Questbridge Cheating?
i recently found out about Questbridge, too late for us. (I am a low-income single parent.) Actually, my D found out because her friend did it. Friend is also low-income but they live with her well-off...
View ArticleSelective Colleges with Non-Binding EA Programs?
Can anyone help me generate a list of selective (admission rate of, say, less than 20% or so) colleges that have non-binding EA programs with no rules for concurrent ED applications? Thanks very much!
View ArticleProfessor harasses female undergrads for over ten years; Berkeley gives him...
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/10/sexual-harassment-geoff-marcy/410089/ Berkeley Title IX report wrote: After a six-month investigation, Geoff Marcy ... was found to have violated...
View ArticleDoes a withdrawing from a class hurt chances?
I enrolled in this class by mistake and was gonna take it next semester. I was gonna drop it during drop/add, but the school website was down for maintenance so I wasn't able to. I was wondering...
View ArticleHonors section
Please help me to select 5 honors to list on my application: 1. National Merit Semifinalist 2. National AP Scholar 3. Nordstrom Scholar 4. NHS 5. Spanish writing contest winner- stipend to study...
View ArticleWhy It Makes Good Sense to Save for College Now
Saving for your children’s college tuition won’t hurt their financial aid eligibility as much as many parents seem to think....
View ArticleHas the time of the public ivy passed?
http://www.educatedquest.com/original-public-ivy-schools-30-years-later/ This article offers a somewhat narrow definition of public ivy, but it analyzes the issue of cost in ways relevant to an earlier...
View ArticleHow the Federal Government Makes College More Expenses
Good article from Inside Higher Ed about the high compliance cost of government regulations:...
View ArticleHow do I do this???
Hi, My startup was Invited to the Web Summit to exhibit. But I wont be able to go there as it is clashing with my Final exams. How can I mention this in the application(Except essays). Is there any way...
View ArticleNPR: Is the resilience of millenials underrated?
It's true that young adulthood can be a turbulent time — for folks from any generation, Prinstein says. So young people are more likely than older adults to say they experienced a depressive episode in...
View Articlesons chances and/or now what?
Hi my son is a senior GPA 3.8 out of 4, unweighted. Seven AP classes,varsity football and varsity rugby and a fair a mount of community service including voleenteer firefighter. Interviews all set up...
View ArticleAdministration to limit standardized testing
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/10/24/obama-schools-test/74536886/ President Obama says students are spending too much time in the classroom taking tests, many of them unnecessary, and urged...
View ArticleFact or Fiction: High school name lowers college admission and merit standards?
I have no real understanding of how college admissions works in general, only the general info I have gathered for guiding my own children as their GC. On another thread, a high school student...
View ArticleWhat is the role of high school?
Parents, What do you think the role of high school should be?
View ArticleThe cost of joining a sorority -- can someone explain some of this?
Hi, all. Daughter is pledging and we just got the outline of dues and fees. I get the new member and badge fees and monthly dues. But what is a "parlor fee," especially when this sorority doesn't have...
View ArticleWhy is D getting mail from schools that she can't get into?
D has done reasonably well in high school but is not top of the class. She just made it into the top 20% and has a 1970 SAT - respectable but not good enough for the most selective schools. So why do...
View ArticleSexually boorish behavior in academia; why is it still prevalent and tolerated?
See: http://poetsandquants.com/2015/09/14/stanford-confidential-sex-lies-and-loathing-at-the-worlds-no-1-business-school/
View ArticleReporting Roommate's Mental Health Issues?
Just found out our student is having major roommate issues that we believe reflect some significant mental health problems within the roommate. Our student reports being insulted and criticized on a...
View ArticleTA confession: I'm sorry, but most of your children (my students) are average
I mean it would seem to make perfect logical sense that most of my students would be average, would it not? After TAing my first midterm for a large general class, I think I finally understand why you...
View Article"BE FOREWARNED" Student Health Insurance during internships
Present quandary, unable to continue with student health insurance due to summer internship. We have been purchasing health insurance via the accredited University health insurance. Now we are told...
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