White Mountain School-- Is is what I'm looking for?
What is the White Mountain School like? I noticed it doesn't have honors classes and has few APs; What does that say about it? I'm looking for a small school with lots of support. However, I'm also...
View ArticleSAT subject test superscore
Every school that I'm applying to offers Score Choice where they take the highest sub section. Does this apply for SAT subject tests as well? I'm feeling underprepared for an upcoming subject test. Is...
View ArticleShould I send my ACT scores before actually applying to schools early action.
I'm applying early action to UVA and university of Michigan. If I send my act scores before actually applying will the school match it with my application when I do apply.
View Article***Class Of 2015 NMSF Qualifying Scores***
Courtesy lonleynerd217 '99 '01 '04 '05 '06 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’12 ‘13 ---------------------------------------------------------- Commended 201 202 202 203 200 200 201 201 202 200 AL 211 208 208 210...
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 ArticleChances for Boarding Schools
Hi, I am applying to Groton, Middlesex, Hill, Peddie, St Mark's and Brooks for 2015-2016. Chance me please? (I have a lot of English related stuff because I am an international student and my school...
View ArticleBest music?
My nerdiest (i use this as a term of endearment for my really intelligent and studious friends) friends are always the ones with the best music taste, so why not consult the biggest college forum ever?...
View ArticleSeptember 22 log out day
OK...it's 10:55 p.m. On September 22. And I'm again getting logged out of this site when I use my back arrow. This hasn't happens in a couple if weeks. Why does this issue keep reoccurring?
View ArticleIf I reject Stanford for undergrad, will that hurt my chances of getting in...
First of all, I know how presumptuous it sounds to even talk about rejecting Stanford. It's not like I think I have a high chance of being accepted--it's just on the off chance... Not applying to...
View ArticleSend ACT, SAT, or both?
I am just beginning to apply to colleges. I have taken both the ACT and the SAT once. 1. Do colleges want both scores? 2. Is it to my advantage to send both scores? 3. Do I even have the option of...
View ArticleSAT help 2009 October lvl 5 crit question
This passage was written in 1971 by a woman who is a professor of art history. The question "Why have there been no great women artists?" is simply the tip of an iceberg of misinterpretation and...
View ArticleBiggest tear-jerker movies-- hand me a kleenex
CNN posted a list of 26 movies to make you cry. http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/10/showbiz/gallery/movies-to-make-you-cry/?cid=C75581a07 I noticed that Million Dollar Baby wasn't on the list-- the all...
View ArticleAnother case of a Frat behaving badly
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/19/uw-milwaukee-fraternity-date-rape_n_5851060.html?&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000056
View ArticleIs "The Voice" Your New Vice?
I caught Wednesday night's "The Voice" and love the new format. The judges, consisting of Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, and Blake Shelton are ALSO in competition with one another, as...
View ArticleShould I Transfer?
I am currently at a college 2 hours away from home and I am in a state of depression I am so homesick. I am only okay when I'm hanging out with my one friend or watching T.V. But otherwise when I sit...
View ArticleHarvard student embarrassed to say the school’s name
" ... Even as a college junior, I still feel uncomfortable when people ask where I go ... [it] often serves to alienate people or have them treat me with sudden coolness ..."...
View ArticleChanging planes with different airlines
Now that Southwest and AirTran have joined, in researching flights to Minnesota, we have found some options where we fly one leg on Southwest, then another leg on AirTran. Now, most of these do go...
View ArticleWhat do parents do on audition day?
Do we just sort of hang out until its over? My S isn't attending unifieds so we'll be at each school, just wondered what I'll be doing besides breathing into a paper bag (this will be only while he's...
View ArticleDiet/Exercise/Health/Wellness Support Thread
Over at the Parents of the Class of 2013 thread many of us were lamenting our struggles with weight, exercise and health. Since we seem to be a great many in number and we all want and need support and...
View ArticleSan Diego or NH?
Yes I know weather wise San Diego is a no brainer. I am talking about where to apply to a service academy, specifically the Naval Academy. Son is high school sophomore and attends boarding school in DC...
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