<p>No outside scholarships for DS, sadly, but for camp, we used to get scholarship checks made out to both DS and the camp. He would endorse it and then we would send it on to camp to apply toward our balance. I’d probably go ahead and send it by certified mail, VAMom2015, so you can get it applied to your balance, unless you’re going to be going very soon.</p>
<p>Just read the two threads on moving in. Never ceases to amaze me how much I learn from all you generous people.</p>
<p>Was just thinking. Exactly one year ago the CommonApp opened, and over here we started the chaos that was the actual application process. Seems like a century ago.</p>
<p>DD is doing quite nicely, chatting with her new roomies online and they are splitting up who brings what. I am beginning to feel somewhat obsolete :(</p>
<p>Just dropping by to say “Hi” As usual, this thread is filled with useful information. I used to post more frequently here (well actually on the predecessor thread) during that stressful pre-acceptance time. SOOO glad those days are behind us! Sometimes I lurk on the 2012 Parents thread just to remind myself how so much better life is POST acceptance.</p>
<p>Roommates were posted for DD1 last night at midnight. She was very happy to get both her requested roommate and hall. Others were not so fortunate and were “blowing up fb” according to DD with all their complaints. There are two main areas where the freshmen are being housed and one of them is in a renovation cycle, so the open areas are either brand new or just a year old. The other is an older, traditional dorm that is very popular with the music kids as it is close to the music complex. Naturally, the newer dorms are more appealing, especially if you are not a music student, but obviously everyone will not fit there. The music kids now feel like outcasts whom nobody wants to live with! I would hate to be in the res life office today fielding all the phone calls they were allegedly going to get, and I feel really badly for the roommates of the ones who requested someone else and don’t plan to make any contact with their assigned roomie as they plan to get out as quickly as possible.</p>
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Wow, there is an A Graham at S’s school too! I guess all the freshman will know whose parents hang out on CC, they will be the kids who are “so sad!”</p>
<p>I actually slept in a dorm on one of S’s schools preorientation “Preview” nights and it was not bad. S sleeps on a pull out couch in our place in Maine without complaint, so I am thinking he won’t need a matress topper. But, I am probably going to buy one for him anyway. (mommy guilt from not sending him a care package)</p>
<p>MM- what the ehck are you going to do when the kids are grown up and gone and H retires and there are no more moves? Excitement is your middle name. Glad all the issues where little ones, but a lot of little ones make for a big headache. </p>
<p>Thinking about all the back to school money I will be spending this year and I am getting a headache.</p>
<p>You know that thing that the kids do before they leave for college where they get all grumpy and rude? Sometimes called, “soiling the nest”? Is there also something that maybe Mom’s do that makes the baby bird want to leave the nest by being grumpy towards them?? Yesterday was a kick the boy out sort of day that started with me criticizing his driving while he drove me to work and then picking at him more once we got home. Everything he did seemed to tick me off. I want him gone on his new adventure but I’m a bit apprehensive about the changes, both for him and for us.</p>
<p>There is an A. Graham at D’s school too! I showed D the solicitation and told her that I would prefer to send stuff from home with little bro’s help. She liked that idea and promised not to be too “sad.” I kept the descriptions, though, for some ideas. No topper for D, but I will have her wash the sheets and towels so they are lint free and confirmed not to “bleed” color into the load. Starting to figure out the logistics of Pre-O camping gear (one bag only) with the later arrival of us with her suitcases and rental car pickup at BBB and Target. Some soiling the nest here too. Anybody else dealing with a pet that is staying home (fish, hamster, etc.)? D’s beta fish has been on it’s last legs (fins?) for about a year but keeps on going! Noone here wants to deal with the weekly bowl cleaning. D has been diligent about caring for this creature. I think it will now become my job.</p>
<p>Thinking of you, MM!</p>
<p>Hi - I just paid our first tuition bill…it is painful. All is moving along here, I can’t believe we are only a montha way from move in…seems surreal.</p>
<p>One week from today, I will be moving D in. I think its finally starting to hit me. I am cooking all her favorite home-cooked meals this week. She has been really quiet and reserved lately, I think its her way of pulling back now so it won’t be so hard when she leaves. I guess she trying to get used to being on her own. I found out yesterday that we duplicated some items between D and her room mate so off we go to return and purchase new stuff. I think we have finally gotten everything but I am sure we will be making Wal-Mart/Target runs next week. </p>
<p>Ds college bill is due Aug 5th and I made the last payment on that yesterday only to have a new parking charge show up. Good thing its not due until Sep, this well is dry.</p>
<p>I can’t tell you enough to enjoy the time you have left, moving in day will be here before you know it.</p>
<p>gamomof3 - That’s just too soon! It didn’t really hit me until I turned the calendar to Aug. and there it was in black and white - MOVE IN in 2 wks and 1 day.</p>
<p>flmathmom - I have to read those threads about how to make it go easier. Does it say anything about siblings? Dd1 wants to come with us on the pretense of a “college visit” but I know she is taking it pretty hard that ds won’t be around to shield her at HS. She is one of those strong stoic bullish stubborn types that seems really tough and bored/annoyed at all times but is really emotional down under those layers. Sort of a Shrek actually. It is a 6 hr drive there, unpack, run to Walmart, eat dinner with ds, say goodbye, sleep at hotel, drive back so…don’t want to take up valuable space in the car with siblings! Did I mention my car doesn’t seat the whole family anymore? Dd1 says why don’t we take 2 cars? Ugh.</p>
