Parents of the HS Class of 2012 - New beginnings

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<p>Hopefully, they were clean garbage bags!!! :wink: :wink: ;)</p>

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<p>Suzy, typical guy! The good thing about garbage bags is he can fold them up and store easily for move out day! Smart thinking
;)</p>

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<p>It is great to pack using garbage bags, they don’t take up as much room in the car and could be thrown out when you are finished with it. Give your son some credit. </p>

<p>We picked up D2 ID, and went to her work place to sign some paperwork. The job turns out to be a lot more interesting than D2 thought. It’s going to give her a lot of opportunity to interact with professors and the community. The woman who is running the office was like D1’s second mom when D1 was here. She assured me that she will look after D2. The head of the program was a philosophy major in college, totally speaks D2’s language. D2 had to fill out direct deposit slip, and I was thinking its going to be her first official paycheck.</p>

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<p>lilmom, great report. Like your D, mine also was cautious about registering for a heavy schedule. She got a lot of input from high school teachers and college orientation leaders to the effect that college is much harder than high school; don’t be too ambitious.</p>

<p>However, D’s high school course load consisted of all AP classes in her junior and senior year - except for one senior year class that was dual-enrolled calculus II and III (post AP calculus) at a local university that’s one of the top nationally ranked engineering schools, and notorious for tough grading. In short, the message “college is going to shock you by being more challenging than you’re used to” probably didn’t apply so much to her.</p>

<p>The upshot: after three days of classes this week, D phoned me to announce that she’d added an additional class to her schedule. It’s an English lit course that covers off a breadth requirement she needs for her degree program. I was happy she’d figured out for herself that her course load was on the light side. I expect your D too will have the opportunity to adjust her schedule during the first week or too of classes.</p>

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<p>giterdone wrote:

Reminds me of a favorite lyric from the Gin Blossoms: “If you don’t expect too much from me, you might not be let down.” </p>

<p>We’ve had no nest fouling to speak of, but I may have observed the first sign of “launch anxiety” recently. At NU, incoming freshmen make a top ten list of preferences for freshman seminar and are assigned accordingly; S got his first choice. A few days ago, he (and the rest of the class) got an e-mail from the professor stating that the class had been mis-listed at 11 and was actually being taught at 10 and to let him know if that created a potential schedule conflict. </p>

<p>(I’m guessing) he’d never seen the seminar listed at 11 and that as soon as he saw “mis-listed,” he scanned ahead to see “10” and "11’ and processed “mis-listed at 10/actually at 11” (backwards). At 11, there’s a special section of developmental psychology for freshman with AP credit for intro psychology and he’d planned the rest of his schedule around that.</p>

<p>So, he tells me he has a conflict and asks me what to do. Dopey me, I give him credit for reading the e-mail carefully and advise him to report the conflict to the professor, which he does, whereupon he gets e-mail from freshman dean, cc’ed to the professor. Meanwhile, I scan the schedule for open sections of freshman seminar and possible replacements for developmental. In the process, I notice that the professor has another class at 11 and start to get suspicious. I ask S for documentation and notice he’s misread the e-mail. I advise him to e-mail both individuals apologizing for the confusion, letting them know what happened, and that he’s fine where he is. </p>

<p>What a way to introduce yourself to your freshman advisor (and assistant department chair) and your class dean. :)</p>

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<p>Steve C - first lesson learned - and not a bad one at all
 :)</p>

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<p>It is almost our turn to move in and it looks like it is going pour.</p>

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<p>“My girl and I are of the belief that pretty much anything that happens in life can be related back to an episode of Friends.”</p>

<p>I have no one to share with but the “old” me always relates everything back to Seinfeld.</p>

<p>SteveC - Do they make you enroll in classes this early at NU? I thought launch is in 35 days?</p>

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<p>stevec, my D had a similar experience with scheduling. She is in an honors program so some regular GE classes will be substituted with honors level classes except for the first year seminar class that every freshman must take. I helped her decipher the info online and advised her to drop it instead of keep it on her schedule. She felt silly having to backtrack and ask the dept head for help in getting back into the class since it was now full. He emailed saying he did it and not to worry because many freshmen have trouble
with their schedules. She said, “sheesh, mom, it wasn’t me.”:stuck_out_tongue: </p>

