Girlie AGDee's College Search Thread

[AGDee]

She should know all of her results over the next 13 days.

Wellesley- 21st
Barnard- mails them probably next Thursday or Friday
The Ivies all announce on 3/29

Northwestern and American are in there somewhere too.. I want to say around the 25th/26th.

We talked about stress levels tonight. She said it's at the point where she'd rather find out that she didn't get in to most of the schools than to simply NOT know. She's got herself prepared for lots of bad news but the one that will be really tough if she doesn't get in is Barnard. She feels pretty sure she'll get into American. She's really hoping she gets into Barnard. She doesn't think she'll get into Columbia, Brown or Northwestern. She has no idea about Wellesley and is regretting not requesting an "early evaluation", where they send you a "likely", "Possibly" or "Unlikely" response in advance of official decisions. But, two weeks from now we should know where she's going.

[Sciencewoman]

Originally Posted by AGDee

She should know all of her results over the next 13 days.

Wellesley- 21st
Barnard- mails them probably next Thursday or Friday
The Ivies all announce on 3/29

Northwestern and American are in there somewhere too.. I want to say around the 25th/26th.

We talked about stress levels tonight. She said it's at the point where she'd rather find out that she didn't get in to most of the schools than to simply NOT know. She's got herself prepared for lots of bad news but the one that will be really tough if she doesn't get in is Barnard. She feels pretty sure she'll get into American. She's really hoping she gets into Barnard. She doesn't think she'll get into Columbia, Brown or Northwestern. She has no idea about Wellesley and is regretting not requesting an "early evaluation", where they send you a "likely", "Possibly" or "Unlikely" response in advance of official decisions. But, two weeks from now we should know where she's going.

Are you going to make any final visits to be sure, after she's received all the decisions? I'm holding spring break open for that purpose, just in case.

That early evaluation deal is a great idea...I wonder how they can manage to do that, along with the regular admissions process. It's probably a quick look at your stats, etc.

I feel your stress! I can't wait for the next 2 weeks be over!

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

Are you going to make any final visits to be sure, after she's received all the decisions? I'm holding spring break open for that purpose, just in case.

That early evaluation deal is a great idea...I wonder how they can manage to do that, along with the regular admissions process. It's probably a quick look at your stats, etc.

I feel your stress! I can't wait for the next 2 weeks be over!

The only ones we might need to visit are Wellesley and American University. She spent a week at Barnard at their Young Women's Leadership Institute last summer so she has a very good feel for that campus and Columbia. She really loved Northwestern and Brown comes in a very close second to her Barnard-Northwestern preference.. very, very close. I don't know how we'll find the time or money to visit either of those that we haven't yet though, quite honestly. Spring break is a cruise to Honduras, Belize and Cozumel with several of her friends and their moms (me too!) Honestly, if Barnard is a yes, it's clear to me where her heart is. She loves the "empowering women" atmosphere there. But, her eyes light up when she talks about Northwestern and Brown too. I think she's assuming she isn't getting into either of those two though.

[KDCat]

Originally Posted by AGDee

She should know all of her results over the next 13 days.

Wellesley- 21st
Barnard- mails them probably next Thursday or Friday
The Ivies all announce on 3/29

Northwestern and American are in there somewhere too.. I want to say around the 25th/26th.

We talked about stress levels tonight. She said it's at the point where she'd rather find out that she didn't get in to most of the schools than to simply NOT know. She's got herself prepared for lots of bad news but the one that will be really tough if she doesn't get in is Barnard. She feels pretty sure she'll get into American. She's really hoping she gets into Barnard. She doesn't think she'll get into Columbia, Brown or Northwestern. She has no idea about Wellesley and is regretting not requesting an "early evaluation", where they send you a "likely", "Possibly" or "Unlikely" response in advance of official decisions. But, two weeks from now we should know where she's going.

Hang in there. She'll do great.

[KKGCaroline]

Wishing your daughter, and the rest of the family, all the luck in the world.
I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you

[AZTheta]

This is so exciting! I am living vicariously through you, Dee. Your daughter has so many choices and opportunities ~ Greek or not, I expect you to keep us updated as she progresses through undergraduate school.

