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When does everyone hear about roommates? DS finds out when he gets to campus.
@ffsophiar I'm thinking either not that many people got acceptances on here or there was a large amount of students who chose Exeter over Andover (since there seem to be an abundance of Exeter '23 kids up in here).
@vwlizard that's a great idea! I've been wanting to get organised about boarding, that's such a good way to do it! Only problem is that my parents would probably be like "Why do you need all of these things?"
*Sigh* I think I'll be doing things little by little.
I've adapted to campus life so quickly it's ridiculous, and my study habits and stuff have been getting so much better since coming here too. I manage to balance schoolwork, hanging out with friends, AND sleep most of the time, though that might change at some point.
In short - amazing.
Actually, wait, I think I know who your daughter is... oh dang if she's who I think she is we're pretty good friends! There are like 3 prep boarders there (that I know of, there was a huge influx of day student affiliates), I'm good friends with all of them.
Small worlds, wow!
The first week or two was fairly light academically but the volume has really picked up. He should have known this was going to happen. The school held a meeting with the parents the first day and mentioned that there would not be any homework the first Friday of classes. We left campus and that weekend my son said they “changed their minds” and there was homework. All that said, he thinks it is all manageable thus far and is loving the intellectual stimulation. He did have “the worst day of his academic career.” There was some class wherein he says all the kids missed the mark and they were just looking at each other quizzically during the in class test/assignment since it was so different from what they studied. He doesn’t know his grade on the assignment but he thinks it will not be good but neither will anyone else’s.
Socially he’s made lots of friends and doing well. He is introverted but told us that his first few weeks he intentionally went out of his way to meet people. His approach was so successful that he often goes to commons whenever he wants to eat and is confident that he will know people there and always find someone with whom to dine. One tip I gave him that worked was he was studying on weekends in his dorm room. I recommended that occasionally he head over to the new library and do a little “social studying.” Essentially, work on an easier assignment while doing a little socializing. He met a bunch of people that way and saw friends from other dorms.
On the extracurricular front, he is headed down the path the admissions officer warned us about during the parent interview and that we cautioned him about. The club fair was last week and he signed up for a bunch along with doing his sport, and being dorm representative. He is pigging out at the activities buffet. Anyway, he says he will narrow things down. He is not the most “spikey” kid but has a few passions and the school has them all. At boarding school he theoretically has time and room for them all (but he really doesn’t).
He is very busy and isn’t in his dorm much which his advisor and prefect said is a good thing. It seems the school wants them doing stuff and connecting with different classmates.
All in all things seem to be going well. SwamiMamma and I miss him quite a bit but we FaceTime often. We’ve been cheating in that there has only been one week when we have not seen him face to face, even if it was for only 30 minutes.
How’s that for dead @dogsmama1997 ?