Girlie AGDee's College Search Thread - Page 11

madoug · #**151** 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 · #**152** 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.

DeltaBetaBaby · #**153** 01-22-2012, 02:00 PM

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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 · #**154** 01-22-2012, 09:09 PM

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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.

AGDee · #**155** 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 · #**156** 02-01-2012, 07:47 AM

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

CeCe Newbie · #**157** 02-11-2012, 04:09 PM

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

How'd it go?

AGDee · #**158** 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 · #**159** 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 · #**160** 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.

Sciencewoman · #**161** 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 · #**162** 03-09-2012, 10:49 PM

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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?

Sciencewoman · #**163** 03-09-2012, 11:07 PM

Lol...but I do love it in Michigan.

Have you heard that the RC and the Greek system seem to appeal to mutually exclusive populations? That's what the RC rep. told us at a campus event. My daughter isn't as keen on the RC as she was in the beginning. In my day, it was pretty "hippy-ish" and from what we've heard, that may still be somewhat the case.

AGDee · #**164** 03-09-2012, 11:30 PM

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Lol...but I do love it in Michigan.

Have you heard that the RC and the Greek system seem to appeal to mutually exclusive populations? That's what the RC rep. told us at a campus event. My daughter isn't as keen on the RC as she was in the beginning. In my day, it was pretty "hippy-ish" and from what we've heard, that may still be somewhat the case.

Which is precisely where my daughter would fit... lol. I wondered if the living in requirement for two years pretty much excluded them from greek life possibilities.

psusue · #**165** 03-10-2012, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

Lol...but I do love it in Michigan.

Have you heard that the RC and the Greek system seem to appeal to mutually exclusive populations? That's what the RC rep. told us at a campus event. My daughter isn't as keen on the RC as she was in the beginning. In my day, it was pretty "hippy-ish" and from what we've heard, that may still be somewhat the case.

To be fair though, this is really going to depend on the chapter. A good friend of mine and I both joined Sigma at the same time and shocked pretty much all of our friends because no one expected the two hippie/hipster kids to go Greek. But Sigma welcomed us with open arms and honestly it didn't matter. I feel like there's probably a chapter that she could still fit into at Michigan, if she were interested.