Best summer language immersion program for teen?
Hi everyone, My high school sophomore is extremely interested in languages - she is taking two of them right now. She is thinking of becoming a language teacher. We don't have a lot of money and she...
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View ArticleTennessee politicians want to defund/punish/fire pres of UT over holiday...
Some Tenn politicians want to defund the office of diversity and fire the chancellor because he issued guidelines suggesting that academic departments not do Christmas parties but rather something more...
View ArticleStupidest reason child won't look at a college
Had to share this one. Mentioned to son that he might want to check out University of Minnesota for biomedical engineering because there seem to be a lot of biomed companies located in that area, and...
View ArticleThoughts About Catholic Colleges
We are essentially half Jewish and half Catholic. The major holidays are observed out of tradition but that is the extent of religious practice. The plan to consider secular schools has been a relative...
View ArticleHow would you interpret this?
D just got a call from her #2 choice college admissions office. This is the second time a college has had a question about her transcripts-idk if her school does confusing ones or what. I think it's...
View Article"I am not a good test taker" as an Excuse for Low SAT/ACT Scores
It is chancing season again on CC and many applicants are saying that they are "bad test takers" as an excuse for sometimes very low SAT/ACT scores compared to high GPA's. Many refer these applicants...
View ArticleList of demands by “Students of Hamilton College”
Another campus another circus... https://****/document/d/1OSo1bYvTjeawn0VyylV1zXQptDOlYIU7z2FoCkTO6Q0/pub Some excerpts: “We, the Students of Hamilton College, demand the end of the inevitable...
View ArticleRecapping the Different "Micro-Aggression" Protests
You've read the thousand or so posts on six different threads, covering college protests that threatened to ripple across the nation like a bad stomach virus.. So, come here for your one-stop college...
View ArticleStupidity or Reprehensible Racism?
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/10/us/citadel-pillowcases/index.html
View ArticleGuide to the Most (and Least) Politically Diverse Colleges,
From Heterox Academy: http://heterodoxacademy.org/2015/11/30/heterodox-academys-guide-to-the-most-and-least-politically-diverse-colleges-first-edition/ With so many campuses under renewed pressure to...
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 ArticleLiving in a college town -- stay or go?
I'm just curious as to what choices people who live in college towns have made concerning attending the local university. I live in Oxford, Miss., home of Ole Miss, which is where I went to school. It...
View ArticleTime is really running out, and DDs essays aren't done!
She has been working on them, but says they aren't done. I thought it was time, but it sounds like she really has writers block. She says she has no problem writing for her classes, but since she...
View ArticleTotally screwed
Hey CC. Not sure what I expect from this thread but I guess I just need to write my thoughts out. I felt incredibly unsafe in my dorm because my roommates had a full on fight in our dorm. I called the...
View ArticleNew AP Computer Science Principles
Does anyone know anything about this course, other than what can be gleaned from the College Board site? This will be offered at my kids' HS next year. Would it be appropriate for a student that had...
View ArticleAre you all giving your kid an allowance for college? If so, how much?
Surely this is one of those topics that's covered over & over here but i"m not seeing a thread that's really clear about it. I'm wondering how much - if any - that you all are giving your kid once...
View ArticleBillionaires show that going to a top college isn’t very important
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/11/27/why-top-journalists-are-better-educated-than-billionaires/?tid=sm_fb
View Articlebright Asperger kid wants to apply to Ivys- mention disability in essay?
DD has multiple disabilities, including Aspergers. Her life was no walk in the park. Her performance was wildly inconsistent before she got a diagnosis. However, DD was blessed with a very supportive...
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