Seeking advice - how to deal with being a small fish in a big pond?
Hi CC Parents, I'm seeking some parental/adult guidance on how to deal with being a small fish in a big pond. I graduated from Yale in May 2015 and went on to a top consulting firm. My first job was...
View ArticleWhich College Majors Lead Graduates to Their Parents’ Basements
From an article in Time magazine, Agriculture and Engineering did well, while the Humanities and Liberal Arts did poorly. http://time.com/4106297/college-degrees-parents-house/
View ArticleHow long does it take to write a college application? One hour per college?
If you apply through the Common Application, who long does it take to add another college to your list of applications? One hour? The application is the same. Essay topics are very similar, they can be...
View ArticleShining a Spotlight on the Dark Corners of the College Board
A whisleblower, former College Board executive Manuel Alfaro, on the new SAT. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/shining-spotlight-dark-corners-college-board-who-manuel-alfaro...
View ArticleOn graduation eve, U Chicago Student Prez faces expulsion
On Eve of Graduation, University of Chicago Student President Faces Expulsion http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/06/09/us/university-of-chicago-protests-tyler-kissinger.html On an afternoon in May, 34...
View ArticleMoved: Should CC allow posts that aren't related to colleges
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View ArticleWest Virginia PROMISE Scholarships endangered
http://www.wvgazettemail.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?avis=CH&date=20160609&category=GZ0114&lopenr=160609519&Ref=AR My S1 had this scholarship and kept it all four years. I feel for these...
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 ArticleQuirky universities for CS son
I'm looking for some quirky universities for my son. He's gonna major in CS. No liberal arts colleges! He has a 33 act and 3.75 GPA btw. Start the list!
View ArticlePolicy Debate Camp 2016 at Emory
Does anyone have personal experiences from sending their children to the policy debate camp for high school students at Emory. If so please give your opinion. Is it worth the expense? Is it rigorous...
View ArticleHow to guide my child?
First post here, but I've been browsing and reading for a few weeks. Hopefully I picked the right forum for this post. First the background info… We live in OH and my child attends a small rural...
View ArticleHow many applications to the elites are immediately discarded?
At graduation last weekend I chatted with some talented grads heading to some most selective colleges. Something I teased out was nearly all of them were heading to the elite university they spent the...
View ArticleColleges your child crossed off the list after visiting, schools that moved...
I'm copying the topic from an old thread. So I'll start. Crossed off List. Bowdoin - Nervous tour guide, arrogant admissions, felt uninvited. Moved up. Mount Holyoke - Impressive tour guide, beautiful...
View ArticleWhy are illegal immigrants admitted(with scholarships) to US colleges ?
I do not understand why illegal immigrants(the "undocumented", illegal aliens, whatever),who have broken the law, are admitted to US colleges. An example would be the illegal immigrant admitted to Yale...
View ArticleStupidest reason child won't look at a college
Had to share this one. Mentioned to son that he might want to check out University of Minnesota for biomedical engineering because there seem to be a lot of biomed companies located in that area, and...
View ArticleNo picture with cap and gown?!
Hi I have just graduated high school. But I have no PERSONAL picture with cap and gown. Particularly not with my mom, who would have liked one. I just didn't think of it at the time and now REALLY,...
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