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nwhiker1. He's leaving for Florida tomorrow for two weeks. Not too happy about this, but he's a competent adult. I'm more concerned because he and his coach appear to be really big on the 'it'll all work out' which is great, but um, what's the cost?
2. He wants to enter the lightweight race as well as the regular, so is looking at dropping 10lbs. Which, in two months, I could have helped him do? In two weeks? Not happening, at least not safely, and certainly not in maintaining his muscle mass and ability to race a 2k sprint.
3. Since he's not in a major -grr!- he's kinda stuck when it comes to classes to take in the fall. Basically, if there is room in one of the upper level chem classes by next week (after all the majors have registered), he can take biochem, if not, he's set back at least another quarter while he hopes to get into the chem major in winter. Right now, he's taking upper level math and physics classes, and an upper level French class. If he gets into biochem, he'll probably drop the French. If he doesn't, and this continues, he's going to end up with a French major and a whole bunch of useless chemistry and biology classes, without either a bio/chem/biochem degree. Since the same thing happened to AC, my first inclination is to think that my kids aren't very bright, but overall, they're solid B+/A- students, and most of their friends, the same, can't get into most life science STEM majors either. From what I can tell, nobody is publishing the numbers/acceptance rates on majors, so it's like a black box, impossible to know what your chances really are. You only get two chances for some departments, and the requirement, while 'written out' have a lot of flexibility, which is both good and bad. And since you only get a biology/chem dept counselor once you are in the major counseling is 100% useless, since the counselors are just the general people who help Freshmen figure out their first quarters. UGH.
2. He wants to enter the lightweight race as well as the regular, so is looking at dropping 10lbs. Which, in two months, I could have helped him do? In two weeks? Not happening, at least not safely, and certainly not in maintaining his muscle mass and ability to race a 2k sprint.
3. Since he's not in a major -grr!- he's kinda stuck when it comes to classes to take in the fall. Basically, if there is room in one of the upper level chem classes by next week (after all the majors have registered), he can take biochem, if not, he's set back at least another quarter while he hopes to get into the chem major in winter. Right now, he's taking upper level math and physics classes, and an upper level French class. If he gets into biochem, he'll probably drop the French. If he doesn't, and this continues, he's going to end up with a French major and a whole bunch of useless chemistry and biology classes, without either a bio/chem/biochem degree. Since the same thing happened to AC, my first inclination is to think that my kids aren't very bright, but overall, they're solid B+/A- students, and most of their friends, the same, can't get into most life science STEM majors either. From what I can tell, nobody is publishing the numbers/acceptance rates on majors, so it's like a black box, impossible to know what your chances really are. You only get two chances for some departments, and the requirement, while 'written out' have a lot of flexibility, which is both good and bad. And since you only get a biology/chem dept counselor once you are in the major counseling is 100% useless, since the counselors are just the general people who help Freshmen figure out their first quarters. UGH.
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