<p>Weatherga, D’s high school was a big impersonal one with a terrible math department. It was amazing that D did as well as she did in her AP math classes. Unfortunately, I feel her high school math experience didn’t encourage her to pursue STEM majors. I do hope she picks up a math class. A good teacher and experience might help her regain her confidence in math and science.</p>

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<p>Checking in briefly while we have free WiFi.</p>

<p>DS moved in Wednesday - all went smoothly. He was one of only 6 freshman to be moving in early in his dorm, but upperclassmen were very helpful in showing how to arrange/loft beds, etc. Got his ID and other stuff done. That afternoon we literally ran in to friends of ours who were on campus with their rising senior daughter for a visit! DS got to “show them around” and show them his room. That might be some kind of record - visitors after moving in 30 minutes earlier!
We left campus to visit with more relatives, but will go back tonight for Frosh parent stuff that starts tomorrow. He’s been busy with marching band auditions. He is going through with the auditions - we’ll see what happens. There are only about 3 or 4 spots in his section and about 25 kids auditioning. Won’t know till Monday. He did have a message waiting for him - someone else in the music dept. heard his piano CD that he sent with his application - and has asked him to come to an audition next Wednesday, so that’s promising.
We’re all holding up fine b/c we know we’ll see him a few more times this weekend. I think the long ride home is going to be toughest on little sis!</p>

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<p>Great move-in story, hsmom2dncrs!! Hurrah for nice upperclassmen and having visitors right away-- I think that probably leads to some extra pride/feeling of competence which is invaluable during a time when you can feel vulnerable a lot of the time (moving into your college!).</p>

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<p>texaspg – Your fall freshman seminar professor becomes your advisor for the duration of freshman year, so they assign seminars a little early to create some space for contact, if necessary. The special section of developmental I mentioned is “permission only.” He made his request early enough, but he’s still waiting on his “ticket.” He’ll enroll for the rest at Wildcat Welcome the week before classes.</p>

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<p>Time to call today’s Launches!</p>

<p>Congrats!!</p>

<p>ALREADY LAUNCHED!
7/15 huxleyalum S1
8/08 weatherga’s D
8/10 MemphisGuy’s S
8/11 vlines’s S, TX12DanceMom’s D, RTRMom2’s S
8/12 momophony’s S, DctMom73’s D
8/14 Debbie7452’s D, Lilmom’s D, GoIrish2013 S
8/15 ReneeD7’s D, familyof3boys’ S, woody35’s D, MeteorMom’s S, geogirl’s S, hsmom2dncrs’ S, ready2bdone’s D, Elkyes’ S, katie93mom’s D
8/16 jackief’2 D, psychmomma’s D, mequonmom’s D, irishmary203’s D
8/17 Oldfort’s D2, michal1’s D, Chrissyblu’s D, Tebow1’s D, 911C2S’s S, gaelicbred’s D, JGCMom’s S</p>

<p>STILL TO LAUNCH:
8/18 annasdad’s D, MizzBee’s S, Rushedmom’s D, soh2000’s D, bubmom’s D, TNVandymom’s S, ENsMom’s D
8/19 kleibo’s S, mspearl’s D, nervousnellie1’s S, PinotNoir’s S
8/20 jmnva06’s D, showmom858’s D, Buttercup1735’s D
8/21 college_query’s S, momsings S, stressed56’s D, allboyz’ S
8/22 Mom2M’s D, kc1214mom’s D, Sunshinestatemom’s D, WalkingTessie’s D, Itsthatime’s S, student2D’s S, JenPam’s DS, ohiobassmom’s S, StantonMom’s S, Intouch1520’s D
8/23 eyemamom’s S, Lakemom’s S, PNWedwonk’s S, 1012mom’s D, hawkeyes55’s S, SnowflakeVT’s S, MomOf3Stars’ D, dwhite’s S, Partyoffour’s D
8/24 mimk6’s S, Bucasmom’s S, MommyMommy’s D, IJustDrive’s D, The3bears’ D, tozubri’s D, tozubri’s S-2, CaliMom3’s D, MidniteMom’s S, laserp’s S, CIEE83’s D
8/25 MathinOKC’s D; Mom0809’s S; pacnwmomof2’s S, seiclan’s S, JenPam’s DD, KarGaro’s D, EmptyingNest’s D
8/26 marciemi’s S, kathieh1’s D, disneygals’ D, notakid’s D, MaCappella’s D, Lark123’s D
8/27 Glido’s D, maidenMom’s D, student4ever’s S, talaria’s D
8/28 rerunagain’s S, chemusic’s S
8/29 downtoearth’s D, megan12’s S, tozubri’s S-1, bhmamacita’s D
8/30 Gwen Fairfax’ D, glopop11’s D
8/31 elka67’s S, Swimmomonthego’s S
9/01 jaylynn’s D, saintfan’s D, giterdone’s D, Mary13’s D, MAOnemom’s D
9/05 absweetmarie’s D, dentmom4’s D, huxleyalum’s S2, amtc’s D
9/12 northernwoods S
9/18 Mom2jl’s S, Texaspg D
9/20 SteveC’s S, pcaz’s S, GeminiMom’s D1
9/23 UChiMom’s D</p>

