I honestly think some of it was because I’m female. She was saying that she was really glad to see a female interested in this field. It’s bad, but I think if I had been a guy (haha) I probably wouldn’t have gotten noticed as much. I think she enjoyed seeing my flight experience on there as well.
@Ohmomof2, I’ve been looking forward to sending care packages! I did send hurricane supplies a couple weeks ago when it looked like they might be needed…but have been looking forward to sending more fun things lol. It’s funny that visiting her is actually putting a crunch on sending care packages…We saw her for Labor Day weekend, a last minute trip when she said the campus was pretty much clearing out. We had planned to see her this weekend, for Parent’s weekend, but I haven’t been feeling well…so I will recuperate this weekend, and hopefully we’ll be able to visit next weekend instead. But…I did just order some placemats for her anyway. She’s been posting her dinner creations (she loves to cook) on FB…on a bare table…so, ya know… I HAD to send placemats. ;
@twogirls, It is good to hear your positive report! I’m glad your D is finding her groups and getting settled in. I’ve been very surprised at my introvert D, who is mentioning meeting a variety of friends and finding things to do within different groups. She’s now saying she thinks she needs to narrow it down a bit, to not be so busy! lol
@Barbalot, what did you decide to do for the student needing a ride? That would throw me for a loop too. I guess a lot would depend on how long a drive it is, and what my D’s expectations for the visit were. I hope it worked out well!
D’s friend got sick and didn’t go. So that worked out. It’s been great to get a glimpse off her world and a good visit. She seems to be doing well. Now I’m getting worried that it’s going to be another difficult goodbye (for me at least) tomorrow. But I’m hoping for the best.
The countdown to dorm move-in has reached 4 days. Daughter is dying of boredom, her friends have been gone for a month, and she’s still packing.
On top of everything else, the hard drive in her brand-new $1,200 laptop crashed! The hard drive ate itself and lost all of her data. She has been using it for about 6 weeks, so that was not a lot to lose. The silver lining is that this happened now, not 6-weeks into school, with midterms or projects due. The company is sending her a new hard drive, and my husband is installing a second, backup hard drive.
Sorry for the computer troubles, @LadyArwyn. It’s too bad I couldn’t have switched situations with your D, I’d have loved to have had an extra month. I was getting started the earliest of my friends.
I have completed cleaning my room and cleaning the common areas of the suite with 2 of my suitemates for the health and safety checks tomorrow. Yay! Hopefully I pass, it looks far better than it did last night, but that isn’t saying too much.
Shoboemom my D loves many things about the school: the classes, professors, intimacy of the classes despite being a large school, clubs, roommate, suite mate, etc. She is finding it a little hard to be an out of state student at a state school- feels a lot of the kids know one another from high school. That being said, she is joining clubs and trying to meet people. One of her clubs she really really enjoys. She is also hoping to be a student ambassador, which hosts a lot of social events. Part of the “problem” is that she studies a lot, and often turns down invitations… we are working on that. All in all, she seems to be handling herself well (at least on most days ~X( ).
@twogirls The people may not know each other as well as she thinks they do. I thought the same thing, but in reality I haven’t met lots of people that stick close to each other simply because they were in high school. One girl told me she saw like 3 people from her high school in her classes, but she didn’t hang out with them any more then she had in high school. Some groups form at early events, like pre-orientation programs and and stuff. One of my suitemates is from the area (like in the town) and says she doesn’t know anyone going there, the people she hangs with are ones she met though a pre-orientation thing that ran for like a week and a half before school started.
D1 is doing great. Likes all her classes, made some friends, is active in a club sport (she NEVER liked sports before!) and a recreational club. 
^ that’s the kind of news we like to hear @fccdad!
Albert69 I explained to her that just because kids from the same HS are walking together, it does not mean that they are close friends. It can simply mean that they recognize a familiar face and it brings comfort to them. She has joined a few clubs that are beginning to meet regularly so that should help things. Last weekend she volunteered at a football game with a few kids. We have parent weekend coming up soon and I am looking forward to it. D loves her classes and academically is thriving. Can’t complain.
FCCDAD great news! 
Okay, two more days, then, move-in! We’re starting to pack the last of her stuff, all but the last-minute items, like power chargers.
What did your students NOT bring to the dorms that they wished they had?
What did your students bring, and wish they hadn’t?
Heh, this being the “last one” thing could work out well for us.
Well, I got some more information… I had an appointment with a specialist at the career center, and we went over my resume and such. He also knew someone to call at Textron, not the woman, but someone else he knew that works there. He found out that the entire recruiting staff was out last week and will be out until Friday because of some events. What it likely means is that no one has seen my application yet. The career specialist sent the guy a reminder email on my behalf, so he’ll keep an eye out for me. So I still really am waiting, but at least I know there’s still hope!
Good luck to you @albert69 !! Making contacts this early in your college career is a great sign of things to come <:-P
@Wolverine86 Thanks! The office was insanely happy to see a freshman in there. I just want as much as much info as I can get so I don’t miss something.
@ladyarwen , my daughter brought WAY too many clothes, blankets, sheets. Way way way too many. She goes to school in a very cold place and just didn’t know which jackets, blankets, shoes to take, so she took them all. She took a ton of sundresses because she really likes them, but she quickly became a jeans and flannel shirt girl. This year she took much less back with her, only a few pairs of shoes and boots, and just one comforter.
If your daughter will have a chance to get more coats or blankets if she needs them, take less now. The door rooms are really small, usually HOT, and less is more.
@LadyArwyn stuff she didn’t bring that I ended up sending or will bring on family day or we bought during move in day via a trip to the big box store:
Family pix to stick on wall or any kind of wall decor/poster
Mirror, hangers, a plastic storage cube for under the bed
Pins for corkboard that was already in the room
A (shower) curtain to put over their shared closet alcove so it can be a place to change clothes
Her Pointe shoes (turns out there is a ballet club)
More cold weather clothes (bringing these)
Party dresses (she sheepishly said oh I guess there are some parties I want to go to after all)
I don’t know if there’s anything she regrets bringing but she did try to pack light (we had to fit everything into hubby’s small suv since minivan was not up to the trip)
My son didn’t get a fridge, and we ended up having one shipped to him (pretty small, around 2 cu. ft.). I don’t think there is anything he brought that he didn’t use or want. He has a blanket that he will likely only use to put on the bed to make it “look nice”. He tends to be too warm so he brought one pair of jeans grudgingly. We’ll see if he needs more long pants in the future (he’s in upstate NY).
Btw @LadyArwyn does your kid’s schoolyear end later too (since it starts later) ?
DS asked me to bring him a soccer ball, swim goggles, and staples . I don’t think he regrets anything he’s brought but he packed lightly, because he knew we could bring anything he needed. Funny how being close can work both ways, with respect to overpacking/underpacking.
@LadyArwyn…lots of different over the door hook things. Big ones, small ones. Some fit and some didn’t. Also I brought a small bag with tools and tape and a tape measure and double sided command strips and things that we needed to get set up. Then it was easy to find when we needed something.