<p>Congrats, jym626. It must have been very gratifying for your son to know that he was really wanted by the local office. </p>
<p>We’ve already got hotel reservations for graduation, but I hadn’t thought about restaurant reservations yet. Maybe I better get going on that next.</p>
<p>Thanks, shellfell. I think it helped seal the deal for him.
Gotta start to think about graduation plans. Lots to talk about around the holiday table on Thursday!</p>
<p>Congrats Jym! It’s great that both sons got great offers.</p>
<p>Countingdown: Your son’s plans sound great.</p>
<p>My D accepted an excellent offer with a consulting company. She’ll be in the same city where D2 attends college, which will be nice for all of us. She’s looking forward to enjoying her last semester now that the pressure is off.</p>
<p>Well then. The boy has a job. Damn. </p>
<p>Career Services listed a position as an editor, for a startup that delivers global financial, economic, and political news, on a subscription basis. A couple of interviews, and an offer for a small but probably liveable salary, later, the boy has a job. Woo hoo! And thank you all so much for hanging in there on this thread!</p>
<p>For those who will be watching their kids though this process in the spring, we’ll be here for you.</p>
<p>Wow. I already want to buy him a rug:).</p>
<p>Alumother, congrats to your S! My S2 may come looking for a job with your S in a couple years!</p>
<p>I hear you about the wanting to feather the new nest…am already trolling online. </p>
<p>Of course, if he winds up on the other side of the country (he hasn’t decided which office yet), this will be a purely vicarious exercise. Not to mention that he and his GF probably have their own ideas in this regard… S1 will be happy with a bed, table, sofa and TV. Oh, yes, and bookcases. He’s already said between the two of them, they have a substantial library.</p>
<p>Thank you:). Oh, the thought of yet a couple years on!</p>
<p>Congrats, alumother!</p>
<p>Congrats, alumother.</p>
<p>I’ve been spending the past few weeks shopping for S’ room in his new apartment that we’ll be helping him move into next weekend. He graduates this month (altho he’ll participate in graduation ceremonies in May) and will be working with the same non-profit where he’s been an intern. All the sales have made it easier paying for all his new bedding, TV, and basic bedroom furniture. I can’t believe my baby will be on his own so soon.</p>
<p>Congrats to all above. My S accepted an offer a month ago as well. He’s really happy and his parents are very relieved 
As far as yearbook photos go, he had no interest and didn’t sign up.</p>
<p>Congrats jym and alumother on both your sons getting their first * real * jobs!! :)</p>
<p>Congrats on all the jobs! I suspect this is a long way off for us.</p>
<p>^
Yes, a job is several years off for my daughter as well. She will be starting medschool after graduation, but is fortunate that she has quite a few acceptances to choose from. </p>
<p>Congratulations to all with students with jobs pending. What a relief that your basement wont turn into their new home!</p>
<p>Congrats, GA2012mom! How many acceptances is she up to?</p>
<p>^</p>
<p>7 plus one waitlist, the rest won’t be in till March.</p>
<p>Hope you are okay today, I know your son is leaving. :(</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone whose children have landed actual jobs! </p>
<p>My S has at least gotten so far as to apply for a fellowship from his department to work abroad next year, which is his goal.(I know because he asked me which of two papers he should submit. I told him to submit the one that was the easiest read and required the least knowledge of the subject matter. Beyond that I couldn’t help him, because both of them are written in another language at a level far beyond my skill level in it.) He was also concerned about his mentor (a very well-known and very well-connected if somewhat eccentric professor) getting his recommendation in on time, even though S asked for it several months ago.</p>
<p>This is like college applications all over again! I can only have faith that he will actually follow through on applying for the other fellowships for which his mentor thinks he should apply, and not leave it to the last minute. At least I know he has asked for his recommendations.</p>
<p>And yes, he has apparently selected a yearbook picture, and we have both motel and dinner reservations in place. I can’t believe it is here so soon…</p>
<p>It’s great to log on and see all the good news.</p>
<p>Congrats to Alumother and jrpar’s sons on their jobs!</p>
<p>Congrats to Ga2012mom’s D on all her med school acceptances. She must be a very strong candidate.</p>
<p>Good luck to Consolation’s son on his fellowship application.</p>
<p>Good luck to Shellfell’s S as he starts his job in the real world. </p>
<p>I’d love advice on furnishing an apartment. My D has an apartment near her campus, but she will be moving home for the summer, and I can’t see moving her furniture home, storing it and then moving it again. She bought it all from the previous occupant and it’s mostly IKEA stuff. I think she’s going to sell it and start fresh in her new city.</p>
<p>Thank you everyone and good luck and congrats all around. I look forward to moving towards apartment furnishing.</p>
<p>Congrats GA2012mom on all the med school acceptances. What an accomplishment for your D.</p>
<p>With S’ new apartment, the previous tenant is leaving him the bed, so we only had to get bedding for it. The rest of the apartment is already furnished by the current roommates. I’ll fill you in on the rest of the bedroom furniture, how succesfully we put it together and if it works for him after next weekend. S doesn’t have a ton of clothing so we didn’t go crazy on furniture…not sure if what we did will work for a D, but I’ll let you know after we move him in.</p>
<p>Yearbook picture is now selected, but S thought I was crazy to ask him about where he wanted to eat out graduation weekend. I may just handle that on my own.</p>
<p>Congrats, momjr!
And repeated congrats everyone. And good luck Consolation.</p>
<p>I feel like we are the Waltons saying “goodnight Erin, goodnight Johnboy” :)</p>
<p>Hello, all! I just recently discovered this thread and feel like I am way behind already! Poor older DD; I never seem to quite get my act together with her… didn’t find CC until younger DD was looking at schools and then didn’t really think about finding a thread like this for my older one. I’ve read the entire thread and can tell you that I do NOT have hotel or dinner reservations in DD’s small college town and it is a problem. I spent last night online and can’t find either! Looks like we’re going to be staying about 40 miles away and dealing with traffic on the rural roads that lead from our hotel to the school. No idea about dinner yet; going to have to get creative!</p>
<p>To introduce myself, older DD is graduating in June with a psychology degree and hopes to go to grad school next year. The program she wants is one that prepares you to work with college students (Admissions, Greek life, etc) and is typically a pretty small program so difficult to get into. Her gpa is pretty good and she has some strong ECs in this area so we are hopeful but we’ll see. Her search is complicated by the fact that she and her very serious BF are trying to get into the same schools (he’s a law school applicant). They may end up in different cities which will complicate life for them but won’t be the end of the world.</p>
<p>Anyway, it’s great to know there is a place I can go to hear how our 2012ers are doing and how you are all preparing for the next phase of their lives!</p>