Just wanted to share my relief - Admitted college visit went well!

There's so many moments in parenting where you're holding your breath, having reached a decision but waiting to see if it turns out right. Yesterday we went to the orientation day for the college my kid's going to attend next year. Now this wasn't his first choice (couldn't make the money work out), and it wasn't a college I initially thought would work for his major and interests. However, it did have some factors really working for it (as well as some draw-backs) and so anyway, it's been a long, crazy, stressful, senior year ... college searching, trying to get all admissions paperwork done, waiting to see where he was admitted, what the costs would be, and waiting to see if he was going to get one of the big scholarships (two schools had him in final contention for large scholarships that would have decided thing so we had to wait it out to find out what was going on). So after all of that, some major deliberation back and forth on his part (and ours) - we decided on this school.So when we arrived yesterday, it was with both happy anticipation and some hesitancy wondering if we'd made the right choice. But the day went beautifully - I was impressed by the counselors and staff we met as well as the coaching staff he'll be playing for (one plus was his getting to play Div III sport at this college vs not playing at another college). He didn't make any immediate friends, but found plenty of people to talk with, was very happy with his advisor (who runs the department he's majoring in), and continues to love the campus and dorms. Such a relief to now only have to worry about setting up the money end of it and no longer worrying about whether he's going to the right place.TLDR: After much delay and stress, we (child & us) picked a college and the orientation visit yesterday showed it was just exactly the right one. via /r/Parenting http://bit.ly/2UKXRbR