High School class of 2011

[geffric]

We have to wait for December for U of Ill..

DS#2 is going to U of Indiana this week.. going to classes and doing a dorm sleepover.. it will be interesting to hear how he feels after the visit..

 

[Bearvet]

Woo Hoo! DS17 just got his first acceptance - The Ohio State University! He only wanted to apply to 2 schools - OSU and Florida State - and I've been concerned that that's too few. We've searcehed high and low and no other schools appeal to him. We finally decided to apply to 2 smaller (in-state) schools as safeties - I guess he doesn't need to do that now!

DS21 is currently attending OSU and both DH and I are alumni, so DS17 has spent lots of time on campus. It really pays to get those applications in early!

 

[armomof3lvsdisney]

I had to fill out the order form tonight for DS's cap and gown and graduation announcements. It has to be turned in tomorrow. I can't believe how fast this year is going. I really wish it would just slow down.

 

[minkydog]

I had to fill out the order form tonight for DS's cap and gown and graduation announcements. It has to be turned in tomorrow. I can't believe how fast this year is going. I really wish it would just slow down.

I know what you mean. We've just been through the Last Homecoming, the Last one-act play performance, and the last Fall Dance Show. We're leaving in the morning to chaperone the drama club on a college visit to Valdosta State(GA). It's all happening so fast.

 

[agnes!]

We're doing the Happy Dance around here. No, not the 'Accepted into..." Dance, but the "ALLDD'sAppsandallherSupplements/Essayshavebeensubmitted". wooooo-hoooooooo! Now the school just has to mail out (yeah, snail mail ) her Official High School Transcript Packets (Transcript + Counselor Recommendation + Teacher Recommendation) and it will be *done*.

And so the waiting begins...
agnes!

 

[kbeverina]

Woo Hoo! DS17 just got his first acceptance - The Ohio State University!

Congrats!

We have to wait for December for U of Ill..

DS#2 is going to U of Indiana this week.. going to classes and doing a dorm sleepover.. it will be interesting to hear how he feels after the visit..

Is that the one in Bloomington? I'm kind of bummed because I didn't realize until last week that my son's new SAT scores bumped him up to the automatic scholarship that would have put Indiana under the price range we've been trying to stick to. He would have had to apply by 1 November. I would love to hear what he thought about Indiana.

No, I think we're concerned too. I almost wish everyone would stop saying "Oh DD won't have any trouble!" Well, she *might*, especially with our ethnic background (mostly European) & geographic location (large suburban affluent school district). There might already be enough of DD's type at the schools she's applied to.

This is so true! I was reading a thread on college confidential the other day and someone commented that all of the top 20 schools could fill their entire freshman classes with qualified students from 5 areas in the country--two were in New York, one in Massachusetts, one in Chicago, and one in...Northern Virginia. It's definitely something to be concerned about.

We're doing the Happy Dance around here. No, not the 'Accepted into..." Dance, but the "ALLDD'sAppsandallherSupplements/Essayshavebeensubmitted". wooooo-hoooooooo! Now the school just has to mail out (yeah, snail mail ) her Official High School Transcript Packets (Transcript + Counselor Recommendation + Teacher Recommendation) and it will be *done*.

And so the waiting begins...

I think we're done here, too. I love my son's guidance counselor--he mentioned to her that he'd wanted to ask a certain teacher for a recommendation because he'd had her for all of his business and marketing classes, plus FBLA sponsor, but she wasn't teaching there anymore. His guidance counselor tracked her down (she'd moved halfway across the state) and asked her to write him a recommendation, which she happily did. I'm so glad my daughter has the same counselor.

 

[agnes!]

... This is so true! I was reading a thread on college confidential the other day and someone commented that all of the top 20 schools could fill their entire freshman classes with qualified students from 5 areas in the country--two were in New York, one in Massachusetts, one in Chicago, and one in...Northern Virginia. It's definitely something to be concerned about. ...

Sometimes I have to be careful about what threads I read over at collegeconfidential kwim? It's kind of like Lake Wobegone where all the kids are "above-average".

DD was actually thinking about applying to one of the Ivies just for fun - she figured out her scores & GPA were well within the middle 50% of acceptances (especially for Harvard) - but in the end has probably decided not to...there's that anti-Northern Virginia (colleges seem to think that all the schools around here are "TJ" )/geographic-distribution considerations plus Harvard didn't really have what she was looking for.

agnes!

