GPA
What is the GPA distribution in your highschool? Do you need >97 for 4.0? I wonder how do they expect kids to get 97+ in every subject for unweighted 4.0?
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 ArticleAlmost graduated!
So what would you do? My daughter, who just completed her 4th year at a UF in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences earned a C- in one of her classes. It was not a specific class to her degree,...
View ArticleAlmost Perfect School
We all know that no school can be perfect for everyone but if you want to pick one that checks boxes for good academics, good faculty, high ranking, nice campus, nice town, connected alumni AND mild...
View ArticleGeorgia colleges-- campus carry bill vetoed!
At the very 11th hour, Georgia's governor vetoed the campus carry bill. Many may disagree, but I applaud this decision.
View ArticleTruthful advice about getting into top colleges, for your "average" excellent...
I created a thread back in 6/14, when my D was just thinking about college. We didn't have many ideas about what colleges to look at, so I asked CC users to give suggestions. I know now, but didn't...
View ArticleCalculus AB vs BC
My S will be completing pre calculus honors this summer. Should he take AP calculus AB or BC for his 10th grade? Is he better off taking AB 10th and BC 11th ? If he goes straight to BC then he would...
View ArticleParents: How many changes of major? How many career changes?
So many entering college students think they are choosing a path for life, but I think many of us parents look back and see that changes do happen. Majors can change when you find new interests in...
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 ArticleCan my mom find out that I flunked out of college by contacting the school?
I went to a state school that my highly controlling mother basically forced me to attend. I hated every minute of it because she also wouldn't allow me to choose my major. Even though I could...
View ArticleNeed input for a family discussion
Hi everyone, Before D leaves us to college, we are going on a family trip and will discuss some big topics like we usually do (family tradition). This time we will talk about D's new plan in her career...
View ArticleMoved: NC's transgender law violates Civil Rights Act, Justice says
This discussion has been moved.
View ArticleJust smile and nod...smile and nod
It's that time of year. Well-meaning family and friends blurt-out unimformed reactions to our college news. What masters of self-control we must be to keep from laughing in their faces or kicking them...
View ArticleUCSC Admissions Decisions Delayed another week at last minute....
What does anyone make of this? My son (and I) have been waiting and waiting on UCSC decisions, supposedly to be completed by April 30. He is transferring from a CC, wants to major in Psych and has two...
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 ArticleTuition Exchange
My husband works at a college and we are counting on the tuition exchange program to help pay for our son's school. He has applied to Syracuse and already received a letter from Syracuse that he has...
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 ArticleFall 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 ArticleGrowing Pains
Yeah, this is another "hey parents" thread... About me: I'm a college Freshman finishing the last quarter of my first year. I'm a computer science major, living at home and going to community college....
View Article"Don't follow your dreams" commencement advice
http://eeditionmobile.latimes.com/Olive/Tablet/LATimes/SharedArticle.aspx?href=LAT/2016/05/05&id=Ar01700 Comedian and TV host Stephen Colbert offered wiser counsel during a graduation speech at his...
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