<p>My daughter wants to rule the world.</p>
<p>Seriously.</p>
<p>She has a plan.</p>
<p>OK, the mail brought some interesting items. Couldnât get ds interested in Bowdoin, though the letter was so compelling to me. But he did like University of Puget Sound. Anyone know anything about that school?</p>
<p>zm, my younger daughter went so far as to have diagrammed flow charts with her friend laying out precise plans for world domination. She was going to make my older D governor of Asia.</p>
<p>Qmom:</p>
<p>And at that point, did you perhaps introduce her to the game of âRisk?â</p>
<p>My DS applied to and was accepted at Univ of Puget Sound. We went to visit it - and both of us really liked it. Nice LAC in the middle of Tacoma. Somewhat gritty city - but campus is nice.</p>
<p>FAP, we have been playing risk (and more importantly, Diplomacy) since she was almost a baby. Maybe thatâs what did it.</p>
<p>hey QM, my other nerdy friends and I used to play diplomacy! Great game! Played in HS, not much in college where I hung with a more ânormalâ crowd, and then at a couple jobs.</p>
<p>Jackief - you played Diplomacy at work? How do you get jobs where youâre allowed to play games? ;)</p>
<p>Sounds like your meeting with your Dâs counselor went pretty well. </p>
<p>Zoosermom and Queenâs Mom - your D2s both sound a little scaryâŠlol. 
I have a younger S, and while he is very demanding, I donât think he would want to be bothered with ruling the world.</p>
<p>A couple of years ago I had to do an exhaustive search for Diplomacy, when S1 became obsessed with the game. It had been out of production for a while and I almost bought a very pricey (collectible?) set on eBay before the game was re-issued commercially. Seems unnecessarily complicated to me. Iâm more of a Sorry girl.</p>
<p>Sorry canât think of anything college related in this postâŠ</p>
<p>yes! I played diplomacy at work!! We played one move a week. This was at two large companies, and we had precursors to computer forums like this one and we used those tools to post the moves and we did diplomacy mostly by email. Since we needed to do programming for the game sites to hide the moves until the end of the turn, there was some programming involved. I played some games with people in NZ (that was tough with the time diff) and Europe. We also had some face to face games on weekends. We were able to successfully take over Europe and also get work done.</p>
<p>Seriously, not college related but life related, I think I did get some good skills from playing, and also from the networking with people from other parts of my company.</p>
<p>archiemom- I have the newer plastic pieces there was an older rev with wooden pieces more squarish blocks for armies and more thin rectangular blocks for fleets. These could be made by anyone with woodworking skillz. A game board could be made by hand also. In our work games we had various revs of computer versions of maps but the attempts at generated move resolution never got to 100% accuracy.</p>
<p>I havenât heard of Diplomacy, but it sounds like something my D would like (she was great at MUN) Is it similar to Risk?</p>
<p>^It is much more involved than Risk. Risk, you are basically attacking and it is a very âtacticalâ game of building up armies and deciding where to attack. Diplomacy is a game of alliances and is more âstrategicâ and âpoliticalâ.</p>
<p>My neice emailed us her list of schools she is applying to for grad school next year. One of them is on Sâs list! Now they are both even more interested in this school!</p>
<p>It would be so great to be able to visit them both in one city and to know they had each other. A Mom/Aunt can dream, right?</p>
<p>Wow, those '09s have become a chatty group!</p>
<p>Ds is so undecided about his sked for next year. One counselor (lead counselor but not his) said to lighten the load; college counselor indicated that he shouldnât. I think heâs going to meet with his regular counselor and decide what to do.</p>
<p>Which brings up another question. Ds wants me to go with him to talk to the counselor about his sked. I said he doesnât need me there, but he says âmy input is always appreciated.â 
But I still think as this point I need to withdraw from these conversations. What do you think?</p>
<p>pugmadkate, that is really nice. I have a situation like that shaping up here too. Dâs very good friend (heâs the son of one of my best friends and they were babies together) called me (not D) to find out where D is applying so he can apply to the same schools. Isnât that cute? âŠand no there is no chance of anything romantic thereâŠit really is like a âcousinâ situation.</p>
<p>I have to correct my previous post; my D did have a career all picked out when she was 2 yo. She wanted to be a dentist. Apparently, unbeknownst to me (until my conversation with D yesterday) it is still a posibility.</p>
<p>Does anyone know anything about Dentistry as a career. We are a family of engineers/financiers/lawyers. We know nothing about Dentistry.</p>
<p>Now that I have a little more time, let me elaborate on my Univ of Puget Sound answer. </p>
<p>School is what I think of as a tier two LAC. Tier one (at least on the West Coast) would be places like the Claremont Schools, Reed, and Whitman. Other tier twos would be schools like Lewis and Clark, Willamette, and Occidental. </p>
<p>UPSâs campus feature lots of pretty brick buildings built around a large grassy Quad. There has been considerable construction in recent years so many of the facilities are nearly new. In particular I remember a great science building that was just finishing up (this was 2 years ago). Athletic facilities were ok - nice turf field to allow for workouts in the rainy weather. </p>
<p>Dorms were pretty typical - certainly nothing special - and the student who gave us the tour indicated that many students rent houses around the campus for their Junior and Senior years. Most students seem to hang around on weekends - it was not a commuter school. </p>
<p>Academically, it seemed to be a strong but not great program (thus the Tier 2 ranking). Lots of emphasis on the semester abroad program. Many kids seemed to be on a pre-med path and there were indication from the tour that they had a high success rate in getting their graduates into good med schools.</p>
<p>My DS had this on his list of two schools (Lewis and Clark being the other) before a knee injury kept him home at a local JC this year. His plans have since changed and he will continue at the local JC for another year before transferring.</p>
<p>P.S. I probably should have added that I was VERY impressed with the admissions department - they were wonderful when he had his knee injury, giving him extra time to make up his mind (e.g. post May 1) and later keeping his admissions (and merit aid) open for another year so that he could recover.</p>
<p>Well, itâs unlikely for us as itâs so far away, but he was attracted to the environmental policy and decision-making minor, which would pair nicely with a geology major. Iâm just trying to get him to think of places farther away.</p>
<p>Obviously it depends upon where you live - for those of us in CA, UPS is a decent option since it is a short distance from Seattle airport and a 90 minute plane ride home. </p>
<p>Unlike Whitman which is also in Washington state but more like a 4-5 hour two planes with a connection journey from nowhere trip home.</p>
<p>Queenâs Mom; H is a dental specialist; can you PM me with questions? Iâve already reavealed a little too much for my Dsâ liking on CC in the past couple of yearsâŠ</p>