OK, so it's been a little over 3 months that this thread has been going on. We've had some unfortunate news in here, but the majority has been very positive and it seems to have helped those participating in this thread appreciate the good in life even when some bad is in there.
Quick update on some of the stuff I've been mentioning.
Now that winter is here in NY, the college visits have paused. Can't really schedule anything because you don't want to cancel (or drive through a snow storm). The visits will pick up again in a couple months. We have visited 7 schools (about 1/3 of the ones that fit my son's 2 main criteris - civil eng. major and a golf team), and 2 have been eliminated from his list. It's progress. There is one school we visited where we met with the golf coach (he had met us over the summer as well) who seems really high on him and seems to want him to join their program. Good stuff. There is also another coach at a college we haven't visited yet that has been in touch and seems interested.
I mentioned his SAT scores (1420 = 96th percentile). He also recently took the ACT and just got his scores back on that one today (33 = 98th percentile). With the exception of his 2 "reach" schools (Carnegie Mellon & Cornell), he's easily in. We're pretty stoked.
The golf tournaments toward the end of the year were hit and miss, but he was still competing with some the of the best teens in the region. He's been competing against kids from NY, NJ, PA, CT, & even MA. He's still got some work to do, but his high school coach is a PGA pro and has been helping him individually now as well as thru HS. With that level of teaching coming his way, he should be able to make the minor adjustments needed to make his game even more consistent. My son is very fortunate to have him as his HS (and now personal) coach.
As for me, the work situation is over. I'm working in a new area, which has it's own sets of challenges, but at least the people I work with appreciate my work.
Things truly are good here.
-- Dan --
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