<p>1012mom’s D - Tufts University
5boys’ S - St. Lawrence University
911C2S - Bucknell University
absweetmarie’s D - Kalamazoo College
amtc’s D - Knox College
Angry Dad’s D - U of Chicago
annasdad’s D - Truman State University
AnotherFSUdad’s D - U of Alabama Honors College
bbarty - Macalester
BeeZeeMom’s S - U of California at San Diego
bhmamacita’s D - Wesleyan University
BluePoodle’s D - Case Western Reserve University
BobWallace’s D - Agnes Scott College
Bubmom’s D - American University
Bucasmom’s S - U of Connecticut
Buttercup1735’s D - Pepperdine
Cal1983’s S - William & Mary
CaliMom3’s D - Georgetown University
CalmlyiChaotic’s D - Sewanee, The University of the South
Chardo’s S - U of Alabama
cheekymonkey’s S - Tufts
chemusic’s S - Vassar College
Chrissyblu’s D - UC Berkeley
CIEE83’s D - Yale
cindymoose’s Twin A - MIT
collconf01’s D - Kenyon College
college<em>query’s S - Bowdoin College
commasplice’s S - Columbia University
Cortana431 - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
CPUscientist3000 - Harvard
Creekland’s S - U of Rochester
DctMom73’s D - Oklahoma State University
Debbie7452’s D - Texas A&M
dentmom4’s D - Kalamazoo College
disneygals’ D - Adelphi
downtoearth’s D - Northeastern
dwhite’s D - Wake Forest
Elka67’s S - Rutgers
ELKyes’ S - College of Charleston Honors
EmptyingNest’s D - Kenyon
ENsMom’s D - McGill University
Everythingbut’s S - Lafayette
eyeamamom’s S - U of Rochester
familyof3boys’ S - Hiram
fiddlinmom’s S - College of Wooster
forthree’s D - Case Western
fourkidsmom’s D - NYU Tisch
fredricksdottir’s S - U of Chicago
gaelicbred’s D - Kenyon
GeminiMom’s D1 - Northwestern
GeminiMom’s D2 - Cornell
geogirl1’s S - U of Miami
giterdone’s D - U of St Thomas
Glido’s D – Wellesley
glopop11’s D – Landmark College
GoIrish2013’s S - Indiana U
Gourmetmom’s S - Harvard
gradygrad’s D - NYU
Gwen Fairfax’s D - The Hartt School (@ Univ of Hartford)
hawkeyes55’s S - Temple University
Highbury’s D - U of Chicago
hookedondwd S - Rochester Institute of Technology
hsmom2dncrs’ S - U of Notre Dame
hutch14’s D - Carleton
HuxleyAlum’s S1 - Rose-Hulman
HuxleyAlum’s S2 - Knox College
IJustDrive’s D - Yale University
Illyria’s D - St. Mary’s College of MD
intouch1520’s D - Syracuse University
irishmary203’s D - U of Notre Dame
Itsthatime’s S - Columbia University
jackief’s D - Case Western Reserve University
jasper44’s D - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Jaylynn’s D - University of San Diego
JenPam’s D - U of Maryland
JenPam’s S - U of Maryland
JGCMom’s S - U of Central Florida
jmnva06’s D - Beloit
jupiter1’s S - U of Chicago
Kandjad’s D - U of Alabama
KareninCA’s D - Lewis and Clark
KarGaro’s D - Towson University
kathieh1’s D – Pomona
katie93mom’s D – Southern Methodist University
kc1214mom’s D - Syracuse
Kleibo’s S - Carnegie Mellon
kttmom’s S - William & Mary
Lakemom’s S - University of Rochester
Lark123’s D - Pomona
laserp’s S - Georgetown
lilmom’s D - Morehead State
lillypod’s S - Amherst
linnylu’s D - U of Alabama
lisabees’ S - Oberlin
lovemykids2’s S - U of Alabama
MaCappella’s D - Amherst
