Dark Past, Want to Pursue PhD - Please Read Without Judgement (LONG)
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Hey guys, This is regarding my brother's financial aid offer. My brother was accepted into UCLA as an out-of-state student and his EFC was estimated to be 5500~. I understand UCLA does not require CSS...
View ArticleOfficial JMU 2014 Transfer Thread
I'm applying as an AA in Liberal Arts completer with a 3.1 (lots of A's and and B's with a D that I screwed up in). Regardless of which, I applied having heard people getting in with worse situations...
View ArticleAffordable Care Act Scene 2 - Insurance Premiums
We have enjoyed speculation about what ACA means to many of us over the past 75 days or so. http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/1527962-affordable-care-act-ramifications-discussion.html Now...
View ArticleClass of 2018 Carnegie Mellon RD Discussion
Who's excited for CMU decisions around the corner? Personally, I've got a sinking sensation in my gut, but I want to know my decision anyways. Where did everybody apply? I applied for SCS and Tepper.
View ArticleUPenn Class of 2018 RD Applicants
Hello everybody. Today is January 8th, about a week after the deadline for RD applicants. I thought that we should officially start up the thread for those who have applied to Penn RD. We can use this...
View ArticleQuestion about Temple academic merit vs Boyer music talent $$$
So I have been calculating GPAs 15 million different ways . . . cumulative flat and weighted, core academic both ways, core including foreign language both ways etc. Now is the time to bring up any HS...
View ArticleCharleston Divided
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View ArticleOfficial March 2014 SAT Scores
Here is the thread to post your scores for the March SAT. Just post it in the regular format: CR: Math: Writing Essay: Total:
View ArticleRegular Decision
Does anyone know how and when Williams College will be releasing its decision information for Regular Decision students? Thanks in advance
View ArticleGolf at Bowdoin
Hi all, I'm a high school junior and avid golfer. I have been wondering since my stats, particularly my gpa, are rather low, if talking to the golf coach / applying ED would help my chances. Bowdoin is...
View ArticleAppealing for Financial Aid
My FAFSA EFC is about 14,000, and my parent's combined income is ~125,000, and I have 2 siblings in college. However, Brown calculated my parent's EFC to be 50,000 (6K in scholarship and 7K in...
View Articleyet another big financial question
I've read many of the accounts in the parents forum that are similar, but I'm thinking there is a different slant on it. Kid has just gotten in to UC Berkeley. No aid, in state. She also was fortunate...
View ArticleMusical Theatre- Columbia College Chicago vs Emerson College vs Marymount...
So I just found out that I've been accepted into Emerson's musical theatre bfa and I am so confused. I've already been accepted into Columbia and am waiting to hear back from Marymount. I went and...
View ArticleNYU Regular Decision 2018 Discussion
Hi!~ I saw that there was a discussion for ED1 and EDII and figured to make on for RD since there wasn't one made yet. I am feeling so nervous and there's almost a month left. Ahh!
View ArticleAppeal to UC Berkeley
Hello! I'm a high school senior living in a small town in California, some ways away from Berkeley, where four of my classmates were accepted but only one plans to attend. I was rejected, but hold high...
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