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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We had the same issue last semester, which was DD's first semester away, as she was a transfer and transferred in as a sophomore to a school ~2hrs away.

Last semester, just having turned 20, we kept telling DD to stop coming home to hang out w/ her one friend here, and a boyfriend that she stupidly started going out with in early August before she moved to campus.

We told her again and again to go to clubs/activities... she made a few friends, but not enough...

I did consider pulling the car, but those kind of actions cause all sorts of other repercussions, so we never went that far...

Eventually, and thankfully, her and the boyfriend broke it off, her grades suffered as a result of coming home too frequently, and not going back in time.  When applying for internships, she saw companies wanted to know her current GPA. All that was a bit of a wake up call to her.

She rushed last month, and although we were initially not fans of that, i think it is good for her as it enabled her to find more friends and community on campus. Despite us telling her to go to clubs and activities last semester.

Sometimes, they need to just figure it out themselves. And it's just hard to make it happen.

I was beginning to have regrets that she was going away to college, but not far away enough...  It seems to be better now. She hasn't come home yet... I would prefer it stays that way until at least Spring break.[/quote]

I have been on DCUM for over a decade and I have never checked out the college thread. I found my peeps. I had the same experience with my DD last semester! [/quote]

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