Out dining service is fantastic (it’s in house, no sodexho, etc) and when students are gone they do elaborate lunches for faculty/ staff, international foods, barbecue, etc. it’s awesome! And accepted students days usually we have the student fave, Mac and cheese and chicken tenders, on deck.
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Yeah, they do an opt-in survey without any sort of discernable tracking. Not really all that scientific.
But there would need to be someone willing to pay for a really survey. Maybe US News could try to actually make some money off it, but that’s not really their model.
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I want to start an Instagram that is just college bathrooms, because I think that is a weird thing they never show but seems to matter SO MUCH to kids. Luckily, mine has experience through summer camp and other rural adventures that she’s dealt with worse than a 50s era standard dorm bathroom (and even pointed out it was basically the same as American’s, which we used when a scout trip had us in their dorms for lodging on one of our DC trips. (It was terrible, and I am not a finicky traveler! But it made me realize how well my school has nailed dorm bathrooms with recent upgrades - we took out all the communal ones and made the space into multiple single use bathrooms - shower, toilet, sink- all behind a locked door. Solves accessibility and gender equity / identity issues from the start.)
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A kid I know went to temples premed program. Scored a perfect score on MCAT , did research and got into UPenn for medschool. But these are exceptions.
Rate my professor also has this. We haven’t toured as many colleges as others here, but the ones we did aligned well with the rmp reviews.
On rate my professor there is a page for each college with reviews on a handful of items.
Yes, Syracuse does these pod bathrooms, too. Huge plus.
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Less than 6 weeks of school left! S has a date for the Prom, hopes to get to state finals with his spring sport and has summer plans lined up. We started to see signs of “soiling the nest syndrome” but got it under control with a mix of logical reasoning and tongue in cheek guilt-tripping. He’s humoring me for now, thank God.
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There are very few couples at my daughter’s prom because the school is 73% female. Lesbian couples are as common as the occasional straight pair-up. However, my daughter is 1 of 3 nominees for prom queen. This is actually a real accomplishment, because she’s not in the ethnic majority at her school, so being nominated is a sign that she’s been good to people. 
I guess I should say she’s one of 3 finalists, if “finalist for queen” didn’t sound so ridiculous!
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Wonderful!! Congratulations to her, and more so because she is kind.
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Don’t distract Education Department. They are busy!!
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University of Washington has the bathrooms in the rooms (in all but 1 dorm)- and you do see them on preview day. My daughter was so happy to only have to share the bathroom with her roommate.
Brief brag on D24 . . . she planned travel arrangements to attend an accepted students day at Smith College all by herself! Ubers, over night stay with a friend who attends a nearby college, meals, and transportation to and from the event. Part of me feels badly for not going with her (just can’t take off any more time from work right now), and part of me is so proud of what a great job she did!
And, she really enjoyed the day. She attended a mock class (the admitted students day was a Saturday) and LOVED it, toured parts of campus she hadn’t seen before, including their amazing greenhouse, explored housing, enjoyed a great key note speaker, and most excitingly, connected in person with another student she had “met” via social media. She also spent time exploring Northampton, and really loves it!
S24 is just soaking up his last few weeks of high school. I barely see him, but he just wants to maximize time with friends, etc. It’s all good except for his grade in AP Calculus 
But, he is happy. I’m trying to hold off on college planning stuff with him until he finishes exams, which is less than a month away. He is definitely very nervous about leaving home and going out of state where he doesn’t know anyone. I know he will be fine, but I completely understand why it seems scary. He is signed up for one of the earliest orientation sessions and an additional, optional 4 day program on campus to connect with students and do community service projects together, so hopefully that will help with his transition.
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The early orientation and 4-day program is a great way to meet others in the same situation and get acclimated to the area for a young student moving away to college. That sounds like a win for him!
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D’s school is playing “senior assassins” this week, and it has me peering out the windows like I’m Gladys Kravitz… 
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Same! It’s been fun for everyone
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Oy. Ours starts next week. We missed this rite of passage with my D20, due to Covid, so this is my first time worrying about it.
Superintendent just sent out an email talking about potential problems/dangers of this “unsanctioned event.” Notable line in the email:
“Most importantly, please reinforce that under no circumstances should a
student run or avoid the police, as if they receive reports the police will try to ensure that no illegal activity is taking place.”
What could possibly go wrong? 
Also, next up on rites of passage I missed out on with D20 but get to feel highly anxious about this year: prom house…20 unsupervised teens renting a vacation house in the mountains for a weekend. Again, what could go wrong? 
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That is scary! D24’s all-girls catholic school has pretty strict rules on how/when the game is played, but I can see how it could get out of control. Hopefully everyone playing in all areas stay safe and have fun. I have to admit it is fun to watch my hardworking studious daughter act silly and a little out of her comfort zone.
We missed out on these year end games, traditions, prom, etc with D20 as well, so I’m trying to just soak it all in as best as possible. After prom is definitely nerve wracking, luckily in my case they will be going to a friend’s beach house complete with nosy neighbors.
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We only allow squirt bottles. We also have rules and grace periods.
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