Belmont Atmosphere for non devout Christian and progressive student
My daughter has been accepted into the Commercial Voice program at Belmont (she's also been accepted at Boston Conservatory, the Chicago College of Performing Arts, and Berklee). She's a vegan,...
View ArticleHow some students avoid crushing debt
http://www.theonion.com/article/failure-get-private-college-be-most-financially-re-52673 According to reports, Harrison’s rejected application, which she spent weeks preparing in hopes of spending four...
View ArticleTouring Philadelphia colleges -- where to stay?
I am taking D2012 & D2015 to visit Philadelphia schools Aug 22-25. We'll be driving in from Lehigh (staying with friends up there), visiting Haverford, Bryn Mawr, Swarthmore, and UPenn, and then...
View ArticleDid your child ever say "Mom, I wish you pushed me harder?"
A question for all the parents who made a conscientious decision to step back and let your kids figure out high school and college decisions all on their own, did they ever come back to you, maybe...
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...
View ArticleTuition Exchange
My husband works at a college and we are counting on the tuition exchange program to help pay for our son's school. He has applied to Syracuse and already received a letter from Syracuse that he has...
View ArticleCelebrations for college acceptances ?
For each hi reach college acceptance my son is forcing me to watch a Jennifer Lawrence movie. It may have been too high a price to pay... After that a fancy dinner, probably at Morimotos. I'm ruined...
View ArticleApplying for a Psychology Major
Hi, my son, a freshmen, wants to apply for a psychology major in the future. He really has a passion for it but doesn't know how to show that he really likes the subject. Are there any activities (both...
View ArticleDo people at reach schools struggle academically?
We are so lucky -- my daughter got into two schools that I considered reaches. One of them she loved enough to apply ED (got deferred) and still seems to like, but now she has reservations about how...
View ArticleWhere do smart (high SAT) and lazy (low GPA) kids go?
Where do smart (high SAT) and lazy (low GPA) kids go? D is working on her college list for 2015-16, but we are having difficulties to identify the typical reach/match/safety targets. She is supper...
View ArticleHelp Motivate an Honors Kid to Be Interested in College
Hi everyone! My younger brother is currently a junior in high school and is a great student but for some reason has no interest in the college search process. He has an SAT of 2030, a GPA of 4.32/4.5,...
View ArticleMy most effective way to help kid manage challenging workload...whats yours?
I bet we're not the only one with a smart kid who struggles with perfectionistic tendencies. I believe that perfectionism can hold us back from reaching our potential just as much as disorganization,...
View ArticleUW Madison Engineering demoted
U.S. News and World Report has stripped UW-Madison’s graduate engineering program of its top-15 national ranking after learning the university submitted incorrect figures for its acceptance rate that...
View Articlestressed
I know this is going to sound like "oh, poor, me" and I don't want it to. I am not asking for sympathy. But the situation is that I "made" my son apply to Columbia because of the Columbia /Juilliard...
View ArticleMIT and UCLA Computer Science and Engineering graduates please share your...
As those are the top schools my DC is considering now it would be very helpful if alumni could share any information.
View ArticleCollege choice: Penn vs. UDel (Honors)
Complicated question, but my son got into Penn Engineering school today. He had previously gotten in to Delaware (Honors College) with a Distinguished Scholarship award of $120,000 over 4 years. He is...
View ArticleWabash and Earlham College
Hi everybody! I am accepted to both schools this year, and have nearly full need. What schools should I consider? About amount of Ph.D, , expectations to attend grad school, amount research I can...
View ArticleAdmitted to Dickinson, American University, Denison, Ohio Wesleyan U.,...
My daughter had been admitted in all those Colleges. We are french, jewish from Paris and are living in the US since 2 years 1/2. She would like to major in Philosophy or Political Sciences and minor...
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