Girlie AGDee's College Search Thread - Page 11

Sciencewoman · #1 03-10-2012, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by KDCat

Washington University is awesome. It's a pretty low key campus for being an academic stand-out. There's a decent amount of stuff to do in St. Louis. The campus is beautiful and close to a wonderful neighborhood and Forest Park. The student housing community is very cool. Sororities don't have housing, but the Greek community is pretty vibrant. Academics are top notch. The campus is pretty safe. It's a wonderful place to spend four years.

I did a graduate degree there. I really liked it.

I'm afraid you're rubbing salt into the wound...AGDee posted that her daughter was not accepted.

AGDee · #2 03-10-2012, 11:19 PM

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The neighborhood around University of Chicago is very tough. I worked at the U of C hospital there one summer. The neighborhood problems do sometimes flow over on to campus. In the summer while I was there, some teenage girls stole a car and crashed it by my building; certain patients were gang affiliated and brought weapons into the hospital; someone was mugged for a backpack and a bike; stuff like that. Any campus in a big city is going to have problems, but U of C campus seemed a little dicier to me than most.

The campus is beautiful, though. The faculty is top notch. It's a very academic school. The students are very smart and very serious.

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Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

I'm afraid you're rubbing salt into the wound...AGDee posted that her daughter was not accepted.

Yeah, after visiting U of C, she didn't end up applying there and applied to Wellesley instead.

No worries, she didn't have her heart set on Wash U and she's fine with not being accepted. Going on college confidential and seeing some of the stats of kids who didn't get in... it's amazing. She's in very good company in being rejected from Wash U!

DeltaBetaBaby · #3 01-22-2012, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by AGDee

So, we have about 2.5 months to wait now. I don't remember it taking so long when I applied.. I think Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan must have done/do rolling admissions because I think I found out pretty quickly.

I think that's true of most state schools.

KSUViolet06 · #4 01-22-2012, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

I think that's true of most state schools.

Pretty much. We did have certain majors that had set admissions deadlines, though.

Ex: Admissions is rolling but if you were applying to the Architecture major, you needed to apply by a certain date because admission to that major is competitive. This was interesting because you could hypothetically be admitted to the university but NOT accepted to your selected major (if it was one with a selective admissions process.) Our selective admissions majors were programs like Architecture, Dance, Fashion Design, etc.

madoug · #5 01-21-2012, 09:44 PM

How exciting! Just toured Miami of Ohio today with DD. This is my 4th college search in 5 years (Son, Niece, Son and now Daughter). Still find it just as interesting. Good Luck to your daughter as she waits, and waits and then decides!

AGDee · #6 01-21-2012, 10:13 PM

The deciding part is what I dread. After interviews we went prom dress shopping. She found the perfect dress but wouldn't buy it because "I've only had an hour of shopping! How can I pick one already?" It was perfect on her though, seriously. *sigh*

We were joking about the Northwestern interview. Some people crash weddings.. my daughter crashes college admission interviews. Go figure.

AGDee · #7 01-28-2012, 07:10 PM

Today was eventful. We spent the day at the University of Michigan for an "accepted students" Campus Day. There were large sessions for the whole group to tell a bit about U of M, break out sessions for financial aid info, a Q & A panel session for parents and one for students (separate so they could ask things without the other there..lol), a walking campus tour of Central Campus, lunch in a residence hall, a large group session with info about the college of LS&A and finally, a small breakout session with info about their Residential College, which is a special college within the college of LSA. In RC, students commit to living in that dorm for two years, have more of their classes in that dorm with smaller class sizes, take more arts focused classes (like creative writing). Their dorm has a ceramics studio, dance studio, theater, etc. Hypoallergenic is very interested in that one. They also have a more intense foreign language requirement. Admission to that is on a first come, first serve basis and you just have to be interested and willing to commit. We got a good feel for the campus in winter. I always thought of that school as spread all over the city, but the LS&A classes are all pretty much in one central area, so it wasn't that bad.

She found out today that DePaul accepted her into their honors program.

Still so long to wait to hear from the rest...

AGDee · #8 02-01-2012, 07:47 AM

Calling Munchkin... hypoallergenic as an alumni interview tonight, by phone, for Brown

CeCe Newbie · #9 02-11-2012, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by AGDee

Calling Munchkin... hypoallergenic as an alumni interview tonight, by phone, for Brown

How'd it go?

AGDee · #10 02-11-2012, 04:42 PM

She thought it went very well! Since she had been to the campus and her interviewer is now a grad student at the University of Michigan, she was able to talk with him about differences between the schools, what she loves about Brown, what she's looking for in a school, etc.

AGDee · #11 03-09-2012, 06:40 PM

Washington University in St. Louis mailed out decisions today which usually means the results will be posted online tonight at 5 pm central/6 pm eastern. In a waiting pattern right now and there is a bit of tension in the house.

AGDee · #12 03-09-2012, 06:54 PM

And, they're up. Wash U is a rejection letter. She's fine and says she wasn't expecting to get in there.

Munchkin03 · #13 03-11-2012, 10:22 PM

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And, they're up. Wash U is a rejection letter. She's fine and says she wasn't expecting to get in there.

Argh! Like I said earlier, it sounds like she's got some good acceptances to cushion the blow from this.

This time of year--college admissions season--is such a stressful time, ugh. Honestly? I don't think I've ever been as stressed as a working, bill-paying adult as I was during my junior and senior years in high school.

I can't see it letting up anytime soon, though. I see my niece, who went to the same HS and has many of the same teachers, and it's ridiculous how much higher the bar is raised for these kids. Spanish V and calculus for a junior? Those were senior classes back in my day, unless a kid had studied in a Spanish-speaking country or was a math whiz. Now? It's virtually standard. Granted, my HS was--and is--extremely competitive, but it's still a small HS in a relatively laid-back town. We aren't talking Fairfax or Westchester or Fairfield counties!

Sciencewoman · #14 03-09-2012, 10:42 PM

It sounds like your daughter has a great attitude. My daughter is also a senior and they have some overlaps (in EA at Michigan and interested in the RC), and she has also applied to Northwestern.

BTW, AGD was the other sorority I preffed at Michigan.

AGDee · #15 03-09-2012, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

It sounds like your daughter has a great attitude. My daughter is also a senior and they have some overlaps (in EA at Michigan and interested in the RC), and she has also applied to Northwestern.

BTW, AGD was the other sorority I preffed at Michigan.

Cool

Our daughters could end up in RC together then! I think my daughter is at a point where, while she'll be disappointed if she doesn't get into Barnard, Northwestern or Brown, she did like Michigan a lot. She just wants to escape the state, and who can blame her for that?