The Deuce: I think that’s a good plan. Even if he doesn’t want to go to Parkland

Taking my kid back down to UI today - biclops Today, 8:06:41

My eldest (13) told me she wants to go to Illinois. Woot. My second is thinking Stanford or MIT. - gvibes Today, 20:13:02
Dropped my freshman off at UK today. Nobody tells you how shitty that feels. - voiceofreason Today, 17:45:02
my nephew is a HS Sr. this year and wants to go to UofI - IlliniSax05 Today, 14:10:02
- He can see the USC Song Hoe's (aka Song Girls). That ought to make him want to enroll. * - osklister Today, 17:13:34
  - How often were you dropped on the head as a child?* - IlliniRunner Today, 17:44:30
    - Enough times to make him think calling an amputee Stumpy is hilarious * - Stu Today, 17:52:32
  - clever. jesus. * - assassin Today, 17:16:42
- I knew a few guys who went to EIU then transferred in after two years. - Stu Today, 14:28:47
  - my advice to him is/will be to go to community college for a year or two - IlliniSax05 Today, 14:37:25
    - I think that’s a good plan. Even if he doesn’t want to go to Parkland - memyselfandillini Today, 15:44:29
We took JFG #2 on Sunday. - JFG Today, 13:09:27
- I might have a kid just to send them to U of I. Maybe I can adopt a current student? - Warrin'_Illini Today, 13:28:15
  - I am thinking of just going back there, if they will accept me. Have to decide on a major. - Stu Today, 13:59:36
  - Thank you!* - JFG Today, 13:46:03
  - We 'adopted' our great-neice. All the expense; none of the responsibility - illinijohn Today, 13:45:38
  - I'm sure there are plenty of students down there who could use a Daddy* - reggiedunlop Today, 13:38:31
We’re 8 years away from ours going - TarheelIllini Today, 12:37:24
Might need your expertise - LWillhite Today, 9:52:09
- Rent a Chrysler mini van with the back seats that fold down - jfinsocal Today, 13:36:19
- Ha. Boys are totally different. Diglet#1 went down this weekend with 2 duffel bags. That's it. - OWWDig Today, 12:23:34
  - I pretty much wore the same Illinois Russell hoodie every single day* - Sounder Today, 13:04:54
    - Yea. I didn't have much either. Champion sweatshirt, shorts, and Ts...and my guitar* - OWWDig Today, 13:13:43
      - Champion Reverse Weave FTW* - ATL Today, 13:43:17
Moved mine in Sunday afternoon. She came home that night since we were having pizza and... - Tuscy Today, 9:47:04
Nice. mini’s been working on college applications for the last couple weeks. - ATL Today, 8:51:34
- My daughter is in the same boat. She'll apply as a crap shoot, but no way U of I will give enough $. - Desert Today, 12:14:47
  - I’ll see you at Parents Weekend, 2026!* - Ron McDon Today, 12:57:48
    - ^5 - after touring both ASU and U of A, ASU blows U of A away given the finances* - Desert Today, 15:21:33
- UI pissed me off when DocJr#2 and I did a tour, and I so wanted both of us to like it. - ibdoc Today, 9:23:58
  - We had a very similar experience at Gies. - Chicago1995 Today, 10:29:33
  - It's not just UofI. All of the elite schools in CS/CE are doing this. Ga Tech, CMU also do it. - ATL Today, 9:54:59
    - Yeah—CS is a terrible thing to major in - DT Today, 10:01:37
      - I don't buy the argument that AI is taking away that many CS jobs - jfinsocal Today, 12:29:37
        
        AI will eventually actually revolutionize society. but it won't be with these types of models - John Coctostan Today, 12:53:30
      - And say you do, you get to work at some toxic culture, no quality of life, bullshit startup... - haighter Today, 10:22:56
      - I told DocJr #2 to steer into cyber-security, which I think he is doing now. - ibdoc Today, 10:03:43
        
        TBT, EEs are in exceedingly high demand; too many kids going into CS. - Stu Today, 10:09:44
        
        EE and ChemE employees have a key advantage - jfinsocal Today, 12:33:12
        
        We currently have a Port Authority welder working on a pier structure... - haighter Today, 12:52:51
        
        As an example, my neighbor down the block is a "Transmission Line Supervisor 2"... - haighter Today, 13:02:17
        
        Getting into a public/govt position is probably the way to go for that type of labor - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Today, 13:17:26
        
        Agreed on your takes in this thread* - CoronaTheirAss Today, 12:42:19
        
        This seems crazy as EE and ChemE was huge and flooded in my college days - ibdoc Today, 10:12:59
        
        With all the battery and electric and power shit, EEs seem to be becoming increasingly pertinent* - gvibes Today, 10:36:53
        
        Power shit* - Stu Today, 10:55:25
        
        power bottom* - gvibes Today, 11:15:36
        
        What a mess.* - complainant Today, 17:41:53
        
        No kids even consider EE any more; all they hear about is CS. - Stu Today, 10:14:11
  - Note: you can no longer transfer into CS proper once on campus, only CS+ majors - ntb Today, 9:30:16
    - do I replace my tires when the tread goes below 1/8” or 2/32”? I can never remember* - bbonb Today, 10:15:57
      - Oooh, look at the guy who can't be bothered with pennies!!! - osklister Today, 11:59:32
      - You should wait til they blow out. Why waste a good tire?* - Stu Today, 10:24:48
    - Is that something this year? 18 months ago, we were told otherwise.* - ibdoc Today, 9:37:42
      - Been that way for a couple of years. Still that way according to the website (link below) - ntb Today, 10:23:59
A kid posted on Reddit about how small his dorm room was. Bitched about no A/C and the cost - ibdoc Today, 8:46:08
Jealous.* - Warrin'_Illini Today, 8:37:23

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