Parents of the HS Class of 2012 - New beginnings

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<p>Creekland – My comment about the clinical trial and the selling of bodily fluids was made tongue-in-cheek. These things are done assuming informed consent of the participants, although it’s usually up to the them to make sure they’re fully informed. Mulling is good.</p>

<p>Gotta love CrazyMom. In spite of how entertaining I think she’d be, I guess it’s probably best to start escalating this through the housing folks. There’s probably an assistant dean or some such that will eventually have to make a phone call.</p>

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<p>It is an undue burden on him as an 18 year old to be involved in a relationship with his roommate’s mom. He could be scarred for life being involved this way.</p>

<p>There is no reason for him to justify himself to anyone. He can tell his roommate that he does not want any contact with his mom if he wants to deal with it directly.</p>

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<p>^I agree. Neighbormom And her son should inform the RA and other important people about Crazymom’s antics now. Later, if and when her behavior escalates, they will already be aware of this woman. I would be livid if my child were being harassed.</p>

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<p>Never heard “scarred for life” in the context of events in the life of an 18 year old before.</p>

<p>From a guys perspective? I would laugh at room mates mom. That would probably end any further outreach.</p>

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<p>One of my son’s best buddies could be neighbor’s boy’s roomie except he is wisely going to school six hours from home. All through high school, this wonderful, smart, talented, funny kid was subjected to strict (and inconsistent) restrictions and punishments by his father (and supported by his Mom). The rest of the parents in my sons group of friends were aghast and whenever possible tried to get him away from his house with overnights as a respite. One family who lived near him told him flat out that if things got too bad, he had a safe place at their home to stay. His folks considered us OK for him to stay overnight with because we are engineers (huh?). Anyway, this kid has launched and we are all hoping he can handle the responsibility of personal freedom (which he was never allowed to practice).</p>

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<p>My daughter and her roommate would like to loft their beds - does anyone know how to do that? I’m sure she will find out once she’s there but a little advance knowledge would help (especially if it means needing my husband to be mechanical!)
Thanks!</p>

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<p>amtc --</p>

<p>At my daughter’s school, the beds are on tall legs and there are brackets that let you adjust the bed rails to different heights.</p>

<p>In places where the bed rails aren’t adjustable, you can buy plastic blocks that the bed legs sit in to raise the bed. (In the “old days”, I saw people loft using concrete blocks.) Lately, I’ve seen that these plastic lofting blocks are stackable so you can use two sets and raise it by twice the amount.</p>

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<p>amtc – exactly what mathinokc said. I’ve seen the bed risers for sale in Bed, Bath, & Beyond, and in Walmart. We didn’t need them for my D’s bed (height adjustable), but we used a set to “loft” an over-the-bed shelving unit.</p>

<p>Better buy them now if you think you might need them – I saw that our Target was dismantling it’s back-to-school section yesterday!</p>

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<p>“Never heard “scarred for life” in the context of events in the life of an 18 year old before.”</p>

<p>there wont be any shrinks making a living if that does not happen. She is the equivalent of an abusive stepmom.</p>

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<p>I would amend Geogirl1’s statement:
“I am a college student who happens to live in a room with your son. Please stop texting/calling/emailing me.” </p>

<p>No need to open the “we need to work out”. That sounds like he is willing to have some contact with CrazyMom. I agree, just repeat as needed…and get to an RA, with the texts/emails. It is too bad these folks don’t live further away. If it was my kid, I’d suggest the phrase, and have them contact the RA, Student Life, whatever. And suggest that the roomie be the one moving if necessary (D hates the whole move process).</p>

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<p>Creekland–</p>

<p>part of what is setting off flashing red lights and warning sirens with respect to the vaccine trial is that the compensation being offered is so out of line with ordinary amounts of compensation.</p>

<p>$750 ??? Really?</p>

<p>My sons have sometimes taken part in “studies” on campus to pick up some extra $$$ but never received anything near that amount…I think the most was $90 once, and it was for 3 sessions.</p>

<p>Psych departments always seems to be looking for human lab rats…</p>

<p>But this set up just makes me all kinds of uncomfortable.</p>

<p>What kind of liability waivers are buried in the paperwork?</p>

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<p>I am passing all of your ideas on to my neighbor !!!</p>

<p>Luckily neighborboy is not so much intimidated as annoyed by his roomie’s mom. He has told his mom that his roomie has no backbone and needs to grow…( a different portion of his anatomy).</p>

<p>This weekend could end up being very interesting. If General Mom should happen to decree that high school son should be sleeping over in the room this weekend, my neighbor has already recruited her nephew (neighborboy’s cousin) to sleep over in the room this weekend as well–he is waiting until it is time for him to return to Northwestern, where he will be a sophomore. He will bring his own air mattress.
Cousin is really looking forward to having an on-campus weekend with all of his high school friends who go to this large state school–after all, you can’t really let loose at home with all the parents around, right?</p>

<p>She really liked the idea of deliberately staining his comforter…</p>

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<p>Raising the bed 2-3 feet higher from the floor can be done with adjustable bunks or either plastic or wooden risers. </p>

