Girlie AGDee's College Search Thread

[lovespink88]

I got super excited when I saw this thread, I knew that meant some kind of good news. Congrats!!!

[AGDee]

And hypoallergenic has been accepted to...

The University of Michigan! Go Blue

[southbymidwest]

Yay for hypoallergenic!

[christiangirl]

Congrats hypoallergenic!

[AGDee]

Four or five of her friends also got their Michigan acceptance letters last night.

[alum]

It's always nice to get that first acceptance letter. You know you are going SOMEwhere! All of the colleges to which my D applied were April 1 deadlines so she was on pins and needles all 3rd quarter whereas many of her peers has at least 1 acceptance already.

My S received 2 acceptances last week. One he really likes, one is more of a backup. The big scholarship competitions aren't until Feb although 1 school has given him quite a bit already.

[Tulip86]

Congratulations to hypoallergenic!

[AGDee]

It's nice that she has two options, even though they were her "safety" schools. I knew she'd get into these two. She wasn't as confident about Michigan as I was, but I know more because I'm older...lol. She knows that some of the rest of will be rejection letters and they won't come until close to the April 1st deadline.

[Psi U MC Vito]

U of M was a safety school? Isn't it fairly competitive academically?

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

U of M was a safety school? Isn't it fairly competitive academically?

Compared to her "reach" schools, I'd say so.

Congratulations to hypoallergenic! Hopefully next semester will be a little calmer since she'll have two good college acceptances in the bag.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

U of M was a safety school? Isn't it fairly competitive academically?

Yes, but it does somewhat depend on major.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

U of M was a safety school? Isn't it fairly competitive academically?

Yes, but I knew she easily met their academic requirements. They were recruiting her pretty heavily and she attended some of their college application workshops (which focused on what they are looking for in essays). They also accept a large number of students, especially in-state students. But yes, compared to the Ivies/Seven Sisters and even Northwestern, it is easier to be accepted to Michigan. We haven't heard of anybody from her school who applied early acceptance who did not get in. And, as DeltaBetaBaby said, there is variability depending on major. Their engineering college is extremely difficult to get into as a freshman. The college of LS&A, not so much. I know a lot of kids who go to Michigan with worse stats and fewer extra-curricular/leadership activities than she has.

She finished her Columbia application today. That was her last one. It is a long waiting game now but yes, it is easier since she knows she has been accepted to a couple schools.

[AGDee]

hypoallergenic received invitations for interviews with alumni from both Northwestern and Wash U. She scheduled one with Wash U but Northwestern's time slots were full. Wash U's was today, at a private high school in the metro Detroit area. It was a lovely set up. They had cookies and water bottles in the main area and then interviewers were meeting with the young men and women 1:1 in classrooms. They had some parents of current students present to chat with parents who were waiting for their students. I enjoyed talking with the parents a lot while hypoallergenic was in her interview. As we walked into the building, I noticed that Northwestern was doing their interviews there also, which was a surprise. One of the other parents there said a friend of theirs hadn't been able to get scheduled for a Northwestern interview but stopped by there today and they fit him in. When hypoallergenic came out of her interview with Wash U., I told her that story and asked her if she wanted to stop in to their room and let them know the time slots were full when she tried to register but she wondered if there were any cancellations. They interviewed her

She enjoyed both interviews, but clicked with the interviewer from Wash U. more. She was very excited to find out from the Northwestern interviewer that their marching band doesn't have auditions and their practices are from 4 pm - 6 pm rather than early in the morning so she has decided that if she goes to Northwestern, she will do marching band. Then she said "He said there is a sorority just for music people!" I told her what I knew about SAI. She sounded quite excited at that prospect.

Oh yes, she added Wellesley to her list also and applied there shortly before their deadline. One of her closest friends has been accepted there and will be swimming on their swim team and there was no application fee so... *shrug* why not?

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.

[NutBrnHair]

The daughter of one of my high school friends chose Wash U over Stanford and loves it. She also just joined Chi Omega!

I love following your daughter's journey!

[KDCat]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

The daughter of one of my high school friends chose Wash U over Stanford and loves it. She also just joined Chi Omega!

I love following your daughter's journey!

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.