<p>Thanks Kathie for starting us on a new adventure. My H commented last night that we have 36 days till D heads off. Not that he is counting. I think he is probably going to have the hardest time adjusting : )</p>
<p>^^my husband is already having issues…I’m gonna need some advice from all of you on this…</p>
<p>Very new territory…</p>
<p>another parent of the college class of 2015 here- D will be attending the University of Pittsburgh in the fall, Arts& Sciences, undecided.</p>
<p>About those twin XL sheets- PB Teen has tons of styles- I know they are expensive but the quality is really good and the patterns are pretty- [Dorm</a> Room Ideas, Dorm Room Essentials & Dorm Room Decorating | PBdorm | PBdorm](<a href=“http://www.pbteen.com/pages/pbdorm/]Dorm”>http://www.pbteen.com/pages/pbdorm/)</p>
<p>My D just found out her housing assignment - at first she was bummed- she ended up in the all girls dorm - but now is realizing the rooms are a little nicer and larger- so she is okay with it. </p>
<p>Time to start shopping and organizing what’s needed for the dorm room! I looked all over the internet for lists of what to bring and this was the best one I found- its organized by category so its easy to follow [Checklist</a> for college dorm - first year of college](<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>Campus Life – BigFuture | College Board)</p>
<p>Welcome pamom59- I think we have one or two other parents sending their students off to Pitt come the fall. Amandakayak’s S comes to mind but there are others. Come back often! We are a friendly bunch.</p>
<p>Hey all! Newbie here. Been reading (lurking! LOL!) for a couple of days but thought I would wait until you started the new thread to introduce myself. </p>
<p>D1 will be attending the University of Alabama with plans to get a BFA in Studio Art and minor in CS. She is spending her summer as a paid intern as a code tester. So far she is enjoying it.</p>
<p>The Bama clan also includes D2 (rising HS Sophomore) and S (rising 6th grader).</p>
<p>I recognize some names from the UA board (Hi MilitaryMom!)</p>
<p>As far as getting stuff for the dorms, it has been like Christmas around here! D has been ordering stuff for the past couple of weeks and it seems like the UPS or FedEx guy is at my door everyday! My dining room is starting to look like a store!</p>
<p>Looking forward to getting to know everyone.</p>
<p>Hey all! Fancy new digs over here…I am so pumped to be called “awesome!” The new thread was on my mind too first thing this morning, never got a chance to say goodbye over on the old. </p>
<p>PAMom59 - Yep, my ds is going to Pitt too, he’s up at Sutherland/engineering. Will be quite a transition going from his large single here (HA!) to a suite of 6 up there…should make for interesting reading. We didn’t do orientation yet - going there 7/18. Hopefully with AP test scores in hand because I don’t want to call.</p>
<p>mnmomof2 - Congrats!!! That is simply amazing!</p>
<p>Don’t think dh is going to have much of an adjustment here, he is so out of touch with the daily happenings of the kids, honestly if they ran away, he probably wouldn’t notice.</p>
<p>Welcome BamaMom & pamom!!</p>
<p>I hope the new thread will attract new ‘faces’, and coax some out of the woodwork that have been waiting for us to start the new thread!</p>
<p>I know how you feel about your dining room BamaMom. We’ve been piling things into the library for months. Bluedad wanted to move everything downstairs but I stopped him. This way I know where everything is and can check easily on what still needs to be bought. I did think that the bedding, socks, undershirts, etc., need to be opened and washed before we go. No one cares but me…trying to control the very small aspects of a situation I have no control over.</p>
<p>I just realized this morning…we move Bluejr seven weeks from today. I do not wish to say this out loud, thankyouverymuch.</p>
<p>Hello everyone! :)</p>
<p>Thanks for starting the new thread, kathiep! Great new name!</p>
<p>Slowly sipping my tea </p>
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^ Proudmomof2 ~ I hear you </p>
<p>Congrats on all the nice 4s & 5s on the APs! (especially to mnmomof2 with the 6 5s!!!) I didnt realize the results were available yesterday already, so I have to wait until DS gets up this morning, lol.</p>
<p>DS finally got started cleaning/organizing his room yesterday. That will take a few days for sure </p>
