PreCal Hons Online Course [John Hopkins vs nuvhs]
I am taking AP Physics 1 in the coming school year. I am enrolled in PreCal Hons. In order for to be ready for AP Physics 1 I would like to study PreCal Hons. Could you please guide which one is better...
View ArticleDisappointed in your child's college decision?
My son decided he wanted to attend my alma mater, Michigan State, and turned down Northwestern and Amherst College, among others. He has wanted to attend MSU since he was in elementary school, and they...
View ArticleFinding Fit Beyond the Search Engine
Trying to help son find fit and hone in on where to use our limited time and resources visiting. Stats: GPA: 3.86 unweighted cumulative after junior year, or possibly 3.91 depending on a grade coming...
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 ArticleCollege Counselor Sick of Reading about Golden Kids Getting into Harvard
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View ArticleCan kid get into a 4 year school with only 1 year of lab science (biology)?
Hi, my D is a sophomore in high school who is in a special Ed math class. As a result she automatically needed to be placed in a self contained science class. As of 2 years ago, some genius in our...
View ArticleKU Professor Run Out of Classroom for Offending Students Will Lose Job
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View ArticleMeningitis Vaccines
IMO, it is very important that every incoming freshman be immunized against meningitis, particularly if he or she will be living in a dorm. Every year several college freshmen in the U.S. die of...
View ArticleWashington Post interviews student leaders on microaggressions, safe spaces,...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/style/2016/05/19/what-college-students-mean-when-they-ask-for-safe-spaces-and-trigger-warnings/ It's a mixed bag. There are some complaints that seem reasonable Zanib...
View ArticleHow and Why You Diversify Colleges
the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation released a report on diversity at the nation’s 91 most competitive colleges as defined by Barron’s, which compiles information on higher education. The Cooke report found...
View ArticleCollege Quality and Adjunct Faculty
Just curious - do most college rankings (e.g. USNWR) account for the percent of class taught by adjuncts? For a long time - I have found the increasing reliance on adjunct faculty problematic. I found...
View ArticleAnother Student Debt Crisis Article and Analysis
This article looks at the student debt crisis as it affects low income students in Massachusetts. A couple of interesting interactive graphics. What strikes me is that none of the low income students...
View ArticleWhat term to use for "top colleges" i.e. Ivy peers?
It pains me to say "Ivies" when discussing top colleges because taken literally it ignores Duke, UChicago, Northwestern, Williams, etc. Is there a clean term that captures these top colleges? I've been...
View ArticleDo legacy preferences in admissions actually bring significantly more...
Do legacy preferences in admissions actually bring significantly more donations from alumni? Seems that colleges apparently believe that they do, but...
View ArticleColleges better than Harvard - Fantastic article
I read the recent article posted above by the counselor who was frustrated by the news stories celebrating students being admitted to all 8 ivies, and it reminded me of the article below that I came...
View ArticleNeed Advice.. Experience with Admissions Prep !?!?!?
Hi Everyone, I'm a fairly new member on here but long time lurker. My son is going to be applying to combined BA+BS/MD programs this cycle and I'm facing a dilemma. As some background, we've always...
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 ArticlePath forward for struggling student
DS just finished his sophomore year of engineering. He had a horrible first semester freshman year -- didn't fail anything, but had a 2.1 GPA; a better 2nd semester (2.9 GPA). Did fine last semester...
View ArticleFor those in the know, what happens to a kid if they go pre-med and drop...
school? What do you do with a premed major if you aren't going to be a doctor? I am so new to all this i am overwhelmed but what i dont know. My son would like to do med school, but a lot of kids dont...
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