What Hotel do you stay in when visiting Chicago??
H and I need to visit my elderly aunt in a small town in Indiana. It is a 3.5 hour drive from Chicago. I have always flown to Fort Wayne or have visited other cities before landing in her town. I am...
View ArticleUT Dallas Major Help (Fast Track)
Hey everybody, I'm a pre-med (aspiring for UT-Southwestern) thinking of going to UTD with an AES scholarship. The thing is, I've already finished two years worth of college in high school, and I've...
View ArticleHow hard is it to double major?
Is it hard to double major at UCSD? Is Human Biology an easier major than Molecular Biology? Is there a huge difference? I'm planning on definitely doing biology as my major. If I choose to do biology...
View ArticleWhen should I buy my textbooks?
Im going to be a college freshman this month, kinda sucks to have to go back to school, on August 25th. Ive began looking into the books i will need by looking at my professors' websites. All my...
View ArticleBeing Faculty Child Hurts Chances?
I'm in a pretty unique situation here. Can anyone offer some insight? Sorry for such a long explanation, there is a quick summary at the bottom. My father is a professor at a large (40,000 students)...
View Articlethis is a typical student who falls in between the high achieving people and...
I'll go right into the topic I am going to be a senior in september, male, asian, live in NY 87 GPA for junior year, around top 40% of my class 1900 SAT Math 740 Reading 580 Writing 580 I will take SAT...
View ArticleDisagreement over community college
Daughter will be a senior this year and college is on the horizon. Hubby wants her to attend community college first and then transfer to 4 year college. He has valid reasons, cheaper, smaller classes...
View ArticleOOPS - forgot to teach my child how to .... before going off to college!
I realized this past weekend that I never taught my daughter how to iron. She is starting her third year in college and when I mentioned pressing a shirt she said she would most likely burn it. Since...
View ArticleMy son is lazy
Going to be sophomore year in sept but v lazy . Sat mock test only got 1500. Teachers said he is bright but how can he go to uni with such score? How can he get another 500-600 bt jan 2016 I feel hopeless
View ArticleEthnicity question
Hi, I am applying to UPenn this fall (ED), and I was just wondering, if I was born in America, but I have parents from 2 different countries (one who is Middle Eastern and the other Asian), should I...
View ArticleChance me please; will chance back!
Hello! I'm new to CC but I know how this works. I'm a Vietnamese male, hopefully majoring in civil engineering, living on the West Coast. Here are my stats: Numbers: GPA: 3.4 UW, 3.8 W SAT: 2010 (gonna...
View ArticleOFFICIAL SEPTEMBER 2014 ACT DISCUSSION THREAD
Didn't see one made yet so here it goes. Feel free to discuss tips, progress, questions, etc.
View ArticleChances for MIT, Harvard, Yale?
SAT: 2310 PSAT: 221 GPA: 4.60 weighted, 3.9 unweighted 5 APs with 5, 6 APs with 4 FBLA Vice-president, 4-year member Computer Science Club Publicist Programming internship with Teledyne over summer...
View ArticleShould I submit SAT II scores to Harvard?
This year Harvard made it optional to submit SAT II tests if it was a financial burden for your family. My family does really struggle with finances, but my parents have always made sacrifices to make...
View ArticleAs questions about UCD here
Hey everybody! I'm a freshman at UC Davis, and I'd be more than willing to answer any questions you might have about the school-- classes, social life, etc. I've tried a huge variety of classes already...
View ArticleWill I get in?
I am a rising senior in state and at my school at least 10% of the kids get into Carolina. I am an Asian female. My unweighted GPA is 3.75 and weighted it is 4.92. My composite ACT score is a 33, but I...
View ArticleSAT Subject II Test w/ACT???
For colleges that make the SAT Subject II tests optional, should kids who take the ACT+Writing take it? Or does "optional" mean that its the subject tests are directed towards SAT test takers?
View ArticleAP Exam Report
I got a 5 on 3 of my exams (APUSH, APLang, AP World), but a 4 on my AP Human test. Should I report my AP Human score?
View ArticleParents caring for the parent support thread
CC was a great help to me last week helping deal with issues caring for my parents. Let's have a specific place to talk about helping care for our parents. Come here for support, to ask fro help, to...
View ArticleCollege Essay
I have recently been brainstorming for my college application essay and I was wondering if writing about my illness, Crohns disease, is a bad idea. My plan was to not dwell on the illness aspect of the...
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