<p>kathiep, so glad that your son likes Champlain so far! That’s great!</p>
<p>My D may be going to film camp at Champlain this summer. Have heard it has one of the best film depts in country. hopefully she will like the camp and school. currently she claims she will only go to a large school. we have 3 years to worry about it, but nice to hear good things about champlain now.</p>
<p>KathieP-Thank you for spelling out the decision in detail. So often on CC posters are cagey about the names of schools and the dollars and cents. I find myself looking up old posts to try and decipher the school being referred to.</p>
<p>My daughter, who is at college in Vermont, phoned in misery with the early symptoms of a nasty cold: sore throat, congestion, low-grade fever, and mild nausea. We sent her to the student health center to rule out strep throat, which she is prone to, and suggested the usual remedies (we are both pediatricians): rest, ibuprofen, tea with milk and sugar. She only missed one day of classes, but I reminded her that it takes 7-10 days for cold symptoms to resolve.</p>
<p>Our son in England says that they have an expression there, “freshers’ flu”, to describe the nearly inevitable viral upper respiratory infections that first-year students tend to get because of stress and living in dorms.</p>
<p>High school seniors and college students are indeed under varying amounts of stress. The flu season will be here soon. We don’t yet know how severe it will be, but I would urge you to consider the flu vaccine for your children. If they are away at college they can probably get it at the student health center (my daughter did). Many pharmacies also offer it (my son got his at Boots). Flu symptoms are much more debilitating than those of the ordinary cold, and students run the risk of missing several days of classes and getting behind in their work.</p>
<p>I also recommend a multi-vitamin because young people often have very irregular eating habits. There isn’t a lot of good science to support it, but I think a stress formula with B vitamins, C, and Zinc is worth trying. I like EmergenC when I travel and some students will take that. They should be careful not to exceed safe doses, and I don’t recommend anything expensive. The vitamins that the body doesn’t need are eliminated rather quickly.
(Hence the expression: Americans have the most expensive urine in the world).</p>
<p>Of course getting enough sleep is important, but your college student may laugh at the suggestion and will almost certainly ignore it.</p>
<p>For those of you with high school students let me share this: we have diagnosed the true cause of fatigue in quite a few students by looking at their TV, texting, and facebook habits after 11 pm.</p>
<p>Fabulous advice - thanks! Now if we could just make them take it!!! S1 had swine flu the first week of freshman year - pure misery - he missed his first week of classes - the fun activities the first full weekend - it was awful. Now you would think that after that experience he would be the first in line at the student health center to get a flu shot every year. Nope. He won’t do it. No idea why. At this point - he is twenty - all I can do is shake my head.</p>
<p>I have to add - you missed the number one cold/flu remedy - chicken soup!!!</p>
<p>^^ Thanks for this post. I was just talking to a friend this morning about how my DD (college soph) should get a flu shot. She was, indeed, sick a lot last year (chronic sinus infections nearly the entire school year) and takes a lot of preventive measures (and has neti pot at the ready). She’s overloaded at school right now and the health center is far from her residence hall. I will suggest it over the Thanksgiving break.</p>
<p>DS (stressed out HS junior) just had to miss school yesterday and, while he definitely had things going on according to our pediatrician, his sleep habits (or lack thereof) no doubt played a part. He had his flu shot already…yay for the antibiotics that he’s on now as he is back at school (ready to get flamed for my love of antibiotics - I know, I know - don’t overuse…)</p>
<p>I don’t think anyone will flame you here. That’s why I post here even though I’m not Jewish.</p>
<p>Thanks for mentioning the neti pot. I highly recommend it. Of course, my daughter the ballerina is disgusted by the idea and my son, with his Asperger’s aversion to tactile stimulation, won’t consider it. The cobbler’s child has no shoes.</p>
<p>Okay…good news is a relative term…right? I have to take “good news” anyway I can get it!</p>
<p>S2 finished the 1st quarter term with a C+ in honors chem, actually technically closer to a B-, with a 78.89 finish. I’m breathing deeply with a big sigh. Better than a C. He usually starts the year slow and gains momentum as the year goes on…he KNOWS he can get it up to a B by the end of the year.</p>
<p>I’ve also been recommended that he stay on the honors track and do honors physics instead of regular, and certainly instead of AP.</p>
