<p>Happy Birthday All.</p>
<p>Scualum: I assume you became a Sox fan on 5/16/? Most of us have it infused thru the umbilical cord and are born Sox Fans.</p>
<p>We had our prom about a month ago. My D chose to host an Non-prom party instead. They are opposed to the extreme cost for one night. It never ceases to amaze me how different she is from her sister who looked at prom dresses from age 10 on!</p>
<p>-Happy birthday to those with recent birthdays!</p>
<p>-D was also at prom and had a great time with friends. We had a dozen kids at our house before the event and some parents too. Lots of photographs and smiles all around. Post-prom, they went bowlingā¦in their prom outfits! She did pack some socks though!</p>
<p>Iāve been away from CC for a few days and feel like I missed so much!</p>
<p>Happy Belated Birthday to jackief and others.</p>
<p>Congrats to all the kids finished with APs, and good luck to those still finishing up their IBs. </p>
<p>Looking forward to a slightly more relaxed week, but weāll see how that goes.</p>
<p>FAP I empathize with you on the Manny drama. Just canāt take him seriously but a very gifted player (when he plays)</p>
<p>We can start a thread on college references in movies, and also college related movies. I enjoy the Paper Chase but I havenāt seen it recently. They filmed some outside scenes of The Sure Thing with John Kusack around when I was at Cornell.</p>
<p>Hope the proms were great for people last night and the the weather was decent. I think I remember D going to a ānot promā party last year.</p>
<p>I went to an 8 of the best presentation last spring with D. Truthfully, I thought 8 colleges was a bit too many for even with their short routines by the time they went to breakouts it was a long day. However I will add we traveled a longer distance to this one and D was under the weather. Havenāt made a CTCL presentation yet.</p>
<p>So, how does it work, jackie? By breakouts, do you mean just mobbing a table, or are there actual separate presentations by each college?</p>
<p>YDS:</p>
<p>When I went to the group road show by Duke, Georgetown, Harvard, Penn and Stanford, the break outs were in the various corners of the ballroom. Prior to the break outs, they introduced alumni from the various colleges, who were at the breakout locations with the college presenters. We didnāt stay since S was under the weather so I canāt say how effective they were.</p>
<p>Having a presentation for 5 colleges seems to be close to max so I canāt imagine a road show with 8.</p>
<p>sorry, I meant when all the college reps go back to their tables afterwards and field questions. I think it is a worthwhile session to attend if this is the first encounter with these colleges, I think it is not a place to have any individual conversations with the reps.</p>
<p>See if you can find any reports in tokenadultās āopportunities to meet college admissions officersā note. If not this yearās, I think I posted something in last yearās note.</p>
<p>S had an interesting question the other day. He noted that many families like to encourage their kids to attend their alma mater and he wondered why we werenāt doing the same. </p>
<p>As for U Washington (Iām dual degree and H got his under grad there), I said itās a very fine school but heād have to pay OOS tuition and so, for public schools, weād rather encourage him to consider the IS ones CA has to offer. As for MIT, I said no one was pushing it since it takes a certain kind of individual to make a good fit and thrive there, and that S had already stated his preference was for schools where math/science isnāt the ābe all/end allā for so much of the student body.</p>
<p>I gather he came away from this discussion with the understanding that heās the conductor of the train in making this decision, and weāre there to make sure the tracks are clear so he doesnāt derail somewhere along the way. I think he appreciates this.</p>
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<p>QMāI guess I forgot that you were in my neck of the woods. Iāll keep an eye out for Queen. Iām betting Astrogirl and I will be the tallest mother/daughter pair there. Enjoy the fair!</p>
<p>FAP:</p>
<p>I took both my kids to Santa Clara for them to check it out and got thumbs down from both of themā¦ too close to homeā¦</p>
<p>Oh well, so much for the alumni influenceā¦</p>
<p>Neither Hās or my college is the best fit for D1. D2 Iām not so sure about, she might enjoy my school but Iām not sure the big school is best for her, jury is still out.</p>
<p>D considered my alma mater, but was turned off by the eating clubs and the fact that the surroundings are very similar to where we live now. She wanted something more urban. S has nowhere near the stats for it.</p>
<p>I really thought ds would love my state uni alma mater as a safety, but he didnāt. </p>
<p>Just found out ds is continuing on as co-prez of a club. This really surprised me. I would think rising juniors would want to take over for college apps purposes, but maybe it was my ds and his good friend who jumped the gun by being prez in their junior years and itās something normally meant for seniors? Iām also surprised because I didnāt think heād want to have any more responsibilities than absolutely necessary his senior year and because this year it conflicted with his sports season, causing some consternation with the coach. Oh, well; itās up to him. I guess this will make him look really dedicated to it (which he is).</p>
<p>DS is at DH & my alma mater, and loving it. From the time he was 8 I could see him there or someplace similar (small selective LAC). </p>
<p>I always sort of thought younger sibling D would want and thrive at a big school, but when her big brother went to alma mater she claimed she liked it too - until she started seriously college hunting for herself. Now the smallest school on her list is twice the size of alma mater, and the largest is nearly 10 times as large. No alma mater for her.</p>
<p>Frankly, Iām about to get tired of alma mater- Iām ready for some t-shirts and sweatshirts with a different name on them!</p>
<p>^^^^ Right, you can get in a rut, canāt you? :D</p>
<p>DD will look at DHās alma mater. Iād love to have her go to mine, but itās gotten a lot harder to get into than when I went, I donāt think sheād be able to get in.</p>
<p>Iād just as soon that she find her own school, because if she didnāt get into mine, Iād feel pretty resentful about continuing to donate. OTOH, the last thing I need is yet another school hitting us up.</p>
<p>DS would LOVE to go to our alma mater, Texas, but it just depends on if he can make the track team. Heās really not quite fast enough, but the coach seemed willing to give him a try since heās from the northeast, which is known to produce under-developed runners with a lot of college potential. So weāll see! He would be the 4th generation Longhorn. My grandmother was the youngest girl of 13 kids and the first in the family to go to college. She almost finished her masterās degree in chemistry in the late 20s, but dropped out to get married!</p>
<p>MaineLonghorn - love to hear stories like your grandmotherās. Very impressive! I doubt very much that sheāll look at my alma mater - itās just not the right school for her.</p>
<p>Go Grandma Leghorn!</p>
<p>Fourth generation would be great. What is the plan if he doesnāt get it? Is he still hoping to come to Texas? Perhaps we could just swap kids and save on the room/board?</p>
<p>Foghorn Leghorn!?</p>