<p>Holy cow. I can barely get S to even look at the computer! He did sit by me and look through the MIT ra decision thread last month, but he really has no interest in checking out this forum (or any others, for that matter) himself. He does like college information, but he just prefers to read college brochures and the “old fashioned” paper info, I guess…</p>
<p>Tell me I’m not the only one :rolleyes:</p>
<p>I have to say, that’s unusual!</p>
<p>Mom = more of an internet junkie than kid? Unusual</p>
<p>Mom = more of a college info junkie than S? Common as all get-out.</p>
<p>I think parents just want to be informed of EVERYTHING! I have only been on cc for two months and I think I have gained such a better perspective on what exactly is going on. My d. has also gain knowledge but just by me telling her what’s going on at her selected college from this forum…she doesn’t want to get on either, but just because she’s way too busy. What bothers me are the whiny kids who are constantly complaining about something or or another…you know who I’m talking about…the ones who get into like 20 PERFECT schools and just can’t make up their little brainiac minds. My d. is just a slightly above average student w/ great talent and ec’s…got fall waitlisted but accepted in spring to her school and she’s satisfied knowing EVENTUALLY she’ll be at her dream school. No complaining! It also makes parents and students feel dumb at times when everybody is comparing all the info…whew…too much for me. I think we are all normal, so you are for sure not the only one!</p>
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That’s what I meant, the lack of computer interest–not the college interest part. I spent way more time researching schools than my daughter did.</p>
<p>Yeah, but in our case both are true :o</p>
<p>S does not give a hoot about ANYTHING on the internet. He uses the computer to write papers, and he uses the computer at his HS engineering classes to do CAD and all, but there are about 100 things he’d rather do than email, IM, read forums, etc. </p>
<p>Man, I really am a freak (but I’m sure going to know a lot about the schools he likes 
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<p>I’m with JMMom. </p>
<p>D was interested in various nuggets but just didn’t have the time.</p>
<p>My S would not touch CC with a 10-foot pole. He is very laid back and easy-going and couldn’t care less about “comparing stats” and all that. If I tell him something I read on CC, he just says, “Cool, mom,” and that is it. I, on the other hand, have really enjoyed learning all about the college process and CC has been something I’ve truly gained a lot from. Everyone’s different!</p>
<p>I became an executive secretary for my daughter during the college selection phase…compiled the data so she could make an informed choice, arranged the travel, did the scutwork part of the applications (name, address, DOB, parents, academic history, etc.), helped her manage her time when she had scheduling problems. So, DrDrewsmom, I think we’re in the same place. But my daughter does love her computer!</p>
<p>your son is cool, tabzmom</p>
<p>“executive secretary” is the perfect description! My d. gives ME more credit for her getting into her dream school than she gives herself. Reading books on essays, how to impress the admissions deans, etc…even making the phone calls to undergrad. dean about program that actually GOT her into college. She got the grades, took the test, wrote the essays, but MOM made sure it was all done on time. I could start my own business…hehe</p>
<p>Well, similar to Driver, but I billed myself as “Project Manager”…it gets a higher pay grade. D did the work, made the applications decisions, made the matriculation decision.</p>
<p>I will say there was a lot of dinner table or during-visit chatter back and forth among the three of us, giving it a very collaborative flavor. But I think all of us tend to double-check everything and D was intensely determined not to fall in love with any one school. Though later when we compared notes, it turns out we had many thoughts at the same time.</p>
<p>The dramatic one was when she was doing overnights of her two finalists. I’d picked her up from Wellesley and was a wet, gray day. On the Interstate halfway to Smith, we burst out into blue sky and sunshine. I thought “A sign! A sign!” and noted that Frank Capra couldn’t have timed it better…months later, D remembered the same moment and, except for Frank Capra, had had the same general thought.</p>
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What a great idea! I really should be looking to advance myself, with #2 coming down the college admissions pike. Matriculation Superintendent?</p>
<p>Really!! H told gS to think of me as his “first secretary” during the matriculation management project. Anyone think I can prevail in a gender discrimination/glass ceiling lawsuit?</p>
<p>JMMom, you must remember that “First Secretary” was the title of the Chairman of the CPSU and via the parallel party/state government was therefore head of government of the USSR and under the principles of democratic centralism got to tell everyone else what to do.</p>
<p>Driver, “Marticulation Superintendent” smacks of the educational bureaucracy…I like “Project Manager” because it can go either way between public and private enterprise.</p>
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Good point…How about C.M.O. (Chief Matriculation Officer)? Eh, I don’t know…Executive Secretary kind of lets them think they’re still actually running things, even though they really aren’t, just like in the real corporate world. Gotta let them have their ego.</p>
<p>The internet world at my house is divided into two areas:</p>
<p>College- only me on this website, son never looks, barely looks at other aspects of college life on line…</p>
<p>Non-College- only him…CC is my only internet event</p>
<p>As for a self imposed title…as with most things in my home I am the “Chief Petty Bureaucrat.”</p>
<p>When kids are home on break, we have 4 laptops going at the same time in the same room. For laughs we IM between us. Gawd, are we bad. Thank goodness we all still read real books and newspapers.</p>