Steve, that's a good problem to have on-hand man (other than the financial implications of his school selection)! Kudos to you and your wife too for raising such a kid!!
Just out of curiosity (if you don't mind sharing), what is his choice of college track that UF was not able to measure up with some other schools he has applied to? -BadMan On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Steve McKibben <[email protected]>wrote: > That reminds me - my son Shane found out that he has been accepted into UF > freshman admissions and is eligible for the Honors program. > > I'm really proud of him, but the excitement level isn't as high as it would > be in a lot of your households because, despite having grown up as, and > still being today a huge Gator fan today, it's not his first choice of > schools he'd like to attend. > > Depending on if he's accepted into the other schools he's applied to, and > whether or not attending any of them will be financially possible, he may > still end up at UF. I've tried to tell him that it only makes good sense to > go to UF for undergrad at least, since he'll be virtually throwing away > Bright Futures money if he goes out of state. > > We'll see, but in the meantime it's kind of bittersweet for me - I'm > excited about the possibility of him being a UF student, but I'm afraid to > get too excited about it, since I'll be crushed a little if he goes > somewhere else. > > Steve McKibben > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
