On Wednesday, my freshman SON took 13 pairs of shoes. He was most concerned about transporting them! We bought one of those hanging shoe bags with the pockets, filled it with shoes, and then laid it across the top of all his boxes. His roommate brought 3 pairs.

That's amazing! Never, never, never give up!!!

Hey! I, too, am a Clemson Alum, and my ds was accepted for the 2018-2019 school year with only 2 years of the same language.

Thank you, Plansrme! And best of luck to your dd at Stanford!!!

Full tuition is very attractive!

You had me at "significant enough amount of merit aid"...My son's calculus tutor has a PhD in mathematics from Baylor. I'll ask :-)

Ds of amathis229 will be attending the Georgia Institute of Technology! Why: Large-ish school in a big city with a challenging science and math-based liberal arts/business curriculum. A state-funded scholarship pays tuition for qualified students. Major: Global Economics and Modern Languages Any other important info you would like to share: The liberal arts college has around 800 undergraduate students total, and I believe it has the potential to be a nurturing environment for ds - if he's willing to be nurtured!

I love that he took the initiative. Mission accomplished!!!

Ha! He is making the transition very bearable!

Trying! I've been way too invested in the process. Time to back off (okay, probably way past time). I appreciate your encouragement!

Thank you, GoodGrief1. Back when we started this process, GT was his dream school, but like you said, I wasn't sure that he would get in. I hope we get to that peaceful outcome soon.

Congratulations and thank you for sharing!

We visited GT on Friday for a Liberal Arts Shadow Day and South Carolina on Monday for an admitted Honors College Students tour and business school info session. Friday at GT eased any concerns I had regarding the liberal arts school - sharp students, outstanding advisors, small class sizes (1:5), and plentiful resources. If these two visits had not been scheduled so close together, we most likely would not have been making a second trip to South Carolina. But...we did, and ds wants to go to South Carolina. My husband believes that ds likes whichever school he visits last. I'm glad I canceled the visit to Tulane this Friday - lol! It's going to come down to money. We just can't justify forking out the extra $10,000 a year for him to go to South Carolina when he has two great choices in-state and tuition-free. I am feeling guilty and sad and a little mad (at son). I thought this would be a happy time. He is so sick of school. Last night he said it doesn't really matter - he just wants to get his four years done and go to work. I believe he's resentful of me for encouraging him to look at South Carolina, and I'm resentful of him for being such an ass (can I say that here?) the last 12 months and not being more grateful for the amazing opportunities that he has! Ugh - vent over.

Yes! That was the article included with the newsletter!

The December article about your dd was included in a newsletter my ds received from Tech yesterday. I just read it and all I can say is, "WOW!" Quite amazing!

Thank you, librarymama. This is very reassuring. Thank you, GoodGrief. Very pleased with the homeschool/college app outcome. It wasn't near as bad as I anticipated!

I would love to hear more about your experience! I think he can be happy either place - as long as he can handle the math at Tech. He's struggling for a B in AP Calc but weirdly enough, he's enjoying it! He's taking the class through Georgia Virtual School and works with a tutor on a weekly basis. His tutor has a Phd in mathematics and spent one year at Tech in undergrad. Left after a year because he did not have the computer programming background that he needed to be successful at Tech (his words). The tutor doesn't think ds will be happy at Tech. Neither he nor I have discussed this with ds because we both agree it needs to be his decision. We also discussed how things have changed since tutor was there (and you and your husband. Freshman retention rate is much higher. Any thoughts regarding the math and liberal arts majors?

Thank you, Lilaclady and omd21! Georgia state schools had me stressing! omd21 - good luck with your daughter - it won't be long!

Follow-up: Ds got into Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia and just found out yesterday that he was accepted into UGA's Honors College! We are re-visiting Tech and University of South Carolina during spring break. He was accepted into Tech in Global Economics and Modern Languages. South Carolina - International Business and Honors College. If we look at things strictly from a financial perspective, he should choose Tech. South Carolina waived out-of-state tuition plus a $2000/year scholarship. Best I can figure, it would cost about $10,000 a year more for ds to go to USC - assuming he gets Zell Miller Scholarship and keeps it at Tech. I told him he could go to Carolina, but that he would have to take out the student loan amount of $5500 a year. Ugh - as I write this, I'm asking myself, "Why would we pay more???" I do feel like the honors college at USC would be a fantastic environment for him. I never did take him to UGA for an official visit. He said he didn't want to go there. He loves the University of South Carolina, though! He applied for but did not receive the bigger scholarships at USC which would have made it more financially comparable to Georgia Tech. 8FillTheHeart - if he had received Top Scholar like your dd did, it would be an easy choice! Even so, he's thinking that if he's interested in business - Carolina is where he should be. A business degree wasn't even on his radar until he visited Carolina. I've tried to find out more about the business school at Tech (Golbal Econ and Mod Lang is in the liberal arts school). I'm hoping his visit to Tech next week will shed some light on the programs there - liberal arts school is having a shadow day. He will be meeting professors, academic advisors, and students as well as sitting in on classes. Part of the problem is that he really doesn't know for sure what he wants to do! Anyways, I am happy that our state schools accepted him. One of his best friends - who is also homeschooled - was accepted to UGA, too! If ds goes in-state, I will be referring back to this post for all the helpful advice regarding the Zell Miller scholarship.

Fantastic! Congratulations!!!

Wow! I am so sorry someone would choose to decide for you what is or isn't a waste of your time! I have enjoyed the thread. Coming from a community where not many homeschooled students elect to apply out-of-state, it has been fascinating to me to see all the different schools that accept homeschooled students! Thank you for your time!!!

Rhodes College - Scholarship Sewanee: The University of the South: Scholarship University of Georgia Please add to University of South Carolina: Honors College Ds of amathis229

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Growing pains - I know the feeling. Do check out the University of Alabama Huntsville. I don't know what their deadlines are, but they have fantastic merit aid. OSS total cost for 2017-2018 roughly $37,000 - tuition (merit aid) = $17,000 - student loan ($5,500) = $12,000 = doable? I had to edit my numbers for room and board - looked much better before that

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