<p>RV Mom:</p>
<p>And so we meet again (said with a foreign accent). </p>
<p>It seems our sons have much in common. According to the OP your older son strongly considered Elon for LSM degree but opted for Wake instead. That is amazingly close to what my oldest son might do. </p>
<p>But, for us, we have decided to stay in state (at least that is this week’s plan). So, right now, this may change if you talk to me after lunch, my son is going to go to a Comm College down the street for the first two years. This is no ordinary CC, it is highly resopected CC, and he isn’t going to slum with just anyone he is going to get into the Honors program. That will be two years and he will still live at home. Please hold all jokes about “honors” and CC’s" being used in the same sentence. Trust me it is a good program. Trust me also the first two year at most big schools are highly overrated and not any better than going to the local CC. </p>
<p>Just my opinion. </p>
<p>But anyway, after that, he heads off to Florida State, my alma mater, gets a 4-year degree in SM. Then off to grad school where he can get a SM masters or something similar. We love Wake and Elon, I do more than he does, he wants FSU, but Wake doesn’t have a SM undergrad degree and that was the difference. I like Elon a lot but I’d take Wake over Elon no questions asked except Elon would win if my son wanted to play football, which he doesn’t anymore, in college. He could play at Elon but not at Wake. </p>
<p>I hope both your boys made the right decision (or will).</p>