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We are signed up for accepted student days at Michigan and Kalamazoo. He is going to compose a letter to the admissions counselor at Brown and inquire about the best way to supply the additional letter of recommendation. We discussed who he will ask to write that letter and what kind of information it should include (they want "new" information). He completely rejects the idea of a gap year (his dad will be relieved). He does not reject the idea of going to Brown for grad school!
After discussing all this for the first time with him (he's been at his dad's house this week), he said "I'm scared to go anywhere." I said "That's because it is scary. I was terrified too." He said "I think I'm going to hate it no matter where I am." I said "I hated my first semester. Everything was unfamiliar. I didn't know people. I didn't where to go to get things done and I hadn't found my 'tribe' yet. I wanted to go home. But the second semester it all started to change. I found my people and then I didn't want to leave." He just nodded.
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