Soozie: how's your daughter?

fredo
Thu, 14 Apr 2005 14:01:56 +0000

Soozie: thanks for the kind words about my daughter. She is resilient but I keep hoping that something positive will happen to her. Is it too much to hope for one item of good news???

Her housing plans for next year are still up in the air. Every single friend she had made at school (and she has made a lot) is moving into a sorority house next year. So she has noone to room with. She has a crappy lottery number and may be stuck in the worst dorm knowing absolutely noone. Yes, she could start all over again and make new friends but it feels like a daunting task at such a small school. Ergo, why she is thinking of transferring.

Wjb: she hasn’t made a decision yet. First of all, she hasn’t heard back from IU yet. Interestly, transfers applicants can request housing before they actually hear about admissions. If she gets in (which I predict she will, the issue is that she applied after the “priority” deadline but her grades are excellent and would qualify her) and she gets her specific dorm request, I’m thinking she’ll transfer.

But she is definitely torn. She really likes the academics at DePauw. She wasn’t sure she could cut it there but it turns out she’s doing very well and it has boosted her self-esteem in the intelligence dept. She loves the small classes and access to professors. She is very concerned about the size of IU and the size of classes (altho she may be ok because she’s already taken a ton of intro classes so those won’t be necessary) and the fact that she will have to take some required courses at IU (i.e. math/science and language - all three subjects she hates!) that she doesn’t have to take or tested out of at DePauw.

Oops, sorry, Soozie to hijack this thread. Did NOT mean it to be about my daughter - only from the standpoint that in the grand scheme of life, things may go wrong for our kids but for those parents who have tragically lost their child to accidents, or whatever, I’d rather have a struggling child here and alive. And I’m sure all of us feel that way, just made me think of Soozie’s D. She does sound like such an accomplished young woman - actually both her daughters do. I am so impressed with how she is recovering physically.

Just thought of something. Soozie: how is she handling all this emotionally? Was it hard for her on your drive from Vermont to NY i.e. was she a nervous nellie about her winding road?