<p>showmom858- glad your D’s were able to be together.</p>
<p>We are going to have D1 with us for next few days until power comes back up in the lower Manhattan. She told me that upper east side was for old fuddie duddies. Yeah, but I never lost power and she did.</p>
<p>Old fuddie-duddies on the Upper East Side ARE the power! ;)</p>
<p>Barnard classes whose teachers that can make it to campus are resuming tomorrow. Everything else canceled. Pres of college said “I want to express our collective thanks to the tireless staff members in Facilities, Public Safety, Residence Life, Dining Services and other departments who worked around the clock and away from their families, some sleeping for only a few hours on cots, to secure our campus and provide essential services to our students.” D had told us staff were sleeping in the student lounges instead of going home. Appreciated!</p>
<p>my husband is driving my son back to school as i type this. we have been following traffic reports to figure out what convoluted route he will take. classes are back on tomorrow - assuming that the professors can make it to campus, no public transportation is running but possibly some busses will be back later today. we were lucky - no damage or power outage this time. most of our friends, neighbors had huge tree issues and possibly no power for many days. I feel so sad for people who lost everything through this storm</p>
<p>I agree, notakid. My D said the same thing. Although, she was only partially appreciative because she couldn’t cook or watch TV…lol. </p>
<p>Do those of us with east coast kids get a BINGO letter for getting through a hurricane unscathed? </p>
<p>I wonder when she’ll get the Halloween care package I sent Saturday…</p>
<p>I think so, the Tulane parents got a BINGO letter like the first week of school :)</p>
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<p>So true, all of it, MizzBee. The irony of all that toil our wack kids put into finding colleges, and all that nervous energy powering our rotors last year, yet despite best efforts, freshman year is a huge adjustment for all, bumps are encountered by many and some even find the college they matriculated to with hope and excitement is not the place they want to graduate from, after all.</p>
<p>However, I am still hopeful that all our young adults will manage the bumps and those wanting a new college home will find one that works for them.</p>
<p>MizzBee - S2 was working on his ED application during the October snowstorm so I totally sympathize with what some of the high school class of 2013 is going through. We had a generator but every time the well pump kicked on , it would knock him off the internet. We lost power for 10 days last year. He had to redo his arts supplement and got it done right before the deadline. Everything did get done and he was admitted to his ED school. I think he appreciated the process more but I was a wreck.</p>
<p>This year we did not lose power, just one big blip, so we feel very fortunate. </p>
<p>I am hoping (like weatherga) that our kids grow as they need to this year. I hope they know that they are not alone in the process…</p>
<p>Checking in to say hello to everyone! Glad to hear so many issues were resolved with roommates, and it sounds like everyone is settling in. Hard to believe a year ago we were thick in the application process. What a difference a year makes!</p>
<p>S is loving college. He wobbled a little in the beginning figuring out his way and now seems to have a handle on most things. He’s decided engineering is not for him, which we suspected over the past few years - I’m glad he didn’t go down that very specific path too long.</p>
<p>His biggest complaint is the food. Not enough, not enough healthy choices - he grew up spoiled having two parents who cook dinner nearly every night! </p>
<p>We made it through the storm only losing power for a short while. Family in NJ is facing an enormous mess with no power and no idea how long they’ll be out. </p>
<p>Starting the process again with my younger child and trying to take it easier, be more thoughtful with visits and choices and coming up with a solid, realistic list. It’s still difficult the second time around!</p>
<p>I guess I’m in a different point on the “second time around” cycle. My seventh-grader (still a little too strange to write “D '18”) played (saxophone) at her first football game yesterday. She’s preparing furiously for her first all-region band competition and for the ACT, in conjunction with Duke TIP, the following weekend.</p>
<p>The physically aging part of me says, “again, already?” The emotionally aging part of me realizes it’s for the last time and is trying to enjoy it as much as possible.</p>
<p>I forgot to add to my post yesterday that MizzBee has a good idea for us to encourage the high school class of 2013 parents as they go through the most stressful part of the process. I remmeber when ‘older’ parents would drop in on our thread - I always enjoyed their perspective.</p>
