<p>We have had a mixed bag in our family.</p>
<p>My eldest graduated from Colgate in 2008. She was employed for 6 months, then laid off. She was unable to find another job - she even started applying for jobs waiting tables, which she had experience at during college! She decided to return to school Fall 2009, just graduated with a second bachelors this past weekend, and is now going to grad school.</p>
<p>Her brother will graduate next week from Stevens with a BE in Biomedical Engineering. He has a job offer at a biomedical firm (he did his co-op there) waiting for him after graduation.</p>
<p>My Smithie is a rising Junior, and I have an incoming Lehigh Freshman, so we will see how it is for them.</p>
<p>It is very tough out there…</p>