<p>S is thrilled with his school selection and we are thrilled for him. Ended up with the dorm he wanted and a great roomate - no problems there. His classes are challenging, one more than I wish but that just sets the pace for him to step it up a bit. Is part of the satellite time building for a launch in 2016 or 2017? The school accepted all his AP course credits and most of his IB credits and SAT scores placed him out of core classes too! He will be a Junior (by hours) at the end of the spring semester! Loves marching band (said he didn’t know band directors were allowed to say please and thank you - yet they do in college!). The only complaint I have as a parent is the Honors Program is geared toward the same students that place out of many of the basic classes so trying to schedule 18 hours of core Honors classes is difficult when you don’t have to take any English or History freshman or sophomore year much less math. I told my son that scholarship trumps Honors College and if he has to leave it to make sure his GPA and course work stays on schedule - so be it. His losing football team, or so he thought, is going to Pasadena and he’ll be flying out on the schools tab to perform in the stands and at halftime. I can really see him making those lifetime friends that are your best man or groomsmen at your wedding - he’s taken road trips with them and brought them home to crash for a long weekend. Mom and Dad are living vicariously through this fun freshman year. I hope I can copy and paste this post a year from now - what a freshman first semester!</p>