<p>SteveC- S1 is a college senior and will most likely be applying to graduate schools. It just keeps going!</p>
<p>Just thinking about this time last year. S had only applied to 2 schools. He had already been accepted to one but he was waiting on “the one”. I remember the day before Thanksgiving, I had told him he probably wouldn’t hear until after the holiday. He stated he hadn’t checked in a while and sure enough-he had been accepted!</p>
<p>That wait was over, but the more stressful part was to see if he had been accepted into the honors/scholars program. That would be his determining factor and he didn’t find that out until the end of January. Boy-that was stressful but he got in and all is well. (Except for the stress of having a and being a freshman in college-and I thought the waiting was the hardest part).</p>
<p>of all the things I thought I’d worry about when my kids went off to school, a hurricane type storm was not one of them. Her NYU dorm had the electricity turned off before the explosion. She had two computers there since one had just come back from being repaired and they watched movies all night. She called a few times, spooked but light hearted. She then switched to texting when power went down. By afternoon on the first day, she boogied uptown to her sister’s on the UES. They’ve been holed up there, where the storm hit like a fierce storm that any of us could have. No damage and a lot of wind and rain. NYU is out of school for the week and I hope they are all back to where they belong on Monday…</p>
<p>D texted today, her BFF was interviewing at her school…she wanted us to know how nervous she was about how her friend would do…our reply “yes, we know it can be difficult!”.</p>
<p>I talked to a friend with a HS Senior… not one app is complete. She’s not a happy camper…I know the kid, and will take the opportunity to ask how it’s going the next time I see her.</p>
<p>Hope all are safe and recovering from the storm!</p>
<p>We have kids in our school who still haven’t decided if they want to apply to places or not. Chances are they’ll end up at community colleges or lower level schools, so I suppose it doesn’t really matter. It happens every year. There will even be some who come up to guidance in the spring wanting to apply and asking what the SAT is… Our school tries to educate students and parents about the process (including individual interviews about goals annually), but for some kids, it just flies right over their heads I guess, esp if they don’t have parents who are knowledgeable.</p>
<p>The other day I had a student try to tell me she had to stay in state to save money, but was only talking about private schools. She had no idea most private schools cost the same in or out of state and going out of state can sometimes provide better financial packages due to geographic diversity. She also assured me the private school she liked the most provided 95% of aid to all students… and wasn’t sure whether to believe the reports I pulled up on the computer or not (the reports disagreed). I told her to try the school as one never knows, but to have backups.</p>
<p>But we were all newbies once…</p>
<p>Hi All,
I sure missed this site, still no power at home (central jersey) but I made it to work so of course the first thing I did is hop on here :-).
We got lucky, very limited damage(we lost 2 trees but they did not hit anything important when falling). We are told we might not have power through the weekend and it’s getting cold 
My S at Rutgers (just a few miles away) also got lucky, the dorms on his campus were only without power for a few hours. Other campuses had to be evacuated, but should have power back today. Classes resume Monday.
Younger S moved in with his friends (they have a generator). H and I are toughing it out at home. Not looking forward to the weekend.</p>
<p>Glad you’re all safe Elka --I hope the power comes back soon! It’s always harder than one expects.</p>
<p>Received a text from S this week … he received a great grade on his Bio midterm, which makes up for his disappointment in Econ. He also is enjoying statistics and the grades reflect it. I think the math/science part of his brain is waking up at a liberal arts school! </p>
<p>I’m proud of him … he’s changed his study habits and has asked for help and it’s finally showing in the grades. Relief.</p>
<p>Kind of crazy here just outside NYC. Fortunately we got our power back relatively early. Only damage was a tree down smashing part of our deck. Have been checking on various friends around and members of my church (a lot of them are getting really cold in their dark houses!) offering hot coffee, a warm house, and space in my freezer! No school for my D (8th grade) all week. S (my college '16 kid) had off Monday and Tuesday, but campus is back to normal now. His dorm only lost power for a few hours–main campus was out longer. Gas is getting harder to find around here. I have a friend who drove around a lot this morning looking for gas for his generator. I’m just glad we’re all safe.</p>