<p>You may be right about taking time off from school, and we would certainly prefer to have him home where we could observe him a bit more closely. I think you are right that we don’t yet know the whole story. Getting a job in our small town could be difficult, however, and being home after being “the star” here would also be hard. He is also up against March 1 application deadlines for next fall transfers. That’s why I was wondering about calling admissions to ask what they’d want to see before considering his application. Good idea, or bad?</p>