<p>TrinSF</p>
<p>I hope that's as nice a feeling for you as it is for me. I LOVE that my son is happy in college and has a "second home" there. And hearing about the kids who are having a hard time makes me even more grateful for this soft landing.</p>
<p>bethievt: Well, I've worked hard for years to have him get there, so I'm pretty pleased that he's happy with it, that true. On the other hand, I wish he'd be a little more graceful about it sometimes. :-) He hasn't learned yet how to not seem quite so openly enthusiastic at his me about it, and sometimes borders on the slightly err, oversharing.</p>
<p>I am glad to hear that most of your freshmen students are doing will and have confirmation that they have made the right choice. Bravo.</p>
<p>But as wonderful as this is, the next three years may be even more rewarding. If your student is like ours, a college senior now, they will have discovered new interests, taken a somewhat random walk through the college course catalogue and discovered 4 years later a new path. Ours went from comp sci to cognitive science to media arts simulations. Other students will come to college with a clearer vision of where they want to go and pursue that path with a singular devotion while growing in other areas as well. I think curmudgeon's daughter is of this sort.</p>
<p>In each instance they finish their four undergraduate years transformed in many wonderful and amazing ways. So freshmen parents the really good parts have not yet begun.</p>
<p>originaloog--that is just what I'm hoping college will be for my D, who is just now applying. A journey--an unpredictable, exciting journey. Thanks for the perspective.</p>
<p>Originaloog--Your post sums up why I am ambivalent about my D's plan to apply for the undergrad business program for next year. The business program will most likely preclude the kind of academic wandering that can ultimately lead to the best choice.</p>