Seems like Ivy League Admissions Should be Easily Predictible - Someone...
Just from viewing the Ivy League Admission Thread on CC it seems like there are quite a few kids who get into multiple Ivies and it seems like there are many, many kids who get into not a single Ivy....
View ArticleIs the private school worth more debt?
My son can go to Lehigh University and graduate with about $54,000 total in loans (we will cosign a private loan over the federal max amount or take out a PLUS loan and he will pay us back) or go to...
View ArticleCost more=better
Any experience with kids who hold that mistaken notion? We see kids turn their nose at in-state options all the time, though often it's because they don't want to be close to home, which is...
View ArticleParents of the HS Class of 2017 - 3.0 to 3.4 GPA
As some of the 2017 parents including myself are lurking about the very helpful 2016 thread on this topic, I thought I'd start a new one focused on our 2017 kids. Hopefully at some point the mods can...
View ArticleTruthful advice about getting into top colleges, for your "average" excellent...
I created a thread back in 6/14, when my D was just thinking about college. We didn't have many ideas about what colleges to look at, so I asked CC users to give suggestions. I know now, but didn't...
View Articlereliable driver from WIlliams College campus to the Albany airport
I tried posting this in the WIlliams forum with no luck. I'm posting this here hoping that there are posters who are parents of current or former Williams students. The Williams website has a long list...
View ArticleI was a fly on the wall at dartmouth and middlebury interviews
over the weekend I took a table at our local coffee shop. two tables opened up right next to me and, by coincidence, one table was used by a middlebury interviewer, the other by a dartmouth...
View ArticleFor those of you in the finance field...
I am a hs junior looking to finance as a possible career field. I posted a question recently in a college subforum and someone suggested I post here as there seems to be a few finance folks in this...
View ArticleFirst Year Experience Learning Community?
My daughter planned on going to community college, but after being approached by college coaches and being offered a Track scholarship to three, she decided that maybe she wanted to try going to a 4...
View ArticleWhich college should I go to?
Unfortunately, due to financial issues, I ended up having to choose among 3 universities, UC irvine, UC davis and UC santa barbara. But, since those three colleges are very similar in terms of...
View ArticleMoved: Auto insurance quotes for students away at college?
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View ArticleStacking Aid: Need-based + Merit on top?
Is this a myth or reality that some colleges sweeten the FA pot for particularly attractive candidates? I have heard parents claim their children received their need-based financial aid in full, and...
View ArticleHarvard, MIT defend tax-exempt status for their endowments
"The presidents of Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and other prominent schools have written letters to Congress defending the tax-exempt status of their multibillion-dollar...
View ArticleWhy isn't anyone struggling to find a job after college?
I'm confused. I keep hearing how college graduates are having trouble finding jobs. However, almost everyone I know got a job pretty much right after they graduated college as well as becoming...
View ArticleEColi in Water at Wellesley
This is really not what you want to have happen in April at your college......
View ArticleNeed advice on THE decision
My child has been accepted to all colleges she applied to. She thinks she would like to double major in Communications and either Design or Technical Theater with the ultimate goal of becoming a...
View ArticleClark, American and Bard - any advice???
My D was accepted at AU, Clark and Bard...any advice please.
View ArticleCost of education versus tuition
From http://www.collegemeasures.org/4-year_colleges/college-performance-rank/# , one can list college by cost per student. The top 10, excluding LSU Health Sciences Shreveport ($86,436): School Cost...
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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