<p>Very true !!!</p>
<p>Forgive me if this has been asked lately - I’ve been having trouble keeping up-
How many credit hours is your student taking? I’m a little concerned because my D is signed up for 19. She says its no big deal because there are 2 1 credit activities (orchestra and a leadership seminar) but I am still concerned that it may be too much. She wants to do everything!</p>
<p>Forgive me if this has been asked lately - I’ve been having trouble keeping up-
How many credit hours is your student taking? I’m a little concerned because my D is signed up for 19. She says its no big deal because there are 2 1 credit activities (orchestra and a leadership seminar) but I am still concerned that it may be too much. She wants to do everything!</p>
<p>Thought I would drop in since we are leaving today to take DD to Truman State. She will be in a four girl suite with five other girls because of dorm renovations. I’m not thrilled about that, but she is ok with it. I am amazed at the amount of clothes this child is taking. For a jeans/t-shirt/hoodie kid she has a ton of clothes! Our living room has been taken over by Rubbermaid totes, plastic drawers, and huge Ziploc bags filled with bedding and pillows. We will pack up and head to a hotel tonight for early check-in on Saturday. Going to be a long day, hoping I will be able to keep it together.</p>
<p>Youdon’tsay,</p>
<p>My son will also be at Georgetown! Starting to pack this weekend…</p>
<p>@Apollo- In general I think 19 is too many but it may depend on the classes she is signed up for. DS currently has 12 (Calc II,Chemistry and Physics). He was unable to get the other classes he was thinking about. He has drop and add today and will try to add 1 more class. I wouldn’t recommend more than 15 first semester for a freshman.</p>
<p>DS was able to meet DH at starbucks on campus for coffee this morning. DH works in Atlanta near Georgia Tech. DH said DS looked ok and has been meeting people and getting to know the campus. His roommate has moved in and he seems fine. I’m glad that DS is close enough he can meet his dad to talk if he wants to.</p>
<p>Apollo6 – She can always drop something if it turns out to be too much (much easier to drop than to add), but I bet she won’t – her logic sounds spot-on to me, and lots of kids manage 19 hours extremely well. Good luck to her!</p>
<p>At my D’s school, she can only take up to 18 hours. Anything over 18 hours is charged an additional fee per hour (not covered under her scholarship). But she had no problem with 18 hours - usually including 1 or 2 hours of voice lesson and a dance or exercise class.</p>
<p>I think the number of classes really depends on how demanding they are. Son has 14 hours of ‘real’ academic courses and 2.5 of others. He originally had 17 hours of real courses but he dropped one right after orientation. It would have been too much.</p>
<p>He will be taking Calc 1, Micro Econ, Honors Writing seminar, and a Design Studio. The Design Studio class is notorious for being very demanding and time consuming. It is a 4 hour credit class but meets for 7 hours each week. At least one all-nighter every other week working on a design project is the norm.</p>
<p>Last day of packing here. I THINK it will all fit in the van. We leave in the morning to take D to her freshman year at Grinnell - a week early for Tennis team. Her roommate arrives Sat, D’s move in is Sunday. S is going with to see her campus and help move, then flying to Pasadena Sun eve for the rest of his summer research project and his senior year at Caltech. It may be a quiet drive (8 hr) home on Monday. Better find an enthralling audiobook to keep our minds off how changed everything will be. Recommendations?</p>
<p>Last day of packing here too! We leave tomorrow for UF. I am thinking it is a good thing we will have two SUVs because Dorm Mountain is pretty big…</p>
<p>Ds and dh went to see a movie. I’m taking a little road trip to pick up a friend who’s in from out of state. I’m lucky if I get to see her once a year so I’m taking advantage of her visit to put tomorrow’s departure out of my mind for a bit. :)</p>
<p>Good luck, launchers! Ds leaves by himself tomorrow, too, but I’ll be up there next week so I’m not so sad. Yet, anyway.</p>
<p>So many of us in the same boat! Many of my son’s friends have left or are leaving this weekend…I will really miss them. I have been holding it together pretty well, but I fear that once I drop off my son, the dam will burst…look out!!</p>
<p>The foothills contain approximately the gross national product of Tahiti’s worth of sundry plastic items purchased from local big box retailers along with bedding, laundry supplies, and an iron that I expect to still be in its box next May. Scaling toward the tree line, we can see a goodly number of electronic items as well as actual school supplies, enough batteries to power a Tesla, and some hand tools I’m pretty sure my kid does not know how to use. There also may be a Sherpa trapped under the debris. Or perhaps the dog. It’s hard to tell.</p>
<p>After a quick hit from the oxygen tank and the ascent to the summit, we reach the top and see what appears to be the entire Nordstrom’s menswear department.</p>
<p>All this, I’m told, will fit in the car. If it does, I shall return quoting one of my favorite philosophers, Bugs Bunny: “I know this defies the law of gravity, but, you see, I never studied law.”</p>
<p>Godspeed, parents, and happy packing.</p>
<p>Signing off,
SOG</p>
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<p>I’m a little nervous because our dorm mountain is more like dorm rolling hill. </p>
<p>Comforter, sheets, towels, small first aid box, Kleenex, desk lamp, detergent, toiletries and clothes are piled on the guest twin bed. It looks very do-able. I have a low maintenance boy. I figure he can order online anything else he sees that he needs right?</p>
<p>Surfcity - my s had a 30in rolling duffle and 2 carryon suitcases full of mostly clothing. One carryon was just bedding. His desk lamp and mattress pad were shipped to campus, as were his trashcan, power strips, and most of his school supplies. He can order anything else he needs online. I reminded him that he would be doing this in reverse all by himself next May.</p>
<p>Hooray!!! After shoveling up all the pyroclastic flow down the hallway, WE WERE ABLE TO FIT THE ENTIRE DOUBLE DORM VOLCANO into the DDHM Tuitionmobile! (With a little help from my friend, the roof carrier) Even more amazing, there might be room left for all four of us.</p>
<p>SOG, utter empathy headed your way, but I cannot believe you have a DS?
My DD has about 80% of our volume, including her 16 pairs of Cute Shoes. DS is a minimalist, thank the Great Dormsupply Gods.</p>
<p>Be forewarned everyone. Do not closely follow the Tuitionmobile up the Interstate tomorrow morning, because I have never used a roof carrier nor secured anything to my roof before. It may loosen, and XL bedding, dorm lights, fans, kitchen supplies, etc may come crashing through your windshield. Do NOT tailgate our SUV heading north. </p>
<p>Have a safe trip, ipeeps!</p>
<p>Three uhaul trailers outside my dd’s dorm today. That is a bit excessive. These are standard sized dorm rooms</p>
<p>No kidding. I doubt we will need more than two.</p>
<p>Someoldguy… Now that is funny! I actually was thinking maybe they were bringing twins! Our mini van was full and we were glad little brother stayed with a friend…or he would of had to sit on the roof!</p>