Parents 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 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 ArticleHow Do You/Did You Keep From Being a Helicopter Parent to Your College Bound...
My daughter is very early in the college process, as she will be entering high school in the fall. However, I'm already feeling anxious just reading these posts on "average excellent" kids and those...
View ArticleInvitation to a Dialogue: College Admissions Frenzy
"… The admission frenzy will stop only when colleges, students and, frankly, parents refuse to play the game anymore — when we admit that more doesn’t equal better. Parents — and colleges — need to...
View ArticleWait lists -- are they for real or just a nice way of rejecting applicants?
This is starting to feel like a fresh circle of Hell .... I realize that the answer to my question above may be it depends on the school and it depends on the year. If the school guesstimated its yield...
View ArticleSon is a talented artist but wants to study physics/ math in college
My high school DS is struggling with trying to find a college major that merges his love for art (AP Art, may awards, etc.) with a realistic college major that is practical and not liberal arts...
View ArticleIs this true about quantitative finance and software engineering? (2 part...
I'm a computer science student and stuck on trying to decide on whether doing software engineering or wanting to do quantitative finance someday for Renaissance Technologies or D.E. Shaw & Co. I've...
View ArticleAnother Valedictorian Dilemma
My nephew's junior high school feeds to a senior high school along with two more junior high schools. He is a sophomore and has 5.5 weighted GPA out of 6.0 and ranks 2 in his school with a 0.002...
View ArticleBYU - So Upsetting Reading/Watching This
http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/29/health/brigham-young-university-rape/
View ArticleOverpacking for a semester abroad (with mom vindication at the end)
egads, it's great to be right and have it recognized! :) So my daughter is gone for 11 weeks for study abroad...4 weeks in Brussels and then traveling to 5 cities, a week at a time, and then returning....
View ArticleHow important are grades in non core classes?
DS just found out his grade dropped from a B+ to B for orchestra. He has been in orchestra through all three years of high school. He will likely end up with a B for the semester. Music is one of his...
View ArticleAny good options for 3.3 prep school kid who spends time designing and...
Bright son at a very, very competitive prep school (think just barely below boarding school level) Always a builder-maker-type kid. Moved him from public where he was top of class to private as a...
View Articlemy parents are forcing me to go to college
Im not sure what to do at this point in my life. I don't want to be in college yet, mainly because I am extremely sick of school and I don't know what I wanna major in. I've lost the motivation to try...
View ArticleWhat are your thoughts on a teen wanting to work, but you would rather they...
Here's the situation. This really isn't about summer, but the fall. My daughter will be a Soph and she's "dying" to get a job at one of those clothing stores that are very popular with young girls (and...
View ArticleWhere did your 29-30 ACT kid get in?
I didn't realize there was a character limit, so this will be a two part post... Around this time last year we were in the thick of the college search process. To borrow a term coined by Lindagaf on...
View ArticleA Little Lopsided- What Now?
I utilized this forum when my daughter (rising college Junior) was applying to schools and received some great advice, so am hoping for a repeat as I try to assist my son who is a rising high school...
View ArticleCollege Point?
Has anyone received mail from an organization named CollegePoint? It is advertised as a free college advising service. I saw one thread on CC a while back, but wondering if anyone has used their...
View Articlehelp with classifying safeties, matches and reaches for my D
we still have three more colleges to visit but we're getting close with my D's list of schools. From what I can see, the challenge is around finding matches that are not really reaches and safeties...
View ArticleParental Advice?
Hello, So I am going to graduate soon with my Bachelor of Science in accounting. I am literally all over the place with where I want to go to grad school and half of my options a pretty pricey. So here...
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...
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