I guess March Madness has different meaning for our group this year 
Congrats to everyone who has reported good news about scholarships and acceptances! It’s great to hear.
@michiganbuckeye, my S competes in FRC, but his competition isn’t until the end of March. They’re a newish team and only can afford 1 competition. We don’t have States. It’s competition and then, if you qualify, “Worlds” (finals). I believe we would be slated for the new finals in Dallas(? somewhere in TX). We are glad build season is over because all of the kids are worn out!
@jedwards70, I have mentioned to my son (numerous times) that suite living means he will have to clean the bathroom. He tells me “I know” and moves on. I don’t think he “knows”, but he still is most interested in the suites. I just think Ick!! I am also wondering if his sheets will ever be washed. I am thinking of buying 3 or 4 bottom sheets and putting them all on at once so he can just peel them off on a monthly basis as the semester progresses.
so funny! …and probably not a bad idea!
Nope. Never happen. It will be uninhabitable after two weeks.
This was the situation at U Houston honors suite - 2 bedrooms/4 beds and one private bathroom. They had a nice fancy (mostly ignored) “To-Do” list hanging near the bathroom.
Personally, I would be using the 6th floor library bathroom after a few weeks of that nonsense.
That’s why I think shared bathroom down the hall that is professionally cleaned is preferable.
^agreed!
Community bathrooms are cleaned every day, sometimes twice. Private bathrooms are cleaned once a week, if at all.
@sdl6025 I am so sorry! I would be freaking out too. Hopefully she can meet with the professor asap, and the school itself (there has to be someone in admissions/registrar that can help with her options). Is it not possible to get it to a passing grade with the time left? I’d also be contacting the HS to see if they have any suggestions on triage alternatives.
HUGS.
My D is off to Grinnell this weekend! Seems like an awfully long trip for such a short stay (leaves Sunday; back Monday), but hopefully she’ll get a good sense of the campus culture and curriculum.
Count her in with @cubanmom’s and @Dolemite’s Ds among the WashU Annika Rodriguez finalists – can you please reserve three of them while you’re at it @Dolemite ? ;))
my DS is very picky about bathrooms, he never uses the ones @ school. I was thinking of private bathrooms, but now I have to rethink that
@srk2017 Is the issue cleanliness, or safety/privacy?
Personally, I would choose a less-than-perfectly-clean PRIVATE bathroom over a germ-free public. But I would like to have that public one available - not too far away - for when one of my suite-mates was hogging the private and I really needed to use the facilities!
@WhataProcess - Issue is cleanliness. He has his own bathroom at home which gets professionally cleaned every other week.
@sdl0625 oh gosh, I’m freaking out for you! There has to be a way to resolve this! I’d start climbing the ladder and talk to everyone from the teacher to the district superintendent if you have to. That is not ok.
@socalmom007 that is my reaction,too.
@srk2017 So while the ‘public’ floor bathroom might be professionally cleaned daily, he would have no control over that…so Saturday mornings it could be pretty disgusting.
Whereas a private bath he would have control over, although he may need to be willing to clean up after his room/suitemates (some may not pull their weight).
Just one more thing to think about!
@srk2017 DS has the same situation, only child with his own section of the house and a weekly cleaning lady. Besides the bathroom privacy issues, he is also concerned about how cold he will be able to crank the AC. He currently keeps his half of the house at 70 degrees because he is always hot. Poor special snowflake! It will be good for my DS to learn to live with other kids and a thermostat he can’t adjust the second he is too sweaty. B-) Yes, I know this sounds ridiculous. Before I went back to work he used to clean his bathroom every Sunday so he knows how to do it but the idea of cleaning up after 3 other boys grosses him out.
My daughter and I were just having the dorm conversation last night. She said she could totally have a room mate, she just needs to find someone exactly like her 
Can you imagine the groupme thread? “Hi there, is anyone out there severely OCD? Are you psychotic about the tidiness of your space? Want to be my friend?”
My son’s ideal room mate would be some one with a fridge full of drinks and snacks, has an extensive music collection to share, would sit across from him in his room with headphones on all day, and they would simultaneously
watch Netflix, youtube, play some IOS game vs each other, while texting each other. They would never talk to each other except via text. They wouldn’t judge each other for leaving clothes scattered around the room and never calling their parents.
@socalmom007 if our girls went to SLO they could be roommates.
Mine has colorcoded file folders for her classes with completed work, work in progress and so on.
Regardless of suite (consistently dirty) vs. communal (disgusting on weekends), I recommend you two get your sons into some kind of “dirty bathroom desensitization program” stat!
I’ll never forget the day oldest D came home shaking her head and said “Why can’t people at least puke in the toilets instead of in the sinks and on the floor?!”
Lol @VickiSoCal !!!