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My son "chose" bs on his own. He found out about it at a young age from me, though. I am the one who introduced the idea to him. Once the seed was planted, it becase his thing. He looked forward to it all through middle school. His best friend was also going, and the friend and his mom actually brought my son on several early visits....as the friend was moving (we were already living in New England) and it would be difficult for him to visit after 7th grade. These visits are what definitely convinced my son that he absolutely had to go to bs.
HOWEVER, 4 years after my son graduated, he did tell me that he feels it would have been better to wait a year. He feels that 14 was really too young (at least for him) to go away from home. No one who knew him would ever have though that. He was always extremely mature-acting. He was supportive of his younger brother attending the same bs, but encouraged us to wait a year (which we did).
On another note....my daughter, who is a college freshman, tells me that the word is to stay away from the hockey team as they are "scummy". I am certain there must be some "un-scummy" guys on the team, but I guess this is the reputation they've garnered at this university. I thought it was an odd coincidence, since lbftw indicated this about bs hockey players.
A disclaimer....I have nothing against hockey players and am sure if one of you out there has a son who plays hockey or you are a (male) hockey player, that he/you are a true gentleman. I am just passing along something I was told (which does sound a bit exaggerated).
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