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My brother called to tell me a friend of his D1 committed suicide. He was a junior of a normal state school in his state. I met the young man on a few occasions over the years. Seemed like a nice...
View ArticleUChicago Waitlist, Gap Year explained/debunked?
Can someone please explain what exactly is going on with a Gap Year option? (1) If you take the Gap year option are you automatically guaranteed (assuming you don't screw up) admission/acceptance to...
View ArticlePrinceton Students Take Over President’s Office, Demand Erasure Of Woodrow...
http://dailycaller.com/2015/11/18/princeton-students-take-over-presidents-office-demand-erasure-of-woodrow-wilson/ WE DEMAND the university administration publicly acknowledge the racist legacy of...
View ArticleComputer Science Majors with a Social Life in a Less Stressful College?
Does anyone have a sense of which colleges that have a top 50 computer science ranking are less stressful and cut throat? My son will need to study quite a bit, but he should get adequate sleep, and at...
View ArticleColleges not "hearing you" when you withdraw or say no
A friend's daughter was accepted ED and friend claims that the daughter was subsequently accepted into six more schools because "she tried to withdraw and they didn't listen." My D has had this...
View ArticleAnother PC Crisis at Bowdoin?
http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/2016/03/06/bowdoin-student-leaders-facing-possible-impeachment-after-attending-party-with-sombreros/1dOOtzxqQUTsragbljzBIL/story.html? So if someone with no Irish...
View ArticleNew Update on Grade Inflation
The first major update in seven years of a database on grade inflation has found that grades continue to rise and that A is the most common grade earned at all kinds of colleges. Since the last...
View Article'Tuition Pay' with Higher One?
Hello. Has any parent used this service to help pay tuition? In essence, it sounds good to pay in monthly installments without any interest, but upon researching this, I think they issue a debit card...
View ArticleBest Path for PhD in Engineering - which Undergrad Major at which Colleges?
I am a junior in high school trying to decide which colleges I will apply to next year. My ultimate goal is a PhD in Engineering so I can work in R & D for robotics. Somebody told me that I should...
View ArticlePrivate Universities Should Stop Wealth-Hoarding and Share
From an editorial in Crains Chicago Business:...
View ArticleBerklee Acceptance but no Scholarship
My D was accepted into Berklee, but they "cannot offer a scholarship at this time". She thinks this means that they really don't want her. It's weird, because she received healthy scholarship offers at...
View ArticleBerklee scholarships for vocalists?
Does Berklee even offer scholarships for vocalists? Seems like it's just instrumentalists.
View ArticleHow do we handle this situation - PSU?
Thanks for looking into my issue. His recent GPA is 4.01. He has scored 540 in Critical Reading, Math 600 & Writing 630 in SAT on 11/7/2015. His applicant rank is 36 in the class of 509. He has...
View ArticleWhat to do with OLD SAT books?
I have like a mountain of SAT Books and High School textbooks I never returned. What can I do with the SAT books? Library won't accept the HS Textbooks because they have too many. SAT Books are now...
View ArticleBig fish in a small pond or .....
my child is a hard working child , who eventually wants to become a physician, right now she has two choices to go into two different high schools First school is the second best public school in...
View ArticleRigor (AP vs. DE) and planning for a bright STEM/pre-med kid
Hi, CC parents! My DS1 is a straight A 10th grader who isn't finding much challenge in his current HS curriculum. He's in Honors / AP classes whenever possible, but his interests have already led him...
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 ArticleMoved: My HS senior (and beyond) does not have his/her drivers license yet...
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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...
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