<p>Congrats to all! Marite, it looks like you and I have homebodies, too (although mine basically was far too busy and having far too much fun to come home until vacation). Sorry we won't see you checking out Stanford.</p>
<p>The good news keeps piling up at the frontdoor of CC!</p>
<p>Congrats to you and your son! From all we know about your son, this is another story of "best fit", that best fit we all hope to find. To paraphrase TheDad's expression, let's hear the stories of a deliriously happy student at Haaavaaad.</p>
<p>PS Now that he is a full-fledged Harvard student, will he be able -or find the time- to show you how to use french accents on the computer? :)</p>
<p>HOOORAY!</p>
<p>Marite, please convey my personal congratulations to your son.</p>
<p>LOL about husband calculating dinner = saved application fees.</p>
<p>Xiggi:</p>
<p>Many thanks! He was debating what he would have written in response to the Chicago prompt: What would you do with a super huge jar of mustard? I told him the French expression "La moutarde lui est monte au nez." Then, I remembered those accents. :(
Thanks again for your advice on the SATs.</p>
<p>Marite, What a wonderful thing! I am so happy for your and you son. I know the next few months will be rich with planning and looking to the future, but NO MORE APPS! What fun! Congratulations!</p>
<p>Marite - I can translate that literally into having mustard on one's nose. Is it used like we would say "I had mud in my eye" or "I put my foot in my mouth"?</p>
<p>It means that one has lost one's temper, or that blood rushed up one's brains.
My favorite brand of mustard, Amora (the cheapest in France), is wonderfully sinus-clearing. I don't know if it makes one more short-tempered, though.</p>
<p>TheDad:</p>
<p>Will do. S is looking forward to joining the Science Fiction Society at H.</p>
<p>Marite, congratulations to your son! I'm so happy for him as Harvard has always seemed like a perfect fit for him to me. Wonderful news.</p>
<p>I think the only answer to "what would you do with an extra large jar of mustard?" is "invite a lot of friends to bring their own hot dogs!"</p>
<p>Congratulations, Marite! Your S will have a wonderful time!</p>
<p>NJres, in our last neighborhood, the kid down the street turned Harvard down to attend USC. He's done great--writing musicals and receiving awards. His family thought he was crazy, but he lived north of Cambridge . . . too close to home. Every kid who can do well will do well, regardless of where (s)he goes to college, but Harvard has the name recognition!!!</p>
<p>Posted my congrats on another thread--before I saw the original. Still smiling for you and yours. </p>
<p>Will he live on campus or at home? I remember that he is a year--or two?--younger.</p>
<p>Like cheers, I posted my congrats elsewhere, but I want to be sure you see them here. Congratulations to your s! Not that there was any doubt he'd get in. We will miss you and him in NJ but know how nice it is to have kids close to home, and it doesn't seem to hinder their experience of being in another world on campus one bit. Congratulations on being finished with the apps, also!</p>
<p>Thanks everyone again.
Cheers: All freshmen are required to live on campus. And the overwhelming majority of upper-classmen live in houses where there is a lot going on that they would not want to miss, such as study groups and social activities. So, no more picking up his dirty laundry off the floor next fall!
Little Mother: I have to smile about the USC story. Friends of ours from NYC suburb have a son who was accepted into USC. They immediately sold their NY house and moved to Socal themselves. No escaping from the parents, though I gather the son is delighted they're near and has brought home many friends.</p>
<p>Marite--Believe me, family and friends have been asking us if we're going to move to the West Coast to join the kids! It's tempting, but distance has its advantages. My mother's lived halfway around the world from me for almost 30 years.</p>