Chapel Hill Chances
What are my chances of getting into University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a 3.95 gpa and a 1250 on the SAT? I am an extremely well rounded student who is very involved in extracurricular...
View ArticleThe Economic Guide To Picking A College Major
Journalist Ben Casselman (formerly of Wall Street Journal, now of FiveThirtyEight.com) has analyzed economic outcomes of the choice of majors:...
View ArticleColumbia Fu Foundation Engineering
Hello, I have a question regarding the Columbia Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Columbia is high up on my list of colleges to apply for engineering, but I have been hearing...
View ArticleStrong liberal arts and music performance
Hi- My daughter is looking at colleges this fall. She's looking for colleges where she can pursue music performance, French Horn, but also has interests in liberal arts subjects.
View ArticleIs this topic for my common app essay acceptable?
I wanted to write about how I used to be selected mute as a child and how I've evolved since then. (Prompt #1) Do you think colleges will find it to be weird, even if I show evidence of how I've changed?
View ArticleParents of the HS Class of 2014
Congratulations to all parents of recent middle school graduates! In a couple months, our youngsters will be starting their four year high school jouney. Let's share our thoughts and provide support to...
View ArticleGPA?
Will Alabama accept a weighted gpa or do they only see the unweighted? I took a lot of ap classes that would boost my gpa.
View ArticleFlip This House #3
Back by popular demand :) I have started the search for my Flip House #18, but College Confidential Flip House #3. Although, I don't really like the term 'Flip' so we're going to call it a Property...
View ArticleHow do i apply for summer session?
Hi, Whenever I select summer 2015 as my term, I get prompted with an error saying "graduation date should be earlier than admit start date." my graduation is June 5th, and I am trying to select July...
View ArticleCan I take the ACT October 25th and still appply early decision to Cal Poly SLO?
I want to apply to Cal Poly SLO early decision. I already took the SAT once and I'm taking it again on October 11th, but I want to see if I can take the ACT as well in late October and still be able to...
View Articleplease help me. im stressing out
so, i have to pick out the colleges i am applying to soon, and I wanted to do industrial engineering. My unweighted GPA is 3.75 and my weighted is 3.97. Im really not too sure if I want to do...
View ArticleClass of '19 Roll Call...who's applied and who's been accepted...
No one has been accepted yet, but wanted that in the title for future posts. Copy paste the below and put in your answers. (it's ok for parents to post about their child if they want) Student Gender:...
View ArticleWhen Do Special Status Applicants Receive an Admission Decision?
I received the special status invitation in May and sent in my application to Pitt at the end of June. They received all of my materials at the beginning of July so my application has been complete. I...
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 ArticleInternational Business Major vs. Psych Major
I am a junior in high school and I am beginning to think about college majors. How easy is it to switch majors if you don't like it? I'm not sure which way I want to go. Also, do international business...
View ArticleHarvard Professor Steve Pinker on the Ideal Elite University Admissions System
There's a lot of interesting insights in this article. He does argue for making decisions by standardized testing (though not necessarily the present ones like the SAT), but his points would be just as...
View ArticleHigh SAT score as seventh grader?
Hi guys, If I obtained a 2220 in seventh grade (I'm currently a sophomore), how much do you think my score will naturally rise, without practice, if I take it junior year (by virtue of being older and...
View ArticleParents of the HS Class of 2016
Anyone else out there with a potential 2016 high school grad? S is one of them - right now, in the throes of deciding which high school he should go to. Having been down this road with D (class of...
View ArticleUnderstanding GPAs
I'm trying to work with the school to understand its system, but thought I'd get some outside perspective, too. My daughter has a waited GPA of around 97 (based on taking all available honors classes...
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