Kinnem,
I believe NC is like VA they have a program that if you go to the CC get your AA degree with at least 3.0 you get an immediate acceptance to any IS college.
Our DS was not accepted to his dream school, but he did get accepted to what I call you are paying for a diploma college. IOWS, private that charged a lot of money, but have no real recognition from an academic standpoint.
He stated I really only want to go here, so I will do CC for two years and transfer. He did and I also think as a Mom it made him a better person because he also had time to emotionally and mentally grow. He was our only child to opt this path.
~ CC life is way different. Some are doing what my DS did, some are much older, some are younger, some can only afford this path.
~~ No flaming me, just my opinion of what I saw through my discussions with him.
I also agree the whole MOOK thing was interesting, and believe it or not, the one class my DS had problems with was an online class. My DD at VT also said her hardest class was the online one. Both of them would go to the free tutors on campus for assistance.
Back on topic, for me four segments made me say here is where the problem lies.
1. Wesleyan is asked my a Dad tell me she will have a job upon graduation!
~ Can we say vague as a response, but true?
~~ 2.5 cgpa, probably not! Underwater basket weaving? Probably not!
2. The rock climbing walls, pools with tanning ledges!
~ Sorry, but any parent that is willing to have their child go in debt for four years of sunbathing or a great gym than Mom and Dad impo are buying a diploma
~~ DD loves to joke VT has the best ranked food, yet she also knows that their engineering and architectural programs are very, very strong when it comes to ranking. The ASU president joking about sun and palm trees was an
Seriously you didn't really mean to say that as a defense did you?
3. Cooper Union
~ That President is paid waaaayyy too much, but here is the problem....when they spent 175 million for that building were you fighting that too, or going ooh ahh look at our school!
~ The cost of education is rising so much, that impo kids that would have never thought of applying did so because it was free, in turn the acceptance rate became lower and in turn again they got more applicants.
~~ What do you think it will be next year for parents of HS juniors?
~ Sorry, but I think the kids standing up and turning their backs at graduation was IMMATURE and I would have cringed if my child did that.
~~ Their endowment is large @670 Million, but every year they are running in a deficit. Hire a President for 200K in NYC, even with a free house, they are still going to be over 16 million in debt. Sooner or later they will be out of money because now they are borrowing against the endowment.
4. Gov. Brown in CA stated that they had 16% graduation rate at the four year marker. Can't recall if it was for all UC colleges or just San Jose.
~ 16%?
Again, I really had hoped that they would have addressed endowments.
My pet peeves?
~ They charged hundreds of dollars for the diploma. Seriously? They couldn't find a way to pay for it like HS and gift it?
~ The minute they attend they have money making side businesses.
~~ The guilt letter sent to the parents for how they will deliver to their dorm for 50-75 dollars a final exam package.
~~ The your money will provide sholarships phone calls
~~ The letter sent as an alumni within weeks of graduation to please donate money.
Done venting about what is wrong