My kid had to write a paper on The Stranger last year and it was mighty struggle for miss future chemist. I kept telling her, don’t look at me, I don’t get it at all. Signed, miss former chemist.
@dfbdfb congrats on Kansas honors! So exciting
@saillakeerie, My D is the opposite of S. She loves winter sports, wears a light jacket even when it’s snowing, and was hoping to go somewhere where she could ski. It didn’t work out quite the way she planned (no ski resort near her school), but at least she can hit the slopes when she comes home for winter break, and annoy her brother who is happily not going outside.
Since I’m on some sort of GT posting streak…
On our visit to Tech, we checked in the night before at a hotel across from campus. After settling in, we went out for a walk. As we exited the hotel and started our walk, almost immediately, a student, in a passing car, shouted “DON"T COME TO THIS SCHOOL!”…
My DS17 was like “What?!” and I thought, yea, this is Tech, what a bunch of smart %^&$. 
@STEM2017 We haven’t toured the University of Houston but I’be been on campus several times. They are really trying to raise their profile and have added a couple of new dorms but it is very much a commuter school and in a really, really bad part of town. I actually like Houston and there are some great parts of the city, the area around Rice University is one of them. Unfortunately, U of H is not in a good part of town and then coupled with the fact that there are so many commuter students, I think your S would have better options.
@Tgirlfriend Would your DS consider UTSA in San Antonio? They built some beautiful new dorms and have some ABET accredited engineering programs. We’ve know kids who were put into the UT CAP program and stayed because they liked it so much. Again, I haven’t toured but have had friends with kids who went there or strongly considered it.
@jedwards70 sounds like U of H is the same as UT Arlington. They have truly tried to make it better. Nicer dorms and restaurant on campus. It really is a good affordable option for kids around here who can’t afford to go away or who are choosing it because it is the most affordable option.
The pickings get slim here in Texas when you want engineering without the craziness of the 1st year re-application at A&M or without the direct major competition at UT.
@dfbdfb Congrats on the Kansas acceptance! You must be thrilled!
@2muchquan - I would hardly call this a “little thread.” Perhaps you need to de-lurk on other threads with Jokes of The Day…if they are anywhere nearly as popular elsewhere as they are here, you’ll have a loyal following indeed!
@MotherOfDragons, Wake Forest. We visited last fall. They are big on demonstrated interest. They highly stress an interview. They do Skype interviews. MY S did his back in June, before leaving for camp job…I am told they fill up. i suggest getting one on the books…Also, check the NPC. They are not particularly generous with Aid. Bad formula, and don’t meet full need. They told us if applying for aid, don’t apply ED…They have had issues in past with failed expectations. Don’t mean to put a damper, just trying to be helpful…
@dfbdfb Congratulations on the terrific news!
We’re on post-op day 3 of wisdom teeth, and it has been rough. Still not keeping food down, which makes taking meds tricky. So glad school doesn’t start here for a few more weeks!
D15 moves into her new next-to-campus apartment next week, and I can’t wait to see it. She hasn’t packed or anything yet - hopefully it will happen?
@Gator88NE - DS13 is at GT. That’s just something they do…As for changing majors. DS has done it and all it required was getting a signature and going to a change of major meeting. I do think that if someone was trying to get into AE they might question it but not most of the other majors.
@dfbdfb, Congrats on Kansas. Visited it a few years back with middle d. Great college town. Like the campus on the hill. you are right, it is contained, and feels more intimate…Hope you get lots more acceptances with great aid…We all need that
@lemetz …did your oral surgeon prescribe any anti-nausea meds?
Work light up a bit. Trying to catch up on D’17’s essay progress. She said she is more than half way done for all of her supplements, but she has only shared with me 3 of them. Hmmm…
@lemetz Hugs your way…I think if it is not letting up soon, probably should see the oral surgeon again just to be sure that everything is ok.
@whataboutcollege @carachel2 Thanks for the hugs! The good news is that her swelling looks pretty good today, so I think she is actually healing well - and she isn’t really in pain (except for a headache.) I think this is anesthesia + chronic illness. She and zofran are old friends, so that’s a good thing. Hoping tomorrow is the breakthrough.
Ok soo today DS17’s AP computer science teacher figured out that the email he sent all the kids about the summer homework didn’t get to any of them… Supposedly they were to learn java and write an app this summer… just great. now he is reworking his teaching schedule. I wish that the email had worked. Now they are starting from behind. ugh.
@MichiganGeorgia The irony!
Well, I just spent the past 2 hours working on the counselor portion of the CA. (It wouldn’t have taken me anywhere near that long if I had discovered smallpdf earlier. I was having a horrible time trying to get my files below the 500kb. Wasted a ton of time on that and finally found smallpdf and easy peasy my documents worked. Wish I had thought of looking for an online way to do it earlier!!)
Anyway, 1 question I hadn’t remembered from before that I found interesting:
Does your school require volunteer service hours as a graduation requirement?
@Tgirlfriend I am curious why Texas State doesn’t get much attention on CC even though it has automatic full tuition scholarships. Its not on our list, I’m just curious.
Schedule - We were not able to fix ours, they sacrificed IB kids who were advanced in everything. A needs of the many vs. the needs of the few issue. They had to accept whatever was available or switch to AP. [-( I’m furious.