 

[ctinct]

Agnes-
How did your dd make out on her last ACT exam? Maybe you posted but I missed it. I did see that she had a huge improvement on her SAT. Congrats to her! DD did not fare as well on her SAT second go round. She went up quite a bit on her writing, which was already good (now 770) but bombed her math, which was already marginal (now high 500s-ouch!!!). Her verbal was only a ten point difference-forget if it was up or down. She did better on her ACTs, so that's what we will use. Lost her perfect 36 in English, but raised her two lower scores enough to give her a 33 composite vs her prior 32. She got 34 across the board, except for a 28 in math. We were just waiting for these scores before submitting the last of the applications. Gotta get going; we have one or two things due Dec. 1.

Like your dd, she considered applying to a couple Ivies, "just to see", but ultimately decided against it. The problem is there are thousands of qualified applicants who do the same thing. Only so many spaces available. I was shocked to see that every year, there are students with PERFECT scores who are rejected. Plus, after visiting other schools, she decided that she really wants a small college, not a university, although she may end up at our state uni. She would also have the additional hurdle of applying for a waiver of non-custodial info. We've had no contact with her father for years, but it might be tough to get a waiver because he has paid his child support. That said, I think she has decided to apply to a few highly regarded LACs that are known for good financial aid "just to see." We'll still have the non-custodial issue, but if by some miracle she were to get in, these schools are known for fabulous financial aid. (Amherst, Swarthmore, Vassar.) The only one we've visited is Amherst, although it was just a drive around campus, not an official tour. If she gets accepted at any of them, we'll go visit in April. April will be a busy month, as we plan to revisit whatever schools are the top two in the aid dept. What schools is dd considering?

 

[geffric]

Kbeverina = U of Indiana went well, it is a beautiful campus and he sat in a few classes and went to an honors college presentation, he now knows what dorm he wants.. but will wait until U of Illinois to make a decision.. he does need to finish the u of indiana additional scholarship essays..

CTinct- check out colleges that changes colleges to consider. My oldestson only went to those schools to check them out..

 

[MichelleVW]

Woo Hoo! DS17 just got his first acceptance - The Ohio State University! He only wanted to apply to 2 schools - OSU and Florida State - and I've been concerned that that's too few. We've searcehed high and low and no other schools appeal to him. We finally decided to apply to 2 smaller (in-state) schools as safeties - I guess he doesn't need to do that now!

DS21 is currently attending OSU and both DH and I are alumni, so DS17 has spent lots of time on campus. It really pays to get those applications in early!

Go Bucks!!!! That's awesome!!!

DD17 got her first acceptance letter today. Stephen F Austin in the middle of nowhere Texas. Still no idea where she's going to go.

 

[Chelley00]

Kbeverina = U of Indiana went well, it is a beautiful campus and he sat in a few classes and went to an honors college presentation, he now knows what dorm he wants.. but will wait until U of Illinois to make a decision.. he does need to finish the u of indiana additional scholarship essays..

FYI, it's Indiana University or IU, not U of I I think that's to set it apart from U of Illinois.

 

[geffric]

FYI, it's Indiana University or IU, not U of I I think that's to set it apart from U of Illinois.

thanks

 

[ctinct]

Kbeverina = U of Indiana went well, it is a beautiful campus and he sat in a few classes and went to an honors college presentation, he now knows what dorm he wants.. but will wait until U of Illinois to make a decision.. he does need to finish the u of indiana additional scholarship essays..

CTinct- check out colleges that changes colleges to consider. My oldestson only went to those schools to check them out..

Thanks for the suggestion. I just looked at the list online, and we've actually received info from a large number of those schools.

BTW, my older daughter went to Indiana for grad school. She loved it there. She worked in the scheduling dept. and told me about the time a grad student needed a particular class to graduate, but it conflicted with another needed class. The professor contacted everyone in the class (admittedly a small number) and came up with a new time that worked for everyone. Granted, this probably wouldn't happen for an undergrad class, but she did say that everyone was very friendly there and the town was great. She also told me a story about the time she bought a large item at Target or Walmart for her new apt., and asked an employee to keep an eye on it for her while she pulled her car up. He asked her why, and she said, "So no one will steal it." He looked at her and said, "You're not from around here, are you?"
Nope-we're from the NE outside a fairly urban area, she went to undergrad in Miami, and then spent three years in LA. Bloomington is apparently much safer than any of these areas!

 

[agnes!]

