<p>Wow what great posts from everyone on the last couple of pages.</p>
<p>Moda, love your road analogy</p>
<p>Mom60 - thanks so much for popping in with your wisdom</p>
<p>Shaw - what can I say? proud for you and jealous too.</p>
<p>FFScout - damn. Ya know, we never got grades either. I asked them about that, why we would get a note about his academic standing before we even got his grades. Have still not gotten them. What is with our boys and second quarter??? I have contacted Advising asking them to set up an appointment with my son (I do not want to wait until S gets back there, I want something waiting for him when he returns - just to get the ball rolling) and I am waiting to hear back.</p>
<p>Have still not got his assessment from the psychologist either.</p>
<p>He and his dad are off getting haircuts</p>
<p>I too am getting a yearning for an empty nest again.</p>
<p>S1 had the big meeting. He is almost there, but not quite. The company says they want him and are 90% sure they will have something, but won’t know until after Carnival (the end of February), which is when they line up their contracts for the following year. He told them he will have to start looking elsewhere in the meantime (based on my advice). If he finds something before then, he is to let them know and they will discuss with management taking a leap of faith if they have to because they don’t want to lose him. </p>
<p>He would be based in Rio but travel up to two months at a time all over the world (Europe, Australia, Canada). Long-term they want to open an office in the U.S. and would see him as one of the founding partners in that office. This is S1’s dream job (consulting), so I doubt he is going to find any motivation to look elsewhere in the meantime. While I wish we were done/done already, I think it’s ultimately going to happen for him.</p>
<h1>TM & firefly – did we get grades mailed for A term? I don’t even remember. S is very good about telling us his grades as soon as he sees them online – he knows he’d be in the proverbial deep s*** if he didn’t.</h1>
<p>D left this morning – I’m at half-empty nest status. (Actually more like 3/4 since we don’t see S too much.) I’m almost done with the un-decorating from Christmas – one of my all time least favorite activities.</p>
<p>Missypie- his psychiatrist is in our hometown. We were referred to him by the pediatrician and by another psychiatrist who is a friend. It is no stigma in our area to see a therapist. The kids regularly talk about going to see their therapist. It is almost too commonplace. The thing with my son’s Dr is that some people hate his style. I don’t love it but it worked for my son. The Dr himself has bad ADD. So much so that he finally had to hire someone to do all his appointment scheduling for him.
My son does not see someone at school. He checks in a few times a year with the psychiatrist when he is in town so he can get his prescriptions.
I would call the student health center, the counseling center, the disablitity office and anyone else you can think of and ask them for recommendations. I know several kids who have worked with ADD coaches and Lifeskill coaches. I think the best way is to ask around. One of the boys we know schedules a longer visit with his coach at the beginning of the term. They get a calendar and day planner going. Make sure they have all the professors email addresses and figure out what books and notebooks are going to be needed. They also pencil in time that studying and tutoring will take place. In that boys case they person also helped them learn to grocery shop and to manage money. After the first couple of weeks the visits can be done by phone.
I have a friend who calls herself a behavioral coach. She is a credentialed teacher, school psychologist and has her PhD in Psychology but is still studying for the state exam. She gets her clients from psychologists and psychiatrists. She does phone appts with some of her college students.
We recently hired a graduate student to help our 15 yr old with study and organizational skills along with some tutoring. This is a less expensive option.
In the 3 yrs my son has been at college we have never received grades. I think it is all online. We did get the letter when he lost his merit aid.</p>
<p>WPI moms: grades are sent home after B & D terms. We haven’t received grades here yet either.</p>
<p>(possibly amusing side note) NRing all classes in a term is “snowflaking” (refers to the pristine nature of that term’s transcript) or maybe :mad:</p>
<p>Hi all–reading along here. One way to find a therapist is to go outside of the college. Use your family insurance and go onto their website to find someone close to your students college. Usually you can search by zip code. Mapquest it and see if someone is within walking distance or on the bus line. Mom/Dad can call and “interview” the therapist just to get some information about the persons orientation and expertise and set up the first appt. for the student. Then the rest is up to the student. Most therapists would welcome the parents to attend a session with the student should they be in the area. On-going care can make such a difference. After the relationship is established EOW sessions should suffix in many situations.</p>
<p>It won’t be a snowflake here because he had a couple of non-full time classes in which he was graded,
And then there will be his A terms grades (frustratingly good)</p>
<p>S has now been admitted to the law school at Cornell and the business and law school at the University of Buffalo. Only 2 schools he applied to for grad school. Still need to hear from the business school at Cornell. He’s now trying to decide if the difference in price gives him anything. I have no idea and can’t help at all. He’s going to check with some professors at school. I don’t know what to tell him. We have told him that we will loan him the funds that he needs so that he only owes us and doesn’t owe a bank. He was given something from Buffalo where he can work up to 20 hours a week for a professor and get paid for it. I just really want him to go to the right place just don’t know where that is for him. Geesh didn’t I just do this last year!!!</p>
<p>RM, that’s great that he one wonderful possibility with both acceptances in hand, so he really can’t lose now. When does he expect to hear on the business school at Cornell?</p>
<p>RochesterMom, congratulations. I actually went to UB Law School, albeit many moons ago. All other things being equal (i.e. he’s admitted to Cornell’s Business School), he should definitely consider whether he’s interested in practicing in WNY in the long run. If the law part of his plans is paramount, Cornell may provide placement opportunities that Buffalo does not. Feel free to pm me if you (or he) has any questions.</p>
<p>(back a few pages) Shawbridge I like your focus on just a few important things. Makes a lot of sense to me.</p>
<p>RM- Congrats to son. He has some good options.</p>
<p>This thread moves so quickly. I check in before work and then when I get home or later, so I miss a lot. I wish I could post from work, but I would probably not get anything done.</p>
<p>Congrats Rmom!!
Well, you know those boots I was talking about the other day… Well, D wore them to a filming(taping??) of the Colbert Report tonight. She definitely looked about 5 years older than when she wears her (usual) Converse. While waiting on line, security guard stopped her and her girlfriend and gave them tickets for front row seats. Uh-oh… where’s my little girl??</p>
<p>You all have been busy here today! I’m honestly too tired to read through all the posts tonight, but I do want to give a big congratulatory hug to RMom and an almost there congrats to Analyst! Such exciting news!</p>
or maybe :mad:</p>