<p>Classof2015 ~ So sorry to hear about your DD’s hand injury… Hope the PT helps her to recover completely.</p>
<p>Amandakayak – I’m with you – what was that doctor thinking? Scaring her with the vision of permanent disability just so she’ll go to PT?
momofboston – great tip about livescribe pen – I will check it out. Had no idea that technology existed.
Thanks aria2000 and geekmom63 – I appreciate your support. You can tell I’m worried – it doesn’t help that she’s so far away.</p>
<p>On a brighter note, D’s b-day is tomorrow, and she asked me to send her 40 bagels. Overnight. Either she’s on a high carb diet or she has a lot of friends from the NY area.</p>
<p>Classof2015-Sorry to hear about your DD. Hope she will have a great birthday celebration to cheer her up.
Received a phone call from S asking about laundry and then we had a nice chat. All of his classes are going well. He said he got a bid this morning from a fraternity but did not want to join it until next semester. We talked about drinking etc. He said he has had a jello shot already. Oh dear my boy and college life!</p>
<p>Classof2015: I don’t blame you for worrying about your D. A hand injury and PT are a lot for a freshman to deal with. On the bright side, it does sound like she’s made a lot of friends, and will probably make more when those bagels arrive!</p>
<p>Just got a phone call about depositing money (a check) in an ATM which is a new thing for my college freshman daughter. Are there machines that don’t allow you to deposit money? </p>
<p>Other than trying to figure out how to deposit money, things are going well at Brandeis. She participated in the 24 hour musical, and got a small part in a play. Classes are going well, and she likes them, for the most part. She is surprised by the amount of reading they are expected to do. And she’s a slow reader. Which I didn’t realize until about a year ago, because she has always done well in school. Well, I hope she is able to get done what she needs to get done.</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone - man, I don’t know how I would have handled health issues added to all of the other little problems D has been wading through these past weeks. I agree that it’s unnecessary for doctors to scare people. </p>
<p>D has been sounding better and better. It helps that the cell phone company replaced her phone that was shorting out, that the extra drawers are on their way, that she understands the food system now, just plainly that life is settling into a routine. I’ll never expect no complaints from her (she’d say the same thing - is proud to be an incurable pessimist), but she is mixing fun and good stuff into her news now.</p>
<p>Last day with D1 … off she drives to the next internship tomorrow morning. I have old kids!</p>
<p>Yes, mstee, some ATM’s don’t allow any deposits at all and some don’t allow deposits unless you are a customer of that bank. I think more and more ATM’s are shutting down the deposit part, though there are still some that take them.</p>
<p>I have heard of some banks that allow just scanning then emailing a picture of the check being deposited and that is enough for them to credit the deposit. I have never actually tried that myself.</p>
<p>Got a nice phone call from D1 that illustrated how even when you research the best options beforehand, you can’t tell how it’s all really going to go.</p>
<p>1) Everyone told her not to take 8 AM classes, that yes, you do that in high school but it’s so much nicer to sleep in. So she carefully arranged her schedule so that her earliest class was at 10:30. She now realizes that the nice thing about doing early classes is that it forces you to get up, and it leaves your afternoons free for doing other things. </p>
<p>2) Yes, you can take a lot of classes your first semester, the better to change into various different majors. You can even balance classes and some activities. But lots of classes, activities, and some down time for personal life may be just a little too much. It’s OK to relax a bit.</p>
<p>3) It can be harder to get into some activities at college than it was to gain admission TO the college! 
When you’re surrounded by lots of other bright and talented people, there’s not necessarily room for neophytes. It was great to read as a high school senior that your first choice college is a powerhouse in, say, Debate. That doesn’t mean that you’re going to be able to just join the Debate team. Yes, there are other opportunities…just not the ones you were initially interested in. </p>
<p>4) It is still a nice thing to bounce ideas off your parents, just as a gut check.</p>
<p>Our credit union has the option of uploading a picture of a check. One gotcha: you have to have had an account for half a year before they’ll let you use that capability. Other banks/credit unions may have different policies.</p>
<p>Thanks Bajam and Slithy Tove. I didn’t know that. I wonder why that is? Learned something new.</p>
<p>Nice points, Slithey.</p>
<p>1) Those 10:30 classes might come in handy later this semester when she has papers due and can’t get the printer to print at 7 a.m…</p>
<p>2) It’s wonderful how no one in college really keeps track of what you join and un-join. Through HS it always seemed like the great college admissions arbiter was watching and noting what you “quit.” Ick.</p>
<p>3) Has she had trouble joining debate at Tufts? That’s funny … my D1 joined that her first semester without any trouble, but she did find it an enormous time drag and she “quit” almost immediately (see #2).</p>
<p>4) Hurray for us parents!</p>
<p>ClassOf2015 – Awful about the way your D’s healthcare providers are communicating! I hope she gets a PT schedule worked in with her classes ok and things heal up just fine!</p>
<p>I was also wondering about the depositing a check thing. My S hasn’t opened a local bank, and his home bank doesn’t have branches in the area where he is in school. He knows he can get cash by using another ATM (with a fee) or by getting cash back on a debit transaction (usually no fee I think). But I have no idea how he can deposit a check. (My mom sent him one for his birthday. He hasn’t asked me about it, but that probably just means it’s sitting in his underwear drawer.)</p>