<p>Welcome to pamom59 and BamaMomof3!</p>
<p>Good morning, all! Good to see you here. But honestly, I can’t take the countdowns to when the kids leave. I don’t want to count the days yet.</p>
<p>We have not done any college shopping yet, except for the laptop. The other night at dinner we were talking about what of Son’s stuff she would take…fridge, microwave, etc. It absolutely breaks my heart to be talking about that, but it will save us some money. (For the new folks, Son is the HS class of '09, brilliant but with Aspergers and lots of other issues, living back home now.) </p>
<p>I think I’m going to join Amazon Prime, for the 30 day trial period. That way we can receive free, fast shipping for 30 days on all the stuff we think of at the last minute.</p>
<p>Okay, off to burst into tears now.</p>
<p>missy - Are you holding off on using the .edu email for a free Amazon prime account? We have one for our oldest that expires in a few weeks and are waiting to use Bluejr’s university email to set up another free account. We have LOVED having it and have gotten spoiled to the point of using the one-day $4 shipping at times. :o With gas close to $4/gallon its cheaper then driving to the mall!!</p>
<p>Morning, everybody. I’m here. Thanks, kathiep, for starting this “awesome” new thread for us. DS is 42 days to move-in. His dorm has regular twin beds (you can request an XL mattress if you are really tall, which he is not).</p>
<p>I started a list yesterday with other items he will need that you might not think of, such as a few plastic cups, microwavable bowl and plate, a coffee mug, fork, spoon and knife, etc. He’s talked to his roommate, but they haven’t determined who is bringing the TV, microwave, fridge yet, but I’m sure they will have a microwave, so he will need “dishes” to use in it.</p>
<p>We also need to order his laptop; the school has a good deal with Dell and Mac; DH said the Dell price is even better than what he can get from his Dell connections through work.</p>
<p>Hope everybody has a wonderful holiday weekend, with no fires, floods, tornados, hurricanes, mosquitos, snakes, bears, or any other “adverse situations”! :)</p>
<p>Thanks for starting this new thread. I’m a long time lurker, only recently started posting. DS #2 will be attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill this fall. Undecided major, but has been offered admission to the business school.</p>
<p>D just called for her AP results. 6 @ 5 and one 3 on physics- Electricity and Magnetism. She took this class at a local science center. They were hit hard by the weather in GA and missed over a week of class. They never caught up and only covered 3/4 of the syllabus by the time of the AP exam. To the credit of the teacher they kept working after the exam and completed the course.</p>
<p>She is a very happy young lady and will start college with 60 hrs credit. ( She already had 6 more AP’s @ 5 from previous years).</p>
<p>I should have probably posted this on the bragging thread- just delighted for her and this is not something I can share with friends, except on cc.</p>
<p>Congratulations to your dd Gibson!! We brag here all the time…that along with every other emotion that goes along with parenting, often in the same post. 
The way I look at it is the more credits they can start with, the more flexibility the can have. Good for her!!</p>
<p>Hi- What a warm welcome opening the thread! I posted on the last thread a few times and followed for awhile but then lost track, and Bam! now I’m hundreds of postings behind. A fresh start is possible! That list of posters is incredibly helpful, and I appreciate that it had to have taken quite some time to create. </p>
<pre><code>So on to new issues. My D will attend Stanford coming which doesn’t notify freshmen about what dorm they’re in until Aug 8, and D doesn’t find out who her roommate(s) is/are until she meets her/them face-to-face on move-in day Sep 20! Stanford believes that the preconceived notions one forms about their roommate ahead of time can be damaging. Other than the practical planning issue of deciding who brings a mini-fridge, we’re fine with it, but I’m curious. Could some of you possibly post your child’s experiences as they come up, particularly regarding whether pre-move-in day impressions were accurate, helpful or harmful, or even just your thoughts? At least Stanford does use a questionnaire to match roommates somewhat.
