<p>I posted awhile ago about a scholarship question (on Grinnell) in the scholarship category of the forum. Now I see there is a separate section on Grinnell that maybe that would have belonged in. Are double posts allowed–can I post the identical message in the other forum or is it just one forum per question here? </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>P.S. Having fun reading all the info on the board. There is a lot to absorb!</p>
<p>Welome to CC! People re-post their questions all the time if they do not get responses. Or you can ask the moderators to move your thread.</p>
<p>Hi, orangepop, and welcome.</p>
<p>IMO, it’s fine to “double post” in cases such as the one you mention: maybe a post didn’t get responses on one forum and another might be better. Sometimes it makes sense to post both on a school or other forum as well as in the Parent Forum - to get different perspectives.</p>
<p>I don’t think anyone (or the site Administration, I would guess) likes it when someone posts the same thread on 8-10 different forums. Yes, some of the kids seem to do this asking about their “chances”, lol.</p>
<p>Also, if you find you’ve posted on the wrong forum - or find one which seems more suited - but it is too late to edit your own post (there is a 20 minute time limit on self-editing), you can click “Report Problem Post” at the bottom of your post. This goes to the Moderators and you can tell them that you would like the post moved to XYZ forum.</p>
<p>Finally, there is a Community and Forum issues section, where I think things like this might be covered. Or where you can ask “procedural” questions such as yours.</p>
<p>Anyway, welcome. I don’t have any knowledge re Grinnell and scholarhips, but I do know that this is an excellent forum for gaining all kinds of information on college search, merit aid search etc. </p>
<p>You probably will do well to post your question on the Grinnell forum and, if that doesn’t get answers, here on the Parent Forum there are many knowledgeable folks about both Grinnell and merit aid strategies.</p>
<p>Post anywhere and everywhere!</p>
<p>like voting, early and often!</p>
<p>well, yeah!</p>
<p>Orangepop - The kids have been bashing the parents on CC recently for our unimaginative screen names. If you turn out to be the father of a Syracuse student, you’ll have the coolest parent name on the site!</p>
<p>LOL!!! I guess I am unimaginative…I drink a lot of Sunkist and it was sitting on my desk when I was trying to come up with a screen name that wasn’t already taken. I can see why the kids think the names are lame sometimes 
My coolness factor must have gone out the window as soon as I was a parent to teenagers.</p>
<p>Haha gadad–I thought he was a clever Syracuse parent too!</p>
<p>My bubble has burst, but welcome orangepop!</p>
<p>Ha! I’m a SHE! I’m a mom, not a dad. The pop is just from the Sunkist idea (we call it pop, and I know some call it soda).</p>
<p>Original AND deceptive name…I like it. You’ll fit right in.</p>
<p>I think it’s a good idea to post in the parent’s forum even if you may post in other forums. I only click on the parents forum (and cafe) anymore.</p>
<p>O’pop- my immediate reaction was the drink, but I think of Orange Crush. I still remember the dorm discussion eons ago about who uses pop/soda/sodapop for the carbonated beverage (Madison/Milwaukee/Missouri, the last per a transfer student). The important things one retains from one’s college education…</p>
<p>Not to hijack the thread, but in response to wis75 – one of the “important” things I retained from college was the ability to juggle. (That one actually impresses my kids!) And about the terms for carbonated drinks – aren’t there some places where it’s called “tonic?” (Not by me, but …)</p>
<p>PS Welcome orangepop</p>
<p>ellemenope-- this is not really on this thread’s topic, but I have wanted to tell you that my D used to say she would name her first born “ellemenope!” So every time I see that you have posted, it makes me smile! Sorry for the tangent… :)</p>
<p>^^^^</p>
<p>I guess I should say “welcome, orangepop-mom!” You got me! ;)</p>
<p>As a NYer who went to college in Massachusetts, the first time I heard soda referred to as “tonic”–I thought they actually wanted tonic water and wondered why would anyone want to drink that–without the gin and lime, anyway!</p>
<p>And, of course they wanted a “grinder” with the “tonic.” </p>
<p>I was quite lost for a while in terms of all of the regional slang…eventually I caught on, and still retain some vestiges of the past. </p>
<p>My D is quite amused by my constant and semi-sarcastic use of the word “wicked.”</p>
<p>BA – I grew up in western MA. We said soda, not tonic – which as you properly point out, refers to what is used to make a gin & tonic! The MA accent gets lost at about Athol (look it up on a map), but “wicked” is statewide, I think.</p>
<p>Welcome, orangepop! I’m pretty new here too.</p>
<p>Heh…my D and I recently took a college visit trip to CA, and one night we went out to eat at a pizza place. They had fountain drinks, so while ordering I asked for a “medium pop.” The clerk looked at me quizzically and said, “Where are you from?”</p>
<p>“Oh,” I said, “is this a soda state?”</p>
<p>The oddest variation I’ve heard is that some parts of the country (south?) call pop/soda a “Coke” even when it isn’t Coke.</p>
<p>Hi, orangepop! Welcome to cc. I am a fairly new member and love it here.</p>
<p>I am from the midwest, and when I was growing up I never used the terms “soda” or “pop”, even though I heard both from people around me. Our family referred to non-alcoholic beverages as “soft drinks.” If you wanted to be more specific, you just mentioned the brand name of the drink you wanted to talk about or offer. Am I the only person left who does this?</p>
<p>Gladmom, you must be from Texas. Whenever I’m there and I order a Coke, the server asks “What kind”? Freaked me out the first time it happened!</p>
<p>franglish–here’s to hoping your D no longer wants to name first child LMNOP! (Still, I’m touched…)</p>