Internship 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 ArticleOHIO Road Trip with Junior daughter - comments or ON the Route add-on's welcomed
Flying into DC 10/21 to visit OHIO schools (junior daughter wants snow- whatever!). Denison, Ohio Wesleyan, Wooster, Oberline, Kenyon, and Wittenberg. Popping over the Ohio State just to go see a mega...
View ArticleSit With Us, new app for students to find people to share mealtimes with
A brand new app was launched less than two weeks ago, called Sit With Us. It allows people to list themselves as an "ambassador" at a lunch table, and a student on his/her own can look up who is...
View ArticleGreat income/major info for all VA colleges
Real data--not surveys. http://www.air.org/resource/degrees-value-differences-wages-graduates-virginia-s-colleges-and-universities?utm_source=AIRSM&utm_medium=Twitter
View ArticleMoved: Requiring FAFSA for small outside scholarship?? Is that usual practice?
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View ArticleAnother teacher recommendation question
We're looking at the common app at a specific college - it requires 1 teacher recommendation and allows 2, and then has another section for "other recommender" which can be an arts teacher. So, in...
View ArticleQuestion about letters of recommendation - how to find out how many allowed...
This is probably explained really clearly somewhere but I can't find it. My son has asked three teachers to write recommendations: two academic and one in the arts. Some of the schools require 1...
View ArticleCrystal Ballers?
Crystal Ballers? Predict SAT scores for student with PSAT 1500 as Sophomore.
View ArticleAny downside to early action?
My son has chosen an early decision school. Most of his other schools do not require additional essays and have a nonrestrictive early action option. These applications will be ready to go at the same...
View ArticleMore rape survivors' letters, more massive failure to take assault victims...
"Richmond’s Brock Turner admitted to school officials, three separate times, that he heard me say stop. Those officials later told a hearing board they thought he was confused when he told them that....
View ArticlePossible to convert early action to early decision 2?
My son plans to apply to one school early decision, and then 2-3 others as early action. If he doesn't get into his early decision school, can he convert one of the early action schools to early...
View Articlequirky junior
I'm a parent of a quirky junior. He is very intelligent(according to every single teacher) and of course we knew that. He participates well at school in all his classes. Loves math and science and a A...
View ArticleI was wondering how many hours per week your kids spend (spent) on...
How many on each activiity? How many hrs all together? At what point does it become too much and interferees with studying and hw? Thanks
View ArticlePharmacy degree - failed residency match - try for a job or reapply for...
This is an area I am not at all familiar with, so hoping for some collective wisdom for CC experts. Friends' kid graduated this May with a degree in pharmacy after a six-year program. Unfortunately,...
View ArticleWhy doesn't anybody tell you?!?!
Just like nobody tells you what it's really like having a baby, no one tells you that you will feel like a limb is missing when your first child goes to college. : ...( (Like my fancy emoticon? They...
View ArticleCollege Bookstores Soon to be Enter the History Books?
Purdue, UMass Amherst and Stony Brook no longer sell textbooks in the "bookstores". The bookstores pretty much now only sell supplies and insignia items....
View ArticleUC gpa question (community college course weightage)
If a community class is UC transferable, but not listed as a-g class on the UC a-g course list website, does it still give extra point for the weighted gpa as a 'g' course? eg I am taking the CSIT110...
View ArticleLiberty U library wins arch award (Hanna)
http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2016/09/buildings/lbd/academic-new-landmark-libraries-2016-walking-tour-jerry-falwell-library-liberty-university-lynchburg-va/ Other new bldgs...
View Article538 on picking a major and $$$
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-economic-guide-to-picking-a-college-major/?ex_cid=538twitter
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