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<p>Sorry, one more question on an unrelated topic: which laptop and/or tablet or netbook are your kids bringing?</p>
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<p>Come on in, missypie, the water’s fine…I had a major meltdown yesterday. I’m not sure if it’s post-graduation, post-surgery letdown, but I seem to be in tears most of the time this week. Scoutson is happily exploring his room assignment information and on Facebook with his new 'mates…and I am a hot mess! </p>
<p>I’ve decided - just this morning, when I realized I was even dreading reading this thread for the first time! - it would help me if I added myself to the “thank you note” list - okay, I want something much more than a note. He was able to write well enough to impress admissions officers, why not keep in practice? So I will ask him to put a thank you in writing. Yes, I wish he thought of it himself and I didn’t have to ask, but that is so not the kid on the couch; yet he is a sensitive soul and I think he’ll do a good enough job so I’ll have something tangible to hold on to - instead of my kid - when I feel a good cry coming on.</p>
<p>Sorry about the maudlin first post on this bright new thread, but I really am happy to be here. Congrats to those getting great AP news; he took a couple this year, but I choose not to give College Board another fee - we’ll wait for the mail!</p>
<p>stillwater, I think my daughter (who will be college senior this year) didn’t know her housing or roommate assignment until shortly before she got to college. It worked out fine. Freshmen couldn’t have mini-fridges and things like that in her dorm, so there wasn’t much to coordinate.</p>
<p>As I read all of your comments I realize that college is barely on our radar right now. S is working on finding odd jobs and planning camping trips. I just scheduled a visit for the two of us to see my dad. I bet stores are already running out of extra-long sheets and we haven’t started thinking about packing, moving, or anything. I feel pretty behind, but it’s a comfortable place to be right now :-).</p>
<p>Hey there no-longer-lurkers, glad you found the clubhouse! At the public library yesterday (dd1 looking for Korean language learning things - lol), the guy who wrote Naked Roommate, wrote another book geared to parents called “The Happiest Kid on Campus” - has anyone read it? We should have a book club on it, it is pretty interesting and light reading just like that first book. </p>
<p>As far as pre-judging roommates goes, I would have to admit, I am the one doing that, not my open-minded-lets-all-be-chill ds. He looks on the bright side of everything “wow, he was named to the state tennis team, I’d like to learn tennis, maybe he could teach me!” whereas I am “All-boys boarding school? Was there a discipline issue here?” It comes down to personality and also how “challenging” my own roommate experiences were…and I won’t get into how my first roommate only spoke in medieval-english (member of SCA - society for creative anacronisms? jousting anyone?)</p>
<p>Good Morning all,</p>
<p>So glad to see the new thread up and running. Big thanks to Kathiep :)</p>
<p>Mom of two sons here, Class of '14 and '15. DH and I are glad this all college application process is over. My cc name should have been Survivor '10 & '11, but 2education sounds more celebratory!</p>
<p>S1 is a second year at U.Va, traveling in Europe for the summer.
S2 will be a first year at Duke, working two jobs over the summer!</p>
<p>Cheers :)</p>
<p>My goodness, we are a prolific bunch.</p>
<p>I thought I’d take the start of the new thread as an opportunity to reintroduce myself. I have participated on the old thread from time to time, but I only joined in recently, so I haven’t been one of the major players. </p>
<p>I have 3 sons, but my college class of '15 son is my oldest, and thus first out of the nest. He’s a camp counselor this summer, and will be home only a day between camp and school, so I feel like he’s already out. He’ll be attending Cornell Engineering, looking to major in computer science, with a particular interest in game design. But I think there’s a non-negligible chance that he’ll change majors before they officially declare (2nd semester of sophomore year) just because he is interested in a lot of things, and he was never really sure what he wanted to concentrate on in college. For that reason we’re all grateful that Cornell gives them a lot of space to explore before committing to a major.</p>
<p>My other two boys are a HS sophomore and a 5th grader (in the fall). S2 thinks he wants to be a mechanical engineer. I can totally see that. S3 is also a math/science guy, but a bit young to have a particular career goal in mind just yet!</p>
<p>S2 and S3 are also at camp (where S1 works) right, so it’s awfully quiet at my house. That’s both wonderful and sad. We really miss them a lot sometimes, but it’s nice to have some time to ourselves as well.</p>
<p>It’s been great meeting you all, though I must admit that I can rarely keep up with the thread!</p>
<p>Best of luck to everyone’s S or D in the fall, and in whatever adventures they have planned for summer!</p>
<p>p.s. on the question of score sending, I had asked here: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/ap-tests-preparation/1169931-sending-scores.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/ap-tests-preparation/1169931-sending-scores.html</a> and was led to believe that if you send scores, all your scores are sent (even though when you pay to listen to scores, you only get one year at a time).</p>