Couple of pieces of news:
- D26 said today that she’s “this close” to being ready to submit some applications. Just needs final review from counselor of her common app personal statement.
- She sent an email 2 wk ago to UT-Dallas’s admissions dept & the School of Economic, Political, & Policy Sciences because their website mentioned that they’re offering a new cyber security major starting in Fall 2026. D26 was looking for info like what the required courses are, is there a major map listed, etc. And they had a link to the course catalog, but there’s nothing in the course catalog about it. Well, it’s been 2 weeks and there’s been zero response from anybody at that school. D26 said, “Yeah, doesn’t speak very highly of how easy it would be to be a student there. Lots of roadblocks and no answers.”
- Does this mean she’s going to NOT apply to UTD? No. She’s still going to apply. What the heck, child? That’s $50-75 of mine down the drain.
I tried again today to convince her to scratch it off the list but no. - I decided to start researching how the different colleges on her list handle new student orientation. For a couple of them, it’s all online/virtual. For one, it’s all in person over move-in weekend for 3 days prior to the start of classes (this is how D24’s college does it). Don’t know yet how the last 2 handle it. A couple of the colleges have parent orientation stuff, some do not. When the time comes, I mostly want/need to know if we’ll have to budget for making an extra trip to a college in the middle of the summer before move in happens in August. It’s interesting how widely different colleges are from each other on this.