Any Parents of College Seniors?

[Schmoomcgoo]

Your daughter's physics degree from Harvard is more marketable than you might think. She can probably get hired in a large technical organization AND, perhaps, have her MS funded.

[ellemenope]

schmoomcgoo--from your lips to God's ear...

[sybbie719]

D will be graduating in June from Dartmouth with a double major in Religion & English. Following the same "Plan" as Marny's D (she says she needs a break because she is schooled out and will work a year) however, she has gone back to plan where she is applying to joint degree programs for MST/JD.

Elle,

We don't have a basement either, but D says she isn't living at home but is getting an apartment in the city with the friends. Maybe we can put all of our girls together and have them pitch a tent somewhere while they are working all of this out.

[ellemenope]

Sybbie--MST = Masters of ?? Theology?

Tent idea is good one. Please, don't make me turn one of the rooms back into a bedroom!

[JustAMomOf4]

So my comment didn't go unnoticed!

D1 did indeed graduate in 2005 - got a job in Baltimore and lived there for about a year and a half and couldn't afford the rent anymore.
She moved back home about 15 months ago for a "few" months. She does have a job - temping . She is paying for a car and student loans and finding the "real world" not so easy!
She just took her GRE's did well and will be looking at grad schools for the fall of 2009 - decided to pursue Master of Library Science. Just taking a little longer to "find herself".
Good Luck to all of your new grads! I will have one in 2009 who has promised me she will find gainful employment!

[nngmm]

Son graduated last year from Stanford, and is gainfully employed by Google. He continues taking classes at Stanford towards MS (sponsored by the employer - yay!)

Daughter is graduating from Swarthmore this year, will spend a year abroad on a Fulbright grant, then will apply to grad schools for PhD or PhD/JD.

[sybbie719]

MST = Masters of Theological Studies

(Should I be disappointed that she did not want to go the IB/Consulting route? ) Hoping my gooddeedoer D goes to a law school with a good LRAP because yes, she wants to be a "poor" Lawyer and do gooddeeddoer work (no big law dreams for her).

JustAMomOf4,

Don't worry, we're tossing your D in the tent too!!

[sybbie719]

my bad. It should be MTS

[George2007]

My D will also be graduating from Furman this May cum laude. It's off to Emory School of Law with a pretty good scholly. It's been a great ride

[ucsd_ucla_dad]

My D will be graduating UCSD with a CS degree this year. She's already accepted a job offer at a development company and I'm happy it's in the local area. She'll be a minority in the field (female in CS) but that doesn't bother her. She's worked very hard in school for all these years and I think is looking forward to what she thinks is the 'soft life' of working for a living.

[anxiousmom]

Wow! It is so great to see all the cool things these kids are doing! Dd is graduating from Rice in 3 weeks; don't know about "laude" since they are determined right before graduation, but we are just thrilled about the great experiences and graduating in 4 years-even-after-changing-majors-several times! She is going to Armenia this summer to continue Persian studies (funded), then to Turkey next year to study at a university there as a special student, using post-grad travel scholarship she received. If she's frugal, and picks up some editing work there, and does a little work here before she goes, she should make it two semesters before running out of money. She's planning to take the GRE's, then apply to grad school for 2008 or '09 - or law school, or one of the flagship language programs. Some kids graduate knowing what they want to do; some graduate not knowing what they want to do; some graduate wanting to do a whole lot of different things! (She's the last... )

[jym626]

This is fun to read!
Warning anxiousmom:
Due to a certain professor needing to change the final presentations of certain senior design projects, 24 engineering students are having to present their stuff during the week that they are all supposed to be "playing" before graduation! Grrrr.. So, until those presentations are complete and the grades are in, they can't calculate the "laude" stuff. The prof had to get special permission to do this!! Many not-happy seniors!! Three guesses who one of those "not-so-happy" seniors is! Of course, being engineering majors, they were all figuring ways to do the presentations remotely from whatever beach they are hanging out on!! (DS getting a degree from Rice in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, with concentration in Physics).

DS also decided he wanted a "break" from school. S didn't want to go straight to grad school. And, it is appropriate that I am posting this on "earth Day" b/c he decided at this point he doesn't want to work for the big oil companies (turned down 2 very, very, VERY nice offers) but instead wanted to do something "green"-- renewables, alternative energy, stuff that he feels will make a difference to our environment and quality of life. So, he accepted a position with a firm in FL that does water desalination, water harvesting, etc. Really cool stuff! And, he'll be a *little* closer to home. YAY! However, 2 days after graduation he is going back to Nicaragua do continue volunteer work with "Engineers without Borders". He's a keeper.

[jym626]

^^^ Oooh update:
A little birdie told me that the Dean told a certain prof. he could not hold up all the final grades, so the presentation that is being required after grading period is over will not be counted in their final grades, and they won't hold up the rankings.

[kittymom]

Our D will graduate from CMU with a BFA in Drama. She's returning to Los Angeles in a car caravan with a group of classmates, all seeking their creative fortunes in the film industry. (We may temporarily be the CMU boarding house yet again). She wants to work in costume design, her dream job would be period dramas. She's already worked on a couple of films through the school, and has professional interviews set up through the alumni network. Also has really nice BF, but he's staying in Pittsburgh for one more semester to finish his degree. Then hopefully he'll be back in LA as well. We're just so happy to be done with tuition! It's so exciting to see young people full of hope starting their desired careers.

[Schmoomcgoo]

schmoomcgoo--from your lips to God's ear...

Ellemenope, could we talk about this via PM?