Campus Suicide and the Pressure of Perfection
Six Penn students committed suicide in a 13-month stretch, and the school is far from the only one to experience a suicide cluster. Some students blame the pressure to appear effortlessly perfect....
View ArticleJesuit schools for non Catholics? Thoughts?
Hi folks. We have been visiting colleges for our 2016 - a range of size and locale. He's a good student at a very good private school in Maryland. We thought we'd love the UC schools like UCSD and UCLA...
View ArticleIs FIRST Robotics team time commitment worth it?
Hi- My daughter goes to a school that does really well in FIRST robotics competitions, they got first in FTC Internationals a couple years back and consistently place very highly. However, the schedule...
View ArticleDoes taking out a student loan gonna prevent me from transferring?
I'm still attending community college, but not for long. My pell grant is covering my expenses I still have to take out a loan. Not nothing too much, but probably around 200 dollars. I was wondering if...
View ArticleHow many 2400 SAT scores (including superscoring)?
The College Board reports that fewer than 600 people a year get 2400 in one sitting on the SAT. Any idea on how many more get 2400 with superscoring across multiple sittings?
View ArticleSelling high school textbooks online?
Hi, Wasn't really sure where to start this thread, but I figured parents would have the most experience with selling textbooks, so I put it here. I am going to start my freshman year of college in...
View ArticleNewsweek's "Top" High schools- observation
This came up in my newsfeed today and I had to chuckle. It's the top 500 high schools according to newsweek: http://www.newsweek.com/high-schools/americas-top-high-schools-2015 I went to a high school...
View ArticleStudent Loan Debt Causing Millennials To Delay Marriage, Kids, Home-Buying
" … According to a survey from Bankrate, nearly half (45%) of all adult Americans who took out student loans ended up delay some major financial or personal milestone. The effect is most notable among...
View ArticleBaylor University; Flawed Sexual Assault Investigation
While it seems at times that critics whom accuse colleges of inaction regarding criminal assaults get their facts wrong, the recent case at Baylor is just appalling. It's fairly clear that the football...
View ArticleDorm Insurance
Signing up for Dorm Insurance for my son. NSSI. I want to make sure I have all necessary receipts etc. when I call. What documents will the Insurance company need in order to add them to policy? (cell,...
View ArticleWhy are teachers so resentful of communications from parents?
The school will state repeatedly that they want parent involvement. But you ask one question - as nicely as you can - and you get the feeling that not only that teacher, but now all the teachers, brand...
View ArticleShould we be concerned?
See:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ucf-frat-rape-chant_55d72be4e4b020c386de54b4?utm_hp_ref=college&kvcommref=mostpopular Or is this just exuberant jocularity? Nay or Yah?
View ArticleNo university graduates more Fortune 100 CEOs than Texas A&M
U.S. News and World Report, a publication well-known for its college rankings, tallied the scholastic backgrounds of the Fortune 100 CEOs. Those are the men and women in charge of the nation's 100...
View ArticleFelony charges for faking residency for in state tuition
Here's the link to the old thread: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1668160-here-is-what-can-happen-if-you-fake-your-residency-in-georgia-order-to-get-in-state-tuition-p1.html Here is...
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