How many books is a normal teen supposed to read outside of school?
Too embarrassing of a question to ask my friends. I think a lot of my son's struggles in class are tied to his lack of leisure reading. I'm trying to make a more conscious effort to promote family...
View ArticleGPA Dilema. Need advice please. Having difficulty helping select college list.
Hi All. I'm new here and in need of your thoughts on this. Background: Son goes to a very small, private HS. His ACT score is top 1%. His GPA is uw 3.56. Only 4 students have rec'd a 4.0 at his school...
View ArticleParents won't let me major in what I want to.
I'm not sure if this is appropriate here or not. I'm a junior this year and I realized that I want to major in geology. However, my dad will only let me major in business or engineering. That's really...
View ArticleNot ready???
Is it possible I am not emotionally ready to go to a university? I panic and sometime break down crying at the thought of having to leave my home and going to a university. I don't dazzle in the...
View ArticleTim Beckman, Football Head Coach at U of Illinois, Fired- Allegations of...
One week before opening the 2015 season on September 4, Illinois has fired head football coach Tim Beckman. University of Illinois athletic director Mike Thomas announced Friday that Beckman was being...
View ArticleThe beginning of a drama or the embryo of the solution? Tenured faculty let go
After Ashland University on Friday laid off 23 instructors -- many of them tenured -- and eliminated another nine teaching positions, President Carlos Campo described the future at the financially...
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...
View ArticleMetallurgical engineering
Hello there! I've posted this before in another forum, but thought it better to post it here as well. Would someone suggest the best universities for metallurgical engineering?? Also, I wanted to know...
View Article5 versus 4 academic classes junior year
My rising junior attends a performing arts high school where he takes 3 classes in his art daily. Typically kids take five academic classes as well (plus gym and lunch) but he didn't get into AP...
View ArticlePhi Sigma Pi, the National Honors Fraternity
Any of you have kids who are student members or alumni? What can you tell me about it? My daughter (first semester sophomore) received an invitation to rush and I am trying to figure out if it is worth...
View ArticleAcademic Suspension Appeal Help... Feedback needed
Hi, please give me some feedback and pointers for my letter. Thank you My name is XXXXX and I am pre-pharmacy major at the University of Texas at Tyler. I am writing this letter in hopes to lower my...
View ArticleAt what age do parents adjust expectations?
I am a Big Sister in Big Brothers & Big Sisters. I started full of optimism that any student can achieve anything but I'm realizing that you can sink all the time in the world into some students...
View ArticleThe Tiger Mom Tax: Asians Are Nearly Twice as Likely to Get a Higher Price...
One unexpected effect of the company’s geographic approach to pricing is that Asians are almost twice as likely to be offered a higher price than non-Asians, an analysis by ProPublica shows....
View ArticleCollege athletic programs: When does it become too much?
Big time athletics and its' attendant influences are only growing, see; http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/01/opinion/joe-nocera-baylor-football-and-rape.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0 When...
View ArticleSweet Briar College makes final payment
Over $12 M in CASH raised in a few months. Outstanding-congrats....
View ArticleCollege in the Pacific Northwest: What Kind of Raincoat to Bring?
Anyone on this forum from Oregon? My daughter is starting at U of Oregon in a few weeks, and everyone keeps telling us that she needs to be ready to live in rain, rain, rain. Where we come from, we...
View ArticleParent Sheet
Looking for ideas of what to put on a parent sheet about what I'd want to tell a college that sets my child apart, and what are his/her greatest weaknesses. Anyone have any good ideas - every time I go...
View ArticleMillennials may not be able to send their children to college
"Millennials rarely have time for lunch, let alone far off things such as sending their future children to college. However, as tuition costs continue to outpace wage growth, the Millennial generation...
View ArticleIs it what SHE wants, or is it what WE want?
Our daughter is about to enter Junior Year of High School, and my wife and I have been spending untold hours researching colleges that we feel fit her personality and scholastic abilities. We think we...
View ArticleILR school at Cornell
We recently learned about the Industrial & Labor Relations School at Cornell. The disciplines they offer seem to match my son's interests greatly. My husband and I are both nerdy scientists, so...
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