<p>Congratulations Haystack & son! Hmm, one U Iowa and one Iowa State - is there a rivalry there? </p>
<p>No essay progress here. I’m going to put all the “priority” essays on a sheet for DD, so that she can see what she needs to get done. She’s very visual, so I hope that it will motivate her to see it one paper.</p>
<p>Congratulations to your S, Haystack!</p>
<p>D is gradually working through her applications and essays. CA is done bar a little polishing, but still no supplements available for 2 of her choices and no application at all for one!</p>
<p>She’s looking forward to school starting on the 4th - this has been a busy summer!</p>
<p>S’12 will be leaving for Chicago on the 11th for the varsity preseason. We’re trying to make sure that he takes everything that he needs. He’ll buy some items there but we’re not sure how much time he’ll have or what sort of transportation until Orientation week starts. They have shuttles going out to Target, etc. then so he can pick up anything else that he needs. He’ll also have to move everything from the dorm where the team is staying to his term-time dorm room on the 18th, but I’m sure that everyone will help each other.</p>
<p>One of my kids is also having a lot of difficulty writing his essay. Perfectionist. He’s also written on NANOWRIMO and has two novels completed! His writting is amazing. </p>
<p>Crossing my fingers todays the day he gets it done! </p>
<p>Great news Haystack! Love how they announced it!</p>
<p>Congrats Haystack!! What a creative way to announce an acceptance.</p>
<p>Congratulations to all your children on their early acceptances! School has started here and I am confident that D will get it all done on time, but maybe not early! 
She left this morning for a two day senior retreat where I’m sure they will all be discussing their plans after graduation.</p>
<p>Honestly, I am a little sad reading all these recent posts from parents about their children having difficulty their first few days away at college. I thought I was ready for that, but now I’m not sure… D has been going away each summer since she was 10 for at least 3 weeks (one summer it was 6 weeks) for camps and summer programs on college campuses and I was hoping that would be enough when the time comes to separate… gosh, I hope so, I really do because I feel for these parents. I hope those experiences have prepared both of us! I remember how it felt the first time she left and it was hard to get through the day without thinking about it. We have all been so busy researching and visiting colleges and preparing for applications and tests that it didn’t seem real until now. Wow! It’s right around the corner.</p>
<p>To all of you with older children that have been through it before, we will really need you come August of next year! :)</p>
<p>COLLEGE TRANSCRIPTS for DE Classes: S13 got a letter from UAH saying that they still needed his HS transcripts PLUS transcripts from the colleges he completed dual enrollment classes through. I never saw on their application site that they needed his college transcripts. Anyone know if he also has to send them to UA? Pitt told us that they only needed them once he was accepted if he wanted the courses evaluated for credit. I also saw on the CA that he needs to send college transcripts. Does he send them directly to each school? </p>
<p>ESSAYS: S13 is also in essay hell right now!</p>
<p>Ds is at his first college interview. Can’t wait to hear how it went!</p>
<p>Goodmorning all,
Waiting to fully wake up and go for a swim. It’s hot here.
D1 thought freshmen year was an eye opener for her. I never knew anything about it until she told me much later. But she survived and considered her undergraduate experience a success. So I think in the end, it will turn out ok.</p>
<p>Snorkelmom: My D is my second going through the process. I was very nervous when my S went off to school, but he has “found his people” after a rough first semester, and somewhat less rough second semester. I hope we can help you feel better about the whole process.</p>
<p>Youdon’tsay ~ good luck to your son!</p>
<p>YDS: Good luck to your son!!</p>
<p>Essays: S3 says he is struggling because he has no idea who he is. This might be a long process.</p>
<p>MommyDearest: We did not get a DE transcript request from UA, but D’13s DE classes are all posted on her HS transcript. Does your S’s DE classes show on his HS transcript?</p>
<p>Thanks, longsx3…DE grades are on transcript, but they don’t have his HS transcript yet. Is your D applying to any common app schools? I don’t know where to send the college transcripts…he has coursework through 3 different colleges.</p>
<p>YDS, how’d it go?</p>
<p>S’13 is back from work…i sent him straight up to work on the CA essay. This is definetly going to be a long process.</p>
<p>Congrats Haystack’s Son! Woo Hoo! </p>
<p>Napalm - I am so sorry that your schedule seems to be working out (or not working out) like that! Let’s hope the conflict doesn’t mess you up (school-wise) too much. </p>
<p>It’s funny but I don’t worry about Step-D, when it comes to college adjustment, one bit. She was nervous (as a 13 yr old) going to her first session of sleep-away camp, and she made friends immediately. Every other endeavor she has undertaken, she’s made friends right away. I’m more afraid of never talking to her again, than I am of her not blossoming. ;)</p>
<p>Same here ldog…i was just joking a with S13 about what i’m doing to his room next year since i figure he’s leaving and never coming back!</p>
<p>Well, no essay work was done this weekend. But on the bright side, S2 is now level 19 on his new video game. :)</p>
<p>School starts tomorrow. S2 is ready for it to begin. I think he’s looking forward to being the “big dog” this year.</p>
<p>Funny thing is that I’m not worried about my D at all either; she’s extremely independent, makes new friends quickly and adapts very easily to new situations. She will not even entertain the idea of staying within this region for school… she wants to go far, far away where everything will be new and fresh and different.</p>
<p>I guess what I was trying to say is that I MAY NOT be as ready as I once believed to see her go. It also surprised & saddened me how many threads there are recently from parents worried about their kids mental health and maybe part of that is not so much the kid being homesick, but the parent missing their offspring and not being able to control or fix the situation. Probably happens on CC every year in August. But believe me, I too, am the one worried that I will never see or hear from her again after move in day. :)</p>
<p>Interview seems to have gone well. He doesn’t remember a lot of it. :)</p>
<p>He’s mad right now because he’s doing college stuff for me instead of at the park with friends on the last day of summer. Did I mention that he had just left the park, where he was with friends? I told him he could be at the park right now if he’d done these things Friday or Saturday nights, but, oh wait, you were out with friends those nights! 
He has to ask his teachers tomorrow to write his LORs because they are due to QB a month from Tuesday. Of course, if he’d ask them last spring, like I suggested …</p>
<p>My kid decides to become a bat(sleep day, active at night) just to avoid us(my suspiscion).
She lazzily slept away all day and did nothing, no summer homework. She said she spent the night reading a book that she wanted to read instead of summer homework. Yesterday she spent time with friends at the beach. So to my surprise, I opened her cave(room) and she was looking at revising EC essay part 2. Once this is done I will let D1 read and she will ask one of her friends who is going to HYPS to read it as well. Boy this process is harder that I thought. In the meantime, I had to reread all the books about essays and stuff to be able to give her a quick idea about her essays(but not the grammar/english portion).</p>
<p>Congrats Haystack! What a fun way to get the acceptance. </p>
<p>Tx5athome: same here with s13. he says he can’t figure out what makes him unique. I told him that they don’t need unique, they just need him to be himself but on paper. Yes, he looked at me like I was crazy, too. I fell like I’m no help with this. do the college essay books work or do they just restate the obvious?</p>
<p>YDS: glad the interview went well. thanks for the reminder to remind S13 to get his LOR in order.</p>
<p>We went to a local presentation by Case Western today. They started the program with a video clip of the new freshman (class of 2016) saying good bye to their parents at orientation. S13 was mortified that I had to dry my tears! maybe it was just menopause or maybe this will be more difficult than I imagined next year.</p>