Prospective 2014 mom with questions

07DAD
Tue, 05 May 2009 10:38:17 +0000

riverrunner–the last (8th block) ends on Wed., May 13th. That means next Sunday is the Sunday before finals/final projects. Suggest that your D keep that in mind since there may be more of a “finals” mentality and activities that weekend.

RR–you mentioned “don’t miss” ideas. One of the reasons I didn’t visit schools with my S after he started to get serious about different colleges (the summer before his HS senior year) was that I figured that no matter how hard I tried to guess what was the 2 or 3 “wow” things to my S, I’d miss. He visited CC alone his senior year and stayed in the dorms with a friend.

So, if I was there with my HS student for a day, I’d consider letting my student and the current CC student go off and only meet later to provide the “pocket book” experience (paying for food).

Dad in the dorm is NOT going to result in the same experience for your D as her being there with just another student.

For all outdoors people, one sure thing is the view of Pikes Peak from all over campus and I really like the stream that runs on the edge of the campus. As with all real estate— location, location, location!