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Mar. 27th, 2020 07:43 pmI talked to the counselor at Skyline who does all of the college related stuff. I mainly wanted to find out if there's any talk from colleges about changes that may be needed for kids Cordelia's age who will be applying to colleges this fall. I knew already that nobody had any firm decisions/policies and that part of that would be not knowing what the timeline will look like. I just wanted some reassurance that the admissions offices have the issue somewhere on their radar.
Here's an excerpt from her response:
( Response )
I'm fairly sure that 'MAC schools' refers to Mid-American Conference schools which includes two schools Cordelia intends to apply to. I suspect that 'larger institutions and highly selective schools' covers two of the remaining three. All four are state schools, so those two may be affected by state policy changes in between now and application time. The last school is a private college, so who knows what they're going to do?
( Discussing what my siblings are currently doing )
Scott has vacation scheduled for next week. He's going to start by taking a look at the stove. After that, he's probably going to spend a lot of time looking for toilet paper. Our sleep/wake schedule has worked against us on that one, I think, so the flexibility to go out early in the morning may help.
We're also planning to check in with the older ladies living to either side of us in order to find out if they need anything. I think they've both got local family and church communities, but we're right next door. When Scott's got to go out anyway, him picking things up for them could make sense anyway. One of the ladies has a sister who lives across the street, and she might find this sort of help useful, too. The third lady has a grandson who was in Cordelia's class in elementary school, and it may well be that he's already running errands for her and her sister. I don't know.
I keep thinking of cooking projects and then realizing that I would need the oven for part of it and that the toaster oven will not be adequate.
Here's an excerpt from her response:
( Response )
I'm fairly sure that 'MAC schools' refers to Mid-American Conference schools which includes two schools Cordelia intends to apply to. I suspect that 'larger institutions and highly selective schools' covers two of the remaining three. All four are state schools, so those two may be affected by state policy changes in between now and application time. The last school is a private college, so who knows what they're going to do?
( Discussing what my siblings are currently doing )
Scott has vacation scheduled for next week. He's going to start by taking a look at the stove. After that, he's probably going to spend a lot of time looking for toilet paper. Our sleep/wake schedule has worked against us on that one, I think, so the flexibility to go out early in the morning may help.
We're also planning to check in with the older ladies living to either side of us in order to find out if they need anything. I think they've both got local family and church communities, but we're right next door. When Scott's got to go out anyway, him picking things up for them could make sense anyway. One of the ladies has a sister who lives across the street, and she might find this sort of help useful, too. The third lady has a grandson who was in Cordelia's class in elementary school, and it may well be that he's already running errands for her and her sister. I don't know.
I keep thinking of cooking projects and then realizing that I would need the oven for part of it and that the toaster oven will not be adequate.