Agnes-
How did your dd make out on her last ACT exam? Maybe you posted but I missed it. I did see that she had a huge improvement on her SAT. Congrats to her! DD did not fare as well on her SAT second go round. She went up quite a bit on her writing, which was already good (now 770) but bombed her math, which was already marginal (now high 500s-ouch!!!). Her verbal was only a ten point difference-forget if it was up or down. She did better on her ACTs, so that's what we will use. Lost her perfect 36 in English, but raised her two lower scores enough to give her a 33 composite vs her prior 32. She got 34 across the board, except for a 28 in math. We were just waiting for these scores before submitting the last of the applications. Gotta get going; we have one or two things due Dec. 1.

Like your dd, she considered applying to a couple Ivies, "just to see", but ultimately decided against it. The problem is there are thousands of qualified applicants who do the same thing. Only so many spaces available. I was shocked to see that every year, there are students with PERFECT scores who are rejected. Plus, after visiting other schools, she decided that she really wants a small college, not a university, although she may end up at our state uni. She would also have the additional hurdle of applying for a waiver of non-custodial info. We've had no contact with her father for years, but it might be tough to get a waiver because he has paid his child support. That said, I think she has decided to apply to a few highly regarded LACs that are known for good financial aid "just to see." We'll still have the non-custodial issue, but if by some miracle she were to get in, these schools are known for fabulous financial aid. (Amherst, Swarthmore, Vassar.) The only one we've visited is Amherst, although it was just a drive around campus, not an official tour. If she gets accepted at any of them, we'll go visit in April. April will be a busy month, as we plan to revisit whatever schools are the top two in the aid dept. What schools is dd considering?

I'd rather not say exactly. It's kind of *her* information to disseminate (or not). She only took the ACT once (this past spring) but liked her score well enough and just didn't want to take it again. Do I think she could have improved it? Maybe...but then again? maybe not and I don't have all these tests to sit for that she has to go through. Her SAT did improve by quite a bit & her ACT was well above the 90th percentile.

I think that the kids just get burned-out by all the constant testing, I mean, she does have 4 AP tests this May (eek) + a National language exam this spring as well.

 

[Boston Tea Party]

Go Bucks!!!! That's awesome!!!

DD17 got her first acceptance letter today. Stephen F Austin in the middle of nowhere Texas. Still no idea where she's going to go.

Naca-nowhere.

 

[MichelleVW]

Naca-nowhere.

Lol...that's what my DH said when we got the letter. She applied there just for the heck of it for options because it's doubtful that she will get into UT like her sister did. I guess we'll visit now, but I really can't see her picking it since it's so far away and in the middle of nowhere...but you never know!

 

[kbeverina]

Sometimes I have to be careful about what threads I read over at collegeconfidential kwim? It's kind of like Lake Wobegone where all the kids are "above-average".

I know! I'm so blown away by the resumes of some of these kids. Really, when people worry about the future of our country, they need only check out college confidential.

I liked putting my son's scores and stats in the search engine and seeing what came up--but he really wasn't much interested in searching himself, so he hasn't been much fun. He applied to 9 schools, mostly state u's with good business and sports programs so he can try to do some sports management-type of interning.

When his October SATs came out, I tried to get him to look at some additional schools where he would get automatic scholarships, but he wasn't interested. He's been accepted at Bowling Green, his second choice for their sports management program, so he figures he's good to go if he doesn't get into Tech.

I'm hoping if he gets into JMU, he'll consider that over BG, but we'll see.

 

[kbeverina]

Kbeverina = U of Indiana went well, it is a beautiful campus and he sat in a few classes and went to an honors college presentation, he now knows what dorm he wants.. but will wait until U of Illinois to make a decision.. he does need to finish the u of indiana additional scholarship essays..

Thanks--I tried to get my son to apply to Indiana, but he just said, "Too far away." I know he just doesn't want to be bothered with it.

Illinois is a great school--good luck to him!

 

[kbeverina]

Go Bucks!!!! That's awesome!!!

DD17 got her first acceptance letter today. Stephen F Austin in the middle of nowhere Texas. Still no idea where she's going to go.

Congrats!

Did you go to OSU? My best friend growing up went there and I had SO much fun when I visited her. She and her husband are my son's godparents and would be so thrilled if he went there, but the out-of-state price tag is a bit high.

 

[MichelleVW]

Congrats!

Did you go to OSU? My best friend growing up went there and I had SO much fun when I visited her. She and her husband are my son's godparents and would be so thrilled if he went there, but the out-of-state price tag is a bit high.

I didn't go to Ohio State, but I grew up a Buckeye fan since most of my family went there.

I understand the out of state fees...that's why I didn't let my oldest apply there, (plus I would have missed her too much!!)