Semester or Total GPA
I'm a freshman and embarrassed to ask about GPA. I know my school lists semester grades on their transcripts. What I don't know is if the GPA is averaged for semesters. We don't have our second...
View ArticleMy Brother was Suspended -- Next Steps?
Hi all, I want to keep an incredibly long story short and leave out as many non-crucial details as possible. My brother has been having a really hard time these last couple of years and recently he was...
View ArticleNeeding help
Hi everyone I am mother of student who goes to UC Davis. My son had a major emotional breakdown the first year We had to bring him home to stabilize him. It was a major crisis and very heavy on all of...
View ArticleBattle Against Hate Speech Gives Rise to A Generation That Hates Speech
From Newsweek: http://www.newsweek.com/2016/06/03/college-campus-free-speech-thought-police-463536.html During his 18 years as president of Lebanon Valley College during the middle of the past century,...
View ArticleThe Citadel denies student's request to wear hijab after May 1
http://www.postandcourier.com/20160510/160519961/woman-considers-legal-action-after-the-citadel-denies-request-to-wear-a-hijab The student's request was in the news in early April -- i.e. she asked...
View ArticleWhat is fair for us to pay for college?
I am feeling a lot of guilt here. We have a bigger sized family. Basically, in our mid 40's, we had a surprise baby. Surprise!! And even after the birth, I laid in my bed in postpartum, looking at his...
View ArticleLatin honors a thing of the past?
I read somewhere that Justice Roberts attended college at Harvard University and graduated summa cum laude in three years and that Senator Cruz graduated cum laude from Princeton University. Recently I...
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...
View Article"So, is your daughter thinking about where she wants to apply to college?"
Boy, this is the most judge-y question ever! When I have engaged and said some schools she is interested in, people invariably have weird reactions. The most common, "Oh, those are really hard to get...
View ArticleBoarding experience at UWC Maastricht
Hi all, My daughter is keen to go to UWC Maastricht to do her final 2 years. She attended UWC South East Asia for 6 years (Junior and part of Middle School) and wants to go back to the UWC way of...
View ArticleDealing with Frustrating High School Experiences
Throughout my two sons' years at their high school, we've had to deal with multiple and ongoing frustrations, particularly with some of their teachers. I don't want to turn this into one of those...
View ArticleParent should say something or not?
What would you do if you feel that your kid is spending so much time on one EC and related activities that it's beginning to hurt his grades and learning of other subjects. It's not that he is getting...
View Articlerising junior scheduling mini-rant
Just expressing, nothing required. But, after having my son fight for 3 years to fit his less-popular foreign language choice into an otherwise conventional (for this high school) schedule, I should...
View ArticleSenior Yr Schedule
Hi so I didn't know where to put this but I figured that the parents would probably be most knowledgeable about this. So I have my senior year schedule figured out and now I'm worried that it's not...
View ArticleWhat is the accelerated Math course sequence in your high school?
Looking ahead and planning, would love to know what is the accelerated Math course sequence in your high school? Thanks!
View ArticleHow to withdraw money from your 529 plan
"Hard to believe, but that time has come: time to send the little one (who is no longer so little) to college. And it’s time to tap into that 529 account. But how do you withdraw funds from the account...
View ArticleDo athletes who apply ED to a LAC pay full fare?
I realize that much of a LAC's accepted ED group consists of athletes. Do these athletes pay full fare (like I expect most non-athletes who are accepted ED probably do)?
View ArticleParents Moving School Districts to Help with Admissions
Hello, I just saw an interesting article about the UT automatic admissions policy. It appears that the top 10% of students from each of the state's high schools are automatically guaranteed acceptance...
View ArticleWhat to do if a sophomore is going to get 2 Ds or a D and a C
This kid normally got As and some Bs. In Freshman year, the school thought the kid was suicidal and sent the kid home a few times, she still managed to get mainly As, she was slowly improving, but has...
View ArticleOh the humanity...Senior year dilemma, Stem vs. Arts and science.
Going into senior is probably the worst time to be evaluating my kid's major discipline, however, I'm ok if he takes a victory lap. So putting that chestnut aside, here's my quandry: my DS aces all of...
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