<p>Missy…I’m glad you started this thread! Since we share the same midwest Undergrad little-known U, I’ve always read your posts with interest…</p>
<p>An update, I’m hours away from seeing my '09/'13 daughter (who turned 20 yesterday!) and her soon-to-be-graduating sister. My D2 loves (most) of being at UMD, and rides that fine line of being crazy-busy-and-loving-it to being crazy-busy and a-tad-psycho. I’ve come to realize throughout high school that if she weren’t busy all the time, she’d be miserable. I just worry sometimes, but that’s my job, right?!</p>
<p>She’ll be spending her 2nd summer at school, working for the Orientation Program as a Program Coordinator and mostly doing the behind-the-scenes stuff that keeps everything running smoothly. She does have a lot of interaction with parents, and I am proud of how mature she’s been since the beginning of her college experience. She was a TA for one of the Univ 100 classes this year, and by the end of the semester, her students were trying to figure out if she was a senior or a grad student. (which has also occurred several times in her Spanish classes)… um…a sophomore!!!</p>
<p>Her sister will be moving on to grad school in a different state, and although they’ve lived in the same apt building this past year (NOT same apartment!!!), D2 has very strong sets of friend bases and has interests far different than her sister’s, so I’m not as concerned as I would be if they’d spent all their waking time together. I know they will miss each other, but I suspect a lot of road trips in their futures. </p>
<p>What an interesting and exciting time this has been for us all!</p>
<p>Hi Missy. I’ve connected myself more to the ‘2014 College and Beyond’ thread than to the 2013 one, but that’s really because I didn’t discover CC until my 2014 son was going through the college process.</p>
<p>My DS2 2013 is at Northwestern. He’s had all sorts of bumps along the way, mostly stemming from his struggle to complete their language reguirement and related poor grades. After much effort, the school agreed his foreign language disability prevented him from doing his best. He also loved the school spirit at the college, but he wasn’t interested in drinking or joining a fraternity and finding like-minded friends wasn’t easy. I’m happy to report that all that has changed this year. He is so busy with his clubs, from dance to newspaper and a consulting job, and with his friends that he has trouble getting to the cafeteria in their hours. At least he makes it to all his classes!</p>
<p>He doesn’t have a job or internship this summer and says his “sophomore-ness” has been a hinderance. He’s applying feverishly to change that, but nothing yet.</p>
<p>S3 just finished his second year at American University in DC. Grades are only OK–definitely not stellar, but then he’s always been more of a B student. Loves the school, has made lots of friends, really loves being in DC. He is starting his dream internship on June 15–unfortunately, it’s
unpaid, but he is getting a chance to do exactly what he thinks he wants to do when he “grows up”.</p>
<p>I follow the"13 thread but don’t post on it often.</p>