Universities educate [students] to be members of a "docile, most skilled,...
..according to Marilynne Robinson speaking at Stanford last week. http://news.stanford.edu/news/2015/november/robinson-humanities-lecture-110315.html Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson...
View ArticleMen fight back against sex assault charges
In the past year there has been significant push back against colleges by men who claim they were unjustly expelled after being found responsible for sexual assault. Since January 2014 nearly 40 men...
View ArticlePaying for college
We have a Jr. in High school. Of course, like all of you, we have been having many discussions around college. I went a2 year school way back when and lived at home and really want better for my kids....
View ArticleFrustrated re amount of homework - quit fabulous classes to keep kid's (and...
Our family is in a quandry - looking for suggestions! DD's class schedule includes Honors Algebra II, AP Bio, AP Euro, Honors English, and Latin II. She is also on the Cross Country team instead of PE...
View ArticleUndergraduate might determine one's financial gains
and entrance to top MBA and law schools says a study done by an economic & law professor at Vanderbilt. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/03/education/edlife/why-you-cant-catch-up.html?_r=2 College...
View ArticleCollege tours with reluctant student. Am I pushing too hard?
S is a junior and a very average student (not CC average, I mean truly average). We recently talked about the types of schools that are realistic based on his expected stats, his academic interests,...
View ArticleUVA Dean Eramo sues Rolling Stone
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/uva-dean-nicole-eramo-sues-rolling-stone-7-85m-over-n357736 "Nicole Eramo, the school's associate dean of students, filed the suit in Charlottesville. It says that...
View ArticleVa Tech International student faces potential jail sentence or deportation...
http://www.richmond.com/ap/national/article_29bdf2c0-0f2f-524b-8782-e60320839f3c.html Zou, from Hegang, a city in the Chinese province of Heilongjiang, faces up to five years in prison when she’s...
View ArticleTulane vs Emory
I have a 3.4 GPA (unweighted) and a 33 ACT. I also have a strong why Tulane essay and the counselor has memorized my name and has seen me 5 times. Emory on the other hand doesn't have a counselor in my...
View ArticleHelp with Match schools with a quarter system
We are continuing to work on a list of schools for DS4. He really likes the quarter systems that Stanford and Northwestern offer. I'd like to find some other schools that offer this system but, might...
View ArticleParents wont let me go to the college of my choice???!! help
Since i was a little kid I've dreamt of going to college in nyc I applied to fordham university and secretly applied to pace university as a back up. If i dont get into fordham im planning to go to...
View ArticleHigh School Profiles
Hey all newbie parent here on pins and needles. Do admissions committees read high school profiles and/or have a good sense of academic policies from school to school? My son is a senior at one of the...
View ArticleHelp again! Youtube made false copyright claim on DS' performance supplement
With a great deal of help from a kind CC poster, and at least 20 hours of work, I've finally figured out how to make a performance video for DS. This involved converting several performances from DVD...
View ArticleOkay for a parent to participate in an admissions chat?
I received an invite to participate in an online admissions chat. (My D, who has applied to the school, also received one.) I know that the prevailing wisdom is that parents should not make any contact...
View ArticleNorthern Michigan Presidential Scholars Competition
Does anyone have any experience or information about this competition. For instance, how many students participate? Thank you
View ArticleUK College Applications Going Name-Blind To Combat Inequality
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/uk-university-applications-will-be-name-blind-to-combat-inequality_56313b96e4b0c66bae5ada69 "David Cameron has announced that applicants’ names will be removed from...
View ArticleWhat's the point of college or high school?
So I'm applying to colleges as a senior and I feel like education is useless. In high school, we don't learn anything, even in AP or IB classes and from my experience taking some college classes I...
View ArticlePlease help me to de-code the soccer recruiting maze
Hi - I'm new to CC but I'm hoping I can get some advice. My son is a sophomore in an IB school. His goal is to play college soccer for a top division 1 program . His is a good soccer player but an...
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