The school he wants to go to is the same one his dad, grandfather, two aunts and uncles all graduated from (sometimes I call it the cult, LOL) He came home from the hospital wearing a shirt with the name of the college on it. (Texas A&M) he has been there many times and has met several students. He also has talked to a good friend of his aunts who went there and is in the field he wants to be in. Also he is in touch with a current student who is in the band, which in this particular school means the corps, which is kind of hard to explain, it's like that portion of the students who join are in military school. He is actually looking forward to it. When his grandfather went the whole school was military and didn't allow women. His grandmother has been taking him to football games there since he was a baby. I have told him I don't care what school he goes to, though that being a state school means it's cheaper than some. He has finally agreed to apply to all the schools in Texas that offered his major. (we looked out of state, but out of state tuition is so much higher!) I know he will be dissapointed if he doesn't get into his dream school, but it's hard to get into. He has a lot of friends who are seniors and having trouble getting into the schools of thier choice, saying they wish someone had told them when they were freshman that thier grades that year could keep them out of college, and then behind them you see thier parents turning purple in frustration, cause they did tell them! LOL. Adding to pressure is dh who was valadictorian of a huge school, but never had to study. He always had straight A's and school was always very easy for him. DS looks just like his dad and is very smart, but he is not his dad. Dh had no life! LOL, he read encyclopedias for fun. He still reads about quantum physics for fun. So he doesn't understand why his son can't seem to get it together and take it seriously. It will be such a releif when he gets accepted somewhere and makes a decision!