<p>mabean: I admire your son for his attitude. He sounds as though he knows himself well, when to take the challenges and risks.
My D is doing orientation next week and is accepted in the TO program. My own feeling is that it will be an enormous challege (the Traumatic Option) as she’s never been a great reader but she’s leaning to do it (on top of a double major and minor) I think she’s nuts, maybe too ambitious, I’m just not sure as I think this whole new environment academically AND socially will be challenging enough in the first semesters. But then maybe, like your son, she will be inspired and work harder. Sometimes some of us may just underestimate our kids.
(Chinese though is out of the question for my D, lol!)</p>