Theater Design and Technology
We've been doing college tours with my son, who wants to major in Theater Dedign and Technology. We've hit the usual suspects...CM, NYU, etc. outstanding programs, but VERY costly. Can anyone recommend...
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View ArticleClass of 2020 costs & aid - stuck in the middle, at expense of student
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View ArticleWhat would be best IVY (3 years) or State School for 1 year before Med School
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View ArticleChoosing College admission consultants/experts
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View ArticleMerit aid dilemma: What would you do?
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View ArticleTeaching Students About Free Speech
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View ArticlePaying tuition for adult children
I am wondering if paying graduate school tuition for adult child will consider a gift and subject to gift tax?
View ArticleHow has your understanding of "best fit" for your child changed?
Now that many have made commitments, I thought it might be helpful for those with DC still deciding to hear how the parents' idea of what was a "best fit" for their DC evolved as they went through the...
View Article$176M In Wages Garnished For Unpaid Federal Student Loans In Just Three Months
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View ArticleUW-Madison going down??
Is the premier public university UW-Madison going down?? I found, that even three years ago, UW-Madison was ranked among the top 28 colleges globally. However, in the last two years, it has undergone a...
View ArticleSchools for an underachiever
I think I will go back and re visit *Colleges that Change Lives* but in the meantime, throwing this out to the savvy parent crowd here on CC. Perhaps y'all might come up with something that I haven't...
View ArticleHave a starting budget - a little less worried :)
My S15 took advantage of a sizable NMF scholarship and is a happy freshman at OU. Other than getting the cash-on-hand in order by August for a year abroad, I'm pretty sure he is set. But I've been more...
View ArticlePushing my son for elite school
Hello All, I'm new to this site and I wanted some input from other parents or students. I've always wanted my son to attend Stanford. He is a smart and wonderful kid. I didn't talk about it too much I...
View ArticleUVA and UMD Aerospace Engineering -- help please - Pros & Cons
The purpose of this post is to gather solicited insights from those who have targeted knowledge regarding the strengths and weaknesses of the aerospace engineering programs at the University of...
View ArticleGuidance for required for prep for college
I am looking for smart guidance for my son who is fresher in HS. Any tips and tricks and things he should do to get into best medicine school admission in pre graduation and what are the things he...
View ArticleED Dilemma-need help
Need help here-my daughter applied to nine schools, four I would have considered reach schools based on historical data for GPA/SAT and she had a slim chance to get into. She applied to her "dream"...
View ArticleWait lists -- are they for real or just a nice way of rejecting applicants?
This is starting to feel like a fresh circle of Hell .... I realize that the answer to my question above may be it depends on the school and it depends on the year. If the school guesstimated its yield...
View ArticleWhy Define Ivies as HYPSM?
I have noticed that on CC people use the shorthand HYPSM when they mean the Ivies. I thought the Ivies were Harvard, Yale, Princeton, UPenn, Dartmouth, Cornell and Columbia. So the question is, why do...
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