maidenMom’s D - Wellesley
MAOnemom’s D - Princeton
marciemi’s S - MIT
Mary13’s D - U of St Thomas
MASSMOM1’s D - Purdue
mathinokc’s D - Olin
megan12’s S - Haverford
MemphisGuy’s S - U of Alabama
mequonmom’s D - Rollins College
MeteorMom’s S - Univ of Miami
MidniteMom’s S - Yale
MidwestMom2Kids</em>’ S - U of Mississippi
mihcal1’s D - UC Berkeley
mimk6’s S - Yale
Missread’s D - U of Alabama
MizzBee’s S - Wabash
Mom0809’s S - Sewanee, The University of the South
Mom2jl’s S - Stanford
Mom2M’s D - USC
Mom60’s D - UC Davis
MomfromTN’s D – Pitzer College
MommyMommy’s D - U of Vermont
momof2inma’s S – Tufts
MomOf3Stars’ D – The University of the Arts
Momsie’s D - NYU Florence
momsings’ S - Chapman University
mother<em>of</em>perl’s T1 - Yale
mother<em>of</em>perl’s T2 - MIT
mspearl’s D - Ohio State
Mutti2012’s S - U of Chicago
NDSmom’s S - U of Alabama
nearandfar’s S - University of Notre Dame
nervousnellie1’s S - Ohio State
newtothismom’s D - Bryant University
NJMom23s’s S - Cornell
nly2012’s S - Lewis and Clark
northernwoods’ S - Northwestern
notakid’s D - Barnard
NWMom2’s D - Case Western Reserve University
ohiobassmom’s S - Capital University (conservatory of music)
ohksaj04’s D - Denison
oldfort’s D - Cornell
pacnwmomof2’s S - Colorado College
pamayawaa’s D - WUSTL
partyoffour’s D1 - Denison
pathways D - Umass Lowell
pcaz’ S - Northwestern Univ
performersmom’s D - Yale
pghmomof2’s S - University of Oklahoma
PinotNoir’s S - U of Rochester
PNWedwonk’s S - U of Rochester
PRJ’s D - NYU
Proudmama3’s S - U of Alabama
psychmom’s S - NYU
Psychmomma’s D - Southern Illinois University
pullinghair’s D - Duke
rayrick’s D - Olin
ready2bdone’s D - Dartmouth College
ReneeD7’s D - Tulane
rerunagain’s S - Swarthmore
rescue23’s D - Willamette University
rushedmom’s D - Texas A&M
S2012d2017’s S - Davidson
Sactonative’s S - U of Alabama
saintfan’s D - St Olaf
sbjdorlo’s S - MIT
seiclan’s S - Emory
sewhappy’s D - Princeton
shootingsilver - U of Chicago
showmom858’s D - FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology)
skibum4’s S - MIT
Sniner D - U of Alabama
Snowdog’s D - USC
SnowflakeVT’s S - St. Lawrence U
SoClose’s S - Bryant University
soh2000’s D - UNC - Chapel Hill
solat10’s D - U of Alabama
StantonMom’s S - Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts (Film School)
SteveC’s S - Northwestern University
stressed56’s D - College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA)
student4ever’s S - Harvard
sujormik’s D - Northeastern University
sunmachine’s S2 - Willamette
Sunshinestatemom’s D - Florida State University
Swimmomonthego’s S - Loyola University, Maryland
talaria’s D - Univ of Pennsylvania
Tebow1’s D - Univ of Notre Dame
Texaspg’s D - Stanford
The3bears’ D - Yale
TNVandymom’s S - Vanderbilt
tozubri’s D - Franklin & Marshall
tozubri’s S1 - RIT
tozubri’s S2 - U of New Hampshire
UChiMom’s D - University of Chicago
vlines’ S - U of Alabama
WalkingTessie’s D - Syracuse University
wdaveo’s S - U of Alabama
weatherga’s D - U of Georgia
Woody35’s D - Earlham College
xxjcat’s - U of Alabama
Yalemom16’s S - Yale
ypcccu’s S - Princeton</p>

