Money, Race and Success: How Your School District Compares
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View Article2016 Where did your 2100-2200 SAT child get in?
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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 ArticleTo move or not to move - need advice
We are currently residing in SoCal. My D is a straight A freshman in HS. She is also an editor for her school magazine, member of the school robotics team participating in many contests as well as a...
View ArticleThe Growing College-Degree Wealth Gap
"The nation’s colleges continue to graduate far fewer students who grew up in poor households. With the country’s economic potential possibly hanging in the balance, a new report urges the United...
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 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 ArticlePlease Advise - Made an Error when Declining Offers from Colleges
Hi everyone. I am in need of some knowledge. I accepted my offer of admission at Yale today, and when I went to go decline my other offers, I couldn't find a place to decline the UC Berkeley offer....
View ArticlePushing my son for elite school
Hello All, I'm new to this site and I wanted some input from other parents or students. I've always wanted my son to attend Stanford. He is a smart and wonderful kid. I didn't talk about it too much I...
View ArticleHere's Your Degree. Now Go Defeat Demagogues
It's commencement season, and Michael Bloomberg recently addressed the University of Michigan’s class of 2016. The most useful knowledge that you leave here with today has nothing to do with your...
View ArticleAt Small Colleges, Harsh Lessons About Cash Flow
In the last few years, small liberal arts colleges struggling under financial siege have been forced to re-examine their missions and justify their existence....
View ArticleHoward University and the plight of the average college
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/is-this-howard-universitys-tipping-point/2016/04/27/ff418fe4-f694-11e5-9804-537defcc3cf6_story.html The layers of problems — some self-inflicted with...
View ArticleFather wants to go to Medical School
Hello, My parents and I were talking and my father says he wants to go to Medical School. My father was born in the Dominican Republic and got his degree as a Computer Science major at a private school...
View ArticleHolistic admission for Trump
I just learned that Donald Trump had graduated from Wharton, U-Penn. ("Trump graduated from Wharton in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics." - wiki). All three of his children are U-Penn...
View ArticleWhen It Comes to College Costs, Middle-Class Kids Are not making it
https://www.yahoo.com/news/comes-college-costs-middle-class-kids-still-screwed-232900216.html http://www2.gse.upenn.edu/irhe/sites/gse.upenn.edu.irhe/files/Natl_Affordability2016.pdf The study by...
View ArticleAm I making a mistake by turning down MIT for UCSD Comuter Science and...
If my parents pay for MIT they will not have funds for my graduate school.
View ArticleMoved: At what age do you stop sending nieces and nephews birthday money.
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View ArticleRowan select or PG year
I have posted on Rowan forum to find out more about Rowan select and have not gotten an answer, will be contacting Rowan soon... Here is the link for Rowan select...
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