<p>My D is in the same situation - except she hasn’t tried depositing at their ATMs. I’m thinking she could just cash checks at the school’s bursar/financial office? And if she gets a job, maybe she could do an auto deposit. Otherwise I guess she’ll just have to send me the checks for now (not like she’s going to get many).</p>
<p>checks could be mailed to the bank/credit union where the account is, signed and with “for deposit only” on the back, and with a deposit ticket. It will then be deposited into the account. Kind of time consuming but it works. The for deposit only means that if anyone steals the check, it can legally only be deposited into an account held by the signer of the check.</p>
<p>If your kids have smart phones, you might want to double check about mobile banking. I haven’t tried it yet but I understand that you go to the app for your bank, log on, scan the check and then click deposit. You can keep the check as a sort of receipt or shred it, but the money is in the account. My son is getting his pay from his campus job direct deposited. Too bad, because he was jazzed about trying out the app!</p>
<p>Classof2015 - Good luck to your daughter with the pt. What a hassle for so early in freshman year!</p>
<p>Um, I once dislocated my right 5th finger (pinky) and put it back right away. No fracture. The orthopod said to keep it bound to the 4th finger or use the splint. I used the splint after work, but in my job as a gyn all day long I had to use gloves for exams or surgeries so for much of the day I couldn’t/didn’t follow my dr’s advice. Well, I developed limited movement in that joint. It’s partly frozen now, noticible if I straighten my hand. Surgery is unlikely to help. Luckily I can do my job fine, but thank goodness I am not a pianist! Please listen when the doctor warns you about deformity. He/she only said that so you will take the steps to minimize the risk.</p>
<p>Great points, ST. It takes some time for kids to figure out what schedule works best for them. And yes, college activities can be very competitive. At D1’s school, you have to appy and often interview for things. I guess it’s good practice for the real world.</p>
<p>My D2 and I opened a joint checking account at Bank of America. They have ATMs on her campus and in our area. They offer free student checking as long as you NEVER use a teller! We got the joint account so I can make deposits in the ATM here. </p>
<p>Emmy - I’m glad to hear that your things are going better for your D2.</p>
<p>Thanks, momjr. I’m so happy your D is having such a great time at BU. What a wonderful place to be!</p>
<p>I’m continually learning to manage the difference between D’s happiness meter and complaint meter. They’re not always completely aligned. She’ll learn we have our limits - and she will surely learn that her roommates and classmates will have their limits, too. But I do think week #3 was a huge improvement over week #2. It should be a trend, or at least should resemble ping-pong rather than cliff diving…</p>
<p>Greetings from Family Weekend at Mizzou! We went to a hilarious comedy show last with DS2. Laughed until we cried. Two comedians and not a single inappropriate word. Then went to a late dinner at my favorite restaurant across the street from the Journalism School and ran into one of his suitemates and parents and another young man from the Cotillion for Achievement program (the one where we had to learn to waltz) and his parents. </p>
<p>This morning, we’ll do a little shopping, then start tailgating at 2:30. Kickoff is at 6. Tomorrow a brunch for the Mizzou Legacy Family program–alumni and their children who are attending. This is the group that gave DS2 an unexpected $2,000 so we will be very glad to thank them in person.</p>
<p>DS2 loves school. Got his first Calc 2 exam back and it was an A. (Take that, IB Math HL exam readers!) Is making friends with other future physicists in their seminar class and in the Physics Club. Research professor has invited him to a three-day workshop next week with presenters from all over the country and several international researchers. The professor had him do two weeks of study on his own on the project to date and write two summaries of what he learned. As a result, he’s now officially a part of the research project team and will start in the lab after the workshop next week. I have a very low level of understanding of adsorption on a nanoscale, but that’s the subject of the workshop and the research.</p>
<p>Sorry to hear about injured hands, hives, Family Weekend conflicts and other challenges. Hope everyone enjoys a wonderful fall weekend.</p>
<p>**The next new student move-ins are University of Chicago, University of California Riverside, Irvine and San Diego move-ins on September 18th - Just 1 day to go!
Move-in day is tomorrow!<br>
Labor Day is past. Football season is in full bloom. Where has the summer gone? WOW, these schools on the quarter system sure seem to start late in the year. :eek:</p>
<p>[ul][<em>]Stanford University move-in on September 20th is just 3 days to go.
[</em>]The last new student move-ins are the University of Oregon and the University of Southern Oregon on September 22nd which is 5 days to go. (And only 8 days to October!)</p>
<p>The LAST Move-in day is in 5 days. Now less than a week to go. The launching season is nearly complete.[/ul]</p>
<p>The link to the Move-in Date Thread is <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1141579-hs-class-2011-college-class-2015-move-dates-6.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1141579-hs-class-2011-college-class-2015-move-dates-6.html</a></p>
<p>If you son’s or daughter’s move-in dates and schools are not listed please add them to the list.**</p>
<p>OWM - YAHOOOOOOO!!! So glad to hear all the wonderful news from your ds and enjoy parent’s weekend as I am sure you will.</p>