What 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 ArticleForeign Languages question from a newbie CC parent
Hi! I am a newbie parent here...both my husband and I went to undergrad outside US and we are learning about the college process now. I had a few questions that I am really hoping experienced parents...
View ArticleReorganization Feared at St. John's
I guess stories like this should no longer surprise me, but this one definitely does. Plan to put Annapolis and Santa Fe campuses of Great Books college under a single president at Santa Fe sets off...
View ArticleBaylor Parents Caught in the Middle of Sending Kids to Baylor
A place to comment on how parents sending kids to Baylor respond and recuperate after news today of firing of head football coach in the midst of Baylor failing to adequately address victims who had...
View ArticleAcademic Appeal - Do you think they will give me another chance?
I am .01 points away from the minimum GPA requirement. Also if I have any grammatical or punctual errors let me know please! I am writing to appeal my academic dismissal from xxxxxxxx. I was upset to...
View ArticleMy dad is insistent on my brother and I going to the same schools, but we...
I'm a junior and so is my twin brother. My dad is forcing us to go to the same school. We have similar academic stats although his GPA is a bit higher. But my dream school is U of Miami and I'm...
View ArticleCollege Major/Minor and backup plan
Hello all! I originally posted this thread under the College Major forum. I would like to try my luck here on the Parents Forum. I'm hoping to follow the Pre-Med path at Carolina; yet, I do want to...
View ArticleChild Doesn't Know What To Do? Check out these High Salary, High Growth Careers
Many students do not exactly know what they want to do after high school or even during college. This is a very common situation that many families go through. The key is finding the right balance...
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 ArticleHelp me find the thread......amazing story of an African American male...
I remember reading a story about a young man on CC whose life story was incredibly inspirational. My memory is foggy on the details though. I think he posted as mr?? He was very accomplished due his...
View ArticleParents: Personal Experiences with College Consultants?
I'm really curious what experiences the parents out there have had with college consultants. How did you get in contact with them? How do you feel they helped? Questions of that nature. To give some...
View ArticlePass/Fail Class?
Wasn't sure where to post this so here it is lol. D is considering taking an economics class "just to see if she has any interest in that direction" and asked me if its a negative spot on her...
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 ArticleThe NEW common college application platform?
I have learned from a TV program that was talking about a new common college application platform is being formed by the top universities in the US. They are planning to abandon the current common...
View ArticleSchedule Conflict -AP Sciences
My son's GF's schedule doesn't allow her to take AP Phyics or Chemistry in Jr year. She is taking AP Calculus/AP Spanish/AP Eng/APUSH/AP ES/AP Art History but worried that colleges may not like that....
View ArticleFirst generation, URM male, First plan messed up needs your helP!
Ok, today I discovered that I did not get Questbridge. My mom is like very new to college process, I'm first one in my family to go to college, and she's like apply to Harvard...Ivy League or bust for...
View Articlereading the superstar student book..who makes their kid do this?
Hi everybody. Seeking parents' (and kids') advice. I have the "how to be a high school superstar student" book by Cal Newport and am considering compelling my upcoming HS freshman to read it (or parts...
View ArticlePossible Shooter at UCLA?
Really heartsick whenever this happens...hopefully it's nothing... https://www.yahoo.com/news/police-investigate-report-possible-shooter-ucla-campus-171928877.html?ref=gs
View ArticleRenters Insurance and Tuition Plans
Has anyone purchased either? We purchased renters insurance for our son the last two years he lived in the dorm and files two claims one each year. Totally worth the $14.00 a month . We are looking at...
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