<p>Congratulations to all and good luck to those who haven't yet started. These kids have certainly had a lot of parental support. Hopefully they'll all do well standing on their own now.</p>
<p>Thanks to everyone and congrats to everyone. Now I have a great excuse to visit in November - to see the opera. </p>
<p>Linnlew - good luck with the wisdom teeth. I'm sure she'll be fine.</p>
<p>cartera45 --- congrats to you D. I will look forward to seeing her in Cosi!</p>
<p>Thanks so much Kat -</p>
<p>Congrats to all! My son was also thrilled (and surprised) to audition into an upperclass ensemble that "very rarely" admits any freshmen! And he passed out of a year of ear training and a semester of theory---woot! Since he is probably on a close to five year plan, we will take those AP credits and advanced standing, for sure!</p>
<p>I feel for those of you with Northwestern kids! One of my son's friends is waiting (and waiting) to leave, and I saw his mom yesterday. She said it has been such a long two weeks since all of his friends left, but that at least he is storing up a lot of sleep (which my son sorely needs right now, I suspect!).</p>
<p>Congratulations to all. It's a lot of fun to see them all so successful after following their college search and selection the past year or two. It's just great to see them settling in to where they're supposed to be!</p>
<p>I had a Northwestern student for four years, and this last two weeks after everyone else has left were always kind of nice for me (less so for him!) as I got to have more time with him.</p>
<p>Congratulations to your S Allmusic!</p>
<p>jazzzmomm, that's a good point. I'm guessing that's how I'll feel next year, as I will have had a year of him being away most of the time. (He's doing a summer quarter in exchange for taking off this winter quarter, during which he will be away from home, too.) Thanks for the reminder! I am wishing sleep could be stored up, Allmusic, as S would have a bounty of it in stock.</p>
<p>Many congrats to all offspring for their fabulous freshman achievements!</p>
<p>congratulations to your son allmusic!</p>
<p>Thank you all! I just love reading how well all the CC music kids are doing! What a great bunch of talented kids (and proud parents!)!</p>
<p>Wow! Congrats to the offspring of Cartera, Jazzzmomm, Allmusic, and Stringfollies. Fabulous results for a bunch of talented kids! </p>
<p>S decided to wait a semester before starting ensemble. Composition only requires 4 semesters of ensemble though I suspect he'll do more like 6 - 8 semesters. He had his first meeting with his comp. professor (Kati Agocs) on Monday. He seems excited and very pleased. </p>
<p>All told he's taking 6 courses: 4 at Tufts, Solfege and his composition studio at NEC. He's waiting until he's established a good routine with the required load at Tufts/NEC before adding violin lessons at NEC. So far the travel logistics have not been an issue at all. He's at NEC three days a week and has classes at Tufts </p>
<p>The DD community seems a pretty tight knit group. I think there are currently about 12 students in the DD program though at least one is currently studying abroad. They all had dinner together last week and I believe they are planning at least one DD concert for later in the year. </p>
<p>Congrats once again on everyone's great start.</p>
<p>Oops. The last sentence of paragraph 3 above should read: He's at NEC three days a week and has classes at Tufts all five days.</p>
<p>Sounds like a great program for your son, rlmcmillan! It's good to hear that there is a community among the DD kids. Good luck to him.</p>
<p>It is so fun to read about so many CCers wonderful starts. My S moved into LSU (Baton Rouge) in mid-August for orientation and classes began on August 25th. After one week of classes Hurricane Gustav hit and classes were canceled for a week. Damage estimates at LSU are $40 million. It is the most damage Baton Rouge has ever suffered from a hurricane. The dorm was without power for 21 hours and then the emergency generator kicked in. Classes were back in session this week until noon today when the university closed because of bad weather from Hurricane Ike. They have canceled fall break and are having two Saturdays of classes to make up the days missed. What a start to the year! And how hard it has been to be the mom who is far away at a time like that. Did I mention that there was a possible tornado on his end of campus the night before the hurricane?
Oh, when he has actually had school, he made the middle band and the orchestra. He is also playing contrabassoon in an ensemble and is quite pleased.
Good luck to those who have yet to start!</p>
<p>My dear Daughter is now moved in at Northwestern. I knew this was going to be tough, but I never expected it to be this bad. She, however, is adjusting after just a few short days. On the other hand, I am the one having the trouble! </p>
<p>My D is in the middle of a very fun and active Welcome Week. Last night was a Beach Party and tonight they are having a dance at some museum in Chicago.There are a lot of activities to keep them busy. </p>
<p>School starts Tuesday and classes are finally scheduled. Even though I work full-time and have another child at home, I think I need to go find a hobby! I am looking forward to Family Weekend and Thanksgiving!!!</p>
<p>I sure hope this gets easier...</p>
<p>My violinist D is very happy at Ithaca. She's playing rehearsals or concerts every night this week and is "exhausted but content." Could not be a better fit for her. Her engineer twin is in his college in Maryland. We're missing them but busy ourselves so it's not too bad. We're just thrilled that they're both doing well.</p>
<p>Oh Linnlew - I know how you feel. I thought I was dying after I left my D at school. My heart broke. I still miss her so much but it really does get better. Every good thing you hear from her will make you feel better. Any bad thing you hear will break your heart all over again though. Here's hoping you only get good reports!! Thank goodness it is so easy to stay in touch.</p>
<p>Linnlew - I'm with you all the way!! I was sure I had lost my son forever. He's so busy and happy he hardly even has time to talk on the phone - never was a big talker anyway. It was completely heartbreaking until....I found a solution. Even though it is a long distance, we can still go to orchestra concerts. I went this week. The excuse was that they were playing the gala premiere concert at IU with Slatkin conducting and Joshua Bell playing solo violin. It was a major event for the whole University and town. 3500 people, completely full theatre and absolutely full of joy. I made sure to keep out of his way while he had classes and practised, but I got to spend an afternoon and evening the next day with my son (they got a break from orchestra rehearsal). Now I'm home and feel so much better. I just needed a little vaccine! I've seen him in his environment, see how well he is faring and got to participate as audience. One does feel shut out after being so involved in all the minutiae for so long. This is one way to participate. I have lots of mileage points at hotels and on airplanes stacked up from last year's audition season so I plan to repeat this experience as often as my spirit requires. I feared that my son would not want me there, but he was very welcoming and we had a wonderful time together. I even got to meet some of his friends by inviting them to dinner with us. If you can do this, I really recommend it.</p>
<p>Perhaps it's because S spent a good part of the summer away from us in the UK, but we have not been hit by the sadness that seems to be the norm. I'm feelng a little guilty! We spent more time with him during Monday and Tuesday (moving into Northwestern) than we have in a long time! I recall wishing my parents would hurry up and leave, and he was much more polite with us than i was with mine so many years ago. He went to the same beach party as your daughter, Linnlew, and the dance at the Field museum (tonight). It seems like an awesome school. We shall see how things go.</p>