Thank you to the group for the thoughts on siblings at the same college–this is very helpful. Looks like if our ED1 round is successful, we’ll have that situation (as of today’s decision by D26…who knows what her ED1 will be tomorrow? She is back and forth on two good possibilities).
Without saying too much, I wanted to relate how our entry into Sophomore year has been. In a word: terrifying. Both of our S24s are flights away at different schools. Both are very responsible, very driven kids who never got into trouble in high school. Maybe that led to my false sense of security. One had a serious accident at school at the beginning of the year, at night, with peers drinking. Yep. Everything the kids should not do is what they did, including not calling 911 right away because they were worried they would get in trouble. A tale as old as time and why don’t they learn??? Just typing this makes me feel sick. Finally, they did get help. We flew out there immediately, but I have never regretted letting him go so far away as much as I did on that flight. The school was incredibly supportive, we have an excellent plan in place, and he’ll make a full recovery–he got very, very lucky. Let’s just say so many lessons learned on his part. I have aged a million, billion years. So much stress. I know it isn’t fair but I want D26 close to home–like 10 min away if possible. (I have not said this of course, my panic should not influence her time to spread her wings). I need a padded room. Parenting–it’s not for the faint of heart.
Our other S24 is thriving. We had to miss parents weekend because of the above. But we will visit soon and I’m looking forward to a very positive visit.
Deep breath!!!