<p>Lakemom - thanks for that info. I saw that grades didn’t transfer, and I saw that it couldn’t count towards clusters, but I didn’t realize major classes had to all be taken at school. If that’s the case I don’t think a class elsewhere would help. They certainly don’t make it easy!</p>
<p>Still call and confirm. Maybe it is only certain “core” classes to the major.</p>
<p>Actually it just says it needs approval by someone in their department, so i do think he could take a math class as long as it meets their same guidelines.</p>
<p>Now that I think of it. Taking classes on a study abroad are supposed to apply to a major so they must have some process to accept them.</p>
<p>This happened in the next dorm over from my son’s. His dorm was also evacuated and he called immediately to let us know he was fine so that we wouldn’t worry (I love this kid!).</p>
<p>Okay, so a hot water pipe burst outside the building but somehow - through a vent - flooded back into the building. The steam caused the fire alarm to go off and kids immediately evacuated. The water was ankle deep and boiling hot and 3 barefoot girls were badly burned - 3rd degree burns up to their ankles. Now they are in Boston burn units. I am sick to my stomach thinking about it. </p>
<p>So please tell your kids to put shoes on before evacuating for a fire alarm. The fire chief is quoted as saying that it could have been much worse had it happened in the middle of the night as many more kids could have been barefoot or in flipflops.</p>
<p>D called this afternoon wanting to know when I was sending her a memory foam mattress topper. She doesn’t like her pillow topper because it doesn’t fit her XL twin well. BF was gone, guess she had some extra time to ponder “life” as a break from studying. </p>
<p>I’ll go down next weekend; any idea what to look for at BBB that’s not too pricey? We’ll be near a Target or Penney’s, too.</p>
<p>I got S’s XL twin memory foam mattress topper at target when all of the college stuff was on sale. In fact bought an additional one for his regular twin bed at home and just cut off the excess. It was only about $20. The bad part is, I have not seen them in the stores since that time. </p>
<p>Have you tried looking online?</p>
<p>BTW dentmom4-S had to use the student health center last week. Believe it or not, he was having a permanent retainer issue (poking him) and his ortho was out all week on vacation and booked this week. I remembered on one of our tours, they mentioned dental services. I was very impressed-I called to see if this was something they could look at, had to leave a message. About 10 minutes later, I called back before I went back to work and a woman answered. In those 10 mintues, she had already emailed my S. They got him in the next day, got him all fixed, and my insurance covered it completely! Very relieved I didn’t have to make him wait 2+ weeks to get in with his ortho. :-)</p>
<p>tozubri - wow - glad there weren’t more serious injuries - burned feet are bad enough! I hope the girls are able to recover quickly.</p>
<p>Dentmom - do you think she’d like this one? It’s what we bought my guy and he likes it…</p>
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<p>My guy won an “assassin” game they had at his school (between two dorms). Six students “survived” to be in the running for the win. Of those, my guy had 10 kills. 2nd place had 5. I told him, “Well, if the doctor thing doesn’t work out for you, I suppose there may be certain countries where you could hire out your skills…”</p>
<p>It’s nice to know Burn Notice and similar were helpful, educational programs! ;)</p>
<p>All that aside, he’s still doing quite well and enjoying himself.</p>
<p>Creekland: looks like what she wants, but not XL. She has 9 weeks left; I may try to convince her to wait until summer when all the college items become available, rather than settle for what she finds now. </p>
<p>Nervous Nellie: glad it all worked out for your son! I am an on-call dentist for our local LAC, get a couple calls a year.</p>
<p>tozubri - that is crazy! I’m glad he’s okay, but I feel so badly or those girls. Burns are excruciatingly painful. What a freaky accident, never in a million years would I suspect such a thing could happen. Is he in Manchester? It’s on my d’s list to apply next year, but we haven’t made it north yet to look at schools.</p>
<p>Eyemamom -</p>
<p>Agree they do not make it easy to take summer classes! Mine was able to sign up for a health class gen-ed as on-line from her school. She is also thinking about taking another class, but they have to get approval and have to make sure they are only taking a certain numbre of gen eds away. Ugh!</p>
<p>Bernardsmom - I hope it went well for your daughter today. Hope she is resting comfortably now. I am sure she is happy to have you there with her.</p>
<p>How many of your freshmen have declared their majors? DD meets with Academic Advisor tomorrow to talk about it. She doesn’t have to declare until sometime next year, but she said many of her classmates are declaring and registering for required classes for next semester. Also, anyone starting to plan for study abroad?</p>
<p>D declared her major when admitted, and has added a second major. I am encouraging her to explore options, but she’s fairly single minded. </p>
<p>Thinking about study abroad for next summer. </p>
<p>Barnardsmom, thinking good thoughts for your D, and for you. Hope all is well.</p>
<p>DS declared major a couple of months ago and was then assigned a major advisor in addition to his other advisors. No plans for study abroad, DS is conducting research.</p>
<p>D has not formally declared a major but since she is toying with a double major with a minor she is starting to plan things out. </p>
<p>She is looking to do a study abroad in a future summer (I assume between junior and senior year)</p>
<p>S declared his major when he was admitted (hes in an audition-select Musical Theater program in NYC) and is now applying to study abroad in London next spring.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the well wishes. BarnardGirl is doing well. It was not a fun procedure, but she was strong and got through it. She slept a lot today but is up and about now, feeling ok. No sign of the dreaded spinal headache yet. The doctor said she could go out to dinner, so we did and sat at Lincoln Center for a while just talking. It was a beautiful day in NYC and I got to see a little more of the city than I did when we moved her in. I’ll take her back to her dorm tomorrow morning and head back to Detroit.</p>
<p>Glad to hear BarnardGirl’s recovery is going well!!</p>