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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^ PP here: Will add that since your child is an introvert (as is mine), moving into a shared dorm room will force her out of her shell to some extent when she's living in a dorm and a college where everyone is suddenly her age. Many dorms now are suites where you have four to eight roommates, too. The trad dorms are being phased out. Your daughter is nesting because she knows what's coming. Kids talk, she's no doubt beginning to get college ads on her phone. She'll be fine, but it's scary for them at the same time. The waiting is the hardest part. It's a fear of the unknown. My introverted kid is spending more time in her room, too. Because having a room to herself will be going away soon.[/quote]

I don't know what this poster is smoking, but no, it doesn't sound like this child knows what's in store, at all. My 16 year old has friends who are seniors, and she doesn't know anything about dorm situations unless she gets it from her older brother, who will be a college senior in the fall.

You're assuming so many wrong things, PP, and just not getting that 17 year olds are usually not well informed about college life, particularly kids who don't have a lot of friends and who prefer to keep to themselves. The college ads DO NOT talk about that sort of stuff! I know, I'm getting them and my 16 year old is getting them.

And FYI, the summer before college is the summer to relax. No, kids aren't spending all that summer stressing out. If OP's kid is a rising senior, she needs to be active this summer at all costs because admissions officers will expect some kind of summer activity. Otherwise it's a huge ding on her application profile.

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