@giterdone - My S is also moving home – we are so excited too. Our older son did the same thing for about 8 months while he also worked here in DC. It really helped with saving money for when he left for chilly Chicago!
I think my guy will probably pay for parking - it will be his only real expense. We live close enough to downtown DC that the commute isn’t bad. Plus, he hates the Metro! And, the Metro system is very expensive (and lately, unreliable) so if he finds a reasonable deal for a monthly garage, the cost difference will be negligible.
Florida sounds pretty darn nice right about now…enjoy! We got pummeled with snowstorm Jonas and winter has already lost its charm for me!
@dwhite - I saw that! We’re up in the panhandle and got some rain/wind, but that’s about it. Weird year. I was stuck in DC for 3 days back in March 2014 when you guys got a foot! Can’t imagine how crippling this was
I have rarely been on Parents Forum since my D graduated from HS. Hung out in the cafe mostly. I came back here to see how our kids are doing. My D had the best 4 years in college and now heading out to her top choice graduate school. It’s exciting to watch how they develop.
Funny how a lot of us think again about CC now that we are coming to the end of four years! I have been hanging out on Grad Cafe - not here! DS is having a good relaxing last semester. No more Physics courses and problem sets! He will graduate in May - has a summer internship lined up and has gotten into two grad schools, so far, to get a Master’s in Elect. Eng. When he got the first acceptance into Grad school, I said to my husband “I think I am done, done with this one!” It is a big sigh of relief that he has a plan for the next couple of years. Now I can go back to worrying about the 2014 one who doesn’t have as clear a path as the older one has!
Hello all! I haven’t been here in a while, but I’m excited to say that my son graduated a semester early with his BS from GMU and has been admitted to the PhD programs in Computer Science at UCLA and at University of Maryland College Park, both fully funded with stipends. Still waiting to hear from a few others, but great options so far!
Well DD16 is having a capstone kind of semester. Big part in the drama department musical, voice recital scheduled for May. Only taking two formal classes with one of them being yoga. Working hard on her thesis including traveling abroad over winter break to complete her research. She made the first cut for a Fulbright - so now more waiting with fingers crossed. Starting to look at jobs and internships. Unlikely to be coming home after college - but not a clear plan at the moment.
Sounds like lots of grad school applicants in the group - congrats on the acceptances.
@Iglooo - Thanks. This is the final round. The candidates get sent to the host country for comment and then the committee decides. Unfortunately the time frame for decisions and notifications is from now until May - so potentially a lot more waiting and hoping!
Popping in to say today I was accepted to my top choice PhD program and will be accepting the offer once it comes officially in the mail. Don’t want to say where for privacy reasons (cohorts are so dang small!) but it will definitely be a change of scenery from where I grew up! It’s been an emotional roller coaster. After hearing the good news of getting so many interview invites, I got a slew of not so good news when I didn’t get an offer from a single one! Vey demoralizing, but then today my luck changed I can breathe and enjoy the rest of my time in undergrad (and start seriously looking at apartments!).
Yes I will. And now that I know I will be going to grad school in the fall, I can’t believe that I’ll be “Dr. CPU” in only a few years time—it’ll surely fly by!
I just reached a milestone–paying for DS’s last quarter! I can’t believe how fast the time has gone. Now I get to start all over again with DD this fall. At least I didn’t have two in college at the same time!
Been there with the 2 in college. We had an overlap of 2 years. Fortunately, we have a break til 2020. I can’t believe I actually typed that year out.
DD’16 is close to making a decision on a law school. Who knew there was so much negotiating for tuition money? I suppose if there are any people who can do it, it would be future law students. This morning, she told me to not order graduation announcements. She asked her older brother, the graphic designer, to do it. Ok. I hope I get to see it before it goes to print!
CPU congrats! My D1 (2014 grad) is also heading to a PhD program next year. It is a grueling admission process - glad it worked out well and you got your first choice.
D1 and D2 are two years apart so we did the dual tuitions for years - especially since we paid for private HS too. It felt really great to write that last check. A decade of tuition finally over.
I can’t believe our kids are graduating this year. So much has happened in my family, we are not the same from the time we started this journey. It has been a difficult journey for D2, but I think she is a stronger and more mature person. After weathering few major relationship breakups, parents divorce, and very close call of not able to go on to law school, she is coming out on the other side. I think all of that have given her confidence to be able to handle adversity in the future. In some ways, that’s what college is all about, to help our kids grow as a person.
D2 has few offers from T14 law schools with good merit money, and she is still waiting to hear from other schools. She also has a job offer from a US Attorney’s office for 2 years. She is very torn as whether to go straight to law school or work for 2 years. If she turns those schools down, there is no guarantee she would be admitted again (especially if she turns them down now), and more importantly with money. She is interested in public service, so graduating without debt would be important. I would prefer if she were to go straight through to get her education out of the way, so she could move on to next phase of her life. But she is not 18 any more, she is going to have to make her own decision on the next journey of her life.
I can breathe and enjoy the rest of my time in undergrad (and start seriously looking at apartments!).