Which internship should I choose
I'm a finance major and got offered an internship with aon in their benefit operations department, which doesnt have a lot of finance, but I also have an interview with merill lynch for their fin...
View ArticleFailing.... Time to Quit?
I'm a freshman in my second semester, my major is Electrical Engineering. I'm near failing my math and science/physics classes. I was top of my class in high school, I always loved math and was rather...
View ArticleMinnesota Twin Cities vs. Augustana College
Minnesota is a huge school while Augustana is a small liberal arts school. I plan on majoring in Psych and Mathematics. What's really important to me is the opportunity for research, and at a large...
View ArticleWhat to do Now?
For most of the schools I've seen, the deadline of January 15th has already passed. So what's everyone doing waiting for M10 to come around? I saw a thread like this last year and it was interesting to...
View ArticleLanding Pad for Helicopter Parents--Safety Net or Spyglass?
In an attempt to keep hovering mothers and fathers happy and to possibly boost the school's retention rate at the same time, the University of Tennessee at Martin offers a Web site, "MyUTMartinParent...
View ArticleTeach For America 2014 Corps
Hello everyone. As the first Teach For America application is out, and due August 16th I thought I would create a 2014 Corps thread similar to the thread we had for last year. Who here is excited, and...
View Article*Caltech c/o 2018 Applicants*
Calling anyone applying to Caltech for class of 2018~! I EA'd along with MIT, what about you guys? Any thoughts on admissions/yourself/essays/whatever? Favorite color? xD
View ArticleIs it better to view a college's admission decision through the portal or...
I'm waiting to hear an answer back from my first choice school, LMU. I'm not entirely sure when they are supposed to be mailing out decisions, but the anticipation is slowly killing me!!! Should I wait...
View ArticlePrep School Ranking Game Part Two!
This game was started by browneyedgirl8 a few years ago, so I decided we should play it again: So I saw this in another post for colleges, and I thought it might be fun... Changed it from colleges to...
View ArticleDo you think a gap year would be necessary or helpful?
So I'm a junior right now and would graduate next year. So I want to go into acting and/or directing, but I'm still really lost as to where I want to go and so I was thinking a gap year could be a good...
View ArticleRate the schedule above you
On a difficulty scale, 1-least impressive 10-most impressive. I've lurked here for a while and I see all these 'is this a good schedule?' threads and figured this would be useful. I'll start (ignoring...
View ArticleTotal Merit money with SSA's?
I've been seeing a lot of $11,000 for oos students. Is that it or are you getting more from the SSA applications? We are looking at IU for my daughter and need to know what ballpark she'd be in. She's...
View Articleap physics b or ap computer science
here is my junior year schedule so far ap chemistry precalculus honors study hall gym french 3 language arts american studies 2 for the last class should i take honors physics(curriculum of ap physics...
View Articlehow to distract oneself from the college decision wait
What have y'all been doing while waiting? I need ways to distract myself. The wait is agonizing.
View ArticleThe best math and science extracurriculars
I am currently a freshman and I would like to start being involved in some extracurriculars. I really wanted to join science olympiad, the problem is I have bad social anxiety and I get very nervous...
View ArticleBoarding School Applicants for 2014-15 School Year
I just wanted to create a thread for all people applying to top boarding schools for the 2014-15 year. Any questions, concerns, we can also share our application experiences, and we can share our stats...
View ArticleAt what universities are students randomly assigned classes instead of...
In another thread, there was a claim that students are randomly assigned classes, rather than choosing their own within the usual constraints of space availability, avoiding time conflicts,...
View ArticleRD acceptances are in 2 days!
I have been lurking on this forum for about a month and I've noticed there is very little action. I know my son is really looking forward to getting a decision Saturday evening. Anyone else?
View ArticleWhat are my chances of getting into Miami University (Ohio) and what...
I want to double major in Accounting and Finance and minor in Spanish. I'm a junior and I took mostly basic classes freshman year but sophomore and junior year mostly honors. My nonweighted GPA is 3.8...
View ArticleThacher Letters
Has anyone gotten their decisions letters from Thacher? Mine just came in the mail! I live on the east coast, so I'm guessing those of you on the west coast are hearing right now too.
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