Reducing College Admission Stress
I'm worried my child is unnecessarily focused on college admissions and not spending enough time just being a kid. My child is a high school class of '18 with straight As with a very challenging course...
View ArticleHow Can I Convince My Parents to Let Me Go Across the Country for College?
For the past few years, every school I have shown interest in has been relatively close to home. Recently, I switched the major that I want to pursue and learned that very few schools offer it. One is...
View ArticleKeeping Prescription Drugs safe in Dorm Room
My son is leaving for freshman year in a few weeks. I'm looking for suggestions about how to keep his prescription drugs safe in his dorm room. I've researched lock boxes/safes online and I'm looking...
View ArticleThe Wild Rumpus Ends! Puget Sound Wins!
Within a couple of hours of my child Sasha’s setting foot on its stunning campus in Tacoma, Washington, Sasha’s first choice for college was the University of Puget Sound. The UPS students we met were...
View ArticleForbidding Gaming Systems - at least until adjusted to college life/demands
Please don't flame me! Just wanting some advice from parents who have been there, with boys who can't drag themselves away from their computers. As my son (addicted to computer gaming, IMO) heads off...
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 ArticleGoing to a HBCU when you are not a minority -- thoughts?
My 2017 daughter is open to the idea for this particular school -- D1 Lacrosse (fledgling for sure but gives her a chance to be a leader which she likes), great scholarship $$ (academic merit so...
View ArticleInfo. session comments that surprised you
This week we did our final campus visit with our youngest child. So, we've sat through quite a few college information sessions over the years, and I didn't think there was anything new to be heard. I...
View Article9th grade dyslexic son bombing Spanish; should he drop it?
Not only is he dyslexic, he is dysgraphic. His grade first quarter was 76, however his current grade is 48. He really is struggling to keep up, hates the class, and is begging to be allowed to quit. He...
View ArticleParent orientation: yea or nay?
My son will start at Temple in the fall. We (3) went to accepted students day. Son went to his overnight orientation. We are 2 hrs away. Re: parent orientation, husband and I think, Good grief, more...
View ArticleMy parents only care about prestige
Hello, I'm a rising senior preparing to apply to college. We've decided to tour four schools this summer that are in California (since we live in California), Harvey Mudd, Caltech, UC Berkeley, and...
View ArticlePhD after Bachelors or Masters?
I'm a junior college student planning on studying computer science. One day I plan on getting a PhD cause I want to work as a quant. What I was wondering though is it a good idea to jump into a PhD...
View ArticleAny experience with Florida Virtual School for online high school courses?
I am looking at an online class option to resolve a scheduling conflict for my son, a HS sophomore. Our district is in the process of transitioning to Florida Virtual School for online classes. Since...
View ArticleIs It Time To Ban Computers From Classrooms?
"Every semester, college instructors face a choice: whether to restrict the use of laptops and other devices in their classrooms or to, instead, let students decide for themselves. And for classrooms...
View Articlewhat is the difference between SAT test and SAT subject test?
Hi all, I am a mother of two daughters, my older one is going to 9th grade and younger 7th this year. Both need homework help for math. They both are in honors class. But I am an arts graduate and find...
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 ArticleMoved: Types and Amounts of Academic Scholarships at Emerson College?
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View ArticleTextbook rentals
I did a quick search and found a few old threads, so I thought I'd start this thread. This is our first foray into the high cost of textbooks, despite it being for kid #3. The other two cost us nothing...
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