Who else is sending a child off to college

Me.

My oldest is going off 8 hours and three states away. He is going to sign with the National Guard also. I am alternately proud, nervous, excited for him, anxious for me...I am not sure from one day to the next how or what to feel.

Me...ds leaves for college on August 17. He's our first to leave the nest. I am excited for him and also naturally a little worried. He's been so level headed and responsible. I am pretty confident that will continue through college, but you never know for sure, right? He's rooming with one of his best friends from high school.

He's going to Washington State University (go Cougs!), which is about 5 hours from us. He's majoring in engineering and possibly playing lacrosse. He's waiting to make a final decision about lax until after he has a better idea how much free time he'll have for a sport. I am worried about how his relationship with his girlfriend is going to progress. She's going to a different school. At first they were going to break up, then they decided to do the long distance thing. He was an emotional wreck (they both were) when they first thought they would break up. I adore her and wish the best for them both (whether they stay together or break up), it's just hard to think of the potential emotional strain on the horizon.

He'll be fine...I am sure of it...I am pretty sure of it...I hope so...he'll be fine!  That's what goes through my mind on a daily basis.  LOL

I am, but as a sophomore.  Move in date is August 24th...It's coming soon!    Our son lived at home and commuted to his university last year, this year he will live on campus. Although his school is only 30 minutes away, from home and 10 mins from my work, I'm going to miss having him home and know our daughter will (she is 15 and they are very close). I'm a little worried about how he will adjust to living on his own and balancing playing a sport, having a social life and keeping up his grades (he has am academic scholarship). Although he is very responsible, it's also very different having full freedom of living at school...

I moved my dd in on July 25. She is currently in Paris with the rest of the freshman class. She is going to a very small private liberal arts school, and I am afraid it is going to be a huge culture shock (her graduating class was 1400 - twice the size of the college!). She is going to find out really quick that she is going to have to work harder than she has in the past. Worried about how long it will take her to figure this out.

Our DD will be starting her 2nd year at a university about 1000 miles from where we live. It's been wonderful having her home over the summer and I'm dreading that drive back to the east coast and then leaving her again. It was awful when we drove away last year and I don't know that it'll be any easier this year. But, I was thrilled that she had a great first year and I"m excited for her that she'll be living in a house with 3 other girls. I just miss her so darn much.

I had similar worries last fall Just T about DD managing the balance between sports (she's a long distance runner) and the academic side of things but she did very well. She too has a scholarship that is also dependent on keeping her average up. At her university, varsity athletes in their first year have to attend mandatory study hall sessions two nights/week and it is expected that your studies are your priority. I hope your DD does really well.

Emelle

I am sending my sophomore child off to college in a different state for the first time. She won't know her roommates. She is thrilled. Then I am sending my last semester senior back to her university on the same day. We'll be an empty nest here for the first time. I'm not worried about the senior at all but a little sad that this was her last summer at home. She will start grad school in January and that is continuous, no summer break. Sophomore daughter isn't sure she is coming home for the summer either. I'm not old enough for this! (I am!)

Not off to college but off to Germany from Tennessee for his senior year of high school. He leaves in two weeks. I am guessing it is roughly the same emotion though. Excited but going to miss him.  He will not return for breaks or holidays. 

Add me to the list. My dd goes to Calgary three hours away from home on the 27th. She will be living at Sait but going to Bow Valley College to study criminal justice.

I am nervous and excited for her. The population of her apartment complex is 702. The population of our town is 750!! Talk about an adjustment!

But I am also incredibly proud of her. She has really bad ADHD, and we were told many times over the years that she might not graduate with her class or go to college. But she worked hard and proved them wrong. And even won a couple bursaries!

I'm an emotional mess but trying really hard to be strong. And happy.

My son will head off next week for his senior year at Notre Dame. My daughter will be a sophomore at the University of Oklahoma. It was so nice having them both at home this summer. I'm really going to miss them!

In about a month we will be sending our son off to school. He's attending cal Poly SLO and majoring in comp science engineering. We are all doing pretty good with it, knowing that this was a great fit for both his personality and career choice helps. The area surrounding this college is a great place for a weekend getaway so we've already booked the parent weekend in October.
We're cohosting a big goodbye party next weekend as we will start to see more kids getting ready to take off.

My daughter is still in high school, but will be going off to college next year. I am sad just thinking about it. I know that if she gets in to a school she really wants to go to (Univ. of Maryland, UNC or NC State) that will make us even more happy/excited for her. She is a great kid, hard worker, very smart and never gets into trouble. So I can't picture having worries for her, more just me being sad that she is not at home anymore.

Me. The first child to leave. We've also moved (3weeks ago today) so she is already set up, 5 hrs away. Her freshman year starts on the 21st at USC, nursing.

My dd (our youngest) has spent the past 2 years getting her Associate's Degree from a Junior College, and for most of that she was living in Colorado (we're in GA) with my oldest son, his wife, and their baby. She took most of her classes online. And she moved back home several months ago when they got transferred.

Now she is going off to school 2 hrs away, living in a dorm (one roommate, bathroom down the hall). We are very comfortable with the school itself, as our oldest graduated from there, and our 3rd son went there for 2+ years. We love the campus and the small town it is attached to (literally, the campus is just 2 blocks from the town square.

She actually left last weekend, as she had to be at the elementary school for pre-planning (she will be working in a classroom 2 days a week, but it's not student teaching). It was irritating to learn that though she was expected to be there, the dorms weren't open yet and so we had to make other living arrangements for her, for a week. She's home this weekend getting the rest of her stuff, but can't get into the dorm until Monday morning (which is early, as the rest of the students don't arrive until Friday). So she will have to throw all her stuff into the dorm and rush off to class, then come back later to sort it out. My 3rd son is actually taking her up there, to help her move-in.

I'm not sad that she's going, but I do have some concerns. Mostly stuff like will she make friends, etc. She has already made 3 friends though, girls doing the same thing she is so they can carpool (it is a 45 min drive from the campus to the elementary school). So my worries may be already taken care of.

I'm also concerned about dating. Even though she is 21, she hasn't dated much at all. She can be fairly naive in that area, but she is also pretty tough, having had 3 older brothers. Even she says she gives off a "Don't Eff with me" vibe to guys, and she is trying to be better about that.

I have to stop opening these posts.

TOMORROW. We take our DD to Ball State in Muncie In, it's a little more than an hour away. She is studying to be a social worker with a minor in Spanish. I am every kind of emotion there is. I'm a bucket of tears. I just don't want to be that crying mom tomorrow. She is going early for a special program so I am hoping there wont be too many people around, I know her room mate wont be there yet.