<p>COLLEGES ATTENDING:</p>

<p>Adelphi - disneygals’ D
Agnes Scott College - BobWallace’s D
American University - bubmom’s D
Amherst - MaCappella’s D, lillypod’s S
Barnard - notakid’s D
Beloit - jmnva06’s D
Bowdoin - college<em>query’s S
Bryant University - newtothismom’s D, SoClose’s S
Bucknell - 911C2S
Capital University (conservatory of music) - ohiobassmom’s S
Carleton - hutch14’s D
Carnegie Mellon - Kleibo’s S
Case Western Reserve University - BluePoodle’s D, forthree’s D, jackief’s D, NWMom2’s D
Chapman University- momsings’ S
College of Charleston Honors - ELKyes’ S
College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA) - stressed56’s D
College of Wooster - fiddlinmom’s S
Colorado College - pacnwmomof2’s S
Columbia University - commasplice’s S, Itsthatime’s S
Cornell - GeminiMom’s D2, NJMom23’s S, oldfort’s D
Dartmouth College - ready2bdone’s D
Davidson - S2012d2017’s S
Denison - ohksaj04’s D, partyoffour’s D1
Duke - pullinghair’s D
Earlham College - Woody35’s D
Emory - seiclan’s S
FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology) - showmom858’s D
Florida State University - Sunshinestatemom’s D
Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts (Film School) - StantonMom’s S
Franklin & Marshall - tozubri’s D
Georgetown University - CaliMom3’s D, laserp’s S
Hartt School, The (@ Univ of Hartford) - Gwen Fairfax’ D
Harvard - CPUscientist3000, student4ever’s S, Gourmetmom’s S
Haverford - Megan12’s S
Hiram - familyof3boys’ S
Indiana U - GoIrish2013’s S
Kalamazoo College - absweetmarie’s D, dentmom4’s D
Kenyon - collconf01’s D, gaelicbred’s D, EmptyingNest’s D
Knox - amtc’s D, HuxleyAlum’s S2
Lafayette - Everythingbut’s S
Landmark College - glopop11’s D
Lewis and Clark - KareninCA’s D, nly2012’s S
Loyola University, Maryland - Swimmomonthego’s S
Macalester - bbarty
McGill University - ENsMom’s D
MIT - cindymoose’s Twin A, mother</em>of<em>perl’s T2, sbjdorlo’s S, skibum4’s S, marciemi’s S
Morehead State - lilmom’s D
Northeastern - downtoearth’s D, sujormik’s D
Northwestern - GeminiMom’s D1, northernwoods’ S, SteveC’s S, pcaz’ S
NYU - fourkidsmom’s D, gradygrad’s D, PRJ’s D, psychmom’s S
NYU Florence - Momsie’s D
Oberlin - lisabees’s S
Ohio State - mspearl’s D, nervousnellie1’s S
Oklahoma State University - DctMom73’s D
Olin - mathinokc’s D, rayrick’s D
Pepperdine - Buttercup1735’s D
Pitzer College - MomfromTN’s D
Pomona - kathieh1’s D, Lark123’s D
Princeton - ypcccu’s S, MAOnemom’s D, Sewhappy’s D
Purdue - MASSMOM1’s D
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Cortana431, jasper44’s D
Rochester Institute of Technology - hookedondwd’s S, tozubri’s S1
Rollins College - mequonmom’s D
Rose-Hulman - HuxleyAlum’s S1
Rutgers - Elka67’s S1
Sewanee, The University of the South - CalmlyiChaotic’s D, Mom0809’s S
Southern Illinois University - Psychmomma’s D
Southern Methodist University - katie93mom’s D
St. Lawrence University - 5boys’ S, SnowflakeVT’s S
St. Mary’s College of MD - Illyria’s D
St. Olaf - saintfan’s D
Stanford - Texaspg’s D, Mom2jl’s S
Swarthmore - rerunagain’s S
Syracuse University - intouch1520’s D, kc1214mom’s
D, WalkingTessie’s D
Temple University - hawkeyes55’s S
Texas A&M - Debbie7452’s D, rushedmom’s D
Towson University - KarGaro’s D
Truman State University - annasdad’s D
Tufts University - 1012mom’s D, momof2inma’s S, cheekymonkey’s S
Tulane - ReneeD7’s D
U of Alabama - Chardo’s S, Kandjad’s D, linnylu’s D, lovemykids2’s S, MemphisGuy’s S, Missread’s D, NDSmom’s S, Proudmama3’s S, Sactonative’s S, Sniner’s D, solat10’s D, vlines’ S, wdaveo’s S, xxjcat, AnotherFSUdad’s D
U of California at Berkeley - Chrissyblu’s D, mihcal1’s D
U of California at Davis - Mom60’s D
U of California at San Diego - BeeZeeMom’s S
U of Central Florida - JGCMom’s S
U of Chicago - Angry Dad’s D, fredricksdottir’s S, Highbury’s D, jupiter1’s S, Mutti2012’s S, shootingsilver, UChiMom’s D
U of Connecticut - Bucasmom’s S
U of Georgia - weatherga’s D
U of Maryland - JenPam’s D, JenPam’s S
U of Massachusetts (Lowell) - pathways’ D
U of Miami - geogirl1’s S, MeteorMom’s S
U of Mississippi - MidwestMom2Kids</em> S
U of New Hampshire - tozubri’s S2
U of North Carolina - Chapel Hill: soh2000’s D
U of Notre Dame - hsmom2dncrs’ S, Tebow1’s D, nearandfar’s S, irishmary203’s D
U of Oklahoma - pghmomof2’s S
U of Pennsylvania - talaria’s D
U of Rochester - Creekland’s S, eyeamamom’s S, PinotNoir’s S, PNWedwonk’s S, Lakemom’s S
U of San Diego - Jaylynn’s D
U of St Thomas - giterdone D, Mary13’s D
U of the Arts, The – MomOf3Stars’ D
U of Vermont - MommyMommy’s D
USC - Mom2M’s D, Snowdog’s D
Vanderbilt - TNVandymom’s S
Vassar - chemusic’s S
Wabash - MizzBee’s S
Wake Forest - dwhite’s D
Wellesley - Glido’s D, maidenMom’s D
Wesleyan - bhmamacita’s D
Willamette University - rescue23’s D, sunmachine’s S2
William & Mary - Cal1983’s S, kttmom’s S
WUSTL - pamayawaa’s D
Yale - IJustDrive’s D, mimk6’s S, mother<em>of</em>perl’s T1, performersmom’s D, The3bears’ D, Yalemom16’s S, MidniteMom’s S, CIEE83’s D</p>

