Differing College Search Approaches
Hi all, I just started my second semester of junior year, and I've done a lot of college searching for the past few months or so. After running a couple NPCs, my parents and I have established that...
View ArticleA Letter to Parents from the Kid with the 2.8 GPA
*Please take the time to read the entire letter!* Yes, you read the title correctly. I have a 2.8 GPA. And yes, that number is unweighted. Scoff at me if you will, I am here to tell you that I got into...
View ArticleCalling all ROTC experts
I cannot find any information specifically saying yea or nay on this and I was hoping/expecting someone here knows for certain.... I know at the US Service Academies, a cadet may choose to be...
View ArticleNeed advice on college choice, $$, etc.
Our family is having a difficult time navigating some great choices. DS has been accepted so far to Princeton and 2 very good in-state schools. He has interviewed for merit scholarships at the in-state...
View ArticleColleges with almost all seminar-style classes
I am curious what colleges have seminar style classes for all classes and years, especially sophomore through senior year. We are new to the college search process and the search engines don't ask...
View ArticleInternational Students with "Full Scholarships" to Prestigious Universities -...
I was having a conversation this week with another mom. She knows lots of top performing kids here in India who are definitely not US Citizens who claim to have received "Full Rides" to places like...
View ArticleWhere did your 3.0-3.3 GPA child get in?
I loved this thread topic that someone else created. ( I hope you don't mind that I copied.) We're all trying to guess what schools our B students can get into. If you're willing to share the schools...
View ArticleWhich forum ? ..."WORTHLESS DEGREES" is the topic.. when to know -it's not...
An Education in this day & age IS necessary..... yet I've seen it so often around us....people who go to college.. and still they struggle to find jobs that pay enough...15+ yrs later.. still...
View ArticleCAL POLY SLO 20K scholarship or CAL/UCLA
Son wants to study physics and eventually go to grad school for PhD. We live in California and would not ever get merit aid. Cal Poly SLO offered him the new $20,000 per year Frost scholarship. Tuition...
View ArticleSent Child Sick to SATs
I am sitting here worrying and feeling like a lousy parent as my child takes the SAT. Like most of the East, child was snowed out of SAT in January and rescheduled for today. She woke up sick and...
View ArticleSpring Break all year round
Bloomberg Business has an interesting story about the trend towards luxury apartments for college students, with amenities that are equal to those most would find at a Spring Break hotel....
View ArticleThe 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech: 2016
This year’s list features: Mount St. Mary’s University Northwestern University Louisiana State University University of California, San Diego Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota University of Oklahoma...
View ArticleProminent Dean resigns from Texas university in the wake of campus carry gun law
I will remain neutral, just interested in what others think about this:...
View ArticleSafety school becomes the favorite
What do you do when your child falls in love with the safety school, even though accepted to the more prestigious schools?The love is based on lifestyle, not the academic program per se. The major is...
View ArticleDaughter accepted at VA college, family moving, so will he still get in-state...
Our company moved us here the year my daughter started high school as a freshman, and she is graduating this year. She has been accepted at a state university as an in-state student, but our company is...
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View ArticleWhat to do with nervous kid -SAT
Our son is a junior and in general, is a pretty anxious kid. He has taken the old SAT twice. The first time, he did not sleep at all the night before the test and scored a 1900. The second time, we had...
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What sort of help one can expect from a public school's busy guidance counselor?
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