How much did your child change their first semester?

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Anonymous wrote:More grateful, more helpful around house, more excited about meals at home, more excited about family activities. More willing to chip in and pay for things.

Wow this is great! I am dubious that this will be my kid. The one time I saw him he seemed distant and almost immediately ready to leave! I’m kind of nervous!

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Anonymous wrote:Became a lesbian

Meh she was prob born that way. And just discovered it at college unless she already knew and just hadn’t told anyone yet.
*possible exception—you sent her to Smith or Wellesley?

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Anonymous wrote:Fraternity pledgeship has changed mine for the better. He carries himself with a new swagger: standing taller, shoulders back, and looking people in the eye. When he talks to girls, especially hot ones, he evinces a level of confidence that wasn't there before. He’s majoring in business, which initially worried me because even though he has the academic chops, I wasn’t sure he had the dynamic personality needed to thrive in the cutthroat business world. Those concerns are fading fast.

Gross

Np- Why is that "gross??" I do not think so. I like this post.

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Anonymous wrote:Came home liking hard boiled eggs, and making his bed after getting up. Quite the shock.

This made me laugh. My DS came home liking eggs as well 🤣

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Anonymous wrote:More grateful, more helpful around house, more excited about meals at home, more excited about family activities. More willing to chip in and pay for things.

Wow this is great! I am dubious that this will be my kid. The one time I saw him he seemed distant and almost immediately ready to leave! I’m kind of nervous!

Same. But it was more because they found a community that makes them feel a sense of belonging and identity. That is great too!

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Anonymous wrote:Fraternity pledgeship has changed mine for the better. He carries himself with a new swagger: standing taller, shoulders back, and looking people in the eye. When he talks to girls, especially hot ones, he evinces a level of confidence that wasn't there before. He’s majoring in business, which initially worried me because even though he has the academic chops, I wasn’t sure he had the dynamic personality needed to thrive in the cutthroat business world. Those concerns are fading fast.

Gross

Np- Why is that "gross??" I do not think so. I like this post.

PP who said "gross" didn't get a fraternity bid, or their kid didn't, and they're bitter about it.

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Mine blossomed. Leader on a club sport team full of upperclassmen. Acing courses. Made tons of friends. High school was a drag for him by senior year, was over it. So glad to see him thriving and stepping up at the next level.

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Anonymous wrote:Fraternity pledgeship has changed mine for the better. He carries himself with a new swagger: standing taller, shoulders back, and looking people in the eye. When he talks to girls, especially hot ones, he evinces a level of confidence that wasn't there before. He’s majoring in business, which initially worried me because even though he has the academic chops, I wasn’t sure he had the dynamic personality needed to thrive in the cutthroat business world. Those concerns are fading fast.

Gross

Np- Why is that "gross??" I do not think so. I like this post.

PP who said "gross" didn't get a fraternity bid, or their kid didn't, and they're bitter about it.

“I wasn’t sure he had the dynamic personality needed to thrive in the cutthroat business world.”
“When he talks to girls, especially hot ones, he evinces a level of confidence that wasn't there before.”

Like I said, “gross”.

Who talks like this? Sounds so douchey

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Anonymous wrote:Fraternity pledgeship has changed mine for the better. He carries himself with a new swagger: standing taller, shoulders back, and looking people in the eye. When he talks to girls, especially hot ones, he evinces a level of confidence that wasn't there before. He’s majoring in business, which initially worried me because even though he has the academic chops, I wasn’t sure he had the dynamic personality needed to thrive in the cutthroat business world. Those concerns are fading fast.

Gross

Np- Why is that "gross??" I do not think so. I like this post.

PP who said "gross" didn't get a fraternity bid, or their kid didn't, and they're bitter about it.

Definitely not bitter than my child didn't turn into a manwh*re.

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Anonymous wrote:More grateful, more helpful around house, more excited about meals at home, more excited about family activities. More willing to chip in and pay for things.

Wow this is great! I am dubious that this will be my kid. The one time I saw him he seemed distant and almost immediately ready to leave! I’m kind of nervous!

Not sure PP has a Freshman in College. LOL.

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Anonymous wrote:Fraternity pledgeship has changed mine for the better. He carries himself with a new swagger: standing taller, shoulders back, and looking people in the eye. When he talks to girls, especially hot ones, he evinces a level of confidence that wasn't there before. He’s majoring in business, which initially worried me because even though he has the academic chops, I wasn’t sure he had the dynamic personality needed to thrive in the cutthroat business world. Those concerns are fading fast.