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<p>S FINALLY went shopping with me! We got his fan, floor/desk lamp, surge protector, light bulbs, toiletries, first aid kit, duct tape, command hooks, foam mattress topper, etc. We finally have something that resembles a dorm mountain. More of a molehill, but it’s something.</p>

<p>S has tried to contact his roommate several times by phone (landline, no answer and no machine) and by email, no response. I guess he’ll just meet him next week. We won’t buy a fridge until we know what’s what but he’s bringing the rug from his room.</p>

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<p>DILEMA
S got braces off Monday. He had a follow up appt. today to get his retainer and for them to do retention records. Ortho broke her ankle (which we knew about monday as she was hobbling around the office on crutches). She was not at the office today nor was anyone else. Sign on door apologized for the inconvenience-she was having surgery on her ankle and to call to reschedule with the person taking her place while she is out. No one was in the office or answering the phones all day. Seriously-the doctor is out and you shut the office down? Not to mention, we never got a call saying she would be out.</p>

<p>Today is Friday, S launches Sunday! How in the heck are we supposed to get the retainer. I am not so concerned about the records right now. I am sure they want him there to make sure the retainer fits right. Luckily he is only 30 minutes away-I can go get him after I get off work @ 3:30 and get him back to their office close to 5. I am not even sure they stay that late. But I am thinking they should to help out the people they put out.</p>

