@srk2017 I can’t follow things as a conversation there. I find this way easier to follow. I’m always multitasking and skimming here is quick.
Sharing. D shares with her friends and with people who ask. I prefer to not go into detail because the questions when decisions come out are never ending. Last year when D16 applied, the inquiries drove me crazy. And also I felt some people were rooting for my D to fail. Such is life. So I will try to keep a low profile this time around.
@carachel2 I love the response you give people.
# of applications Just 3. 1 ED, 1 EA and 1 safety. If all goes awry in December, she will send out some more. But let’s hope it doesn’t come to that.
@srk2017 yeah, it was hard enough to keep up with this thread, now I have to check fb multiple times a day!
@Mom2aphysicsgeek Same philosophy here. D will happily go to the school that offers her the top scholarship. If she is lucky enough to have multiple top scholarship offers, only then will personal preference come into play. I’m secretly going though that one of her top 3 choices pans out.
Grades - D is doing great. High A’s in all classes. This is shaping up to be her second best year academically. She is, however, working very hard for it and not sleeping nearly enough. Hopefully she’ll relax a bit about the grades in the spring. She’s a little obsessed with checking Skyward lately. Her top choice asks for mid-year grades, so that’s what shw is focused on right now.
@srk2017 @Mom2aphysicsgeek Yes, this forum is good for some things. FB for others. This thread is hard to follow when a poster comments on a post that was 100 pages ago (which could only be a day or two). FB you can do that. I think we will all find our comfort zone with FB. Maybe we need someone with a Six Sigma certification come up with the best practice for each? =))
We gave our daughter a budget in the beginning. So, while we’re after the big MAC, she does have a budget that would allow her to probably pick from among her top 7-8, if all goes according to plan and research. In the end, she will probably end up in the middle…cuz she’s cheap. She’ll lean towards more MAC.
ETA: She is after somewhere with an all-you-can-eat meal plan. It’s important to her. If she can go somewhere cheap that doesn’t have the plan, I told her I would fund her meals from the savings 
@MassDaD68 – has he considered majors that are almost a blend or Eng & Bus?
ORIE is one suggestion. Since neither son went the engineering route, the school I am most familiar with is Cornell b/c they send me emails and FB notices regularly. In addition to ORIE that has been around forever, they also offer the newer Information Science. Links below.
I loved the one ORIE course I took, but I did terribly in it as I didn’t even own a proper calculator, so I really should not have enrolled in a 300 level Engineering course, just for kicks. However, as a subject matter, I thought it was fascinating.
http://www.orie.cornell.edu/orie/academics/undergraduate/index.cfm
http://infosci.cornell.edu/academics/undergraduate
I am not suggesting Cornell, but wondering if something similar is available at other schools.
QOTD sub-question: spring decision-making stress. I guess I am not worried about that, but I am sure I will be here bemoaning his lack of a decision on April 29th or 30th.
He would be happy at many of the schools on his list. If he is fortunate enough to have choices, then we will end up revisiting and drilling deeper: speaking with profs, spreading the network wider and finding more students to speak with at each campus, understanding the ability to take grad classes as an U/G, etc. Nothing could take as much time as he is spending on these blasted essays!
I am bummed that a group has defected to FB. I have kept my FB to people I know in real life only, and feel awkward about changing that.
@snoozn D got an email after applying to WWU. She hasn’t mentioned a portal
@ct1417 I have never done FB and created a fake me for there. :^o I am more comfortable here, though. The bumping and burying of certain posts is hard for me to follow. I won’t be defecting. So we can have a company of 2. 
I will continue to post on both sites.
@CT1417 about FB - I used to be the same way. But the way Private groups work is they really are completely separate from the rest of your FB groups. Unless I am mistaken, the people in the group aren’t even your “friend” so they can’t see your FB stuff unless you post it in the group. It might be worth checking into if you are the least bit interested. I really do like being able to post pics and match faces with names.
I was going to suggest a GroupMe as well. Maybe Snapchat?
@CT1417 …oh heck no on the FB! It doesn’t work like that. You don’t friend anyone in the group.
I keep up with both–the FB one doesn’t move that quickly.
@Mom2aphysicsgeek – I am on FB more often than I should be. I initially thought of it as a voyeuristic time suck, but have grown to appreciate its function in both curating my news (national and local) and in knowing what my cousins are doing throughout Europe. The cousins are much closer now than we were when only exchanging Christmas cards, so much so that we are more comfortable flying over for a wedding or whatever.
I also have one group of nursery school moms on an message group, so that no one else sees what we are saying. While we get together for drinks once a month or so, the message group allows us to ask each other random questions (who cleans your chimney?) or comment about our lives privately. I would miss FB if it were to end.
I will try to figure out how to create a fake FB but I can just see that backfiring! Thanks!
@carachel2 – but how do you get into the group? Someone has to have created the group and therefore know who everyone is? Revealing my ignorance here…
I will try to figure this out tonight instead of on the fly when things go awry.
@CT1417 I was not even aware of an ORIE major. I had to visit the links you provided (Thanks so much) to understand what you were referring to. I will mention it to my son but so much of what our children want to do should come from them. Something needs to click in them. A desire builds that steers them towards an area. Only they can find there way. All we can do is suggest which I will do with what you pointed out. Thanks!
Although I am new here, it does sound like you have a great little community secreted away in this thread. Would be sad to splinter it with FB defections. I suspect I am one of only a few men atm here.
@MassDaD68 – I had friends transfer out of Eng into Bus. You can’t wait too long (3rd semester perhaps), and at Cornell at least, you need decent grades in order to do so, with the Catch-22 being that if one were doing well in Eng one would not transfer out! But is is doable, whereas transferring in is almost impossible if wanting to finish in four years.
It is worth investigating the ease of transfer among colleges at a university as this does vary significantly. Cornell makes it easy, but you need the GPA.
Best of luck!
@MassDaD68 —no splintering allowed! I’ve been a part of a forum before that truly splintered to a secret FB group but it was about 6 people who did it on their own and it wasn’t open to anyone else. This is completely different. There was never any animosity or mistrust or secrecy. You should join! It’s kind of fun to see pics.
OK, who let @carachel2 in to the FB group? =)) \m/ >-)
FB private groups can work exactly as @stlarenas describes. I am way more involved on FB in my private groups than anything on my regular feed! including @WhereIsMyKindle 2 different run disney groups. LOL!
I don’t think anyone is defecting, both serve different purposes and I plan do to both.
@CT1417 That is the whole problem we are having (or had) in my household. It is a trap you fall into at many flagship universities. You start out in engineering based on your good HS grades and do well your freshman year in all the 101 and 201 classes. Then comes sophomore year when the meat of the major begins and they really start to ramp up the material. You find yourself slipping, becoming confused with the material, starting to question your lust and passion for the material. Do I still want it this bad to bang my head against the wall this hard? Do I really want to be straining my brain like this for the next 40 years? So then you begin to look for the exits and salvage your college years. Everyone you talk to says to go into business because that is what all struggling engineer candidates do. So you walk over the the dean of the college of business and he tells you that you need a 3.7 GPA to transfer into the college of business. You explain that your smart but you had a hard time with the challenging courses in engineering and would be fine in business. You say your GPA is not longer indicative to your ability to handle non-engineering courses. He said too bad. Now what?
This happens all the time. Kids nowadays have it so much harder. They really need to pick a major and follow it through. Changing areas is complicated.