<p>Emerson is on the list because she is contemplating broadcast journalism…
Have been to BU already. I LOVED it, but the girls… not so much…
Yes… I have heard Princeton is in the “Trifecta.” We are hoping to get there.
Have seen Tufts and others have said the same thing. She is already getting things from them.
B.C. has been discussed. Haven’t visited yet.
Haven’t thought about William and Mary. Will look into that. Is that the one near Williamsburg?
Will also look at Univ. of VT.</p>
<p>Yes College of William and Mary is in Williamsburg. If your D is intereted in broadcast journalism you might wnat to look at Ithaca College. It has a great communications and journalism program.</p>
<p>Arizona State has the Walter Cronkite School of Broadcast journalism with an outstanding faculty and a brand new tv facility in downtown Phoenix. your D would have to be willing to give up winter, though.</p>
<p>@chrissyblu - How about the EW Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University in Athens? Check it out. OU is a very nice school with great journalism. Pleasant environment, friendly students, good school spirit (Go Bobcats!)</p>
<p>We have “list of colleges mom likes” and “list of colleges son likes” with - thus far - only two schools on both. Ohio State and DePaul. We plan to do some visits junior year President’s Day and spring break. Hope we can add to the overlap list.</p>
<p>MidwestMom… that’s funny! Question is…how much is Mom paying! Lol…
DePaul is awesome. My older D’s best friend goes there and she loves it, so much that she didn’t come home this summer and stayed in Chicago.</p>
<p>In regards to DePaul, how is the residential life on the weekends? Would you d’d friend consider it a “suitcase” school? Many off campus apartments, etc.?</p>
<p>Seiclan, What do you think of The New College of Florida? We were on a tour of Grinnell yesterday. One of the other families was from Florida. I was surprised by the Mom’s lack of enthusiasm for New College. It sounds so good to have a state funded small liberal arts college. I wish our state had one!</p>
<p>ASU Honors College (Barrett) is a great school. The university has made a major commitment to it, building a completely new section with its own dorm and library for the honors students. The Immigration issue isn’t really making much of an impact, except for kids that want the experience of marching in a protest for a cause. It is easy to get to downtown Phoenix to protest, if you want to, although the protests are pretty small (300-500). Most of the protesters are from L.A. and took buses and cars to get in. That is a good 15 miles away from ASU. ASU is very friendly to foreign students and has a huge Hispanic population that adds a lot of life and flavor to the campus. Not all of the Hispanics agree with the protesters, though. It’s a great school. You will love it.</p>
<p>What’s on your student’s class schedule for next year? My daughter will be taking American lit/world lit, AP bio, Precal, AP Spanish, Beg. Chinese, “Foundations of the American Experience” (govt and econ rolled into one, I think)/ U.S. History, junior colloquium/AP statistics. Her school doesn’t offer AP English lit or any AP social studies courses but because it is a residential school for gifted juniors and seniors all the courses are considered college level except for her math class this year. We could pay for her to get college credit for Chinese and statistics. I’m trying to decide whether it is worth the $250/semester/course. Her former school offered some dual credit courses as well but I was skeptical about whether the credit would transfer out of state so we never paid for credit. This time, I think we might pay for Chinese since she may be applying for a Chinese study program if she likes it.</p>
<p>My son (to my chagrin) is most likely taking:</p>
<p>AP English Language
AP Spanish Language
AP Calculus AB
AP Physics B
AP Chemistry
Honors Marine Science
Honors US History</p>
<p>He is taking these classes because that is what he wants to study. He is very excited about this schedule. I am hoping that he can handle it all and still enjoy the subjects. </p>
<p>He took AP Stats and AP World History (plus 5 honors classes) this past year. He loves science and math (obviously). He already fulfilled his music and PE requirements in Freshman year. He was in the band (has played the trumpet since 4th grade) until mid Freshman year when he realized that, at our school, he needed to choose music or academics (due the the marching band’s time commitments…they win state awards and they practice every day and weekends for hours). He has no interest in 2 or 3D Art, so he choose more science for his electives. Due to school budget cuts, the computer science department is pretty much gone at our hs. </p>
<p>Apollo6 - New College of Florida is a very very small school and has the reputation of being very politically to the left. It has a bohemian vibe as well. I believe that it has a very open curriculum and no grades (but I never researched this one since my kids would never consider attending a school that was 1/4 the size of their high school). I don’t personally know of anyone who has ever gone there so I really cannot say much about the place. You could check out their website for answers though. The top students from our school (who stay in the public colleges in Florida) attend the UF or FSU Honors programs.</p>
<p>AP English 11
AP Bio
AP US History
Honors Alg II/Trig
Spanish 4
Coastal Marine Science
Portfolio Prep/Art
PE</p>
<p>We are both a bit worried about the work load, but then I see some of your kids work loads and I think he’ll be fine compared to them! His art choice is interesting since he’s not really thinking about a career in art or design. His art teacher tracked him down and told him she thought he really should take the class because of his talent. Talent? In my family? He is quite good and he enjoys it, so he thought he could have some fun. In addition, he is active in Model UN, Ocean Bowl, and track. </p>
<p>He is looking at schools now that offer majors in marine biology (he loves this, but knows that his career options are limited) and bio for pre-med. He’s just recently throwing political science into the mix. He’s volunteering on a political campaign this summer and fall and is having way too much fun. Since when is politics fun?</p>
<p>I didn’t know the importance of PSAT until going through the college app process with S1 last year. I used to think it was just a “pre” SAT practice test. Now I view PSAT as the first standardized test that REALLY matters in the college process for both admissions and for merit aid. We are just over 2 months away from this test! Is your child preparing for this? If so, how?</p>
<p>The only prep my D is doing right now is with a PSAT practice book and she’s focusing on critical reading which was her lowest score last year. What she is also working on is keeping track of the time. She says she ran out of time last year during the reading and writing sections. There is also an SAT prep seminar that addresses “stategy” that we are considering.</p>