Guess where I went last night?
I still can't believe it myself.
I went to the Utah State University open house with my oldest to
AND TO APPLY FOR COLLEGE!
(But I DID enjoy me some Aggie ice cream, too.
Sadly, the Aggie Blue Mint was all gone by the time we got there, though!)
AM I OLD ENOUGH to be sending my own offspring away to college?!?
Wasn't I just there myself?
Along with my husband, too?
Didn't I just give birth to him?
Weren't we just spending our days on the couch in our apartment doing this?
Wait a minute! He just started Kindergarten, didn't he?
And his Baptism was just the other day.
Didn't he just barely become a teenager?
Well, the fact that he went to the Homecoming Dance last Saturday,
most likely makes the answers to all those questions - a "NO!!"
But, I STILL can't believe it! Only OLD people have college students, don't they? I am a tad bit freaked out by this thought!! It's already time to start making plans for his bedroom? Hmmmm......A ladies workout room? A music room? A napping room? A library?
There was one thing, a rude awakening, that has really let us know that the years really HAVE past by and things have changed.......back in my husband's day, he got the Presidential Scholarship (4 years tuition & fees all paid) at USU. TODAY, with his same scores (GPA and ACT), he wouldn't even qualify!! In fact, he would only be awarded the very lowest level of scholarship they give out for academics. One that wouldn't even cover one semester! You practically have to be perfect for the big scholarships these days.
Otherwise, kids, get ready to pay out the BIG BUCKS!
Now Ryan's wishing he fought off his "brain-dead-teenage-boy-season-of-life" with MORE of a vengeance.
All is not lost. There are other scholarships he can go for - totally depending on how much work HE is willing to put in to applying/making a portfolio, etc.
He's still hangin' in there in his attempt to get the Regents Scholarship by taking AP Statistics, AP US Government, Biology, and Spanish 2 his Senior year (which aren't even required to graduate, but are required for this scholarship) instead of underwater basket weaving (or any frivolous classes) that his peers, who aren't trying for scholarships, get to take.
But, fortunately for him, because his AWESOME PARENTS are Utah State University ALUMNI, he can qualify for a small scholarship to attend there.
AND, there is even another [small] scholarship for VHS students who are children of Viewmont H.S. alumni!
Who knew there was actually a PRO to having a child of mine go to "Pee-yew"mont?!? ;)
2 comments:
I've got a lump in my throat - know just how you feel!
Yes, yes you are WAY to young to have a child go to college.........seriously, that's just weird and sounds crazy mature/old. I think I'll freak when that day comes....maybe I won't though if there IS free ice cream.
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