Philadelphia theater
We want to get our girl tix to see Newsies in Philly as a grad present. The show is on stage end of Oct/beginning of Nov. I cannot purchase tix thru the Kimmel Center until sept or oct. There are 2...
View ArticleWOULD YOU RATHER--Boarding School Edition
Choose one of the two schools listed and then make your own pair. If you want give the reasons why you would choose I'll start NMH or Loomis? NMH, because I really like the campus Groton or St. Paul's?
View ArticleMoving to ohio
Heather and anyone else, sell me on why living there is good. Oh yeah Dayton area
View ArticleFour Year Plan?
Hi guys. I was wondering what you guys think of my four year plan. Any feedback is appreciated. Freshman: Computer Keyboarding- A Honors World History- A/A Honors Geometry- A/A Honors Bio- A/A+ Spanish...
View ArticleOberlin Parents
I am a new Oberlin parent; my son was accepted ED for Class of 2018. I have an older son who will be graduating from Yale in the spring. On the Yale CC boards, there is a running thread for Yale...
View Articleap
Hi I am a rising senior and I had a question. I am finalizing my schedule next year and I was wondering which AP class is better. Psychology or Environmetal Science? It is an elective course I am...
View ArticleWriting the Essay
I have the option of taking either Writing the Essay or Commerce and Culture this fall at Stern. I've heard that WTE is a GPA dropper-- is that true? Is Commerce and Culture easier to do well in? Also,...
View ArticleAre university pre-college camps a scam or tools exploited by wealthy parents?
My daughter did two last summer. One was full of what she described as wealthy slackers, who snuck booze into camp and seemed to only be there because their parents signed them up? The other she loved...
View ArticleAmherst Cries Poverty
Pity poor Amherst. It has to make do with that broken down shack, The Robert Frost Library and only ONE dining hall for 1600 students. Oh, and the reason? Because all those financial aid kids are...
View ArticleUCSD Transfer 2014 Waitlist?
So who else got stuck on the waitlist? Not sure how to feel about this.....some people say its worse than being denied but I'm hearing a lot of different things. Major: econ GPA: 3.44 Opt-in waitlist?...
View ArticleNeed some help in selecting colleges :(
Hi everyone, This may end up being a long post but I'll try to keep things short. I'm a rising senior who goes to a pretty competitive public school that sends quite a few people to ivies and top...
View Article**OFFICIAL** AP Chemistry 2014 Thread
Salutations, fellow upcoming AP Chemistry students. So who is also taking AP chemistry next year, because I will be as a junior. Feel free to discuss the class topics and prepare for the AP exam....
View ArticleForget school, it's summer! (Off topic 4.0)
For all ya new ccers, every year we have an off topic thread of randomness throughout the summer So post and chat away Brahs
View ArticleKaplan ACT Tutor?
I am a junior in high school and I applied to Kaplan to be an ACT tutor. My ACT score was comp: 34 eng: 34 math: 36 reading: 32 Science: 35 They asked me to do an audition and I am wondering if anyone...
View ArticleFREE SAT Essay Scoring
To sharpen my skills, I'm willing to grade SAT essays that you post in this thread for me to practice seeing essays from a rater's perspective. Like most SAT raters, I will spend no more than 2 minutes...
View ArticleParent Orientation
Are any other parents going to orientation in June and do you know what to expect? We opted to stay on campus, sounded like fun, just wondering what is in store.
View ArticleThe other side of high achievement
I just thought I would share a story and invite comments. I'm not sure what the moral is. My daughter participated in Duke TIP last year in seventh grade and made a 27. In April of this year she took...
View ArticleWhat did you learn from your PARENTS that you are forever grateful for?
(for fun, you can change your profile pic to a parent pic, if desired.) H and I often talk about how much my parents taught my 6 sibs and me (and SILs and DILs). H's parents literally taught their kids...
View ArticleSorority dues and questions
I really want to rush when I go to college but I'm so confused by it all. What are the dues like? I know they can be different everywhere, but what's an average? Also, what happens of you don't make it...
View ArticleChance for UIUC
Im a junior at a high school in Connecticut my weighted GPA is a 3.3 (very weak) I am very interested in math and computer science and have progressed from geometry to AP Calculus BC in the span of 3...
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