How can you assess future college workload?
My D would like to attend an LAC where the students are not crushed by their academic workload. Long time posters know that our high school kills the kids with hours upon hours of homework and...
View Article"Ivy League schools do not give merit scholarships" - but what is this?...
So it is commonly said that "Ivy League schools do not give merit scholarships". But what about the Columbia Egleston Scholars program, described at http://engineering.columbia.edu/egleston-scholars ?...
View Article"What's the best way to teach financial skills to our children" WSJ
Interesting article in today's WSJ. WHat do you think http://www.wsj.com/articles/whats-the-best-way-to-teach-financial-skills-to-children-1456715769
View Articlehow to deal with racism?
so my kid comes in other day and said he was called a terrorist by kid he had known since preschool. This was not the first incident and thankfully the teacher took care of it immediatly. I think the...
View ArticleAP in Junior Year
Hi, Currently my daughter is sophomore and in her school only 1 AP in Sophomore she can take, in Junior 2 AP's she can take, but she didn't get in to AP eng Lit even though she had A-. In Senior she...
View ArticleMerit Surprise
Would love some thoughts and advice . . . My S16 applied to 6 schools; 2 reaches (rejected), 3 matches (1 acceptance, and waiting on 2 others), 2 safeties (accepted), and one super-safety state...
View ArticleVirginia Tech vs. NC State vs. UGA
My son has been admitted to all and is trying to decide between them. He plans to pursue computer science. Overall, he prefers the college town feel of VT. The one question I have is about the ability...
View ArticleColleges for the Jewish "B" student
I have been debating for a time about starting a thread such as this. On one hand, I want to make sure I have considered every college this should be on my son's list. On the other hand, every time...
View ArticleWomen in science and the prevalence of sexual harassment
Quote from the article, title and link below, regarding the frequency with which the author/mentor is called upon to advise other women in science who are experiencing sexual harassment. "IT’S not...
View ArticleDo you love your alma mater?
Just curious about how the rest of the CC world feels about their alma mater. I love mine, always have and always will. Part of it is sports related, and yes pizzagirl and friends, I know that is...
View ArticleColleges, STEM, humanities...
This resulted from me starting to post a reply to the STEM vs liberal arts thread and as I put my thoughts down I realized I needed to start a new thread instead to discuss what had been slowly...
View ArticleHow do convince my parents to let me switch my major without sounding like I...
I know i posted this before, but I really don't like my CS major at all. Not because is hard, I just simply have no interest in the subject. I understand that it will make lots of money, but I would...
View ArticleStudent Universe Air Tickets
Hello to you all, I've just booked a flight from Student Universe and was wondering whether the E-ticket I need to show at the airport is the "Itinerary" form on the "My Trip" Tab in my account. If...
View ArticleStatement from Oberlin regarding anti-Semitic social media posts
Some of you have been following the uproar at Oberlin (and on the Oberlin board on this site) over anti-Semitic (and just plain whackdoodle) comments by Oberlin rhetoric professor Joy Karega. Here is...
View ArticleCollege choices and how they can influence chance of graduation
Lots of people post that four year graduation rate is a key factor in their choice of college. However, a college's four year graduation rate mostly reflects its admission selectivity and other student...
View ArticleHow much did/will you have saved for child by college time?
I was wonder what the average family did or will have saved for a child by the time he started college. I'll have about $55k by then and was wondering how good or bad shape I'm in relatively speaking....
View Article10 percent increase in comprehensive fee at University of South, Sewanee
The fee for tuition, room, and board at Suwanee in 2015 was $49,750. In 2016 it will be $54,500, about a ten percent increase in one year. In 2011, Suwanee lowered its comprehensive fee by 10 percent....
View ArticleIs this sophomore schedule to much with EC?
My son is interested in taking the following as a sophomore. He plays two varsity sports the first half of school year, does Quiz bowl and is in Boy Scouts. So he has long days with practices. He...
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