2013-2014 Applicants and their parents.....
Today is the first day for registration for the 2013 MCAT. D2 spent 7 hours and 23 minutes in queue with AMCAS today before she was able to successfully access the MCAT registration site. Site only...
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 ArticleFinal Decisions; BACKGROUND, Class of 2018
Applied to: Florida State, CCM, Elon, Rider, Texas State, Pace, CMU, Michigan, Coastal Carolina, Ithaca, Otterbein, University of the Arts, Point Park, Ball State Prescreens: FSU, Texas State,...
View ArticleCan anyone start "Some tips for succeeding at Cal"?
I've seen the "Some tips for succeeding at UCLA" in their thread and found it very helpful, even though I'm probably not attending there. I think making a "Some tips for succeeding at Cal" would be...
View ArticleWhen can extracurriculars trump grades?
My DS is a junior and has been looking at schools and would like to go to one these pretty highly ranked private schools (UChicago, Northwestern, UPenn, Brown, Georgetown, etc). He has decent grades...
View Article2014 NM Official School Sponsored Scholarships Thread
Not the corporate sponsored, and not the onetime NMSC sponsored $2500 awards - Please post in this thread official awards sponsored by the college that you have listed as your top choice school that...
View ArticleRoswell Park Cancer Institute - High School Summer Internship 2014
Any applicants out there? (Good luck to all of you!) Have you guys received emails/letters or anything from RPCI yet about your completed application?
View ArticleAny USC Fall 2014 Transfer Students?
Hey (Future) Trojans, I'm a USC Fall 2014 Transfer Applicant, I'm wondering if there are any more of you out there, if so let's connect! Also, has any Transfer applicants heard back yet? My friend...
View Articlebest UCs/cSUs for bio?
So I want to be a marine biologist, and to do that I plan on going to college to study bio and then focusing on marine bio in grad school. I've tried looking at the bio programs at different UCs and...
View ArticleRPI vs RIT
I have posted this in other areas of the forum and haven't gotten many answers so I decided to post it again in here since I usually get a good response from here. But I apologize if you have seen this...
View ArticleIs it honest to call an osteopath program "medical school"?.
I recently saw a press release from a local college saying one of the graduating seniors had been accepted at medical school at Ohio University. That caught my attention, because I attended Ohio...
View ArticleWill LGBT Involvement Hurt Me?
Hey everyone! This is my first post, so I hope I'm posting this in the right place. I just had a conversation with my mom about joining the youth leadership group at my local LGBT center, and she was...
View ArticleSupplemental Questionnaire Decisions--2014
Decided to start a thread for future applicants receiving the questionnaire to refer to. To those that received the questionnaire: Please participate! Post whatever stats you feel are important, your...
View ArticleAP world history thread/possible essay topics 2014
Hello all! I am currently a sophomore enrolled in AP world history, and with the exam steadily approaching, I was wondering if anyone has any insight to what the essay topics may be this year? This is...
View ArticleThe "Bag A Week" Club
The NY resolution thread has many saying they have a goal of purging a bag a week in 2014. Great idea - donate stuff or trash stuff. Thought it would be great to keep each other on track to share what...
View ArticleWhat are reach schools for me?
I'm looking for some reasonable reaches for me to apply to this fall. I know I'm not Ivy League or very, very selective public school material, so please don't suggest those (I know I have no chance)....
View Articleany experience out there with warfarin or xarelto?
There is such a wide range of backgrounds and experience in the Parent Cafe - I hope that someone (an MD, RN, pharmacist, patient, etc.) can provide some information on these anticoagulants. We have a...
View ArticleIs being female really a hook?
I am an Asian female, so whenever I talk to my White American friends they think I have a hook for being a "minority" and whenever I talk to my any of my male friends they think I have an advantage for...
View ArticleJust moved to the U.S.
I'm a junior currently living in Florida who moved from Buenos Aires three months ago. The grading system in Argentina is pretty different from the one here. I went to a really rigorous school (it was...
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