Teens do better in science when they know Einstein and Curie also struggled
"Apparently learning that science does not always come naturally—even to geniuses—helps children succeed. Students who learned that great scientists struggled, both personally and intellectually,...
View ArticleRequest for further financial aid info, a clue to admission offer?
Need blind college. Worth getting excited about admissions chances?
View ArticleSAT/ACT scrutinzed by Dept of Justice for accommodation disparities
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/02/24/feds-eye-disparities-in-supports-for-sat.html?tkn=YZQF7awHElKXHJS+e72flDC6QGNh1wiPFuVC&print=1 A small clip: As more states embrace the SAT or the ACT...
View ArticleCal Poly students reject University Union expansion
Cal Poly students sent a clear message this week that they don’t want to pay an additional $597 per year in fees to expand and remodel the University Union. In a two-day vote held Wednesday and...
View ArticleCalifornia Sensitive Student Information to be Released to Nonprofit
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Calif-Student-Information-Released-to-Non-Profit-368556881.html SSN, medical records, the whole shebang.
View ArticleWhat is a deal breaker when picking a college?
What would make you as a parent not allow your child to attend a particular college?
View ArticleU of Missouri Again Blames the Press for Negative Image
Applications for undergraduate admission are significantly less in number for the coming fall. The director of admissions aid that potential applicants don't know the facts about the recent events at...
View ArticleMoved: Hotels in London that aren't hostels but are also college-friendly....
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View ArticleIs 3 Years of Foreign Language Really Necessary for Engineering Major?
My freshman daughter is making her schedule for next year. We are in Texas, and she will have completed the two years of foreign language necessary to graduate. She does not want to continue in...
View ArticleAP test questions: Physics 1/2/C, Calculus AB/BC
[Moving this to a different forum, one where it looks like there is more traffic.] My son is a junior in high school. His school does not teach AP courses, but he can take AP tests at a nearby school....
View ArticleADHD - registering as disability in college?
My DD has moderate to severe ADHD. This diagnosis was made at different testing centers when she was tested at ages 6, 9, 15 and 18 (last one was though the college she attends). We've never registered...
View ArticleMy daughter wants to graduate a semester early, and I don't think it's a good...
I've posted about her before. She is on medication and therapy for anxiety and depression and is currently doing very well studying in France for the year. She has decided that she is ready to begin...
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....
View ArticleMoved: Need a hiking backpack as carry-on luggage (U.S.)
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View ArticleJust smile and nod...smile and nod
It's that time of year. Well-meaning family and friends blurt-out unimformed reactions to our college news. What masters of self-control we must be to keep from laughing in their faces or kicking them...
View ArticleMoved: Americorps and the Washington Conservation Corps
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View ArticleWhich forum ? ..."WORTHLESS DEGREES" is the topic.. when to know -it's not...
An Education in this day & age IS necessary..... yet I've seen it so often around us....people who go to college.. and still they struggle to find jobs that pay enough...15+ yrs later.. still...
View ArticleWashington Post, "No, honey, you can't be anything you want to be. And that's...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2016/02/18/no-honey-you-cant-be-anything-you-want-to-be-and-thats-okay/?tid=sm_fb# I think this is similar to advice often given on this site about kids...
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