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Dang, my kid didn’t get into any public CA University with a 4.2 GPA that was applied to.
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Our oldest granddaughter is in her Junior year at Mizzou. The first year’s tuition was ‘difficult’ for the family. But, if the out of state student gets a part-time job band a Missouri driver’s license the first year, the student‘s out of state tuition is waived for the remaining student years!
My daughter who had to attend UCR before being able to transfer to UCI was an honor student in the ‘highest rated’ school district at the time (Poway Unified School District), did the verifiable public volunteering during her 4 years in high school and held several student body slots, etc. What I wrote earlier was not “bs” it was a fact at the time (in the 1990s).
Our son’s grades were good but not stellar. He wasn’t able to get into UCSD; however, his counselor advised there was a formal ‘Tag’ program that students who completed 2 years in a Sn Diego jr college they would be able to transfer into the UC system. He did his time at Mira Costa and transferred to UCSD and graduated 3 highest in his department at UCSD.
My daughter who had to attend UCR before being able to transfer to UCI was an honor student in the ‘highest rated’ school district at the time (Poway Unified School District), did the verifiable public volunteering during her 4 years in high school and held several student body slots, etc. What I wrote earlier was not “bs” it was a fact at the time (in the 1990s).
Our son’s grades were good but not stellar. He wasn’t able to get into UCSD; however, his counselor advised there was a formal ‘Tag’ program that students who completed 2 years in a Sn Diego jr college they would be able to transfer into the UC system. He did his time at Mira Costa and transferred to UCSD and graduated 3 highest in his department at UCSD.
Why? I think there should be a service learning component to every high school curriculum and every first year college experience. Data from exit interviews show that students actually love it, it's often their favorite part of their entire educational experience.
Teenagers are generally assholes who only think of themselves. Not their fault, it's brain wiring, but too often they grow to be adult assholes who only think of themselves. Service learning (well planned, well implemented) can help break them out of that. It helps connect young kids to their local community and helps college students the same way, going a long way to breaking the "town/gown" divide that exists in every college town.
Sounds like no one sees a connection to this:
www.cnn.com
University of California system will no longer require SAT and ACT scores for admission after settlement reached | CNN
The University of California system will no longer require SAT and ACT scores for admission after reaching a settlement agreement, a statement from the UC system said.
www.cnn.com
Forced volunteering is not voluntary and drives many to feel the opposite of what you’re proposing it does
and how does volunteering during high school in their home town do anything to break the town/gown divide? (I always think of “cutters” in Breaking Away)
i agree for the most part. the cc transfer route is a great option but face it. cc's are high school with ashtrays. there is a human at play and depending how they handle the pressures and distractions of high school 2.0 will determine theyre sucess or failure at getting to the next level
likewise being around the other smartest humans of your generation straight out of high school can either make or break your college career.
i like to think that in the college landscape everyone eventually lands where they belong.
likewise being around the other smartest humans of your generation straight out of high school can either make or break your college career.
i like to think that in the college landscape everyone eventually lands where they belong.
and sorry ifall community service isnt a joke. my daughter worked 3 afternoons a week for 2 1/2 years at a kitchen preparing packaging and delivering meals specifically designed for individual cancer patients' nutritional needs and restrictions.
last years news. check the application rate increase starting for 2021. it only reinforces what sbd related in terms of uc's pullSounds like no one sees a connection to this:
University of California system will no longer require SAT and ACT scores for admission after settlement reached | CNN
The University of California system will no longer require SAT and ACT scores for admission after reaching a settlement agreement, a statement from the UC system said.
To get in to college. That is a joke
Literally nothing to do with school and it’s forced child slavery tbh
I wonder if ifallalot means that Lori Loughlin's kids don't do sh!t and get fraudulent paperwork, but the kids with no local government/scene connections have to do the hard yards?
Edit: Okay I suck balls at wondering. And wondering can take it's toll, yeah. And wondering, you can wreck your skull. And wondering can send my imagination up the tree I'm going to set on fire in 20 minutes.
Edit: Okay I suck balls at wondering. And wondering can take it's toll, yeah. And wondering, you can wreck your skull. And wondering can send my imagination up the tree I'm going to set on fire in 20 minutes.
Landscape seems ripe for some new colleges to break through and become big time schools, with demand and qualified applicants so much higher than available spots. Maybe we need five more UCs 
It's curriculum. It's not voluntary in the same way homework is not voluntary.
I was only referencing town/gown in terms of first year college experience. In high school, it is a great way of instilling some greater sense of social obligation in narcissistic teens.
you realize that there is actual child slavery in this world, and the end goal isn't college
UC Hollister RanchLandscape seems ripe for some new colleges to break through and become big time schools, with demand and qualified applicants so much higher than available spots. Maybe we need five more UCs
UC Point Dume
UC Palos Verdes
UC South Lake Tahoe
UC Fullers
What do I win?
Interesting so many white parents drew the conclusion, "Strive harder" from this. Always work harder not smarter.
My very white kid from Hawaii got in to a couple UC's. What put him over the edge was that he was 1)out of state, 2) he was from a "rural" public high school.
He was valedictorian and captain of the swim team and all this other sh!t too, but we were told the rural high school thing was a big deal. Plus all that out of state tuition money they wanted baby!
He went to UH on a Chancellor's scholarship, all four years paid for and he graduates in December in geography with a GIS certification from ESRI and two years of programming experience (just finishing his last Python class). Got a bunch of good waves along the way too.
My daughter is in nursing school on the mainland. Had to get off the rock, no way she was staying here.
My eighth grader at Kahuku just wants to surf, play basketball, and be a North Shore lifeguard, they have pretty much adopted him as their mascot
He was valedictorian and captain of the swim team and all this other sh!t too, but we were told the rural high school thing was a big deal. Plus all that out of state tuition money they wanted baby!
He went to UH on a Chancellor's scholarship, all four years paid for and he graduates in December in geography with a GIS certification from ESRI and two years of programming experience (just finishing his last Python class). Got a bunch of good waves along the way too.
My daughter is in nursing school on the mainland. Had to get off the rock, no way she was staying here.
My eighth grader at Kahuku just wants to surf, play basketball, and be a North Shore lifeguard, they have pretty much adopted him as their mascot
You win free admission to UC Spooner's Cove.
This thread is frustrating and really reminds how much the college system sucks at certain levels, but is making me want to go back to school
It was too much to navigate on my own at that age, and so much relies on being set up and guided by parents and mentors. You parents who are trying to figure it out and get your kids through it are awesome.Boy is going to do JC...probably Mira Costa (heard it was better than Palomar) has no clue what he wants to do, but we caught him giving a friend a tattoo in our garage (it looked real good!)...so maybe he'll go that route...
We were told that for SDSU. The normal ~60k applications was well over ~100k this year.
Yeah I have to give a lot of credit to my parents. All of it really.You win free admission to UC Spooner's Cove.
This thread is frustrating and really reminds how much the college system sucks at certain levels, but is making me want to go back to school
My Dad grew up on a foldout couch in a living room in the Bronx. Dropped out when he was 13, made the 41 a 40 on his birth certificate and got a job.
He told me to shutcha fawkin mout n do ya fawking schoolwork and get good marks. He was a soft pussy compared to my mom, who quivered with rage, went chain reaction criticality, and half destroyed my desk when I left an extra credit problem blank in middle school.