<p>If you actually want to “loft” the bed so that’s it at the equivalent height of a top bunk bed (maybe 3 ft from ceiling), you’ll need to contact the ResLife/RA regarding the proper equipment to use. It’s provided by the college to make sure everyone is using safe equipment approved by the college. At D’s college, they told us lofting equipment was available in limited supplies from ResLife. He who hesitates about it might lose out.</p>

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<p>Wife talked to D on phone, and I listened in. I know it’s just psychological, but D seemed an adult to me beyond what she had before. Really impressive. Wife had feared she (wife) wouldn’t be able to talk on the phone (had texted and emailed before) without breaking into tears, but all went well.</p>

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<p>I spoke to my son numerous times today as he was registering for classes at his scheduled time on line. Why does this have to be such an ordeal. It was so frustrating for him to work out a schedule based on classes that seemed to have availailities and then find out he was closed out of classes as he actually input them. The main issue is that Columbia has this core schedule and two of the first semester classes you are assigned specific sections and then you have to plan your schedule around those…then he had the entry class for his major so those were non-negotiable. Then a language - which he did not get but his first choice but substituted another language for which I never knew he had any interest in…:frowning:
So that makes up 15 credits - he said he does not want to feel like a slacker only taking 4 classes so signed up for a calculus class too - in addition to trying out for a fall sport. I suggested waiting with the math class if he makes the sport (long shot in my opinion but what do I know). so each permutation of the schedule warranted a phone call and then I got to speak with him again as he was buying books…good thing there is an add/drop period!
I am finding out most of my information from his older sister - they speak and skype - and then she fills us in on some highlights. I can’t ask too many questions otherwise that avenue may shut down too. But he seems happy (aside from the stress of registering today) and bonding with others -</p>

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<p>Thanks everyone. Yes, I have the BBB lifts but I thought lofting was more like woody35 said, bringing the bed up high enough to put a couch or your dresser or something like that under it. We’ll see what the situation is, maybe they do have adjustable bed rails.</p>

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<p>Just got home from launching S1 at Rutgers(we are so lucky to live 20 minutes away). We’re also lucky that he is in special interest housing, only about 10% of the students were moving in, and it seemed crowded as the morning went on, I can’t imagine what a zoo it will be when the other 90% move in tomorrow.
It was very organized, lot’s of helpers. They have a cute knighting ceremony they do for the freshmen (Rutgers team is the Scarlett Knights).<br>
We got there @ 8:30am and the roomate didn’t show up until 11:30am, so unpacking was easy and my S deffinetly chose the better side of the room :wink:
After all the worry re crazy facebook posts, roomate seemed ok, very polite, we’ll see how it goes. His big brother dropped him off and did not even stay to say hello, so no crazy parent stories here. Rutgers has no special parent welcomes/programs at move in, so we just went out to lunch and that was it.
I did get a wow Mom, you really thought of everyhthing after we were done unpacking - and I said it’s all thanks to CC!</p>

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<p>Launched yesterday - congratulations, Gwen Fairfax and glopop11!</p>

<p>Launching today - Best wishes for a smooth move in, elka67 and Swimmomonthego!</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
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, Bucasmom’s S
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, 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, 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 S, 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, 2016BarnardMom’s D, JenPam’s D, psychmom’s S
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</p>

<p>STILL TO LAUNCH:</p>

<p>ON DECK: 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
2016BarnardMom’s D - Barnard College
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, 2016BarnardMom’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>I have no idea what the “normal” compensation for a trial vaccination study is. I know all their “lab rat” studies otherwise seemed in line with what I got in college many moons ago - allowing for inflation, of course.</p>

<p>I have no idea on the liability paperwork either. He just mentioned the whole thing to me in an e-mail as part of the e-mail, not a specific topic. I sent him one back with my concerns (safety) and the couple of pros (if it works and he is a dr, etc) and will see what he says. I don’t think he has signed up yet. I think he was just looking at options, but one never really knows I suppose.</p>

<p>Otherwise, I’m really curious to know how things go with General Mom this weekend. I feel like I’m hooked on a soap opera, but this is far more interesting since it’s real (and more fun since it’s happening to someone else). I do know some parents who have never let their kids order for themselves in a restaurant… I haven’t seen them lately. Now I’m wondering if they’ve mellowed out a bit or not.</p>

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<p>I wonder if it’s this study: [Rochester</a> Victory Alliance](<a href=“http://www.rochestervictoryalliance.org/]Rochester”>http://www.rochestervictoryalliance.org/)</p>

<p>It estimates a total of $750-900 based on time involved. It looks like you have to check in monthly for an hour long appointment/interview/injection for about 18 months, so $750 doesn’t seem crazy. </p>

<p>As far as General Mom - I agree with what many here have suggested. A short non-engaging answer, like “I am a college student who happens to live in a room with your son. Please stop texting/calling/emailing me” seems good. I’d also copy the RA too (after talking to him/her about the issue), so he/she is seeing the emails being sent and has a record also. And seeing the RA copied on the email may give the GenMom pause as far as further communications. I’d encourage S to handle it rather than handle it myself, at this point.</p>

<p>My niece had similar roommate issues. The roommate was nice enough, but the mom was crazy. She expected niece to keep tabs on the roommate, and not let her sleep with her boyfriend. By the end of the year, she was emailing niece about how she was a bad influence on roommate. They got along “OK” and found different roommates after freshman year.</p>