National Merit pics make students feel bad
Traditionally, the front hall at our high school displays the photos of the current years 30 odd National Merit Semi-Finalists. The other 98% of the school is primarily covered with photos of athletes....
View ArticleDorms You’ll Never See on the Campus Tour
"Nap pods and gaming arcades. Walk-in closets and private bathrooms. Rooftop pools and maid service. With modern campuses caught up in what is popularly known as the amenities arms race, it is hard to...
View Article"Beauty in Ugly Dorms" (Freshman housing choices - suite-style or traditional...
Daniel F. Chambliss writes that the best living spaces for new students have crowded hallways, no singles, and group bathrooms -- in other words, everything too many colleges are trying to replace....
View ArticleShould parents expect support from their child whom they've helped pay for...
If I pay for my sons' college and essentially, have less retirement money, should I expect them to support me financially when I get old and retire? Is that a fair expectation?
View ArticleAlright, what's the deal with skyrocketing selective college applications?
The number of stories I've heard in the course of my son's application process of schools receiving record numbers of applications this year is off the charts. I can name multiple LACs whose acceptance...
View ArticleAudit shows UC admission standards relaxed for out-of-staters
From today's SF Chronicle http://www.sfgate.com/education/article/Audit-shows-UC-admission-standards-relaxed-for-7215364.php
View ArticlePlaces to eat when visiting colleges.
Colby - Amici's cucina in downtown Waterville. Family, Italian, very very good. 5 stars. I want to go back. Saint Michael's, UVM, Champlain - Pizza Verita in Burlington, another 5 stars. very nice, I...
View ArticleNo parents
A distant relative and his wife passed away recently, children are now living with their retired grandparents who have no source of income but social security. We are planning to help them out in some...
View ArticleThe Economist College Value Analysis
http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/10/value-university I haven't seen this discussed here yet, and it deserves discussion. A week ago, The Economist published a huge analysis it did of...
View ArticleThe Simple Reason College Tuition Costs Have Exploded
http://www.cheatsheet.com/money-career/the-simple-reason-college-tuition-costs-have-exploded.html/?ref=YF In a nutshell, what’s happening is that the expansion of federal student loans and aid is...
View ArticleStudying and health.
So I have a really strange chronic illness that makes studying harder for me than for a 'healthy' person. I am taking the SAT in June and really would like to score between 1400-1600. (For scholarships...
View ArticleHow do you handle the jealousy?
This has become my safe place for information and the deep, dark secrets/feelings I won't even share with my spouse about the college admissions process, lol. I'm wondering how you guys handle...
View ArticleSummer internship
My son got into two summer programs - one is doing a research (2 interns) project under a PhD student with faculty advisor and another one is a cluster summer program in an university (COSMOS program)....
View ArticleRape complaints at state universities in Kansas fall on deaf ears
While CC has fiercely debated some cases where a university failed to protect the accused in a rape investigation, or the victim's story was suspect from the outset, here's a reminder that many...
View ArticleHow do you cope with that guilt when agreeing on your kid quitting something?
Hi parents, Have you ever let your kid quit a sport team, a club, an organization or that sort? I don't like quitting and I don't promote it in our household. But sometimes you know it's time to let go...
View ArticleThe SAT vs. Extracurriculars: Class Bias in College Admissions?
This is from a story, with link to a discussion in the progressive blog DailyKos: http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/4/23/1519330/-The-SAT-vs-Extracurriculars-Class-Bias-in-College-Admissions...
View ArticleXanex IV line for parents of rising seniors?
Junior year has been a doozy! It has been hard, but my kid has almost survived it with her GPA intact. My morning mantra is, "Its her life, its her life," and we try to stay out of it, knowing we have...
View ArticleAdvice for son who didn't get in to fraternity
My son is a freshman at a top tier school. The rush system there is very odd - informal rush (that is not so informal) all first semester followed by second semester formal rush (that is not real -...
View ArticleDorming
Hi there! So the deadline for committing to colleges is nearing and I am still undecided. I'm a first-generation college student so my parents don't understand the purpose of dorming; I have tried to...
View Article1st year of school and son not doing well
I am really beside myself. Son is ending is 1st year as a freshman and at a school that most kids would love it be at. First semester he got 2 Cs, 3 B-. This semester his grades are getting worse. He...
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