My son was accepted early to Colorado State U for Biomedical Sciences

[HeadphoneAddict]

So, my son wants to go to CSU in Fort Collins like his mother, to study Biomedical Sciences (pre-med).  Tonight he got an email offering him one of the 72 slots for freshmen in the program.  It's gonna be strange with his sister going to a rival school, CU Boulder (Go Buffs, Go Rams, Go Buffs, Go Rams!).  

At least there's only one year of overlap before she graduates.  I had dreams of them sharing a car and apartment for that year, but CU Boulder would make him live in the dorms his first year anyway, so part of that plan wouldn't have worked.

I went to Texas A&M at the same time that my older brother went to Texas University (we Aggies can't call it University of Texas).  We would have killed each other if we went to the same school and lived together, and we survived the rivalry, so I suppose our kids will be fine too.

[grawk]

ft collins is an awesome city

college rivalries are for idiots

Edited November 13, 2015 by grawk

[crappyjones123]

Let him go and study where he wants to go and study.

As Dan said, college rivalries are dumb. 

Congratulations to you all  

[n_maher]

No freshman should ever live off campus unless they stayed home.  Let the friggen kid experience college, i.e. your dreams are yours, let him have his.

[HeadphoneAddict]

First off, I posted this because I'm proud of him.  Also, I did say I survived the rivalry with my brother (and we were better off at diff schools).  And I said nothing about denying him his dreams.

[crappyjones123]

I am sure you are proud of him. I think Nate was responding to - "I had dreams of them sharing a car and apartment for that year, but CU Boulder would make him live in the dorms his first year anyway, so part of that plan wouldn't have worked." It's easy to misinterpret your intentions/dreams with that particular statement. 

As annoying as dorm living was, it was a learning experience in conflict resolution if nothing else. Learning to live with brand new people some of whom he might share academic or other interests with will lead to a more well rounded individual. I wouldn't suggest staying with his sister for the purpose of saving money unless it is something that he wants to do or if the cost differential is enormous. 

[n3rdling]

Man time flies...I remember seeing you and him at CanJam in LA and he was so young!  Congrats

[Dreadhead]

Congrats to you and your son Larry!

[shellylh]

No freshman should ever live off campus unless they stayed home.  Let the friggen kid experience college, i.e. your dreams are yours, let him have his.

My biggest regret from college was not living in the dorms.  Really, not a good idea if you are an introvert.  

[purk]

Great news!  Proud daddy indeed!  

[jvlgato]

Great news, congrats to you and your son!

[Aimless1]

Congratulations to your son Larry. 

 

[TMoney]

Congrats, HPA family!

This kind of celebration calls for a watch!

[Hopstretch]

One congrat to your son and one more for his father. It is the HC way. 

[HeadphoneAddict]

Thanks guys.  What surprised me was the early acceptance in November of this year, as we were told it could take as long as Feb 1st next year for all the acceptance letters to go out for the Fall 2016 semester.

[chinsettawong]

That's a great news. Congratulations!

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[Sherwood]

Congrats, Ben!  That's excellent news.  I drove to Fort Collins from Boulder more than once to go visit those dorms late at night...

He'll have an excellent time, and CSU is an excellent school in a lovely town.  

[MexicanDragon]

Happy for you guys!

**BRENT**

[ironbut]

Congrats to you and your son!

[Wmcmanus]

Great news, Larry!  You sure were due for some great news!  Ft. Collins is an awesome town, but then again so is Boulder.  

Remember visiting campus at Boulder for the first time in the early 80s, and was just walking around in the midst of it all when some dude ran up to me, talking really fast, like "speed, acid, cocaine, what do you need?"  It kind of spooked me because he came out of nowhere, but I just kind of shook him off and said, "No thanks, man... not interested."  Then I turned the corner and walked maybe the length of another building, and another dude approached me, trying to hand me one of those little green Gideons bibles.  I told him, "No thanks, but there's this guy over there..." as I pointed to where I had just walked from.  Don't know if they ever connected, and if so, who was more persuasive.

Edited November 14, 2015 by Wmcmanus

[HeadphoneAddict]

8 hours ago, Wmcmanus said:

Great news, Larry!  You sure were due for some great news!  Ft. Collins is an awesome town, but then again so is Boulder.  

Remember visiting campus at Boulder for the first time in the early 80s, and was just walking around in the midst of it all when some dude ran up to me, talking really fast, like "speed, acid, cocaine, what do you need?"  It kind of spooked me because he came out of nowhere, but I just kind of shook him off and said, "No thanks, man... not interested."  Then I turned the corner and walked maybe the length of another building, and another dude approached me, trying to hand me one of those little green Gideons bibles.  I told him, "No thanks, but there's this guy over there..." as I pointed to where I had just walked from.  Don't know if they ever connected, and if so, who was more persuasive.

LOL Sounds like Boulder.

[Craig Sawyers]

The dope of choice when I was at Southampton (UK) in the mid 70's was weed.  Absolutely the only reason I abstained was a total aversion to smoking - both parents were smokers and I hated it big time.  So I have never taken any dope of any kind.  Other than alcohol of course!