My D wants 2 things: an International Relations major (easy enough to find on lists) and high-level Arabic (very much NOT lol). I made a list on a legal pad of all the schools I could think of that might be a contender. There are almost 100 schools on the list. I searched the name of each school + Arabic to check the course offerings. I crossed off any school that did not have 6 course offerings beyond the advanced level (D will enter at advanced, the typical 5th semester). I compared the remaining school's International Relations programs and eliminated the weaker ones. We are in the position of having a high EFC that we are unwilling/unable to pay, so I next eliminated schools with unfavorable Net Price Calculator results (bye Yale), private schools that do not give any/many merit scholarships (bye Stanford), and public schools that do not give merit scholarships to out of state students (bye Texas with the amazing Arabic program, bye all UCs, bye Wisconsin). 10 schools were left. D dug deeply into their websites and eliminated 2 in early summer. 2 more were eliminated in late summer. 1 was added in late summer because their Arabic program became an Arabic Language Flagship. https://www.thelanguageflagship.org She has applied to only 4 schools. All are large to very large out of state flagship universities. Three have Arabic Flagship programs; the other is essentially a flagship without the govt backing. She qualifies for automatic merit scholarships at three schools (full tuition plus at one). She is in contention for additional competitive scholarships at all four schools which range from $5K+ to half-tuition to full tuition to full ride to full ride+.

I like the Parents of 20XX thread for my kid's year. I read and post daily.

Gosh, the weather has been crap here since midnight or so. I'm glad he's on the way home. Best wishes to his roomie for smooth (er) travel tomorrow!

Now I'm hungry.

Fingers and toes crossed for him!

Not for this inauguration! D and I will be in DC the next day ;) We've got bus tickets and everything.

Holy cow Sebastian! What awesome news! :party: Was it ED? Do they have ROTC? D did not apply because the NPC gave a hysterical result lol

See your regular doctor for a physical therapy referral. Look for a hand/arm specialist if you can find one--I used a hand/arm branch for my (second) shoulder PT. Night and day compared to the generalist PT!

Going to the 9:30am showing---so excited!

Congratulations Julie and klmama!

Just bought the pun map for my dh!

Oxo apple corer (not a slicer) Oxo cherry/olive pitter (so helpful in early summer) Cookie scoops!! (I use them for muffins etc) Silicon pastry brush (not just for pastry lol)

Great news, Jilly! We were at IU this weekend (she had scholarship interviews). I was so impressed with all the facilities and everyone we met.

Our last name is Luck. No one can spell it correctly.

Oh sweetie :grouphug:

OP, since you're planning ahead, make a list of all the deadlines for schools your child might be interested in: Early Action, Early Decision (binding, must attend if accepted), Single Choice Early Action or Restricted Early Action (some privates and Ivys), and scholarships through the schools. Then next August check again. My D applied to a very selective scholarship program with deadline of October 14 at a university with a regular scholarship deadline of Nov 1 and a regular admissions deadline of Feb 1.

Huh, interesting. I have ordered more from Penzey's as a result. (I don't subscribe to emails but folllow on social media.) :D

What a hassle!

Sorry Harpymom, I can't help you because I didn't do an overall reading list for dd (one wasn't asked for specifically). I noted the major books for each course in the individual course descriptions. I *think* I put each book title in italics with the author's name or last name in parentheses.

You sure it's an actual UTI? Excess citrus juice irritates me that it feels like a UTI but never progresses to that awful feeling I get w a UTI.

We used the audio version of Ancient Workd History: A Global Persoective. I added region-specific books from the library. We have a very good library system; many of the books we used are used as textbooks at our state flagship university. I'm traveling right now (college stuff) but I'd be happy to share the books once I'm home with the computer.

A generator Some adult teA brewing devices :lol:

Critical thinking! How to evaluate sources of any kind--what is bogus? what is valid and based on fact (even if you disagree w it)?

There are things in life that are worth hiring a professional to handle. This is one of them, for us at least.

I am so happy that he has recovered and is doing well :)