Common Core or not Common Core? Good for college or not?
My daughter has 2 choices in our area for high school (she is in middle school and on the fence which high school to attend) and basically wondering which is better for college applications.... She...
View ArticlePeople's success at life
Hi everyone, Philosophical discussion here. When I went to high school, and then to a lesser extend college, I always heard how important it was to focus on school and doing well to be successful at...
View Article10 percent increase in comprehensive fee at University of South, Sewanee
The fee for tuition, room, and board at Suwanee in 2015 was $49,750. In 2016 it will be $54,500, about a ten percent increase in one year. In 2011, Suwanee lowered its comprehensive fee by 10 percent....
View Articleyour experience with high gpa/low sat/act at test optional schools?
Hi, My D did very well on the act but her four best friends, all high gpa (92-94 with aps) kids, are struggling. A lot of schools are test optional now but I'm wondering if unhooked kids are really...
View ArticleCollege with programs for students with Auditory Processing Disorders.
My daughter has auditory processing disorder and was severe when she was in grade school, she is better; however, she will (according to our Audiologist) carry this disorder into adulthood. School has...
View ArticleHow can you assess future college workload?
My D would like to attend an LAC where the students are not crushed by their academic workload. Long time posters know that our high school kills the kids with hours upon hours of homework and...
View ArticleWhen S begins college, he'll have to adjust to more change than the average...
Here are the changes he'll experience in list form ... just to be as succinct as possible: 1. Returning to the US from living abroad in Asia for 5 years (ages 14-19) with only 3 visits to The States...
View ArticleLonely Transfer Student
So, my son is in his second semester at the university that he transferred to. For the first two years of college, he attended a small community college near home because he received a full scholarship...
View ArticleSet Child Sick to SATs
I am sitting here worrying and feeling like a lousy parent as my child takes the SAT. Like most of the East, child was snowed out of SAT in January and rescheduled for today. She woke up sick and...
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 ArticleIn state tuition
Any threads here that lists schools that give in state tuition to out of state students....
View ArticleCSS Profile
Anyone else having difficulty getting onto CB this afternoon? Figures I set aside a few hours to get the profile done and now I can't gain access :(
View ArticleTurning the Tide- Rethinking College Admissions- a new report endorsed by...
“Turning the Tide” sagely reflects on what’s wrong with admissions and rightly calls for a revolution, including specific suggestions. It could make a real difference not just because it has widespread...
View ArticleUW-Madison going down??
Is the premier public university UW-Madison going down?? I found, that even three years ago, UW-Madison was ranked among the top 28 colleges globally. However, in the last two years, it has undergone a...
View ArticleKid bummed out by ACT score (and I'm also a bit sad and kicking myself and...
This is a bit of a rant...and I know I have to shake it off and I will by tomorrow. But So my S gets his ACT score this morning and it's a 29. The exact same score he received the 1st time he took it....
View ArticleUndergraduate business programme
My son has acceptances from Carlson, Smeal, Kannert, Lindner (direct admits) and acceptances from IU bloomington and Wisconsin. Waitlisted in UIUC. Needless to say, he is Class of 2020, entering Fall...
View ArticleAre At-Risk Students Bunnies to be Drowned?
[UPDATE 2/12/16: The school's faculty has voted to ask the school's president to resign. http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/catholic-college-reinstating-fired-professors-36905266] The president at St....
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