Well, my 19 year old son has managed to secure a scholarship to study in the USA for one year, starting August 2014!!!
Flights, tuition, accommodation, meals, books - all paid for - equivalent to the fantastic sum of $30,000.
I don’t know whether to smile or cry.
He ‘should’ come back home in 2015 to finish off his Business degree here - I think I had better approach Kleenex for sponsorship myself!! 
Congrats to your son on a fantastic achievement, Heather.
Can certainly empathise with you - it’ll be an adjustment. So I can imagine you might smile and cry…
A big congratulations to your Son Heather, what a fantastic achievement.
I can also empathise with you ~ when my Daughters left home for Uni, I was a wreck for weeks. The house just felt so empty, quiet and everywhere stayed so tidy (that bit was a bonus)
Definitely keep the Kleenex handy.
Wow that’s brilliant!
My little sister did her uni years in the USA at University of North Carolina as a Morehead scholar - they were amazingly supportive and helpful about everything from where she lived, to laptops and books, to extra curricular activities in the holidays - she adored being there and it gave her a mega boost to her CV and put her light years ahead of everyone else.
What a fantastic opportunity for your son - he will love it!
Thank you everyone - we are very proud of him and know he will settle in very well out there. We raise them up to be independent and I know we have to let them go - but it’s still hard!