<p>This is kind of sad;</p>
<p>[Meet</a> the SWUGs of Yale: Women ?Washed Up? at 21 - The Cut](<a href=“http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/04/meet-the-swugs-of-yale-women-washed-up-at-21.html]Meet”>Meet the SWUGs of Yale: Women ‘Washed Up’ at 21)</p>
<p>Ok, I’ll bite. Two thoughts: 1. there is, indeed, nothing new under the sun; and 2. if you’re talking about one of the Hitachis, it probably is.</p>
<p>RE: SWUGS. Nothing new there. Same thing going on when I started college 39 years ago. Upperclassmen looking for something new because they’d already been through their class and the one or two below. Bad reps, girls their own ages knew better.</p>
<p>I lol’d at the discovery of office hours quote… My D visited all of her profs 1st semester. This semester she has only been able to see one of her profs as the others have hours during her classes. She didn’t want to skip class to see them. Hope that works out for her, she is borderline in grades in a class that I thinks she should try and see the teacher for guidance on the final. We’ll see. </p>
<p>Dentmom- we got D’s twinXL matress topper at bed, bath and beyond last summer. It was kind of pricy but she will use it for 3 years. I think you can order it online. </p>
<p>D is waiting to register for summer school and then will try and find a summer job once we get back from vacation. Hope she can find something… </p>
<p>The SWUGs article is kind of funny and sad at the same time.</p>
<p>We brought a bunch of D’s stuff home last weekend but I think it will still take 2 vehicles to get her home this spring. her stuff seems to have multiplied like rabbits. Especially the amount of Tshirts… my word there are tons of them/</p>
<p>rushedmom – your D should email her professors (especially the one for the class where she’s got marginal grades) and make an appointment to see them. If she explains that she has class during their official office hours, I am certain they will work around her schedule to see her at a different time.</p>
<p>Coming in late to say that I’m glad CPU is OK (thanks for letting us know).</p>
<p>D called this morning to say she registered for her classes for fall semester. She was able to get in all but one. It was some sort of African history/civilization class. The rest of our family will be moving to Africa this fall, so she had hoped to get in (it will be offered at another time).</p>
<p>She asked me how many leadership positions she should consider for next year. A few years ago I couldn’t imagine her even considering a leadership position, so I’m happy that she has matured and become more self-confident. I was not in leadership in anything in college, so I told her I’m the wrong one to ask!</p>
<p>She is already taking on leadership in a volunteer activity she has been involved in this year. Her plan is to spend part of junior year studying abroad (her school requires you to be on campus all year to be in leadership). I told her to focus on her classes and the things she enjoys and not to worry about extra leadership unless she has time for it and is passionate about it. Is leadership sophomore year that important for grad school or resume?</p>
<p>Well this has not been a good day for those of us with DCs in the Boston area. DD does,not have Friday classes, but her campus is closed, no activities, kids told to stay in their dorms except to go to the dining hall. She is in her words a bit “freaked out”.</p>
<p>The marathon team from her school came through uninjured although a few student spectators were injured in the original blast. They are now out of the hospital and back on campus. My girls have a childhood friend (a fellow student of CPU) who crossed the finish line just before the first blast. She is OK but her parents were hospitalized, and her sister is still hospitalized with serious shrapnel wounds in the leg. At least she still has the leg. They were watching her run. How many times have we all watched our kids from the sidelines. It is horrible how it was timed to do the most damage to the charity runners and their families and friends.</p>
<p>Here is hoping they find this lunatic in Watertown and the Boston area can truly begin to heal. The marathon and Patriots day is such a part of the rhythm of spring in the area. I was out of town this year, but have spent many years watching and cheering the runners. Sending a prayer for the dead and injured and hope for a wonderful tradition enduring beyond.</p>
<p>The “stay inside” ban has been lifted across the cities. The events of last night/this morning will always stay with me. Everything happened so fast. Sirens, helicopters, gun fire, explosives, everything. And I was on the phone with my mom while we were both listening to the police scanner. Couldn’t handle it bc I know she was freaking out and I’m so far away. I am happy about the compliance of Boston/Cambridge residence. Streets are a ghost town. Some students were outside playing…saying “it’s too nice”. Too privileged, can’t stay inside when there’s a serious threat. I just do not feel comfortable walking outside knowing he’s out there. It was so surreal, so quiet, so empty, when I walked to dinner (freshmen were authorized to go to and from dining hall since dining hall is separate from dorms…upperclassmen have dhalls in their houses). We are grateful for dining hall staff for feeding us but I wish they did not come. We can starve/scrounge for food for a day. Going to try to watch TV to relax my nerves.</p>
<p>CPU - how is college treating you?</p>
<p>this year has been… something else. I am just ready for it to end. I received a research position at a School of Public Health for the summer so I am grateful. I was getting hopeless amidst rejections and all (“all”) of my friends going away to foreign countries and getting cool opportunities.</p>
