<p>This is going to strike someone somewhere the wrong way I’m sure, but posting it anyway. No intent to ruffle any feathers.</p>
<p>PLEASE remind me why I shouldn’t attempt to talk my s out of ever feeling like he wants to send an email like the ones posted above.</p>
<p>S just received his 2nd LOA. Got one last year and double nominations and then got medically disqualified for not being off ritalin long enough. Handled it by buckling down to his workout routine and patiently waiting to reapply. Now he’s busily working his way through the process again while excitedly also preparing to leave in a week and a half for what could turn out to be a ridiculously expensive gap year at Wash U St. Louis. I know for a fact that I might receive a homesick phone call or two from Wash U, but never anything like what I just read.</p>
<p>What would YOU do, and why?</p>
<p>(Yes, I know it’s a big assumption that he’ll make it through the process this year when he didn’t last year).</p>