<p>I read in the school’s newspaper that a freshman student died after two and a half weeks at the school. The cause is undetermined. Someone I know with a student at the school told me about the horrible news. It made me feel just absolutely sick.</p>
<p>A girl at VCU has been missing for a week. Suspect foul play. Stuff happens everywhere these days.</p>
<p>Really the cause could have been anything since cause was not determined.</p>
<p>My nephew lived next door to her. She died in the shower of a brain aneurysm. His good friend was her suitemate and found her after thinking she had been in the shower way too long. It is so sad.</p>
<p>Stories like these always put all of the worry about college admissions into perspective for me.</p>
<p>mom55, I heard that she was in the shower, but did not know if it was factual so I did not speculate on such a tragedy. I did not know it was a brain aneurysm although that is what crossed my mind. I did hear some other speculation regarding a fall, but that could have occured after the aneurysm. How horrible.</p>
<p>Carolyn, yes, college admissions is so minor next to something like this, and something like Katrina etc. I know of a young man who just began college and he already wound up in the ER because he consumed too much alcohol. Fortunately he is alive to tell the strory. I do not know the student. I know the story from another student who goes to school with him.</p>
<p>These are terrible events that happen, unfortunately. But I do wonder…what ever came of the Haverford student who was found dead in the basement of his dorm last year? I live within walking distance of the college, and I’ve heard nothing of it since.</p>
<p>My sister wrote me the news this morning. It sounded definitive (aneurysm) but I hope that I am not passing along a rumor. My nephew was close with the whole suite through a girl (suitemate) from his high school.</p>
<p>!!! don’t put off telling your kids how much you love them!!!</p>