[AGDee]

Her stress levels are quite high right now. At a band festival on Saturday, she had a solo and halfway through her solo piece, she said she just froze and stopped playing. She said she played part of the rest of the piece wrong also. She's been doing this for years and this has never happened before. Later that day, we went shopping and she hated everything she tried on. Then she finally admitted "I am not in the right mind frame to shop." That evening, she was laying on the couch and I asked her if she was ok. She said "No. I'm pretty sure none of the other schools I've applied to are going to accept me." I told her that if that happened, I was sure that if she went to Michigan, she was going to have a great time there.

I'm kind of wishing she had applied to fewer of these highly selective schools and more schools that would have offered her full scholarships and been delighted to have her.

She was much better on Sunday so it may have been simply exhaustion or hormones or something on Saturday, but she was dark on Saturday.

[KSUViolet06]

Dee, I'm lazy. Can we get a master list of where she applied, where she's been admitted, and who she's still waiting on?

[southbymidwest]

AGDee, it could also be that the reality of going away to college is hitting her in the face, regardless of what school is lucky enough to have her as a student. As much as many kids talk about how excited they are to go to college and live (more) independently (and they truly are excited and looking forward to it), they also start getting angst about moving away from everything and everyone that is familiar, especially if they are the oldest without an older sib to help calm their jitters. It is a big step. It is new. Some are better at transitioning than others. It will work out. But in the meantime, it might make both of you nutty.

[AOT767]

Originally Posted by southbymidwest

AGDee, it could also be that the reality of going away to college is hitting her in the face, regardless of what school is lucky enough to have her as a student. As much as many kids talk about how excited they are to go to college and live (more) independently (and they truly are excited and looking forward to it), they also start getting angst about moving away from everything and everyone that is familiar, especially if they are the oldest without an older sib to help calm their jitters. It is a big step. It is new. Some are better at transitioning than others. It will work out. But in the meantime, it might make both of you nutty.

sidenote/ I was the epitome of "excited to go to college and get away from everything" and what happened when I got there? I spent the first night bawling in my room while my roommate stared at me thinking I was insane. I just wanted to go home. I'm happy NOW, but I was miserable those first few days.

Anyway, AGDee, reading all of this is incredible! She sounds like such a fantastic woman, the opportunities she has ahead of her seem astounding. I'll send happy thoughts her (and your!) way, hoping that her decision is a difficult one (for all the RIGHT reasons)!

[HQWest]

You know - it is a lot like recruitment. I had lots of opportunities from the college I chose, I might have had different ones if I had gone to the other choice. I was upset when my first choice turned me down, my original plan was to transfer, but I realized I would not have been happy there in the long run and stayed. The one I chose worked out great for me, I had a good education and got into a good graduate program. It helped to help make me me.

... and as for not being the "sorority type" - if you only knew how many times I heard that.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Some Northwestern SAI's in my yoga class yesterday...I thought of you :-)

[AGDee]

Here is the status/rundown:

University of Michigan- Accepted, signed up for the Residential College program
DePaul- Accepted- $52K scholarship over 4 years, brings the cost down to the cost of U of M

Washington U.- St. Louis- Rejected

Waiting to hear from:

American University
Barnard
Brown
Columbia
Northwestern
Wellesley

And yes, I think some of you are right. It is all hitting them suddenly. She and her friends are having little spats and they all seem pretty uptight right now. They just started the third trimester.. so this is absolutely it. I was going through that at the same time that Blair and Jo were going through it on Facts of Life. They graduated the same month that I did and I remember bawling my eyes out during that episode. They are just on an emotional roller coaster right now.

This is a lot like recruitment but it lasts so much longer!

[Always AlphaGam]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I was going through that at the same time that Blair and Jo were going through it on Facts of Life.

I <3 you so much more for this! EASTLAND FTW!

[but it was Blair, not Brooke lol!]

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by Always AlphaGam

I <3 you so much more for this! EASTLAND FTW!

[but it was Blair, not Brooke lol!]

Corrected. I was dashing to get that written before Boy Scouts tonight. Of course it was Blair!