<p>historymom, you shamed me into doing trip reports for at least Willamette & Whitman. </p>
<p>ignatius, on the left click COLLEGE VISITS, then on the top click POST REPORT. You should be able to figure it out from there.</p>
<p>^^^ Thanks, ChiSquare. Even I can now figure out how to do it. But ... now I'll have to do it later.</p>
<p>That's ok, it took me ... 4 months to get mine done.</p>
<p>Yayy for Chi Square and her visit reports! Thanks!</p>
<p>Ignatius I believe they will both be applying early action to Trinity U. Most of the schools my girls are considering have either rolling or early action admissions so if things go according to plan they will be done by Nov with all apps except for a couple. Now there is a chance that one or both won't listen to my advice and will apply RD to some schools but hopefully they will both know of at least a couple of acceptances by Christmas.</p>
<p>historymom, are they hoping to go to the same school or different schools?</p>
<p>I've heard good things about Trinity.</p>
<p>Historymom, thanks for prodding me. I actually started to post a report last month but I was having computer problems and, well, I finally did it. I also posted a report on Southwestern which is my daughter's #1 choice. She liked it so much it's a challenge to get her to look beyond.</p>
<p>Ignatius, we didn't do the Trinity Focus event -- what did you think? I'll look forward to your report now that historymom is cracking the whip ;-)</p>
<p>Will get on the school report either tonight or - more likely - tomorrow.</p>
<p>I will do Rice U also.</p>
<p>Whiiiiiiiiiiiichittt...is that the sound of a whip cracking ??? thanks bbalfraser I read your report. It is helpful I had heard that about the public transit being less than reliable. Apparently kids sometimes take taxis....multiple kids split a ride and then just walk around on the river walk. Sounds pricey but still less than having a car on campus. </p>
<p>Chi square they are uncertain what they will do but I hope they separate especially if they end up with acceptances to some of the smaller schools. This is for many reasons but largely because it is the same advice I would give my high school students. "Don't go somewhere with your best friend. " "Learn and experience new things." that sort of thing. I also think that if they both were accepted and decided to attend UCD for example it would be OK because it is so big. But at a small LAC they would continue to be "the historytwins" and I want so much for them to bloom and grow individually. We live in a small town and I teach at the high school so people round here have known them as "the twins" forever. As much as my H and I have tried to counteract it, there is still that two halves of a whole thing that the public tends to put on them.</p>
<p>ignatius Thanks!!</p>
<p>the "car thing" is a sore point in our household. D thinks that since both her schools of interest have no realistic public transportation access to Austin/SanAntonio respectively, it's realistic for her to have her car with her. It is the opinion of her wise and cautious parents that she will have plenty to do on campus. She is also not accustomed to driving beyond our suburb and environs (i.e. not highways and freeways), nor will she find it as easy as she thinks not to lend it out to friends who just need it to run a quick errand. No car is our answer. We also suspect that part of the reason she wants to stay in state for school is that she thinks we'll cave. anyone else have this situation? (sorry for the rant)</p>
<p>We haven't actually discussed this yet but a friend of mine compromised with her son who wanted his car at school by telling him he could have it after Christmas. She explained that it would help him to stay focused on campus life and integrate socially. Anyway it worked. Good Luck!</p>
<p>We have said, about the car, that maybe Junior year. Even one tour guide mentioned that if you have a car EVERYONE will need you to drive them to the store/airport, etc. That made an impression on S. Certainly Senior year, if off campus living, IF we can afford it!</p>
<p>S1 had the use of a car when he was in high school, but it was always clear that it wasn't HIS car (he got my very old Honda Civic to drive). S2 currently has use of that same car, so S1 couldn't take it to school without taking S2's car. In addition, S1's school did not allow freshmen to have cars. He will live off campus next year as a rising third year and still accepts not having a car. He can walk to everything and there is limited parking at the house, so it actually would inconvience his other housemates if he did want to bring a car--but since he doesn't even have a car to bring it is not an issue. S2 expects everything for him to be on a par with S1, so he won't believe he can bring a car to campus regardless of where he attends.</p>
<p>In most cases, I think having a car on campus freshman year is a disadvantage. Not having a car increases your connection to folks your are living with and campus life. My son will be a junior and he recently volunteered that, though he would have loved to have a car in high school he has had no regrets about not having one in college and the added work/cost of managing one. He has always been able, when in true need, to get access to one from a friend or arrange a ride.</p>
<p>Guess we are in the minority concerning the car issue! D1 took her car to school her freshman year. She is now a jr. Having a car didn't have any effect on integrating in to the campus life. She plays a fall sport so had to be tied to campus anyway and unable to come home until Thanksgiving break. No one has ever asked to borrow her car. Was surprised to hear people actually do that! She goes to a small LAC and the mall is about 15 minutes away. Nicer places to eat, shop and of course, important to her, an Aveda salon to get her brows waxed and hair cut. ;) Anyway, lots of kids at her school have cars. D2 will also take her car to her school next year as they also allow freshman to have them on campus. In fact she was considering St. Olaf but cut it from her list when she found out she couldn't have a car.</p>
<p>Gotta have that Aveda salon ;) Car culture is definately a reflection of where you grew up and of where you choose to go to school isn't it. In my friend's son's case he was attending a college about 2 hours from home to which MANY local kids matriculate. She wanted to make sure that he wouldn't be running home every weekend and/or being the taxi for others who wanted to.</p>
<p>I know of kids from more urban areas who don't have cars and choose schools with great transportation options because they are so used to taking public transit.</p>
<p>Yikes! If my D realizes that a nearby Aveda salon could be a college search criterion, her whole list will change!! </p>
<p>historymom: Thanks for your Oxy visit report - very helpful. Have you been to Scripps yet? I'd love to see your Scripps report - it is high on my D's list at the moment. Thanks.</p>
<p>I did it PRJ though I have to admit that a big part of me didn't want to share how amazing Scripps is. I'd like to keep it under wraps until after admissions decisions for the class of 13 are in ;)</p>
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<p>Wow, I honestly think you live where I do. That sounds exactly like where I live.</p>
<p>historymom, your "secret" is safe with me ;)</p>
<p>amciw are you a CA girl? Sorry about my typo in the post you quoted...the missing period made that tough to follow. </p>
<p>PRJ...Hopefully the improved karma achieved by posting the report will outweigh any threats posed by the competition. Excluding your D of course. Best of luck to her and your whole family during this application season. Ack it is almost upon us!</p>
<p>Speaking of which, did you all know that the common app is up and raring to go? It seems like supplements are not ready yet but the basic application is if you want to encourage your kids to get an account and start filling out the informational stuff. Me, I am allowed to bring it up but as far as "encouraging" anyone well that falls under "nagging" in my DDs eyes and I have sworn off such behavior. Good Luck to all!</p>