Every weekend for the last month and a half has been the same theme; “Kevin, what college essays are you going to finish this week?”. I have advised Kevin that the sooner he is done the sooner he will be happy because his Mom will be happy….he is procrastinating and so there is more ‘drama’ on this front than there needs to be.
Here’s where we are (started this a week or two ago, so, some edits are made below):
Michigan: Application done, submitted, waiting for early decision. Kevin’s ‘safe’ school is one of the nation’s best universities.
Arizona State: Done…still needs to apply for the Honor’s College. The first of the National Merit schools to be listed here….they have offered to pay for Kevin to fly out and check out the campus…we will probably be taking them up on that offer in January.
Northeastern: Another NM school; this application is done as well. No immediate plans to visit Boston…but I’m not sure we have to either. Going here would hit both of Kevin’s ‘wants’…big city and ‘away’.
Kentucky: Another NM school; I don’t know the status of this application (which is a little embarrassing). As Cpher and I travel east this weekend, Mom, Matthew, and Kevin will travel south to visit Lexington on Monday.
Edit: They didn’t make it; Kevin’s Quizbuster schedule shitted and it didn’t work out to go Sunday/Monday. On indefinite hold at this point.
Alabama: Yup, another NM school…although we think Kevin will get some serious merit aid just based on his ACT/SAT scores (his latest SAT scores are due in 10 days…he thought he did very well on his final standardized test a weekend or two back). The plan is to visit the campus as we head south for Christmas.
Edit: We did receive Kevin’s SAT scores. He did well (confident that he did well enough to confirm the NM status) but clearly the test he did best on of all of them over the last two years was that PSAT a year ago. Good thing he did his best on the one that counted I guess.
Edit 2: Alabama is also the first school to admit Kevin.
Kevin was not jumping up and down for joy after checking this out….was kind of funny, as he looked at the letter Saturday he looked at the date on the letter (last Wednesday) and said “why haven’t you guys shown me this before?”. This is the third incident in about 9 months that shows that Kevin has no understanding of how the mail system works; a few months ago he really struggled with the “red flag up” concept of the mailbox.
Tulane. A new school; again, offers a lot of NM aid. Kevin was busy filling out this application this weekend and they apparently have a a ‘project’ you have to complete to apply for Honors/Merit aid. The plan is to visit Tulane (and New Orleans) on the way back home after Christmas.
George Washington: A long-time Kevin favorite….he needs to finish these essays. Edit: They are done.
Georgetown: I think he has decided not to apply here.
U. of Chicago: I’m not sure. Edit: Won’t be applying.
Boston U: I’m not sure part two. Edit: He is finishing the
