Any Parents of College Seniors?

[shellfell]

Shellfell -- Ok, tell me your secret. You've got a kid graduating college, your join date is Aug 2004, and you've got a total of one thread and 39 posts. How did you avoid becoming as addicted as the rest of us?

Sac-- No secret. I've actually been reading posts pretty regularly (DH would say I'm addicted), but in between S1 and S2 usually only on the Swat board, and only posting when I had something to add to the discussion. When S1 told me his girlfriend saw something I posted, I figured I needed to be careful with my posts.
CC has certainly helped me get through the college process twice.

[brigid]

Reidmc and I joined CC in 2003 - Reid as a poster and I as a lurker.

Our nephew will be graduating cum laude on Saturday from Kenyon with a major in Political Sciience. He has done very well - became captain of the Rugby team, did a study abroad program, went to a seminar at West Point and was a nanny to his two younger cousin each summer while he was in college.

Going to a small liberal arts college was a good decision for our nephew - I know that he took classes and developed interests, such as Baroque Art, that he may not have at a larger universities.

At the middle of June, he will be going to basic training and then attending officers candidate school in the Army. I have very serious reservations about this, but it is his life.

It is wonderful to hear how everyone has been doing.

[1sokkermom]

S graduated from Duke on Sunday. It was a fun and exciting weekend even with the rain! He had an amazing four years and made some wonderful friends. We were surprised to see how he has grown in four years and happy to see how mature he has become.

S will be taking another journey that will give us lots more grey hair. He will be commissioned as an officer in the army on July 4 after spending time in Seattle at a leadership training course, and then he'll head off to officer training. We too, have reservations, but like brigid said, it is indeed his life and he plans to experience it to the fullest. He wants to serve and then go to graduate school.

This is a totally unexpected path, but he is excited and proud....
H& I are scared to death!

brigid, maybe our S and your nephew will cross paths. Good luck!

I hope we can find comfort with some more virtual friends and advisors for the next four years.
And we thought college was tough..

[ohmadre]

1sokkermom - I too would be proud and scared at once. You have the collective support of this group I am sure and I hope you find real and or virtual group of other parents watching their sons and daughters take this path.

[1sokkermom]

Thank you ohmadre!

[brigid]

thank you for your kind thoughts, Isokkermom. We should stay in touch.