<p>Plus next week is Welcome Week. There are things he doesn’t want to miss Monday, late classes Wednesday. It will have to be Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday.</p>

<p>I am half tempted to call the emergency number and see if I get and answer. Her anesthetic should have worn off by now. :slight_smile: Maybe she has someone who could meet us at the office tomorrow-that would be IDEAL! </p>

<p>Thoughts?? Should I call the emergency number and see what happens or wait for them to finally call us back to reschedule when he will already be gone?</p>

<p>So aggravated!!! (And yes, I feel bad she got injured but we have a seriously huge moment coming up in our life in 2 days and need to get this taken care of).</p>

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<p>NervousNellie --</p>

<p>I’m with you – the office should have called to cancel your appointment, since they obviously knew they weren’t going to be there.</p>

<p>I wouldn’t call the emergency number. I’d wait and call the office on Monday.</p>

<p>I bet that there’s not a huge risk if he doesn’t get the retainer next week as long as it’s really soon.</p>

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<p>MidniteMom, my son is doing Harvest. I would be happy to post about move-in, but I’m not taking my laptop with me so it might be Sunday night (26) before I can post. I can tell you that I’ve been through move-in at Yale once before. They have a lovely matriculation ceremony on Saturday morning where the kids enter by residential college and I think the President speaks. The reception at the President’s House is really just a long line and I’m planning to skip that this time. There is a thread on the Yale forum for parents and maybe people will be posting there. We have several Yale parents on this thread so I hope some will post so you feel in-the-loop.</p>

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<p>Been lurking religiously for past year or so but finally wanting to add my voice! D was moved into dorm (a living/learning community residence) 2 days ago at Appalachian State University. Didn’t think she’d EVER actually get packed and clean her room sufficiently to vacuum before we had to leave! For all those who have procrastinators as well, it will get done, and whatever doesn’t get packed, the world will still continue to spin! Our move in story is not very drastic but my D & I had a good laugh the night before we actually moved her in. We drove up the night before and she discovered that there would in fact be students helping to move her belongings from the car to the room and we didn’t think that was going to happen as their community group moved in 2 days before all other freshman. We didn’t mark ANY of her belongings so we went to the store to buy masking tape and sharpies, then back to the 2 cars full of bins to slap the tape on.</p>

<p>Well, I found 2 garbage type bags in my car; one with clothes and the other filled with binders and papers (from high school) so when I asked her about them , she said “Mom, those are TRASH!” My husband packed up the cars while I was at work so trash got packed, and my box of supplies (lysol wipes, paper towels, hand soap) DIDN"T!!! </p>

<p>D also realized at the end of the day that she had left 2 small containers in her bathroom with contacts and glasses, and hair paraphenalia. Oh well. I’m sending the glasses and contacts tomorrow–we’ll see about the hair stuff! </p>

<p>We did have to do the ubiquitous WalMart run which I was really hoping to avoid but it was just a few little things (like HAND SOAP!!!) We rearranged the bed & desk after getting roommate’s permission (she’s a foreign exchange so VERY little belongings), I made up her bed (had a tussle with the 2 foam mattress toppers) and put away the cleaning supplies in the shared bathroom, but she really wanted to put away the clothes and desk stuff which I thought was the best idea. Stayed later than intended but that’s another story having nothing to do with separation issues!! </p>

<p>No obnoxious parents lurking about so can’t share any “Don’t do this” stories. Overall,
a good move that went pretty smoothly.</p>

<p>Best of luck to those still preparing to do the big move!</p>

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<p>Congrats on a smooth move and welcome to posting, deck61. Wow, another new school for our list: Appalachian State. Keep us posted on how your daughter likes it. I am interested because a colleague at work has a son who’s just starting senior year of high school, and Appalachian State is his first choice college right now.</p>

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<p>I love all the new folks! Keep coming out of the woodwork, lurkers!</p>

<p>So in 13 hours we will be on the road. We are going out for one last “all-you-can-eat” sushi fest. He has spent a lot of time with his gf and his friends that are staying home, so we are happy to have him (even with an entourage) for a few more hours.</p>