Binghamton v. Rutgers
Hi all, I recently got accepted to both Binghamton University and Rutgers. I like both of them for different reasons, so it makes it hard to nail down a definitive decision of which one I prefer more....
View ArticleNeed advice on school choices
First time poster here. I've been lingering CC for quite a while now as I navigate this quamire of college selection with DS, a senior. Son has recently decided he would prefer a smaller school. He is...
View ArticleRequest from College Coach... should we?
My daughter plays HS lacrosse-- it is very competitive here (South Jersey) and she would like to play in college. We have no delusion about some giant scholarship or something-- honestly she just wants...
View ArticleHave any colleges or high schools been able to moderate dangerous levels of...
It appears that every college and high school has programs aimed at moderating dangerous levels of alchohol/drug use. Have any schools been successful in creating meaningful decreases of use/abuse? If...
View ArticlePenn State diploma wording from a 4 year branch campus
I keep hearing conflicting answers so I thought I would ask. If you graduate from a 4 year penn state branch campus does the wording state only "the Pennsylvania State University ". Or "the...
View ArticleDear parents: How can I let dad know that I might not go to the school he...
Hello! I am a current senior. I have been accepted into a school that my dad REALLY wants me to go to (McGill) and a few other schools. I have a top 5 (Kenyon, Midd, Bowdoin, McGill, and College of...
View ArticleAm I crazy to suggest that DS skip campus tours?
My DS is a Junior and early next year we start checking out campuses in a serious way. After reading about the experiences of others, it seems that informal, self-directed activities on campus (e.g.,...
View ArticleParents of Applying Seniors, Be Honest About Finances Now
If you didn't have a frank talk with your student about finances when he or she was a junior (see...
View ArticleFeedback/Help on Academic Dismissal Appeal Letter
Hello! So as the title says I'm looking for input on an appeal letter. It's actually my boyfriend's, not mine, although I did help edit it already. However as I've never exactly done this before I...
View ArticleSocial Justice at Oxford - "my turn, my turn !"
Reminds me of that line from Glen Close in Fatal Attraction " I won't be ignored "...
View ArticleNew provisions to 529 Plans
On December 18, President Obama signed the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act (PATH). The changes to 529 Plans include: Computers, laptops and other related technology are now a Qualified...
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 ArticleGap Year: Get off the conveyor belt!
I've been pro-Gap for years, but it solidified after I read "College Unbound," "Paying for the Party," "In the Basement of the Ivory Tower," and "Debt-free U." We have too few gappers to have good...
View ArticleCould this be a problem???
Hi, I was diagnosed with pneumonia a week before my final exams so I unfortunately couldn't give them; hence instead of wasting a year, I decided to give Cambridge A level Examinations. SAT 1 :-...
View ArticleGraduate School
I'm tempted to subtitle this "And you thought undergrad was expensive!" Our plan has always been that we'd put DS though undergrad and grad school is up to him. That is basically still the plan (he...
View ArticleOne Wrong Move -- a teacher's essay about student stress
http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2015/12/one-wrong-move.html About parent and student stress in a system that is perpetually trying to evaluate for flaw, not encourage for success. This was sent to...
View ArticleTransfer college or continue at NCSU
I am currently attending North Carolina State Univerisrty. I have 90 credit hours toward my science degree, I am also minor in accounting. However I am very unhappy with this major. Looking back on my...
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 ArticleWheaton (IL) suspends Christian professor who wore a hijab
As a private college I suppose it is their right..but the thought police are apparently alive and well at the conservative colleges. It seems she was suspended not for wearing the hijab but for a...
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