Our 1st is about to decide.

by domer.mq , Thursday, April 09, 2026, 17:36 (9 days ago) @ Grantland

4.0 unweighted, 10APs, 5s in all but one of the AP exams, where she got a 4, individual state XC champion, leads model UN, awards in mock trial, started a legit organization to help pull girls thru middle school w/o giving up on participating in sports... Didn't get into any of the 3 she really wanted. She's pretty heartbroken. I'm pretty shocked.

She did get into some great schools, but I suspect she's gonna go head over heart now and be a Terrapin. Hard to choose to pay so much money for anything that wasn't a dream.

Some of it was fun. The early recruiting process was really cool, but the NIL and House Ruling have really fucked up distance running as an opportunity unless you're in the top 10 nationally. She got some nice offers, but not from anywhere she wanted to attend. I'm wondering when everyone will look up and realize outside of football, damned near none of the athletes are from the USA, let alone the home state.

Anyway, she's exactly like all the kids I attended ND with who made me feel completely inadequate. I know she got it from her mom, but I really don't know how a kid can work as hard as she does at... everything. She'll do well wherever she goes and as well as she can in the future ahead. But this entire process has left me a little shell shocked.

Oh. Meant to say, I totally get the others here who feel like they screwed up. I genuinely suspect I screwed it up.

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