The Earnings of Philosophy Majors Don't Suck
Philosophers Don’t Get Much Respect, But Their Earnings Don’t Suck By FARAI CHIDEYA: Excerpt: "The fortunes of philosophers — or at least philosophy majors — are a mixed bag, ranging from college...
View ArticleCollege Application competition Among Classmates
In most US high schools, top universities only takes one from the school each year. Let us say, it a top student applies to every top universities and gets admitted almost all. This basically ruins the...
View ArticleMoved: Phone tracker for the drive home for Thanksgiving
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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 ArticleRhodes scholars for Class of 2016 announced
"The 32 American men and women chosen as Rhodes scholars include a member of the U.S. National Rowing Team, an Alzheimer's disease social activist and a Harvard University student who holds a Guinness...
View ArticleTuscaloosa PD Brutality on Bama Students
I'll take the bait. I'm surprised someone hasn't posted on this yet. Another case of police abusing their power. It's especially disgusting seeing that some of the officers didn't even care about being...
View ArticleTake a horse to college?
I know, I know, it is the ultimate first world problem. My daughter has been lobbying me hard to let her take her horse to college with her. She starts as a freshman next week, so it is very late to...
View ArticleSick of Pampered Students? Thoughts?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2015/11/20/sick-of-hearing-about-pampered-students-with-coddled-minds-this-university-president-is/?tid=sm_fb Personally, as a student, I agree with...
View ArticleHalf Of People Who Went To College In The Recession Haven’t Graduated
Excerpt: "One side effect of the 2007-09 recession was a surge in college attendance. Nearly 3 million Americans enrolled in college in the fall of 2009,1 half a million more than two years earlier....
View ArticleHelping with essay--how much?
I've been helping a young friend with his application essay. I guided him away from general story-telling and encouraged him to write more specifically about what he did and thought. I've corrected...
View ArticleRecord share of young U.S. women living with relatives: research
"… Last year, 45 percent of young females in college, including those enrolled part time and at community college, lived with family. Among those not in college, a third lived with family." …...
View ArticleIs Peace Corps a good idea?
My son just graduated from USC with a degree in business admin last year. He worked for a high profile consulting firm for almost a year and then joined an online education startup his friends from his...
View ArticleWhat to expect from D when she comes home for Thanksgiving
I have no answers...only questions. So D will be flying in on Wednesday and....then what? Let me throw out a few random questions: 1. We've always had dinner together as a family around 7...its...
View ArticleHomeschooled with MIT courses at 5, accepted to MIT at 15
After acquiring his entire elementary and secondary education from OpenCourseWare and MITx, Ahaan Rungta joined the MIT Class of 2019 at age 15....
View ArticleA new low?
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/11/22/college-students-say-remembering-9-11-is-offensive-to-muslims.html
View ArticleWhich College Majors Lead Graduates to Their Parents’ Basements
From an article in Time magazine, Agriculture and Engineering did well, while the Humanities and Liberal Arts did poorly. http://time.com/4106297/college-degrees-parents-house/
View ArticleNHS: Only dabblers need apply
Sorry for starting a new thread, but I could not locate the one that already exists about National Honor Society requirements. Our high school keeps expanding the prerequisites for NHS, and this will...
View ArticleStudent Fees going to athletics
http://projects.huffingtonpost.com/ncaa/sports-at-any-cost There's something wrong about this.
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