K drama fan for 10 years. Netflix and viki.com have toms of K dramas. Some of my favorites with the most one recent on top: Extraordinary Attorney Woo Master's Sun (seems scary at first and I do not like horror at all. Is really nice drama and has romantic comedy in it) Chocolate Secret Garden Coffee Prince My name is Kim Sam Soon (My Lovely Sam Soon) What's Wrong with Secretary Kim Oh My Venus 1% of Something Boys Over Flowers Heirs (Inheritors) The Great Doctor Clean with Passion for now Personal Taste Thirty but Seventeen My ID is Gangnum Beauty Shopping King Louie (Shophaholic Louis) Healer Fated to Love You True Beauty Her Private Life Because this is my first life Cunning single lady Emergerncy Couple My secret romance Lie to me Sungkyunkwan Scandal Oh My Ghostess Home Town Cha Cha Cha Terrius Another Miss OH Crash Landing on YOu It's OK to not be OK When the Camellia Blooms Mad for Each Other

We did both medical and financial with our son to cover all of our bases just in case. I explained to him these are just in case he needs our help and he agreed. I also told him we would want him to be our POA for medical and eventually for financial. He is on the spectrum and has had anxiety and I do not want any scenarios where we would be left in the dark about his health care and he was agreeable.

I really hope they plan on mitigating risk such as mandating masks, smaller classes, online for larger classes, social distancing, etc. My husband and I are high risk and I am not really keen on ds getting Covd 19 as well since he has mild asthma without need for daily meds.

Thanks, Farrar. I hope you and yours are all well:) Yes the cost differential is a big thing and will likely rule out UVA. GWU and UMD will be about the same since GWU gave him a generous merit award. I wish we had seen UMD. It is tempting to do a closer drive by UMD to at least see campus up close and hopefully not break any stay at home orders to do so. We would literally just drive by and through campus as much as possible with masks on:) Have you heard comparisons of the UMD and GWU? Catholic U is also an option and about the same price as the other 2 but I am concerned not as strong in computer science.

Covid has me a little concerned since ds had mild reactive airway disease and had 2 pretty bad bronchitis/pneumonia episodes about 3 years ago. Then DH and I are both high risk for Covid 19 which has me more concerned and we live in small 2 bedroom apartment so isolation would be hard.

UVA definitely seems more challenging but for us it is the most expensive since we make too much for aid and they offer no merit aid but there are merit scholarhsips for upperclassmen though. UVA is $ 10,000 more per year which makes me hesitate.

To clarify, my son is an only child and also has mild social skills issues and independence issues. I am hoping a study dorm environment may be helpful even though the dorm setting was not helpful for me at all. I figure dorm living may be a relatively safe opportunity to live away from us especially when most college grads end up coming back home to live with parents due to cost of living. I just want him to have the opportunity to live away from us in relative safety since he is likely to come back to us after college. But now this Covid 19 thing has thrown a wrench at us:(

Thanks for your thoughts. UVA and UMD do not guarantee housing for upperclassmen but UVA claimed no upperclassmen has been turned down for housing. UVA he would have to live there since 3 hours away. Do you think dorm living is critical to adult skills?

Wanted to add, sorry I have not posted for a while. DS went to a charter school after homeschooling which we were grateful for the Well Trained Mind Community:)

We were hoping to have ds live in dorms to get a taste of independence from us whether he went to school nearby or farther away. He has been accepted to several schools and we are trying to decide between George Washington University, U of Maryland College Park, and U of Virginia for computer science. He may want to do double major with humanities in the mix. He could commute to 2 of these schools and the 3rd one he could not. With the Covid 19 it has me concerned about living in dorms which I was really hoping for developing his independence. Any thoughts on dorm or no dorm and which school?

We purchased this one and it has held up for at least 6 visits with mutiple day stays for almost 500 pounds unlike the ones we bought at Sam's Club, Target (Serta, Coleman, etc.) which all failed in a day or so: https://www.amazon.com/Intex-Comfort-Elevated-Dura-Beam-Electric/dp/B00G7H793G?ref=ast_p_ei

Are you able to get good prices from Amazon? Do you allow Amazon to sell for you or do you sell yourself?

My son is almost done with highschool and I have a lot of homeschool materials to sell. Does anyone have any tips for selling that protects the buyer and me? Any tips on shipping? Any links to tutorials? I was looking on ebay seller page but my first impression is that it seems geared to big sellers which I don't plan on being. For example, there is ebay shipping which seems interesting and easy but seems like it is geared to big sellers or am I wrong? I am also open to selling here but am looking for tips for on how to do so in such a way to protect the buyer and me. I appreciate any information.

I disagree with Garga since it lays the blame on these folks for not preparing for a plan B. Of course, I believe in personal responsibility but I also believe in compassion and amnesty for folks like the ones under TPS. The thing that gets me the maddest is I truly believe that the current one in charge of our country is doing this for vindictive reasons and to undo every single thing his predecessor has done.

I am guessing they are not choosing to go to countries that are overrun with violence and poverty or other disasters.