wait for the full financial picture.


And I literally can't believe that I used to post in the daycare/preschool forum and now here we are!
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2025 09:47     Subject: 2026 acceptances

Anonymous wrote:Villanova! DC got in on Friday


Awesome - congrats!
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2025 09:46     Subject: 2026 acceptances

DD got into her first choice - Nazareth University in Rochester. Merit was pretty good - now we wait for the full financial picture.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2025 08:03     Subject: 2026 acceptances

Anonymous wrote:UNH!

Fabulous! Is it one of your DC’s top choices?