[quote=bearishgurl] One step at a time, especially for a freshman away from home for the first time!
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I thought it was fun to see the seasons change going from the west coast to east coast

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Your kid still has to focus and pass all their classes and you (as a parent) can’t hold their hand anymore.
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Not when you could have AP’d out of your first year, but decided to take it easy the first year, and repeat some of your classes while taking new ones. In fact, it’s even better if the first year, you used the same exact textbook and homework assignments as your AP class in senior year.

[quote] Distractions abound on a college campus (esp a large public university campus) and so your kid has to be focused and self-motivated in order to graduate in 4-4.5 years. And very, VERY assertive and decisive on their scheduled dates and times for ongoing class registration!
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Actually, I never had a scheduling problem for all my classes. Afterall, you don’t have this problem at any private schools, ivy or not. The only class I wasn’t able to get in was “Wine Tasting” offered by the hotel adminstration school, because everyone wanted to take that class.