<p>@student4ever:) Thank you!</p>
<p>Thank you to everyone for the support. I arrived home from work to find my H in a greatly encouraged mood, as he already has a couple of potential job leads. Fingers crossed!</p>
<p>He did call UCSB’s financial aid office. They said they have a form for this type of situation where finances have suddenly changed. It will not be available until mid-June, and they don’t process them until the summer. </p>
<p>I’m feeling on more solid ground now. One way or another, we will make this work out. I really appreciate all the kind words. You’re the best. 
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<p>This is becoming more real. We just made hotel reservations for move-in day and parents weekend!</p>
<p>Maybe our next list is when everyone will be leaving the nest. We may be first - she’ll be moving in August 8 - a week early for sorority recruitment.</p>
<p>@eyemamom - we fly to Philly on August 15. A couple days for shopping, then dorm move-in is on that Monday.</p>
<p>@calla1 I hope he gets something by mid-June and you don’t have to give it another thought! </p>
<p>I just signed my S up for a week of hiking and backpacking in the wilderness of Vermont the week before school starts - actually, I think it is wilderness of upstate NY - the Adirondacks! I was surprised he was up for it - his only concern was not being able to shower! too funny…I would be concerned about carrying a hugh pack on my back and sleeping on the ground for 5 days! I thought for sure he would be interested in the kayaking trip on lake Champlain…nope - boring…He was interested in the white water Kayaking trip but it is in Maine! been there done that! …
So he will be off mid August. We plan to drive him up and hang out in Burlington area for the week then say our final good byes after he returns from his trip…and we will be empty nesters… </p>
<p>Our D is set to move-in on August 20th so we will head east on the 19th and hotel the night before move-in. We get to stay for a day and then parents are told to say their good-byes and must leave. Three days later I have to pack up S-2011 and move him in on Sunday the 24th. August will be a busy driving month! </p>
<p>Vandy waitlist update;
from the Vanderbilt Admissions Blog (minus photos and links)</p>
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<p>2014 Wait List Update </p>
<p>Posted: 05 May 2014 08:54 AM PDT</p>
<p>We have begun making offers of admission to students on our wait list for the Class of 2018. As we mentioned in our Wait List FAQ 2014 Edition, applicants on the wait list who are offered admission will receive an email from the Director of Admissions and will have a limited amount of time to accept the offer and pay the matriculation fee. We will continue with offers until the Class of 2018 is filled. We can’t predict when exactly this will happen, although we will notify by email all students who remain on the wait list when the class is officially closed.</p>
<p>In the meantime, we will continue to send email inquiries to all students remaining on the wait list to gage continued interest in Vanderbilt. A quick response to these inquiries will help us know your interest as we finalize the enrollment for the Class of 2018.</p>
<p>Thank you for your patience with the wait list process – we know this can be an anxious time for you and your family. Remember, though, that the fact that you were offered a spot on the wait list means that we think you would make a valuable contribution to the Vanderbilt community.</p>
<p>We will continue to post updates as the wait list process continues. Questions are welcome in the comments section.</p>
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<p>D moves in Aug 17th, a week early, for her fall activity. I don’t know if I’m looking forward to that. On regular freshmen move-in day, there are “helpers.” I imagine 20 or so students moving in early, not all of them freshmen, will not get this assistance. </p>
<p>@ordinarylives – same with my son. But DH gets to go with him for that move-in, not me. I just show up a few days later for parent orientation, ha ha!</p>
<p>Parent orientation? What on earth does a school do at parent orientation? I already know how to write a check!</p>
<p>@ordinarylives - they may talk about your child adjusting to college, what to do and who to go to if you suspect a problem with your child, academic advising and support available, getting an internship, safety and security on campus, student health services and counseling provided, etc. </p>
<p>I’ve been to two of these and in each case I learned things that I felt were worthwhile and helpful. YMMV</p>
<p>DS14 doesn’t move in until Aug 29. I’m sure DS17 will have a fall sports event then just to make things complicated. We also have a parent orientation which parents on a FB page are already complaining about leaving them so soon after. I thought it was odd we had to stay overnight for the orientation. Guess I’m in the minority.</p>
<p>My son will move in either August 13 or 14 – waiting on information from his cross country coach. First practice is Aug. 14. But, we have his orientation in mid-July, so we’ll be down south for that. There is a parent orientation during Son’14’s program. So I get to learn all about the school and what it offers. Son '14 will register for classes. I’ll go and see his dorm and walk the campus, as I have not seen it yet. Should be an interesting time.</p>
<p>Move in is august 21st for S, after that I’ll camp out in front of the dorm and they’ll have to forcibly remove me.
Letting go is not easyyyy…</p>
<p>Oh . . . I get it. The schools around here have those during summer course sign up. D’s is in June. Students go to one set of meetings and parents to another. I’ve never been able to do those. The year oldest d started (she attends school at my employer), I was running the summer writing assessments. I was training readers and reading essays and didn’t get to go the parent stuff. </p>
<p>I’ll let you in on our little secret, though. Some of those sessions are designed to keep the parents out of the way so advisors can work with/really listen to the student. You’d be surprised how many parents overstep. Or maybe you wouldn’t be.</p>
<p>Anyone out there familiar with Ace Adventure Resort in West Virginia? DS school hosts Freshman Connection Adventure there week before move in…</p>
<p>Isn’t it truly amazing that a whole generation of us somehow survived with our parents dropping us off at the dorm and driving away, with no orientation or other special programs for the parents? No week long good byes, even when we were not in near constant communication? It would be interesting to know at what point this shift really started to happen.</p>
<p>My parents dropped me off at the airport and I had to find my way to the school myself. We went to my son’s orientation, there were some helpful things, they even had a session on letting go and letting them figure things out on their own. I can’t say being dropped off like that really helped me with the transition at all, but I survived. But is getting through it really ideal?</p>
<p>All I really care about for my daughter is the registration process. I really don’t feel the need to attend the other sessions, I already set myself up as the person in charge of billing. But she’s so excited about it I won’t tell her if we ditch out on some of it.</p>
<p>I’ll stay around just in case she needs things we didn’t think about, plus we’ll be at a golf resort so we wanted to play a little golf while she begins sorority recruitment. We don’t even really plan on seeing her.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t recommend this at all ;-), but I showed up to attend my college sight unseen, forget about anything as sensible as orientation! That year, housing was especially tight in the dorms, so I ended up in a pathetic little roach motel off campus. Shudder. I’ve already asked my H to attend the orientation with our S. </p>