Harvard, 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 ArticleTransfer college or continue at NCSU
I am currently attending North Carolina State Univerisrty. I have 90 credit hours toward my science degree, I am also minor in accounting. However I am very unhappy with this major. Looking back on my...
View ArticleNative American Status
My daughter's Grandfather is part Apache. However he was not aware of any written documentation so we never pursued the status. I have recently become aware of genetic blood testing. Is this a...
View ArticleAll 8 Ivies
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/04/07/nyregion/long-island-high-school-students-sweeps-ivy-league-universities.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0&referer=
View ArticleUC-Davis spent $175,000 trying to make sure you never saw this
UC Davis paid consultants at least $175,000 to clean up its online image after students and alumni were pepper sprayed by campus police during an otherwise peaceful protest in 2011. Newly released...
View ArticleIn-State Tuition - Father and I live in different states
I tried to look this up specifically for CT but it is not very clear. The statutes on in-state tuition talks about the parent's residence (we are both parents lol) and then goes on to talk about if ONE...
View ArticleAny downside to the Ohio University HTC tutorials?
My D has been accepted to HTC, and we got a very favorable impression of the school and program during the interview weekend. We came away with the impression that the students are free to arrange...
View ArticleHow Do You/Did You Keep From Being a Helicopter Parent to Your College Bound...
My daughter is very early in the college process, as she will be entering high school in the fall. However, I'm already feeling anxious just reading these posts on "average excellent" kids and those...
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 ArticleOur summer plan - what am I missing?
I have been reading CC for a couple years and am finally in the hunt (gulp). I am the parent of a soon to be high school junior.This summer's plan is to get ready to look at colleges next year. Is...
View ArticleHarvard Social club: admitting women could increase sexual misconduct
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/14/us/social-club-at-harvard-rejects-calls-to-admit-women-citing-risk-of-sexual-misconduct.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0 Isn't this the same reason people...
View ArticleA Letter to Parents from the Kid with the 2.8 GPA
*Please take the time to read the entire letter!* Yes, you read the title correctly. I have a 2.8 GPA. And yes, that number is unweighted. Scoff at me if you will, I am here to tell you that I got into...
View ArticleMoved: What "after prom plans" do you allow for your high school student?
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View ArticleHow can you assess future college workload?
My D would like to attend an LAC where the students are not crushed by their academic workload. Long time posters know that our high school kills the kids with hours upon hours of homework and...
View ArticleAnother Parent Loan Fiasco
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/03/13/bankrupt-dad-battles-get-student-loan-debt-forgiven/cYGo9MeCZ5hj1oPdCqezbO/story.html Dad borrowed nearly a quarter of a million dollars in parent loans to...
View ArticleWhen a Feminist Pledges a Sorority
College women are embracing — and rethinking — the Greek life experience. And not just on the campuses you’d expect: in the Ivy League....
View ArticleAnother Penn suicide
Yikes. This is not fun to read as a parent with a kid heading off to a pressure cooker school next year....
View ArticleWhy Obama is forgiving the student loans of nearly 400,000 people
"… The Department of Education will send letters to 387,000 people they’ve identified as being eligible for a total and permanent disability discharge, a designation that allows federal student loan...
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...
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