<p>Well, this basically sums up where my son is it now that he is down to the wire choosing a college...Argh!</p>
<p>Weenie-</p>
<p>Are you saying your son doesn't like any of his choices now that he's been aceepted to them? Wow. That's a problem! Would visiting or overnights help?</p>
<p>Yeah, sort of. He is suddenly very ho-hum about the good choices that previously he was enthusiastic about. It might be general cold feet, or it may actually be the problem articulated by Groucho. I can't tell. He has been accepted to all of his schools (except one that he hasn't heard from yet) - with vastly different financial scenarios. I presume he'll figure something out in the next couple of weeks. I have encouraged more overnights (he's done one) but he hasn't bit.</p>
<p>Some find the April choice period more stressful than the app. process--mine did. As for the immortal words of Groucho, well, that's just the way life is. I'm sure he'll make a good choice. Congrats!</p>
<p>Some of what, remember (even though they won't admit) is dealing with the reality that they are growing up, and will no longer be at home. Give him a big hug (and tell him what that feels like to you.)</p>
<p>When I first saw your thread title, I thought it would be about the "CollegeConfidential Club..." lol.</p>
<p>Weenie, my son had a case of the ho hums. He seemed to think that getting accepted and getting money was no big deal. That he hadn't done that much - until we did a second visit to the school he ended up attending. We arrived for a meeting with the assoc. dean of students knowing that he had been accepted with money and sat in the room with a waitlisted student and his mom who were paying a second visit and trying to find out what they had to do to make son more attractive and a better candidate for getting off the waitlist. This kid was obviously distressed, and my son for the first time felt more than a little thankful for his situation. </p>
<p>I don't know if your son will have a "revelation" between now and May 1st, but I think I understand his behavior. My son was elated with the prospects of graduation and college and terrified at the same time. After May 1st, he was happy and has never second guessed his choice.</p>
<p>Too funny, weenie! I have quoted Groucho many times to family and well-wishers as an expression of S's suspected 'closet prestige whore' attitude.</p>
<p>Weenie, same problem here with DD. Great schools, Honors Programs, scholarships etc. and suddenly no interest. She seemed to improve once I told her that the State University option was still available!</p>
<p>Sounds to me like it could be a case of acute spring fever. Your S isn't yet prominent enough to think like Groucho, and he's nowhere near down to the wire. Got a whole month to go, after all!. Or it could be too many choices. Laying out the options in a table or some other organized way might help the process, if the choices are rather different; or it might be enough to get him to say "I can figure it out myself, Mom!!" And a vist or two couldn't hurt. </p>
<p>Hang on, Weenie; just another month to go; then it's on to the extra-long sheet/egg crate threads.</p>
<p>I think I'm actually looking forward to the extra-long sheet thing! Sounds a lot more fun! : )</p>
<p>We have the opposite problem at our house. D was rejected by 2 Ivies in which she had been losing interest. She was a little miffed that they had rejected her. I told her it was if she had planned to call it quits with a boyfriend on Saturday only to be dumped by that same boyfrien on the preceding Friday.</p>