Gross

Np- Why is that "gross??" I do not think so. I like this post.

PP who said "gross" didn't get a fraternity bid, or their kid didn't, and they're bitter about it.

“I wasn’t sure he had the dynamic personality needed to thrive in the cutthroat business world.”
“When he talks to girls, especially hot ones, he evinces a level of confidence that wasn't there before.”

Like I said, “gross”.

Who talks like this? Sounds so douchey

It’s got to be a coping mechanism for non-academic kids. I don’t believe students at top schools would lead with their Greek pride. Said as someone that participated in Greek life, no bitterness, pros and cons to it.

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Came off the plane looking like Johnny Cash. Carrying a guitar, wearing boots, beard was trimmed different. He had embraced his new area of the county. All in. That look faded gradually after college graduation and moving on geographically. He loved his college and college experience.

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Anonymous wrote:Fraternity pledgeship has changed mine for the better. He carries himself with a new swagger: standing taller, shoulders back, and looking people in the eye. When he talks to girls, especially hot ones, he evinces a level of confidence that wasn't there before. He’s majoring in business, which initially worried me because even though he has the academic chops, I wasn’t sure he had the dynamic personality needed to thrive in the cutthroat business world. Those concerns are fading fast.

Gross

Np- Why is that "gross??" I do not think so. I like this post.

PP who said "gross" didn't get a fraternity bid, or their kid didn't, and they're bitter about it.

“I wasn’t sure he had the dynamic personality needed to thrive in the cutthroat business world.”
“When he talks to girls, especially hot ones, he evinces a level of confidence that wasn't there before.”

Like I said, “gross”.

Who talks like this? Sounds so douchey

It’s got to be a coping mechanism for non-academic kids. I don’t believe students at top schools would lead with their Greek pride. Said as someone that participated in Greek life, no bitterness, pros and cons to it.

You helicopter/tiger/bulldozer parents with "academic kids" are in for a rude awakening when their nose-in-the-book, all-work-no-play approach to college doesn’t deliver the results you’re hoping for. Don’t be surprised when their boss turns out to be one of those "non-academic" kids with confidence and a dynamic personality, the kind of kid you love to disparage on this forum.

There’s an old saying in the business world: The A students work for the B students, the C students own the companies, and the D students dedicate the buildings. Why do you think this is? Because instead of shutting themselves in and focusing solely on studying, the B/C students embrace Greek life, networking, and building the social skills that actually lead to success after graduation.

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I went away to college and first came home Thanksgiving. I had not cut my hair since August and Mom thought it was long. But when I came home next at Xmas still no hair cut my mom called me a hippie. Other than that nothing

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Anonymous wrote:Fraternity pledgeship has changed mine for the better. He carries himself with a new swagger: standing taller, shoulders back, and looking people in the eye. When he talks to girls, especially hot ones, he evinces a level of confidence that wasn't there before. He’s majoring in business, which initially worried me because even though he has the academic chops, I wasn’t sure he had the dynamic personality needed to thrive in the cutthroat business world. Those concerns are fading fast.

Gross

Np- Why is that "gross??" I do not think so. I like this post.

PP who said "gross" didn't get a fraternity bid, or their kid didn't, and they're bitter about it.

“I wasn’t sure he had the dynamic personality needed to thrive in the cutthroat business world.”
“When he talks to girls, especially hot ones, he evinces a level of confidence that wasn't there before.”

Like I said, “gross”.

Who talks like this? Sounds so douchey

It’s got to be a coping mechanism for non-academic kids. I don’t believe students at top schools would lead with their Greek pride. Said as someone that participated in Greek life, no bitterness, pros and cons to it.

You helicopter/tiger/bulldozer parents with "academic kids" are in for a rude awakening when their nose-in-the-book, all-work-no-play approach to college doesn’t deliver the results you’re hoping for. Don’t be surprised when their boss turns out to be one of those "non-academic" kids with confidence and a dynamic personality, the kind of kid you love to disparage on this forum.

There’s an old saying in the business world: The A students work for the B students, the C students own the companies, and the D students dedicate the buildings. Why do you think this is? Because instead of shutting themselves in and focusing solely on studying, the B/C students embrace Greek life, networking, and building the social skills that actually lead to success after graduation.

Actually there are plenty of very academic kids that are extremely social, it’s really not the extremes people like to paint. Just as there are kids at less academic schools that are there for various reasons and are exceptionally bright and capable. Being savvy socially absolutely pays off in many fields. My point was that anyone that is leading with their kid can score hot woman is compensating for something. It’s very weird.