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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC is a first year at a top 20 school.  His experience so far has been mixed.  I am struck by how many of his high school peers are having likewise mixed experiences so far.  They are doing well academically but are hit with feelings of ennui. This cohort has been through so much — high school sophomore year interrupted mid-year, a Covid induced discontinuous high school junior year and crazy college application process high school senior year.  These kids are so confused now in their first year of college.  The sense I get is that these kids just lost a big chunk of their childhood, as the formative high school years were kind of ripped away from them.  Talk of transferring, pausing education and going on cross country camping trips abound.  Anyone seeing this / feeling this from this cohort of kids?  I struggle to offer words of encouragement, namely that it will all sort itself out.[/quote]

I suspect I know you IRL.  My DS is the same, and his entire friend group (all at T20 schools) is right there too. I mention the T20 thing only because of the 'the proze for winning the pie eating contest is MORE PIE' thing.  That's hitting DS unexpectedly hard, among other factors you cite. Namely the ennui of missing so much of HS (we live in a city that was locked down almost the longest).

More than one guy in DS's friend group is coming apart at the seams now in freshman year.  It's heartbreaking.[/quote]

The whole prize for winning is more pie thing is why I’d love my current jr to consider a gap year but it’s a hard sell since it’s so uncommon[/quote]

I'm trying the same thing and am willing to bank roll world travel. He comment last week when I brought it up again was "but isn't that shameful?" I could not belive he used the word shame.[/quote]

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