<p>Hey all- am still reading but life is beating us up a bit* so have had little time to post.</p>
<p>D and I had a great time last weekend at BBB and were all on the same page about what she needs. She is definitely into “decorating” what we hope will be her single room but is holding off on some things until she gets her dorm assignment. She is reusing some bedding we already have in our extenstive collection of linens (yes, it is a sickness and we are pretty sure there is a genetic component as it has manifested in 3 generations that we know). </p>
<p>Can’t remember whose student was going to shop in thrift stores but we have a great one in the Upper East Side of NYC. One cautionary note- any clothing should be washed BEFORE it is brought into a room with other “soft scape” (e.g. linens, clothes, etc) or sealed in a trash bag for a number of days (we do 2 weeks) before it is placed with other clothes. There are critters in many, many of these thrift shops nowadays. </p>
<p>Also, we are not looking forward to staying at the optional Orientation for Parents the day after move-in, but D wanted us as back up if there are issues re dealing with her disabilities (allergies and dysgraphia) in her room assignment or class accomodations.</p>
<p>*Squeaked by in layoffs at work (which have been rescinded- at least for now), beloved dog died unexpectedly, D is working almost full time job (and we have to juggle transportation), my mom in and out of ER/hospital and needing a lot more propping up due to cognitive impairment, work in crisis mode over newly released policy docs.</p>
<p>We are bringing 2 younger siblings (ages 10 and 15) to move-in. Perhaps not the best idea but they want to see where their big brother will be living, and I have nowhere better to leave them in any case. It will be tight in the car (Outback) with the 5 of us and all DS’s stuff, but I think it will be fine. 4 hour drive for us.</p>
<p>Good morning all. I’m passing the coffee and blueberry muffins around to all and hoping you have a wonderful day.</p>
<p>How did it get to be August? :eek: </p>
<p>I think we are getting to the end of the shopping (and returning) of items. Only thing left is the computer which is our graduation gift to DS but he hasn’t made his final decision yet (did I ever mention he’s a procrastinator? 
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<p>BI–thanks again for the Staples info. I feel like such a bargain shopper getting those deals! I find it funny how they “hide” the deals all over the store so it’s like an Easter egg hunt trying to find them. I’ve had to ask where they are several times.</p>
<p>MM–I feel your pain. It seems like things that should be easy (cable hook-up) are never easy. I hope you get settled soon and DD gets a chance to enjoy the new home before heading to school.</p>
<p>**I have taken the first and last move-in dates for this countdown from the list on this thread. To try and list all of them would be overkill to say the least.</p>
<p>First new student move-in is the University of Georgia on August 9th.
Move-in day in 6 days. Less than a week! :eek:</p>
<p>Last new student move-in is the University of Southern Oregon on September 22nd<br>
Move-in day in 50 days.**</p>
<p>If there are earlier or later move-in dates, please post them so that I can pick them up and adjust the countdown postings.</p>
<p>The link to the Move-in Date Thread is <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1141579-hs-class-2011-college-class-2015-move-dates-5.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1141579-hs-class-2011-college-class-2015-move-dates-5.html</a></p>
<p>AvonHSDad, are you off by a day? Seems like from Aug 2 to Aug 9 is 7 days, not 6.</p>
<p>kinderny - <em>Hugs</em> I am so sorry that life is just throwing you one curve ball after another -</p>
<p>kinderny - Glad that those layoffs didn’t happen!! Hope your mom is on the mend. Seems like you have an overfilled plate this month, maybe that will make Sept. easy?..(((hugs to you)))</p>
<p>Ah, no worries on the Staples info. Glad to help. They do hide them. I have to ask every week when I go in. They are generally in a bin, halfway down an aisle, nowhere near all the well-marked items in the front of the store.</p>
<p>We are opting not to take the ‘brothers’ to move-in (one older, one younger). There will be plenty of emotion and drama to go around with three of us. I also don’t think it’s fair to the new roommate and his family to add confusion to the mix. We are a bit different though because the brothers will have other opportunities to visit since we are close. Dinner is mandatory with the RA and dorm so it looks like we will be ‘dismissed’ by 4pm…ouch! 
Bluejr has forbidden tears, to which Bluedad seriously laughed and asked if he thought there weren’t going to be a 50/50 mix of mom’s crying and cheering all the way from the first-year dorms to the stadium parking?!</p>
<p>Ok just to show that I really am clueless about all this stuff, here’s what I just ran into. Please tell me when I was supposed to find out/know about this one:</p>
<p>DS has an AROTC scholarship. We really haven’t heard anything from ROTC other than “congratulations you have a 4 year scholarship”. DS also received a check for a small scholarship he received with the check made out to the school.</p>
<p>On DS’s student account it doesn’t list anything about the ROTC scholarship. I called to find out what we pay and was told that DS must submit the scholarship information form. Here’s the “huh?”. Never heard of the form. I thought (bad idea, right) that since he received the scholarship and would be attending the schools on-site program that they communicated with each other (wrong!). </p>
<p>This form must list the ROTC scholarship and the other one. Then I send in the form and they will update his student account. Easily done once I found out about said form.</p>
<p>I’m guessing some of you know about this. How did you know, and when were you told? How did I miss this important piece of information. Perhaps it was in some packet DS squirreled off in his room? </p>
<p>Good thing I called now and didn’t wait until bill was due! :eek:</p>