Fall dorm move-in vs. Spring move-out
Our daughter's semester will be over at the end of this week and we are driving to her campus this weekend to get her moved out. She's our first to go away and I know now that we overpacked last...
View ArticleParents guilt
Do you feel guilty when your high achieving child admitted to elite schools cannot attend because you are a donut family and his/her friends will attend on FA?
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 ArticleWorried for LGBT students in states now legalizing discrimination
Does state law always trump a university's non-discrimination policy? Just heard that UNC is going to follow the new NC state law and not let transgender students use facilities of their gender...
View ArticleSuicide on College Campuses
I was disturbed to hear that two students at Vanderbilt committed suicide in the past week (and one earlier in the year). Before this year, it had been a decade since a student last killed themselves....
View ArticleHow can I help my cousin get through college and make a future for herself?
Hi there, I'm posting for my cousin, who is having a rough time at the moment. She graduated with a 2.something from high school in 2015 and enrolled in the local community college this past academic...
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 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 ArticleAm I a helicopter parent?
Recently, it has been very stressful for me and for my eldest son. I am taking so much role in regards to deciding which college/university he must attend for his undergraduate degree. My main reason...
View ArticleHelp! Any course in May for 17 year-old?
Hello. I find this forum very helpful and people are very kind so I would like to ask for help. My child will end his school on May 20th this year and will switch to another school in September. We...
View ArticleHow much of a factor is the quality of the high school?
The ranking for our kids' high school just came out and it's ranked around 500 in the US, putting it in the top 1.5-1.9% of US public high schools. How much does this matter to colleges? My husband and...
View ArticleHealth Insurance
Our triplets will go away for college to VT, MN and GA. I called our health insurance company and found some physicians within our network in or near the cities where they will be located, but for any...
View ArticleOklahoma colleges are no longer safe for your children-- they legalized...
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/apr/27/oral-sex-rape-ruling-tulsa-oklahoma-alcohol-consent?CMP=twt_gu An Oklahoma court has stunned local prosecutors with a declaration that state law doesn’t...
View ArticleWhy your kid should get a summer job instead of going to an academic program
I thought this was a very thought-provoking essay:...
View ArticleCollege tour: Boston -> Buffalo
I've just arrived in Boston with my junior daughter for a Boston -> Buffalo trip. Have never really done a college tour before, so I'll see how it goes. She's interested in STEM, probably CS. She...
View ArticleGuaranteed Sophomore Transfer Admission Offers
Reading through CC I have noticed that at least two schools: Boston University and, surprisingly, Cornell University offer some applicants who are denied admission as freshman guaranteed admission as...
View ArticleArticle: At small colleges, harsh lessons about cash flow
I read this in today's NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/us/small-colleges-losing-market-share-struggle-to-keep-doors-open.html?_r=0 ...my D17 is looking at small liberal arts colleges, and I went...
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