<p>^^</p>
<p>Fast forward from that – application season AGAIN with even higher stakes because medical school programs are a lot harder to get into. Which job to take, how long to stay in it, would it be a good idea to make a cross-country move, planning for retirement, buying a home, etc. The twenties are an interesting time.</p>
<p>^^^ </p>
<p>Ok, go ahead and ruin my “dream” mim… as middle son is still on a pre-med track. So much for relaxing regarding the app deal in 2 years.</p>
<p>The “life” stuff? I think I can handle that (hopefully not “famous last words”). Oldest is already engaged.</p>
<p>Life moves quickly.</p>
<p>There was a time when our stressor was that we were feverishly trying to get my '16 son to eat more. He was overtall and underweight at < 2 years of age. Yes, the pediatrician TOLD us to let him eat all the cheese doodles and milkshakes he wanted - along with anything else we could get him to eat. Fortunately, it didn’t mold him for life. He’s still thin, but quite the healthy eater (healthy foods as well as quantity) now. I worried (needlessly) about getting him hooked on junk foods.</p>
<p>Probably a lot of our worries are needless, but hey, that’s part of our job description I think.</p>
<p>Just back from a conference and reunion of residents from my pediatrics residency at the Children’s Hospital in Cincinnati, which is a big teaching hospital and ranked #3 in the nation-- we had so much fun reminiscing and it came up more than once that we really never knew where any of us went to undergrad or med school, unless it came up with regard to sports rivalries. We laughed at the wide range of colleges, from Yale to Duke to many of us state school kids, and med schools also ranging the gamut. We never gave it a thought in residency-- you were either a good resident or not, and most of us were really smart, good residents-- remember, pre-med students and parents-- the proof is in the residency training, and undergrad and med school should be seen as important experiences in themselves, not necessarily only as means to an end-- help your student enjoy undergrad and don’t get mired in too much angst! </p>
<p>Off soapbox. I got to tour the Reds stadium!!</p>
<p>Hi all. I haven’t been posting but have been trying to read occasionally to keep up. I posted a thread in the parents forum, and if any of you have any insight or can point me in a good direction, it would be greatly appreciated. hope all is well with all of your families. </p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1412361-what-do-applied-math-degree-other-life-questions.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1412361-what-do-applied-math-degree-other-life-questions.html</a></p>
<p>Just moving us off the 2nd page! :-)</p>
<p>Have a good week everyone!!</p>
<p>jaylynn wrote:
Did you get to meet Marge Schott? 
… when you were a resident, I mean; she’s dead now. CCH was supposed to have been one of her favorite causes.</p>
<p>Hope everyone is doing well. I’m envious of you who are expecting kids home for Thanksgiving! D will be spending it close to school with some friends. Their original plan was to drive to NY to spend it with one of their friends but Sandy changed that.</p>
<p>D registered for spring classes last week and had a heck of a time. As a double major, she was required to check with 4 advisors because she is also in the honors program and an athlete. Then she found out that two of her APs didn’t give her credit for any classes. It was a tough week for her trying to sort everything out.</p>
<p>Ah, lilmom, sounds like my D. Chem major/premed track, though heading to PA. On quarter system, but got closed out of many choices. She actually talked to her chem prof (not her current advisor) who helped her work through the next 2 quarters. She will take bio 1, econ, physics 1 winter and chem 2, bio 2, some psych or anthro spring. Apparently chem 2 and bio 1 are very tough, weeder classes so best to split them up. He will also make sure she gets into chem 2 spring term. She was much relieved and pleased that he thinks she’ll be fine in chem 2!</p>
<p>DS is working on his spring schedule. He will have Chem II, a required writing intensive called Enduring Questions, a psych class new major) and another distribution requirement. He has already given up on optometry and is solidly on the premed track. His GPA so far warrants going for it, so he is hopeful. Of course, he hasn’t taken biology yet so next year will be kicker but it won’t happen until sophomore year.</p>
<p>DD has to finalize her second semester class schedule by the 15th. We spoke over the weekend - I told her she needs to talk to someone who can tell her which of her APs meet what distribution requirements. I am inclined to stay out of it. (I have no idea what the distribution requirements are!)</p>
<p>My D is also working on her winter quarter schedule. I am happy that even though she is at a large school she has met with an advisor and they mapped out her entire 4 yrs. They went all through her CC classes and gave her the appropriate credit. She will take Chem 1 winter quarter. She is taking the equivalent of HS Chem this quarter. She said everyone is shocked that she was able to graduate HS without having taken Chemistry.
She has adjusted better then we expected. Having the horse has made all the difference. She joined the eventing team and the barn has given her a community. Her roommate is a great match and they have become good friends. They are already talking about where they should live next fall. My D said her only must have for a place next fall is that it must have a bathtub. She said that is one of the things she misses most.</p>
<p>Don’t forget to vote today (if you haven’t already)! I’ll be incredibly glad when the calls and commercials are done and am VERY thankful I’m in school during the day. The calls have been in the double digits lately. Yesterday we went to watch Argo after school and missed 4 calls in just the time it took to watch the movie.</p>
<p>Middle son is somewhere near signing up for classes. His Chem, Bio, and Calc all continue. Then he’ll be taking the freshman English/writing class and he’s adding an ASL class. He’s been learning to sign and loves it. He’s still pre-med and doing very well. I’m thankful. I’m also hoping since 3 classes continue that we’ll have a break on book costs this semester.</p>
<p>Steve— I met her once during residency; she had that smoke-hardened voice that we would all mimic at work. It was also the era of Ickey Woods (the Ickey Shuffle!)-- he and other Bengals used to come to the hospital all the time to see kids.</p>
<p>glido - has your D been breezing through at W? Mine had the toughest start but does seem to be getting a handle on things lately. She took two sciences with labs this term - big mistake but looks like she will survive!!!</p>
<p>She has her second semester schedule picked out and meeting with her academic advisor to finalize - hope she gets what she wants and lax schedule allows for it all.</p>
<p>Mine has course registration beginning Thursday night. She met with her advisor last Friday and got the approval she needs, so hopefully all is set and she can get into the courses she wants.</p>
<p>I’m heading to college to pick up S soon, to bring him back home to vote (and see the orthodontist). I am WAY excited to spend the afternoon with him :)</p>
<p>Yeah-OHMom0f2! We did the orthodontist thing yesterday. I took him back to campus and hung out til his afternoon class was over and took him to dinner. So happy that we are in the position to do that.</p>
<p>He voted absentee, but I offered to have him do it at home.</p>
<p>Wow we have a lot of STEM kids on this thread. My DD will even things out - she registers next week and will try to get a bio anthro class to meet her distribution requirements in science. Otherwise it is Latin American literature, Caribbean history, and an intro poli sci/ comparative government class. Both DDs voted absentee. So fun that most of our 2012ers get to vote in a presidential election their first time at the polls. Interesting that most will not vote at an actual polling place until they are out of school!</p>
<p>picked up DD for lunch and her first vote! whole thing, including round trip back to campus, took less than 2 hours. Priceless :D</p>
<p>I just voted and DS will vote later today on campus after his last class. 1012mom, he is also non-STEM like your DD. He’s registered to take Japanese 2, an introductory Econ class, a required freshman writing seminar and a Math class (Linear Algebra, I think). He may also add a freshman seminar about Japanese Culture. He’s undecided about his major, but is leaning toward International Relations at the moment.</p>