Piano vs Basketball
Son has had 3x extra curricular activities he's been involved in over the past years: Boy Scouts Basketball Piano (quit about 2 years ago) Boy Scouts OK. He's on good track of becoming Eagle Scout by...
View ArticleColleges for the Jewish "B" student
I have been debating for a time about starting a thread such as this. On one hand, I want to make sure I have considered every college this should be on my son's list. On the other hand, every time...
View ArticleNaviance for college applications--how's it working out?
An alternate title for this thread could be "WHEN THE HIGH SCHOOL DROPS THE BALL" D's high school made it clear to students a year ago that all transcript requests are now to be submitted through...
View Article"If you are a very talented person, you have a choice:
You either go to New York or you go to Silicon Valey" So goes the quote by Peter Thiel at a speech at Roosevelt University in Chicago recently. This has lead to a flurry of opinion pieces in the...
View ArticleIf there's a tech skills shortage, why are so many computer graduates...
"Universities are wrestling with a contradiction. How can there be both a dire lack of IT skills and poor employment prospects for computer science graduates? Does the blame rest with teaching, a lack...
View ArticleDismissing good schools because they are "too close"
First, I'm not one of the parents who insist their child goes to college close to home. DD1 went to the the East Coast from CA for school, and happily lives there as an employed graduate. Do I miss her...
View ArticleTeaching vs. Nursing
Okay, so not too long ago, I posted a thread about wanting to be a teacher. It has been a couple months, but now I have been thinking about nursing. The number one priority when choosing a career has...
View ArticleTransferring due to homesickness?
I've been feeling really homesick at university, even though my parents are only roughly 2 hours away and they're able to come up (or I can go visit) about every 2 weeks. I keep in touch by Skyping wit...
View ArticleSchools for the White Jewish Girl From New York/Jersey with a 3.8
I got a big lecture from one of my friends who claims expertise in this area. She basically tells me that I cannot take my S16's experience or those of his male friends and extrapolate it to my D17. As...
View ArticleHELP! Please tell me I'm not lying!
Today my daughter, who will be applying ED1 to Vassar College, found out that one of her good friends from her HS has decided to apply ED to the same school. This college has had very few applicants...
View ArticleEmory open house or regular visit?
My daughter and I are planning to visit Emory in the next few weeks and I'm trying to decide between the open house next weekend or a regular visit the following Saturday. We have been to many schools...
View ArticleHigh School miscalculated GPA & class rank
My son, a senior in his fall semester submitted an application last week to our congressman for a congressional nomination to a service academy. I received a voicemail from the congressman's office to...
View ArticleMoved: How to mitigate unjust auto premium hike with College enrollment?
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View ArticleMoved: MIT part 1 question re: cultural background/identity
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View ArticleWould you pay top dollar to have your kids' college bleed your values out of...
I came across this story in another discussion. It was a fascinating read. I posed a similar question on that thread, but wanted to broaden it to this Parent's forum to get more insights...
View ArticleIf your college student wants to vote, s/he should check the rules beforehand
If your college student wants to vote, s/he should check the rules beforehand, whether s/he is living at his/her parents' place and commuting, living at the college and intending to vote there, or...
View ArticleAm I crazy for wanting to transfer just to save money?
(Cross-posted from the Transfer Students forum because I'd like to get some parents' opinions as well) I'm a freshman at Northeastern right now. By the end of spring semester, I'll have 50 credits, and...
View ArticleHow bad is 85 average in Calculus BC
My kid is liking Calculus BC class and doesn't want to drop it but can't raise his grade average above 85, most kids are struggling and teacher is a strict grader, many are downgrading to Calculus AB....
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