I was thrown off a bit when I read Concordia, until I noticed that it was in Portland.
We have a Concordia University in St Paul and Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota.
Did some searching and located Concordia Universities in Texas, Wisconsin and even Quebec, Canada.
Talk about confusing!
Justin (junior this year) will likely go to a local community college for his transfer curriculum/ Associate degree. Unless he gets some really good scholarships that pay all of his tuition elsewhere...
ya right?! He's already told us that he doesn't plan to leave Minnesota, luckily there are jobs in the engineering field around here thanks to Medtronic, 3M, General Mills, etc... depending on what type of engineering he decides to pursue.
We're heading into the "all grown up" phase, scary and exciting to watch them make these important life choices. And a little sad, knowing they will leave us soon enough.
Does your state have the Running Start program like WA does? I know that many states do, although they all call it something different. Sure does help on the college bill, even if they only take 1 class a quarter, that's one less class you have to pay for.
Due to our state budget this year we have to pay college fees, but not tuition. Last year it only cost up about $10 or less per quarter. So DD's 2 classes this quarter cost us $80, plus $25 for a book. Luckily no expensive books this quarter!
Still a bargain though!
Part of the reason we are looking at Portland State University and Concordia is that DD can do a co-enrollment at the community college she now attends. They try to make it affordable and she can do lots of classes at the community college (cheaper) and do the ones not offered there at the 4 year university. She will also be guaranteed enrollment if she signs up.
Not to mention she can still live at home if she goes to either of those colleges. Did you know that college dorm room and meal plan cost almost as much as tuition each semester?
Her other choices are Washington State University (a BIG college located in Eastern WA) or Eastern WU (also in Eastern WA) or third Western WU (located in Bellingham, above Seattle, near the Canadian border).
I'm very torn on where I would like to see her. WSU is far away and known as a party university, but has probably the best program for Fitness & Health degrees. I think I would worry more about her being there. But then again, time to cut the apron strings I guess.
She is very torn also. If she stays at home, she will get a part time job, live at home and go to school in Portland. But that means living with Mom & Dad for a few more years. If she goes to one of the other universities, her mx racing will pretty much be gone.
She got a really good SAT score (and did absolutely no studying). I'm still trying to encourage her to study and get a higher score, but I get "the look". I can only imagine what her score would be if she actually studied and applied herself.
Anyway, it's high enough to get her into pretty much any college she wants, plus she has a 3.75 GPA. It's very frustrating to me, because if my parents had offered me an opportunity to go to college, I guarantee you I would have been applying at Harvard, Yale, Stanford! She just seems to be oblivious to what she is able to accomplish and what is being offered to her. Oh well, I guess I just need to back off and let her live her own life.
My period is late.
NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
. They were so funny and kept saying how they liked our house and our dog and DBF's bikes. 
DBF let the girl ride one of his dirt bikes and she was SO excited. It was funny. Now one of the guys emails DBF all the time and tells him different things he's done with the car. I think they are going to come back out and ride one of these weekends. I told DBF he made some little friends.
I'm sure you'll find something soon. 
Selling crap might make me feel better....that would look great!
Yes, there are a few toys left, but I'm pretty sure those will disappear soon. To top it off, DD applied to Washington State University and Concordia University (a Lutheran college in Portland) this weekend. My babies are growing up!
