Me too, DeeDee.
22B, I have to be honest here and say that we
do have some misgivings about not moving to Boston... hope that we're doing the right thing.
We'd joked for a long time that we were going to go with the "Eppes" model for higher ed (from
Numb3rs-- because Charlie moves away with Mom to go to college since he is so underage?).
Ultimately, I thought that the costs (both financial and otherwise) of MIT/HMC were going to be too extreme in terms of pressure upon our 15yo perfectionist. I know her interior landscape better than my DH does, but he ultimately deferred to me there.
That is not to say that MIT and HMC were not on our short-list. Both institutions were very much in the top 4; my DH actually ranked MIT #1 in his mind, and I know that he was disappointed not to have an acceptance to at least hold to his heart and revel in.
She didn't finish applying there, however, as she refused to go through the SAT II's that she needed, and I could hardly blame her. Our local testing coordinator made testing with accommodations
nightmarish for her. Truly awful, awful stuff-- like the kinds of things that Irena posted about today. Just awful.
Reed, U of O, Macalester and UW were also on our short-list, and Brandeis and RPI were on hers, but there were flaws with all of those in one way or another.
We're HOPING that this winds up being rigorous enough for her. If it isn't, we'll move to plan B, which is for her to transfer somewhere with a bit more ooomph after a stellar freshman year.
