Another thought to add…
He is attending a regular public high school where he and a few others are the only ones to actively engage in adult concepts such as the economy, politics, war, etc. He is everybody’s friend, but he needs to be around other kids who wrap their minds around this stuff as well. He is surrounded by the type of high schoolers who dumb themselves down to fit in (and these are the honors kids), and he just can’t do that so he stands out. He wants to be just one of the pack in college.
I personally want him to go to band parties, have a girlfriend, relax and enjoy so I find myself shying away from a very uptight experience…yesterday the email from Rose-Hulman was clipped, curt and lacking any warmth. It felt like a response to a resume I sent in…yuck! Would it be too mean to take them off the list for one email?