Where to get a good deal on text books?
Please help - my child is a freshman and of course, it is time to buy the required text books. Can anybody offer any advice as to where and how to get a good deal on text books? He has take some...
View ArticleThe College Formerly Known as Yale
There was a Wall Street Journal article last night discussing last year's protests at Yale, and the controversy regarding whether Calhoun College at Yale should be renamed (Calhoun was a supporter of...
View ArticleUsing AP Credits to Finish in Under 4 Years
What experiences have people in this forum had where students applied AP credits to their degree and finished in less than four years? There is the obvious economic advantage of eliminating a semester...
View ArticleRaising AP requirements ex-post
D2 took AP Chem last year, and took the test in May. The college requirement for credit in intro Chem was a 4 or 5. Results came out in July (last month) and she received a 4. I verified that it...
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 ArticleInternship opportunities for a 14 year old boy
My son will be 14 years old next summer and I'd like to find him a good summer volunteer position that may help improve his resume and experience. Something meaningful that may support his future...
View ArticleHow to help a freshman with homesickness?
Hello, How have you helped your college freshman overcome homesickness? Related to this is that D has been having a little trouble making connections and friends. She made a few during orientation, but...
View ArticleMilitary college programs
Hi everyone. I would like to know if there are any military college programs besides ROTC.
View ArticleFreshman wants to tranfer to be near boyfriend
She picked the school for a sport and academics. She was very excited to go to college up until May. Then she got too serious with a HS boyfriend. Now she says she doesn't care about playing the sport...
View ArticleNational Society of Leadership and success sigma alpha pi? [CONT.]
Now, I'm reviving this previous thread I stumbled across while looking up the legitimacy of that organization....
View ArticleHave We All Realized that College Rankings Are Based on Legacy Marketing, not...
If education was the only primary factor in college rankings, some of America's "traditionally" top colleges wouldn't hold the same or similar spots nationally and globally. If anything the current...
View ArticleElon & Furman Gluten Free Dining?
This discussion was created from comments split from: Daughter with Celiac disease, needs Gluten Free dining options.
View ArticleDo we need a college counselor?
We visited a friend this summer in SoCal, and she was shocked that we did not hire a college counselor. She said that everyone in her neighborhood with high school kids had one. DS already has a school...
View ArticleAnybody a Brandeis parent? They closed Usdan dining hall for weekend service...
Hey, is anyone here a Brandeis parent? My son informed me that everybody has to cram into Sherman dining hall on the weekends now because they closed Usdan starting Friday nights all weekend. With a...
View ArticleIthaca College student slain on Cornell campus
This took place after a student-organized event in what I would say is the most centralized activity hall on campus; fights broke out outside Williard Straight Hall after the event was over, and this...
View ArticleHow do you keep your kid from alienating everyone he know because his mom is...
I fully admit I've gone overboard on college prep as a result of my own college circumstance, DS and I started looking at colleges Freshman year. His interests have changed and programs have changed...
View ArticleChinese Immigrant Students, Drinking and Drunk Driving
Below is an article about a Chinese immigrant father who lost his son due to a drunk driving accident and his reactions....
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