Where did your 30 to 31 ACT kid get in? :)
My D is tired of everyone asking her if she is going to take the ACT again to try for that magical 32. She has taken it twice and gotten a 31 twice. So - in the spirit of all of these "where did your...
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 ArticleCampuses with the Most Anti-Semitism
Brandeis University published a survey of the college campuses that are considered to be the most anti-semetic. It is sad seeing some of the schools on the list:...
View ArticleSports related majors
My DD is a hs junior. She's an athlete and has an interest in working in the sports field. She's looked at PT but the 7 years of school is not appealing to her. Nor is she a fan of taking 2 semesters...
View ArticleSAT Subject scores and IVY League/Reach schools
My daughter goes to a nontraditional early college public high school and her studies do not align with the SAT subject tests. She has her heart set on studying mathematics, and strategically, this...
View ArticleSAT Subject Test Scores
Wanted to check the kind of bare minimum acceptable scores for SAT SUBJECT TESTS for IVY League colleges? Thanks!!
View ArticleYale Believes In Free Speech—and So Do I
From an Op-Ed in todays WSJ by Peter Salovey, President of Yale. http://www.wsj.com/articles/yale-believes-in-free-speechand-so-do-i-1476745961 This time around, campus presidents have come under heavy...
View ArticleAre teachers discouraging girls from math starting in first grade?
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/first-grade-teachers-still-favor-boys-over-girls-in-math-research-suggests/ Carl Bialik in fivethirtyeight.com wrote: The study tapped into research following 7,507...
View ArticlePlanning first college visits trip - advice?
Hi! Our 10th grader is looking for big school in big city, four seasons, wants progressive/tolerant environment. Bio major, pre-med, with current grades and ACT (so far! she's only in 10th) she could...
View ArticleU Chicago Will Let Applicants Self-Report Test Scores
Is this the new "test optional"? Can we expect others to follow this example? The University of Chicago has announced that it will allow applicants to self-report their SAT or ACT scores....
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 ArticleFavorite cost comparison spreadsheets?
I've found a couple of college cost comparison spreadsheets online and wonder if anyone has any favorites of their own, even homemade. I want them to also show merit awards so when all is said and done...
View ArticleSexual assault suspect arrested at Wisconsin - Madison
http://time.com/4546379/university-wisconsin-sexual-assault/...
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 ArticleMoved: dang it. He's got Mono. Anyone else been through this with college kids?
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View ArticleWhat do I give my college-age kid for safety?
I was searching on amazon for a safety device for my daughter because she just started college and said there have already been some muggings on students this year. I found a safety device called a...
View ArticleMoved: Question to California parents regarding Drivers Education and behind...
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