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Steven Wagner May 6, 2013 at 09:59 am
College and the economy go hand in hand.State colleges are affordable.Someday all these useless…Read More college courses will be eliminated but until then why send your kid to a 50k a year school to take classes in something that has nothing to do with their chosen field.Disecting a pig for accounting major as an example
Deborah B. May 4, 2013 at 12:12 pm
My daughter's school spent a ridiculous amount of time prepping the third grade for these tests...…Read More time that would have been far better spent LEARNING ACTUAL CURRICULUM. In addition, my daughter (who is in her school's gifted and talented program) suffered loss of sleep and anxiety over the "what ifs" of "not passing" these tests. Apparently the teacher practically terrorized the class with scenarios of remedial reading and tutors if the kids did not do well. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too much pressure, WAAAAAAAAAAAAY too much time away from curriculum, and WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too much emphasis on these tests.
Nassau Taxpayer May 2, 2013 at 04:24 pm
The Testing Machine is a beard for what has become The Data Mining Machine
Steven Wagner May 2, 2013 at 09:10 am
My daughter is a straight A student and her words to me were "I know how to figure problems out…Read More but its not fun if they don't explain the how's and why's".When we were kids you had book smart and street smart kids.You need a balance.
EB May 3, 2013 at 08:41 am
I second BD's suggestion about using KeePass, which is . It's a great way to store passwords…Read More securely. You set it up with a master password that you can enter with an on-screen keyboard to avoid key-loggers designed to steal passwords, and it can be installed on a USB "thumb drive", so you can take it with you when you travel.
When you record one of your passwords, it indicates how strong your password is.
Storing your passwords in a notebook is handy, but how secure is a notebook in case of a burglary, fire, water damage or just loss?
BD May 2, 2013 at 08:08 am
For a more high tech solution look into the app KeePass. It's a password vault that stores all your…Read More passwords encrypted. To go a step further, install Dropbox on each device you use (including smartphones) and place the KeePass database within a DropBox folder and your passwords will be accessible everywhere. KeePass can also generate highly secure passwords for you, then the only password you'll need to remember is the one to access KeePass.
Leonard Bauman May 1, 2013 at 10:08 pm
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Philip becker May 3, 2013 at 08:13 am
Are you on wyzant.com? It is transparently linking parents and tutors. The parents rate tutors. Most…Read More give me 5 out of 5 rating for sat verbal test prep, ap history and the like. I now have. 5 testimonials, 4 of the 5 using Skype and emails. One of them was accepted at u. Penn this year. Needless to say, the bulk of my new businesd has come from wyzant.com. now they are america's largest on line marketplace for in home tutors. Check it out, if you have not already done so.
The College Whisperer™ April 30, 2013 at 09:45 am
Thank you, Sharon. Cappex.com, along with related websites such as MeritAid.com, are wonderful…Read More resources of which all college-bound students should avail themselves.
Sharon Putyra April 30, 2013 at 06:59 am
www.cappex.com is an online consultant, if you will, to match the right schools - and available…Read More financial aid - to the right student.
The College Whisperer™ April 30, 2013 at 01:46 pm
Right you are, Mary. Which only goes to prove that, the more you ask, the more you will find out.…Read More And an educated student is a college's best consumer! Thanks for reading, and for posting.
Mary Fallon April 30, 2013 at 01:24 pm
Here's how you can tell how accurate an estimate from a college's net price calculator is: if it…Read More asks 30 to 40 questions (financial and academic) then your aid eligibility, net price and out-of-pocket cost estimates will be accurate. And these are easy and fast to use - taking 10 to 12 minutes to answer. About 1,500 colleges posted sophisticated NPCs that are based on current costs and use algorithms to reliable create personalized estimates. Unfortunately, the majority of post-secondary schools built their NPCs on a federal template that is based on two-year-old cost information, doesn't follow the federal formula for estimating need, and uses need questions to estimate merit aid. NPCs based on the federal template ask 12 or fewer questions.
Matthew Kolbert April 29, 2013 at 12:17 am
Sorry for the confusion, I am aware of what need blind means, and I was not saying that it had to do…Read More with the students decision. I was stating that, contrary to your blog, most schools are not need blind.
The College Whisperer™ April 27, 2013 at 08:38 pm
"Need blind" has to do with factoring in financial need in the COLLEGE'S decision to…Read More accept or deny, not the STUDENT'S decision whether or not to attend. In other words, colleges that are "need blind" do not consider a student's financial need when making admission decisions. Finances are always a consideration for the student, and should be taken into account both in deciding where to apply and where to go. How much, if anything, a college will offer -- whether need based or merit -- is another story entirely.
Matthew Kolbert April 27, 2013 at 12:54 pm
Since when are most colleges need blind? As someone who went through the application process just…Read More this year, financial aid was a major factor in my decision, and I found that only the most well endowed colleges are need blind.
Wobbly Jones April 7, 2013 at 10:19 pm
Do what my idiot cousin Joe did.
He is one of the dumbest people on the planet yet he had the…Read More college admissions process down cold.
He changed his name to Malik Shabazz had his mail sent to 1455 Martin Luther King Blvd.
He was admitted to Harvard.
When he showed up not one of the gold plated phonies that run the school had the nerve ask any questions.
He slept through the 4 years and got straight 4.00 index.
Try it. It may work twice.
Wobbly Jones March 27, 2013 at 04:13 pm
Online education is the future.
radical leftist hacks like the College Whiner will be at NYU…Read More next.........NY Unemployment.
Wobbly Jones March 20, 2013 at 07:24 pm
Also, if you are a parent and your kid tells you that he/she will be majoring in English, Political…Read More Science, Gender Studies, Black History, Sociology or any other worthless degree, tell them to pay for it themselves.
Any young person holding a soft degree is consigning themselves to a life of minimum wage employment.
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