<p>Gary:</p>
<p>I suggest you post your thread in the Parents Forum, not the cafe. You’ll get lots more answers. Welcome.</p>
<p>EEEEK. I have been reading things on the College **<strong><em>. How true is that stuff? I find it hard to believe that kids at top LAC could be that invested in the “stuff” that is reported. As a parent, I hope that my kid will go to a great school and get a great education. Then… I read "College </em></strong>" and I am scared to death. I went to a “top LAC” . There was always “stuff” happening but for the most part, people studied and were generally good kids. Any comments would help.</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>MRN</p>
<p>Hi All:</p>
<p>I am a complete newbie here and have some questions, but first off, what is College *******? Can someone email me what this is as it sounds like something I would want to know about. </p>
<p>I am a parent of 16 year old twins, one who has been ill for a long time so is a year behind his sister. Sis is going to be looking into college (Jr. next year) soon, so I am trying to get a jump on it.</p>
<p>I don’t know what all the abbreviations are. Is there a place to find out what they are. Some are obvious, but some not.</p>
<p>Thanks for any help.</p>
<p>Hi Nort, welcome! I’m in the Bay Area, too (San Jose area), with one S a college freshman and one S a HS junior – PM me if you want to talk over anything local.</p>
<p>You’ll find the abbreviation thread here on the Parents forum:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=52585[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=52585</a></p>
<p>This forum is fabulous. My daughter will be attending NYU in the fall, and I will gain so much by reading everyone’s ideas. Thanks so much!</p>
<p>I am new to this forum and have been trying to figure out how to open a new thread…could I have some help? : )</p>
<p>On the main Parent Cafe page, where it lists all the thread titles, you’ll see a little white box above the first one (which is currently this one 
) that says “NEW THREAD”. Poke that and you’ll be able to enter the new thread title and text, and then preview it before you submit it. Go for it!</p>
<p>Hello, I am new to this site and I am really not sure how to get around in it…I fell into this cafe…My daughter is looking for an all girl private college to attend next year. Does anyone have suggestions on any. We have looked at colleges around Boston, but we would love to have here closer to home, possibly in teh California area…Help</p>
<p>I see you’ve found your way to the Parents forum and started a new thread where you are already getting some replies: well done! And welcome. :)</p>
<p>This is my third attempt to post so before I lose diatribe #3, I’m just going to try and send this.</p>
<p>Okay, I’m finally logged in. </p>
<p>I’m trying to find a transfer school for my son who is currently attending a very nice, ultra-preppy , frat-oriented LAC feeling like a fish out of water. Somehow we all overlooked the fact that a better fit for him would have been a much more liberal-thinking school such as Vassar, where he will apply as a transfer. It would have been a reach for him to have been accepted there as a freshman and although he is Dean’s list, we are aware that it’s still difficult to get in there. What other northeastern or mid-atlantic schools could compare but are not as highly selective? We already know of Skidmore and are at a loss for others. What about Holy Cross? Is it just the Catholic version what he’s getting away from? Jesuit thinking is pretty liberal. Thanks for helping if you can.</p>
<p>Hampshire?</p>
<p>Thank you. I’ll pass it on to my son and see what he thinks. Do you know if there’s any way I can post my previous message so that it can be read in places other than the new parent cafe’ ?</p>
<p>Glad to see this new forum! Parents need somewhere to take a load off…the college admissions process. </p>
<p>Jill</p>
<p>New forum? It’s been here since Jan '05…</p>
<p>Jym626, you are right. The Parent Cafe is not new. The stickie at the top was to let readers know of this forum and what it is for. It is still stuck there. I guess the forum is new to new readers though!</p>
<p>I am not sure my last post got on, keep trying, I guess</p>
<p>Hi everyone – I’m new here and my dh will chime in from time to time as well. I’m trying to get a feel for these boards? Are parents here
intense, all out for the Ivy league? Is this the place for achievement anxiety or for a balanced approach to facilitating our children’s growth through college? We live in a uber competitive part of the country and our daughter is not headed to a competitive school (and we hope, not a competitive life!).</p>
<p>Is this a good place to talk about the small schools, hidden gems? Our approach is that college is the a feast not a race…am I in the right place?!</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>sorry for the typo above!</p>
<p>Hi,
I have lurked at the forums in this site a bit but decided I should post at least once so here goes:</p>
<p>I am a parent of a high school senior who wants to attend an Art school or a university with a good Art & Design program. She has applied to both public and private schools & waiting to hear about acceptance or denial. She has had 2 portfolio reviews so far which have gone well. She definitely got into one so far based on her portfolio (pending other documents, but she has good grades and great SAT scores - which it seems that most Art schools don’t care much about anyway), but this is to a very expensive private school so I don’t think we are willing to shell out that much for an education in Art (not to mention, we will really be hurting in the retirement savings). Are there any other parents out there with this situation (Art school etc)?</p>
<p>Sara</p>