• It's located in Staunton, Virginia.
• It was founded in 1842.
• It was ranked #22 of top American colleges by the US News & World Report.
• The student/faculty ratio is 11/1 and the average class size is 18.
• The Virginia Women's Institute for Leadership is the only all-female corps of cadets in the world.
• They have the only early college entrance program in the country specifically for gifted young women.
• They boast an excellent technical theater degree program.
• Mookie has been accepted and will be skipping her senior year of high school to attend. Classes start at the end of this month.
• Their mascot is a squirrel. (Not Foamy though, darn it).
• Here's their home page.

Posted by: Ted at 07:31 PM | category: Square Pegs
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1 Woohoo!

Way to go Mookie!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 05, 2005 07:36 PM (4N+SC)

2 CongRATulations, Mookie!

Posted by: Victor at August 05, 2005 09:52 PM (l+W8Z)

3 When they honor her they only honor her father and mother. Way to go Mookie, Ted and Liz!!!

Posted by: Tuning Spork at August 05, 2005 11:31 PM (O7hg0)

4 Way to go, kid! When you get to campus, fly a rocket!

Posted by: Doug Pratt at August 08, 2005 09:57 AM (D6ZyB)

5 WOW! Way to go! That's so cool!

I hope you weren't counting on that extra year for college saving purposes, of course.

Also, are you sad that she's leaving you a year early? I think, speaking as the father of a daughter, that I would be quite seriously bummed.

Posted by: RP at August 08, 2005 08:59 PM (fWrQ6)

6 Thanks, everyone for the good wishes!

Doug, the plan was for Rachael to get back from Governor's School and build her Level 1 rocket for the student certification (whatever they call it) this fall. With the revised timeline, the new plan is build probably in November over Thanksgiving break and fly over Christmas.

RP, You've given me blog fodder with your comment. Thanks!

Posted by: Ted at August 09, 2005 06:08 AM (blNMI)

7 Glad I could help, Ted. And my wife was quite impressed, too, with Mookie's accomplishments.

Posted by: RP at August 09, 2005 09:05 AM (LlPKh)

8 Guess the month away from you for Governor's School helped her make up her mind, eh? ;-)

Seriously, though, congratulations. And it's a nice drive to Staunton, especially in the fall.

Posted by: nic at August 09, 2005 05:05 PM (l+W8Z)

9 When she is ready to fly that Level 1 rocket, let me know and I'll send an H70 load for it.

Posted by: Doug Pratt at August 10, 2005 09:23 AM (D6ZyB)

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