PRINCETON, DUKE, UM, etc.
Can you please chance me for EARLY ACTION at the following schools -Princeton (my number one choice, dream school) -Brown (they have an equestrian team, which is why I am applying) -Stanford (big...
View ArticleCommon App Essay - Readers Wanted
Hi everyone! I have a common app essay and I want my essay to be as strong as it can possibly be. I would really appreciate it if anyone would be willing to read my essay and give me some feedback PM...
View ArticleHow perfect is a perfect score?
Say you have 2400 SAT, 2400 SAT II. How much weight do these scores pull? Can they make up for low (ish) GPAs?
View ArticleName on SAT differs from College Applications
When my parents signed me up for high school they put my Christianized name instead of the name on my passport/birth certificate. Don't ask me why they did this, they believed church documents were...
View ArticleOver Parenting - How does this article sit with you?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michelle-gilman/harvard-schmarvard-why-ge_b_5896976.html Now that my children are in college, I realized we overdid the college prep and admission thing. Still, I am...
View ArticleWriting help, verb tense confusion
Radioactivity is generally not considered harmful when people are exposed to it at low levels for brief periods, but less clear is its long-term effects. " IS" is the error but isnt the subject of the...
View ArticleAnyone watch Parenthood, the tv show?
My 15yo ds and I watch together every week. The whole scenario with the 16yo and the 19yo is so tough. I'm wondering what everyone else would do in that situation.
View ArticleIs talking the most effective and satisfying way of communicating with others?
The 'power of speech' is said to be the fundamental advantage that the humans have over all organisms on earth. Since communication amongst human beings has become a necessity in this globalized world,...
View ArticleChance Me (My EC game is real)
Hello White Male - New York - Applying Early Action SAT - 700 Reading 690 Math 650 CR GPA - 3.6 UW 3.9 Weighted (Got a C in pre calc Junior Year :-( ) Course load - Most Rigerous Sophomore - A.P. World...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon. Rice. Northwestern University. UCLA
Chance me!!! I want to apply to these colleges as a music major. So for Carnegie Mellon, Rice and Northwestern I will be applying under their school of music, and at UCLA I will be applying as a music...
View ArticleED. Fab SAT, poor grade. Chance? (International)
Here are some of my stats: SAT: approx 2350 (retaking in Oct) SAT II: Chinese (first language..) 790, Maths II 760, Chem 720 2 self studied APs: 5(Music Theory), 4(Calculus AB) No GPA in school, but my...
View ArticleAnother ED chancing thingy - will chance back!
Hey everyone, I'm pretty much set on applying early to Northwestern. I'm going to visit in about two weeks, and as long as the vibe and campus aren't atrocious (they probably won't be), I'll be set to...
View ArticleTransferring After One Semester
Is there a Transfer forum on CC? My son is at a small LAC in New England, and he is miserable. I think it's a combo of homesickness, poor fit (he complains that on Fri, Sat nights the dorm is a...
View ArticleFuture ED Applicant
Hello! My dream school is Northwestern University, but I'm unsure about my chances. I was wondering if you could "chance" me or also make recommendations for other schools. I really want to go to NU,...
View ArticleParents of the HS class of 2015 - 3.0 to 3.3 GPA
Hey all, After seeing successful college acceptances of students in the 3.0-3.3 GPA range via the 2010-2013 threads, I'm starting a thread for our Class of 2015 children. At the end, some of us may...
View ArticleDo I even have a chance of being accepted?
I'm applying early decision to Stanford University in November of 2015. I am currently a junior. Here are my stats: SAT I: Not taken yet, but I'm in SAT Preperation classes with Kaplan (For free, as if...
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 ArticleNewbie questions about 24/7 caregivers: legal questions, etc.
Thanks readers and contributors. My 87 year old mother has been in failing health for a long time with extensive help from me (I live a few doors down the road). Over the past 6 weeks we have been to...
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 ArticleSAT real tests link mediafire
Anyone has the links to the SAT real test from 2005-2012 ? Please i'm in a hurry
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