<p>We are actively seeking out tutors now. SIGH/relief setting in a bit.</p>
<p>Looks like Champlain does not offer engineering, so that may or may not stay on our list…</p>
<p>BTW: Yabeyabe:</p>
<p>if you’re out there, are you participating in the Thanksgiving Day parade again this year?!?!? :)</p>
<p>Choc: That is good news! I’m sure that he can bring it up to a B. </p>
<p>Irishdoctor: Thanks for the suggestions. A lot of D2s friends have been sick recently. Her roomate had strep and another friend had pneumonia. My D had a health scare this summer and seems to be taking good care of herself. I suggested a flu shot and she got it a few days later.</p>
<p>Also remind your kids not to share drinks or cups. D1 had a horrible case of mono last winter. Fortunately it was over winter break, but she did have to postpone her birthright trip. I don’t know how she would have managed if she had been that sick during the semester.</p>
<p>Good news, Chocchip.</p>
<p>I nagged my son until he went to CVS to get his flu shot. Did it at the pharmacy and they submitted it to insurance for him so he didn’t have to lay out any money. He told me that he always turns away when someone is sneezing or coughing, and when he gets a comment, his reply is “but you’re sick, and I’m not” So glad some of my “training” has stuck :)</p>
<p>Hurray! First acceptance: U of Pitt!</p>
<p>As though this process isn’t stressful enough, the acceptance was delivered to a neighbor with a completely different (i.e., not even close) last name who lives on a different street! She received the acceptance on Thursday and dropped it off to me this morning. I just don’t understand how the Post Office could make such a mistake with a large envelope, correctly addressed to my son, with “Congratulations!” written across it. It’s not a Publishers’ Clearinghouse application!!!</p>
<p>well the good news is that he has his first acceptance. Way to go!!</p>
<p>911c2s,</p>
<p>Congrats on first admit. Is pitt a viable candidate or a safety?</p>
<p>I think it’s a viable candidate, mainly b/c he wants to study pre-med, however, we are in Va, so Pitt’s main competition in-state in VaTech. UVa is too reachy. He’s also applied to several smaller schools EA, and he’d prefer a smaller school. I’m just absolutely thrilled to know that he’s in at Pitt! I’m really looking forward to visiting it.</p>
<p>It’s really thanks to so many of the parents on this thread that Pitt came onto our radar!</p>
<p>BTW, socal, I know your D in really interested in UDel. That’s my alma mater. Unfortunately, I can’t get my S to show any enthusiasm.</p>
<p>911: congrats on the pitt acceptance!!!</p>
<p>Sent from my ADR6300 using CC App</p>
<p>hey i applied ED to TCNJ for bio as my first option and open option-sciences as my second
i have a 2000 sat score (1300 composite)/ numerous activities and volunteer stuff, and have taken/taking 4-5 AP classes
2 questions:
- What are my chances of getting in as a bio. major?
- If I dont get in, do I still have a shot at open-option sciences as my second major?
sincerely,
an anxious, nervous, hs student</p>
<p>911 - Congrats on Pitt!! And what a crazy story with the mail - with all of the Postal Services financial woes - they are running this commercial now encouraging people to use the safer USPS rather than receiving important documents online - so much for that promise!</p>
<p>911c2s: Mazel tov on the first acceptance! It always feels so great when your kid knows they are off to college somewhere.</p>
<p>Colds: I work at a community college and these are the two tips I have about what I see students sharing…besides colds. They get the part about not sharing drinks, but ignore the following:</p>
<p>Keyboards and game controls: Keep disinfectant wipes handy, to clean computer keyboards after someone else uses them, or use a sanitizer lotion. Kids don’t notice when other people use keyboards. The same thing applies to controls for video games, which every guy in my son’s dorm shares when they have a friend come in to visit. Same goes for ear bud sharing (I see kids handing them back and forth so the friend can listen to the music.)</p>
<p>Girls: Don’t share lip glosses or any other make-up. They usually forget this rule at parties…drives me crazy.</p>
<p>Today, I was at the mall and the newest trend (I had to do it at two stores) is a handheld credit card charger that requires you to write your name on the small screen with your finger pad (not a stylus pen). I mentioned that this was a horrible idea, and that it was highly unsanitary, and when I asked if they had hand sanitizer nearby, they thought I was nuts. I am now carrying some in my purse for future purchases. Any kind of screen that gets shared, shares the germs, people!</p>
<p>Off my soapbox, now. Just remind your kids to clean those keyboards. At our library we have student workers go to each computer 4 times a day and clean them with wipes, but who knows how many use them in between those clean ups.</p>