Colleges 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 ArticleWe’re Making Life Too Hard for Millennials
"To some, millennials — those urban-dwelling, ride-sharing indefatigable social networkers — are engaged, upbeat and open to change. To others, they are narcissistic, lazy and self-centered." …...
View ArticleStudent Loan Debt Causing Millennials To Delay Marriage, Kids, Home-Buying
" … According to a survey from Bankrate, nearly half (45%) of all adult Americans who took out student loans ended up delay some major financial or personal milestone. The effect is most notable among...
View Articlethis is what an engineer looks like
Great thread for all you engineering gals out there....
View ArticleCan you ask a school what the profile is for a group of entering students to...
So, here's a scenario I've been thinking about: My daughter may want to go to a 'prestigious' school that we simply can't afford. If she plans to go to grad school to follow up her BS in an engineering...
View Articlewebsites on transitioning, study...students with and without disabiliies with...
As an alternative to cleaning the kitchen, I looked up some good websites for students with and without disabilities. I tried for exact addresses, but you may need to dig at times: learning.guide.com,...
View ArticleWhatever happened to high school study hall?
When I was in high school I always had one or two periods of study hall every day. Sometimes we studied and did homework, sometimes we played thump football, and I would always manage to read the...
View ArticleSchool bureaucracy!
I am so upset and disappointed! All my S wanted to do is to take multi-variable calc and/or linear algebra concurrently after finishing his Calc BC at school. First, his summer plans fall through...
View Article15 yr old earns perfect SAT, ACT, AP scores
This is impressive! This student has also won a few academic competitions. http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/meet-love-the-local-15yearold-who-earned-perfect-act-and-sat-scores/34100204
View ArticleDisappointed in the scholarship outcome for our 2015 HS grad - nat'l merit...
Hi other parents - curious if others were surprised (like i was) that my grad's hard work and sacrifices were basically a WASTE - she got very very little scholarship options and we really started...
View ArticleHow Families End Up With Massive Student Loan Debt
"You’ve heard the horror stories – $50,000 in student loan debt, $100,000 in student loan debt, even $250,000 in student loan debt. But how does it happen? According to The College Board, the average...
View ArticleCollege Freshman entering now - what computer to buy?
Hello all - My daughter will enter SUNY Albany in just over 3 weeks. I need to get her a new laptop computer and a printer She will major in Marketing so I know it must be a windows computer -> The...
View ArticleIf a student did this....
I have been struck this week by the mistakes I have seen coming from certain schools. Mistakes that if a student made them would've resulted in some adult telling them that if they made those kinds of...
View ArticleToo lazy to work? Go to College instead.
I came acrosss this column while bouncing around the internet; http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2015/06/dont_waste_your_time_or_your_p.html#incart_river While many here on CC argue that it...
View ArticleWhen choosing colleges, do students and parents care about the SES mix of the...
When choosing colleges (which are otherwise good candidates in terms of academic and non-academic fit, affordability, and possibility of admission), do students and parents usually care about the SES...
View ArticleIs this a surprise?
This time it's out of Canada. Asian immigrant 'gifted student' gone bad....
View ArticleIn 18 Years A FORBES Top College Will Cost You Over $500,000
"If you want to pay for one of the top 100 colleges on Forbes Best Colleges list in 18 years, you better start saving early and often. Most of the elite private colleges today are already over $60,000...
View ArticlePlease suggest colleges
DC is a senior in a application based rigorous magnet program in DC/MD/VA area. GPA: 3.4, WGPA: 4.2 SAT: 2280 (760+760+760), Math I - 780, Math II- 800 ACT: 34 May be NMSF. 2 APs with 5's and 2 APs...
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