A look inside an admissions file
http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanbergara/here-are-the-secrets-inside-your-college-admissions-file#.karXl94Ww I thought this was interesting -- I don't know if this has been posted already on CC.
View ArticleHow badly will Podunk High hurt my daughter's chances?
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View ArticleThe Missouri Conflict; Parents How Would You Advise Your Football Player...
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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 ArticleSo we're taxed on our son's merit scholarship? :0
Are we the only ones surprised to learn this? I'd just assumed that it simply meant a reduction in the tuition by the amount of the scholarship! Foolish me. It's no big deal--the scholarship was a nice...
View ArticleMissing semester due to illness
My S18 has been out of school for almost a month due to mono... he doesn't seem to be improving rapidly and hasn't done a lot of work while at home. It is hard to know when he'll be returning... could...
View ArticleMoved: In Preparation for Next Year Performing Art Program Auditions
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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 ArticleHow to decide between different financial aid?
So my sons are trying to decide between a college that is affordable via merit scholarships and another, also affordable, via need based grants. So which are truly better? And how renewable are grants?
View ArticleState schools in Colorado?
Hi all. I'm asking for a friend who is in a tizzy. She lives in New York State and her high school senior son has gotten into a number of colleges on the east coast. It looks now like she may be moving...
View ArticleWhat would you differently do the second time around?
As I come close to the end of my D's senior year I am already getting anxious/worried about my second child's journey to his junior/senior year and preparing for colleges and their apps. Made me...
View ArticlePrinting a completed fasfa
So my son is applying to various scholarships and he has been asked to provide a printed SAR and FASFA. We used a counseling service to complete the fasfa and they tell me that it can not be printed...
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 Articleis it possible to have two diplomas from two high schools
Hi, Does anyone know whether there is a downside to have two diplomas from two different high schools? the background is that a kid is going to get a high school diplomas from his public high school,...
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...
View ArticleLuxurious College Apartments, Built on Debt- probing questions re:the cost of...
"The lazy rivers. The dining-hall steakhouse. The hot tubs. The dazzling fitness centers. Journalists who cover higher education love these lists of amenities in student housing, and readers love to...
View ArticleAdvice For my Mom
Hi all, I thought that maybe someone in this forum could give some good advice. I've just been talking to my mom, and she's conflicted about what to do in the future. She's 45 and a mother of 3 - my 25...
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