Daughter Headed to College

[MathMom]

Thanks, all.

I'm a numbers geek-so is MathKid (I like that one).

Part of the numbers geek personality is a slight tendency towards the anal retentive (slight being open for interpretation).

We also come from an area where recruitments are ultra competitive and even though her school isn't on that level, we've seen first-hand too many people get disappointed when they've gone in thinking that something was a given.

She learned that lesson herself in another arena a few years ago, it smacked her upside the head, and she learned the hard way about planning and preparing for what you want. At least she learned, though.

As much as I hope this works out for her the way she wants, she has learned that everything doesn't always turn out as planned.