My Gifted Children

MY GIFTED CHILDREN

Natascha just left this morning. She just called half an hour ago to tell me that she just spend 40 minutes trying to check-in her luggage and is now on her way to security. I just hope she makes her flight. She has 45 minutes to make it through security AND take the shuttle to the boarding area. It's going to be close.....wait,

She just called and she's at the gate with 35 minutes to spare. Menos mal. College for her this time will be even more fun. She will be staying at an off-campus apartment with 5 other girls and rooming with a good friend. She is now seriously considering options for her major: nursing, math, engineering, among other things. And.....she has a HUGE, suitcase full of new clothes, shoes and accessories!!

Catherine and Leland have an appointment with the ob/gyn tomorrow at 8:30 in the morning so I expect a phone call from them sometime after to tell us the status of their wait. Her due date is tomorrow and her 21st birthday is the next day. She is hoping that the doctor will induce labor but there are of course, factors that need to be considered. She is still carrying the baby high and so, it would seem that the baby has not dropped to any "station" as of yet.

I am hoping we can make the trip to Provo tomorrow.

Jordan took the LSAT (Law School Admission Test) a few weeks ago and scored in the 99% rank (a 172 score) which pretty much opens the door wide, wide open for him. He wants to apply to NYU, U of Chicago and Northwestern. BYU Law School is also a consideration and though its law school is in the TOP tier ranking (which would include Harvard of course....) it would be economically advantageous for him to attend law school there, in my opinion. But then, he wants to broaden his university experience. We will have to weight these options very carefully. Of course, we are assuming that BYU or the other law schools will accept him....and as we all know, nothing is for sure.

Hannah also took the ACT exam (American College Test) and also scored in the 99%, a 32, which means....FREE TUITION at BYU!!! Yipppeeee!!! That is, if she decides to attend college there,,,and assuming that BYU will accept her. (BYU has already invited her to Y weekend which is a recruiting program for students who score a 29 or higher in their ACTs and to encourage them to consider the Honors Program).

Leland is doing very well finishing up his Economics degree and will have to work for a year after he graduates as a requisite towards an MBA/JD joint program. BYU won't even consider him in the MBA program until he has this one year under his belt. This will 'set him back' one year in attaining this goal. Catherine is taking this semester off. (Geezz...of course!) but will graduate in April with a degree in English. She is also doing fantastically well and with good humor. She is such a fine, fine young lady.

I wish I had my children's gumptions and talents when I was their age.

For now, I am just happy for them. And I can gloat for a while....at least until laundry day.