<p>Must be Utopia out there if all your friends are going abroad!</p>
<p>Is this summer position in your school or some where else? Public health is a pretty big deal. Have you found a major?</p>
<p>I applied to go abroad but did not receive funding… and I do not have $12k to go away (tuition, fees, flight, food, etc).</p>
<p>It’s at a different university. I am planning on studying applied math with a focus on evolutionary dynamics/mathematical biology. Don’t know what I’ll do with that after graduation (I’m not pre-med) but I’m extremely interested in it. I don’t like science classes but the classes I will take are math classes applied (;)) to science, so no science background necessary. The one professor doing research in a specific field within that is retiring this fall and he said it would be best to work with someone who would be here my senior year (to maybe turn into a senior thesis/research adviser).</p>
<p>Hello everyone!</p>
<p>Just jumping in, a late-arriving parent of a class of 2016 college student… wish I had found CC a year or two ago! But better late than never. My son has had a great first year in college: 4.0 in engineering/honors, intramural sports, community involvement, and new friends. He was not accepted at his first choice college, or any of his reaches, but now has no desire to transfer and has bloomed where he’s planted.</p>
<p>Over spring break he applied for ten paid compsci internships for the summer, and has only heard back from one (can’t use him), so he is still waiting on nine responses. He only applied for internships that were open to rising sophmores (although in terms of credits he’s more like a rising junior) and was hoping his 4.0 in the honors college would at least get him to an interview. What do you think? Should we not hold our breath? He would also like to take a vacation with family as well as friends. Anyone know how flexible they are likely to be with vacation time in a paid intership?</p>
<p>@ amtc, I was a Ceramics major for one week at RISD, lol. Then I realized I didn’t like to get my hands dirty, so I switched back to Painting which had been my original plan. Still have vivid memories of walking through the icy cold Providence wind in pants that were soaking wet from the wheel (I guess we were too cool to wear aprons). Son’s major is Computer Science.</p>
<p>Welcome bookmouse!</p>
<p>CPU (and others with ties to Boston) - glad that’s over and I’m really hoping the relatively quick kill/capture will deter others who might have the same desire to cause headlines of that sort. Things like that really are senseless, but I know on here I’m just preaching to the choir.</p>
<p>I will admit to taking a minute or two of time yesterday to remind my classes that doing such things is just plain WRONG no matter what one is feeling. It’s probably worthless to have done so, but I figured someone should put a little seed in the brain stating that pure fact.</p>
<p>We should hear from my guy later today. Perhaps he’ll have an idea as to his summer plans…</p>
<p>Hi, bookmouse. In response to your question about the internships your S applied to: were these opportunities specifically posted at his school, or were they internships he just found and applied to? Not sure it will make a difference, but with my D I’ve noticed for things she’s been able to apply for officially through her school, she hears a response either way, but often for other things there’s never any acknowledgement or response.</p>
<p>Also, in the postings of the internship opportunity, did it provide any time frame? Sometimes in the posting there are dates mentioned, like when applicants will be notified.</p>
<p>My S inquired about a summer job (not an internship) in January at an organization that has recently had some structural upheaval. They took his name and told him they’d get back to him. He followed up at spring break because he hadn’t heard from them, or seen any postings on their website, and they had completely forgotten about/misplaced his previous inquiry. Fortunately it wasn’t too late and he now has a job lined up for the summer.</p>
<p>Regarding flexibility for summer vacations: it depends on the nature of the internship. If it’s highly structured and involves any formalized training, there may not be any flexibility. My S’s job includes a week of training which unfortunately coincides with his sister’s college graduation. </p>
<p>I hope your son hears soon about the other internship opportunities.</p>
<p>I was thinking of all the kids and parents up in Boston. To think the younger one was our kids age! Can you imagine how the students and admins are feeling today at U Mass? He lived in the dorm. </p>
<p>I’ve been thinking a lot about the empty nest and realized, I’ll have him home for almost 4 months this summer.</p>
<p>I hope those in Boston and those with children attending Boston colleges and universities rested easily last night. It has certainly been a tumultuous week for them. </p>
<p>Four more weeks until my D comes home. She had a follow up doctor appointment on Thursday and things are looking much better. She has regained some of her vision already. She is to continue on her current dose of medication and the doctor has connected with a neuro-ophthalmologist in Ann Arbor for summer follow up. She has one more test to make up, which she is taking on Tuesday, and she will be all caught up from the two weeks of classes she missed. This weekend is sorority initiation. Phew! I have barely heard from her this week and that’s a good sign 
She is back to her busy life of work, school, babysitting, etc.</p>
<p>Good to hear 2016BarnardMom.</p>
<p>Happy to hear your D is recovering so well, BarnardMom!! I feel the same way about not hearing much from DS - it means he is busy and doing well!! Although I do love to chat with him as I’m sure you do with your D!</p>
<p>Welcome, bookmouse!</p>