Need Advice for advising new/recent college graduates for the job market
As a professor, I am quite familiar with the academic landscape. But when students come to me for advice on what kind of jobs (other than teaching high school) they can get with their BS degree in...
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 ArticleSpending Money at college
Do you provide your child with spending money at college if so how much per week and how do you rationalize the budget?
View ArticleFor HS counselors and teachers, how much work are recommendations?
For high school counselors and teachers, how much work does writing recommendations for students applying to colleges create?
View ArticleIf Everyone is Leading, Who is Following?
"We need essay prompts and applications for our youth that do not discount or discourage their roles as just participants, but highlight it. Instead of questions like, “How great are you when people...
View ArticleIconic Courses
Do you know of any past or present courses you would describe as "iconic" courses? Examples might be Michael Sandel's course on "Justice" at Harvard; Donald Kagan's course on "Origins of War," which he...
View ArticleJust smile and nod...smile and nod
It's that time of year. Well-meaning family and friends blurt-out unimformed reactions to our college news. What masters of self-control we must be to keep from laughing in their faces or kicking them...
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 is more difficult to pay? Your Student Loan or Auto Loan?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffreydorfman/2016/03/20/the-missing-auto-loan-crisis-says-volumes-about-student-loan-crisis/#79a2ba7bc0b8
View ArticleDonald Trump Isn’t Alone in Exploiting the Word ‘University’
This has been one of my biggest pet peeves for decades! While a few institutions like Dartmouth College have resisted the temptation to be known as what they are not, most have eagerly embraced it. Mr....
View ArticleArrests at George Mason, Sad and Scary
http://redalertpolitics.com/2016/03/22/bomb-making-george-mason-univ-dorm-3-students-arrested/#h7mSGpBZxCclgF1e.99
View ArticleAny twins sorry they went to the same school?
My daughters were accepted to the same terrific LAC. One is definitely going (ED) and one is considering it. Anyone have any experience with this? I honestly didn't think my second daughter was going...
View ArticleGPA earned outside highschool not considered as high school GPA
Many of the good students take advanced classes at community college. But the high school does not consider the GPA of community college as high school GPA. what is the value of high school GPA than?
View Article2 Events Unsettle Jewish Students at Brown
This stuff is getting really depressing. Anti-Semitic graffiti appears on house of Jewish fraternity, and lecture canceled after some object to co-sponsorship by Hillel. Events come amid debate over...
View Article$176M In Wages Garnished For Unpaid Federal Student Loans In Just Three Months
"Millions of would-be students turn to the federal government in order finance their education, each taking out thousands of dollars in loans. While that influx of funds allows borrowers to seek a...
View ArticleYale Community at Odds Over Consent
The elephant in the room next to the triumph of the Yale men's basketball team is the murky circumstances of possible sexual misconduct by the just-expelled team captain. No matter what ultimately...
View Article3/2 pre-engineering programs at LAC
found an old thread ('08) talking about this. rather than up it, thought i would look for more current advise. DS looking at Rollins College 3/2 pre-engineering program, wants to do crew, and this...
View ArticleParents encouraging kids that they will pay if they get into good college
Is it logical for parents to tell their kids that they will pay for college if they get into good college. These parents earn between 175K to 225K
View ArticlePoll on your 529 Plan
For those parents that have put money in 529 college saving plan, what is your annualized return so far? I am especially interested in those plans that have weathered the 2000-2001 downturn and the...
View ArticleAdmitted students days: should parents try and go?
My S got a likely letter to Columbia and an invitation to attend one of their admitted students weekends in April. I can't find a schedule or details online. Do most parents go to these types of...
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