OK, so it came down to the following choices:
Daughter #1 (in birth order, she is minutes older than her siblings):
Deciding between Boston College (good financial aid package, but not enough) and Middlebury (great financial aid package, but she would be a "Feb", starting in the Spring semester). Accepted to: SUNY Geneseo, SUNY Binghamton, waiting from Rochester.
Son:
Choosing between Macalester and Occidental, both gave him very nice scholarships and grants. Accepted to Stony Brook, as a University Scholar (to the school of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences). I would love him to stay close (NY), but he really hated the campus. He was accepted to University of San Diego, UC Santa Cruz, SUNY Buffalo, and a few more.
Daughter #2: Accepted to Siena College (safety), with a good scholarship, accepted directly to the school of business at SUNY Albany, accepted for the Spring semester at SUNY Geneseo, Syracuse and U of Georgia in Athens. She fell in love with Athens, it is a beautiful campus and everyone was so friendly, but we'd pay out of state (ouch!) and it is far from us :( Rejected from U Carolina Chapel Hill, waitlisted at Babson.
These are our only children, so I had to do everything for the first time in triplicate (FAFSA, CSS, College Board), husband did nothing except offer his opinion and moral support! Although we have been giving them as much input as we can, it pains me to say that the choice will ultimately be theirs to make. It looks that at least two of them will graduate with no debt. Good luck to everyone out there!
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