Documenting disabilities and requesting accommodations
What types of services are required for students with disabilities in elementary and secondary schools? School districts are required to provide a free appropriate education to students with...
View ArticleWhat to do for the kid with no 'Reach' schools due to quest for merit.
What have you done with your kids to get 'Reach' schools on the list, when you are unable/unwilling to pay full price? My D is one of those kids with high stats (So far. She's a junior) that will...
View ArticleCan my daughter get into her reach school with low grades?
Villanova is my daughter's reach school. I would classify her as "brilliant but lazy" in terms of schoolwork. She's always taken difficult classes - AP Statistics, Calculus, Physics, Organic Chem,...
View ArticleUS citizen living in Malaysia
My daughter is a US citizen and we live in Malaysia, currently a sophomore in HS. She is in a Chinese medium school but she does speak English well. Does she need to take a language exam, if so, what?...
View ArticleCan someone please read the first paragraph of my cover letter and tell me...
Please comment/message. Thank you!
View ArticleCommon application question
My DS might be the biggest procastinator I have ever met. He has 9 schools that he is applying toEA. Of course he has zero essays done. Our school does not use Naviance. My guess is the essays will not...
View ArticleBoulder CO DA: "Shadow" Campus System is No Solution (to Sexual Assaults)
Thoughtful op-ed by Boulder CO District Attorney: "Although universities adjudicate student discipline, it is a serious mistake to equate investigation and resolution of felony sex assault with...
View ArticleArchitecture and Civil engineer
how many years will it take for a architectual technology diploma to graduate in a bachelor of civil technology for full time ? part time in mcmaster university?
View ArticleThoughts on LOR from "development" level donor
DS is a high stat senior who has fallen in love with a certain ivy equivalent school with a single digit acceptance rate. He's got grades within their range and test scores at the 75th percentile,...
View ArticleRolling Schools/Safeties
Gearing up for our second time through the process this fall. Daughter #2 (2330, Val, active kid but nothing earth-shattering EC-wise) prefers small schools not in the south or west. She will most...
View ArticleWSJ: Paying for Collge
The Wall Street Journal has a pretty long column today about paying for college. While much of the advice is common sense, it is a good summary for people starting the process....
View ArticleSchools for an underachiever
I think I will go back and re visit *Colleges that Change Lives* but in the meantime, throwing this out to the savvy parent crowd here on CC. Perhaps y'all might come up with something that I haven't...
View ArticleQuestion about "other" recommedations through Common App
This is a little confusing so I'm hoping that someone here knows the answer. When you assign an "other" recommender through the Common App, does the recommender just upload their recommendation one...
View ArticleParent who "knows everything"
I'm going to try to keep this as short possible. I need some way to communicate with my mom and I hoped maybe some parents had a way I could communicate with their comrade-in-arms so to speak. My...
View ArticleAnd so it begins...help from vets of the process please!
So here is my story: My S is a junior. We live near NYC. He is at a large competitive HS, taking all Honors and AP offered (his choice, not mine). His GPA is slightly. Below 94%, his school does not...
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 ArticleWill Online Courses and Degrees Ever Earn Respect?
For some time now there's been an amazing wealth of college courses online such as Coursera, MIT Opencourseware etc. My question revolves around how to make college affordable to many more and having...
View ArticleWhich score?
My son's ACT is 36, and SAT 2300(800M, 710W,790R), all one sitting. He got 800 in math and biology SAT11. Is it better for him to send ACT and SAT11s, or ACT, SAT and SAT11s to colleges. He is applying...
View ArticleCollege experience with kids with LD
We're quite a ways off from seriously looking at colleges (S is only a freshman), but I was wondering if any of you had experience and suggestions for kids with LD. What type of colleges did you look...
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