Colleges 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...
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He guys Im.new to this but I have questions. This will be my last high school year. I am really stressed out to pick a College and actually getting in I have a list of where I want to go I believe that...
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 ArticleCelebrating Sweet Briar's rebirth
Come a long way in a short time. http://www.newsadvance.com/opinion/editorials/comeback-of-the-year-at-sweet-briar/article_d128f0f2-cea8-11e5-bd54-9328896faca0.html
View ArticleA Positive Outlook on Admissions
Here is an opinion piece I think might be worth sharing with your son or daughter during the stressful times of college apps: Important Advice About Chancing and Admissions Congrats rising seniors...
View ArticleGap Year: How did it play out for your child?
DS has decided to take a gap year following the conclusion of his upcoming senior year. He has also decided to push out college applications for a year for reasons I find logical. My questions to those...
View ArticleWhat do you want to be?
How come some kids are so clear about their future or at least have clear interests while others have no idea of what they want to do just not anything that's lucrative or gets recommended by the parents?
View ArticleIs engineering a bubble that will burst?
I've read the umpteenth post about how practical an engineering major is and how that major guarantees a great job upon graduation, and even if you don't really love building things or math or physics...
View ArticleAre Subject tests absolutely necessary?
DS will likely apply to schools that do not require subject tests, but recommend them. Is it absolutely necessary that he take two subject tests to be competitive? He took the US History subject test...
View ArticleHigh School Course Plan
My daughter is an incoming 8th grader. She is starting to plan out her HS classes. Here is her schedule for this upcoming year: Algebra 1 Honors-HS credit Science 8 Advanced U.S History Advanced...
View ArticleAP Physics 1 score delayed?
Does anyone else have their 2016 AP Physics 1 test score "delayed"? Any idea when this score might be expected? My son's other two AP scores have been available for a few days already. Thank you for...
View ArticleRecommend Schools, Please?
Hello all! I am a student from New Jersey and wish to share some of my credentialing so that you may help me, if you can! These are my stats for college applications in the Fall of 2016 for admissions...
View ArticleWhen change happens ...
Daughter all set for a school in Iowa. Decides in last 48 hours she is not certain. Just visited St. Mary's in Indiana. Which is literally across the street from her sister at Notre Dame. Not sure what...
View ArticleEffect of HS Expulsion on College Acceptance
My DS was expelled from his private Catholic HS this past Spring, He was a HS junior with good test scores and grades, and we ended up transferring him to our local public school, where he continued to...
View ArticleWhat scores to send and more
I'm hoping that the great minds on this board can help with this situation! I'd ask at school, but am not as confident that they will have the best answer! My son is a rising senior and my 4th child to...
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...
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