Ermins. Dang autocorrect
The school must offer a timeshare operations/marketing degree.
Was their information session 90 minutes long?
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Cost of college degrees this year and they will break 100000 mark in the next couple years.
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Iāve been pulling for a Vassar visit! My son will be going in the fall and my husband and I are both alumns. And Iām from St. Louis and grew up right across the street from WashU if you need any compare/contrast. My son also liked WashU but didnāt want to be a plane ride from college (we live in NJ).
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Well, the plan was to take D24 and one of her bffās since grade school to Aruba. We go there annually when we can. But now that Iām going to save $$ with UCLA and she got a ton of merit $, told her we could go to Singapore before schools starts. We were supposed to have gone Nov COVID20.
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Anyone in this group for GWU spring admit with study abroad in the 1st semester offer and planning to consider.
No official graduation gift, we did take a family trip in February as I wanted one trip, just the four of us, where we werenāt traveling to or with extended family, before the eldest fledged the nest, so really it was more for me.
We are not upgrading her laptop this year, but will update her phone and probably her iPad as both of those are several years old. (The laptop is too, but perfectly fine and since so many change paths in their first year, Iād rather wait than find out she needed unique specs in a hypothetical future major and have to buy again.)
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How about the kid who likes to use a new towel every single time he takes a shower - inquiring minds would like to know . . .
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We visited over spring break and thought it was great! Highly recommend lunch at Spettro.
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D24 and D26 wanted their own beds so we had to find a room with 2 twins and not 1 queen or king. Since the hotel rooms there are tiny, most only offer single beds (usually queen) or you have to get a suite or itāll cost you a ton more.
Weāre staying at the Conrad St James for 5 nights (Next to Westminster Abbey), 2 nights at St Pancras Renaissance, and 2 nights at the W in Edinburgh. They all had a 2 twin bed option at the regular redemption rate. We still have to find a hotel in York.
C24 is reaching another āadultā milestone today: their first sick Dr.'s visit since they turned 18. They want to go alone, which makes total sense. Theyāve been going to therapy for over a year alone, they have two jobs they handle on their own, and theyāre a pretty capable person.
But Iām still a little freaked out. For the first time in their life, theyāre sick and I wonāt be there with them at the doctorās. Intellectually, I know itāll be fine, but itās definitely hitting me that theyāre now in charge of their own health. It feels like a significant change.
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Loved vassar. Absolutely beautiful and very unique school. Either itās for you or it really isnāt. I would definitely visit
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Iām glad those worked out. The hotel I mentioned had 2 queens and a pull out full in one room. Very spacious. Just to keep for next time!
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For @NiceUnparticularMan , and anyone else visiting Vassar, you have to make a stop at Fortuneās Ice Cream in the town of Tivoli / definitely some of the best ice cream Iāve ever had, and the cutest setting.
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Make sure you book a dinner at the Culinary Institute if you get to Vassar! Hopefully there will be more availability if you are not on an official admitted student day visit.
D22 did not attend the admitted student day for Vassar, in part because she is not a fan of large presentations and organized tours. Our family visited on a random day and a chemistry professor saw us lurking around a locked door, invited us in, and gave a thorough tour of the science bridge. He had been at Vassar for decades and had lots of insight. His tour ended with a visit to his office to pet his dog. We learned way more on that tour than on the official tour we did prior to applying. Similarly, we hunted down a senior that had graduated from Dās highschool. That senior had great perspective on the college, as well as the transition from Dās high school.
I think Vassar is a fit school (as are most LACs), and your son will know if itās right when he visits. The nice thing about an admitted students day is that you get to meet other kids in the incoming class (or at least potential class members). However, we have found that kids at Vassar socialize (and take classes and participate in activities) across classes. I think this is because everyone lives on campus all 4 years, there is one dining hall and everyone is on the dining plan, and the open curriculum allows flexibility in when you take which classes. As a result, any frosh-juniors you meet should be around next year. So I would try to find people to talk to in the major(s) and club(s) and sport(s) of interest before you go. Itās a lot more work than just showing up for an admitted student day, but you will know for sure if itās the right school.
Also, if you are not already doing this ā¦ sign up to follow insta accounts of clubs/sports and first year experience for each of the finalist schools. You can get a good feel for a school by its social. I am doing this for S24 and just watched a moderately concerning social takeover with a day-in-the life. The kidās day was classes, studying and a case competition. Minor references to grabbing food between things. Zero references to hanging out or group studying. Yikes! To me that projects ā¦ this school is intense.
On the other hand, I can think of one recently for one of the halls at Vassar (each dorm has its own social account) and the student was like Iām studying at [location] with [these people], now Iām studying at [new location] with [these other people], and now Iām eating with [different people], etc. I got the impression there was a lot of studying, but that it was social. Very different vibe.
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We are doing a Japan trip too! I am finding the planning to be very overwhelming!
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OK, yāall have me very excited again about doing a trip to Vassar just for the sheer fun of it. Which means S24 might well pull the rug on me again, in which case you will have to think about what you did.
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You make me feel better that this is not just in my house! Thought kid had narrowed to Vanderbilt and scholarship opportunity at state flagship and after quick trip to Vandy this weekend (which he still really likes), he has decided wants to go to see Rice too now. Threading the needle on visiting as me and spouse have a flight for a family event the morning after Riceās admitted day and kid is organizing an all day event for one of his extracurrics that starts that morning too (and with sports schedule almost no other day works). Iām not sure visiting schools is really helping him right now in making decision but letās see. Just hoping he doesnāt then decide he wants to open door wider to other options and more visits!
Think after such a long period of so much work applying/interviewing/more work for honors programs and scholarships (not to mention all the hard work the last four years), and surprising good and bad news and all sorts of emotions along the way, guess understandable that making final decision might be hard. We told him that he gets to analyze it/not analyze it however he wants and that we are here to talk about decision if he wants and alternatively if he wants to throw a dart to pick, we will be happy with whatever he chooses. Letās see if that āunsticksā him.
Good luck with getting to the end of your visits too!
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Very similar experience for my daughter!
To add onto CIA recommendation, Farmers and Chefs is an excellent restaurant and very close to Walkway Across the Hudson, which my family really enjoyed. There are also some lovely wineries in the area!
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Canāt wait to see how S24 adapts. He does all his own laundry (has been doing so since he was 10) but that also means he will do a load with one outfit so he can wear it, rather than wait for a full load. He also hates putting his clothing away, so he has a hamper and then two huge laundry baskets. Clean stuffed gets puled out of the baskets to wear, dirty goes into the hamper. Thatās not gonna fly in a tiny shared dorm with zero extra floor space or closet space.
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