What do you call CC?

[elf4EVA]

a "college website" or "college forum"

[Catria]

A college website. Or, personally, a crystal ball.

[JenPam]

A message board.

[Juvenis]

Barron's College Guide

[Time2]

Mostly entertaining and not something to take too seriously. You really have no idea if the people offering 'advice' have any idea what they are talking about, often times it appears they don't. Adults in real life don't talk down to other adults or belittle those who happen to have a different point of view, not sure why it should be any different here. No one I know of thinks more highly of those who do. Many on here like to sound authoritative or will bla bla bla on whatever the topic of the week happens to be. Then there are those who seem to take the opposite view to whatever some are saying apparently in an attempt to provoke an argument. I also look at how many posts individuals have made since it seems like some are in a contest to see who can the highest number. The 'ignore' feature is also great since you can simply avoid reading the nonsense that some regulars tend to post.

[dentmom4]

I call it a college website. I tell my family I'm checking in with my virtual friends.

I use PM when I have specific info that may help one person and it doesn't really need to read by everyone.

[Descuff]

I don't consider it a "college website" even though it is effective. But it scope goes beyond simply college. We got HSL and ACT/SAT/AP forums, that sort of separate things from colleges stuff. But however this is the best place to gain personal answer rather then a statistical one.

[SerenityJade]

"A place with a collection of stuck up students who want to believe they're better than others". Also, "Home of the Ivy-worshipers".

The parents seem to act a lot better. And some of the students seem fine. But there are a lot who simply annoy me with how obsessed they are with so-called "elite" colleges/universities.



Of the choices, it's a forum...

[MD Mom]

I refer to it as " the college blog that I spend way too much time on."

[EliKresses]

"A college forum where everyone's really really smart" is usually my term of choice...=P But if people understood the term, I'd totally call it "Shrine to all things Ivy" lol. =P

[kypdurron]

what about "Brainiac Blogs"

[Marian]

I never mention it to anyone--except my daughter, who used to visit CC herself when she was applying to college and who figured out my username from my posts.

She's my younger child, and it's embarrassing to still be addicted to CC a year and a half after she graduated from college. It's time to move on, but the people here are so interesting that I keep coming back.

I assume that my daughter's interest in the site has long since faded away. She's saner than I am.

[CountingDown]

I call CC :my imaginary friends." Only thing is, I've met about a dozen of them IRL by now!

Both my kids hung out here for a couple of years. We tried not to step into each other's territory. These days I'm mostly in the Parent Lounge trying to manage the empty nest and the rest of my life. Works for me!

[jym626]

In general, I refer to it and consider it, first and foremost, a college resource site. Within that I have sub-community of what my family calls my "invisible friends", and come here for the answer to just about anything and everything.

[fallensocks]

It's a forum but anyone over the age of 60 thinks that whenever they type on their keyboard they're blogging. Look at me! I'm blogging!