Does a free period in senior year look bad for colleges?

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If you are taking 6 rigorous academic classes, I doubt they will care at all.

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Is taking languages in senior year important for selective colleges ?
DD took AP (got a 5) after junior year Spanish 5. So she is done with languages…

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Anonymous wrote:My son only took 6 classes junior and senior year. He got into three top 20 schools.

Sure. Name them. And where did he go?

Brown, Vanderbilt, Cornell. He went to Drexel.

I have heard of the first three, but not the last one.

Extremely interesting, and unlikely, choice... Quite possibly the only person ever to turn down those and go to Drexel.

Drexel may have offered money.

Yes, Drexel offered more money but he's a very practical person and wanted the coops that Drexel offered. We visited Cornell in the spring after he was admitted and it was cold and gray and pretty depressing so that knocked it off the list. He liked Vanderbilt but felt like it was too southern and preppy and full of fraternities and sororities. He liked Brown but it was too expensive.

The info about Cornell and Vanderbilt could have been gleaned from a simple google search. I don't think you're genuine. Your posts reek of BS.

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Anonymous wrote:My son only took 6 classes junior and senior year. He got into three top 20 schools.

Sure. Name them. And where did he go?

Brown, Vanderbilt, Cornell. He went to Drexel.

I have heard of the first three, but not the last one.

Extremely interesting, and unlikely, choice... Quite possibly the only person ever to turn down those and go to Drexel.

Drexel may have offered money.

Yes, Drexel offered more money but he's a very practical person and wanted the coops that Drexel offered. We visited Cornell in the spring after he was admitted and it was cold and gray and pretty depressing so that knocked it off the list. He liked Vanderbilt but felt like it was too southern and preppy and full of fraternities and sororities. He liked Brown but it was too expensive.

The info about Cornell and Vanderbilt could have been gleaned from a simple google search. I don't think you're genuine. Your posts reek of BS.

We visited Cornell in the summer. It was beautiful. Sunny and low humidity. We went back in late March I believe and there was still snow on the ground. It was cold and gray and depressing. He was turned off and says no thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:Is taking languages in senior year important for selective colleges ?
DD took AP (got a 5) after junior year Spanish 5. So she is done with languages…

It is to some schools. The CDS should have sone info. Be aware that some schools want language every year even if they have reached a high level (unless they have reached the highest level offered- they won’t penalize you for not taking classes that weren’t available).

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You will list all intended courses for spring semester on the applications. Dd was admitted ED to an Ivy and the admissions information said she was expected to follow through on courses she listed for spring semester and other activities she had expressed that she would continue or contact the admissions office to explain the change.

In my opinion, a reduced schedule would look bad unless you explain it-- for instance, that you are doing an afternoon internship and need to leave school early to make it there during business hours.

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Anonymous wrote:You will list all intended courses for spring semester on the applications. Dd was admitted ED to an Ivy and the admissions information said she was expected to follow through on courses she listed for spring semester and other activities she had expressed that she would continue or contact the admissions office to explain the change.

In my opinion, a reduced schedule would look bad unless you explain it-- for instance, that you are doing an afternoon internship and need to leave school early to make it there during business hours.

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Anonymous wrote:How are colleges going to know if a student has a free period? The transcript doesn't have the student's actual schedule -- just the classes being taken.

Idiots.

Well if they list 5 classes when previously they listed 6 I'm sure the admissions folks aren't that idiotic when it comes to subtraction.

If you have 6 rigorous academic classes (science, math, English, social studies, foreign language, and misc), it doesn't really matter to them whether you take a study hall. EC's where you win awards would matter far more.

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Anonymous wrote:How are colleges going to know if a student has a free period? The transcript doesn't have the student's actual schedule -- just the classes being taken.

Idiots.

Well if they list 5 classes when previously they listed 6 I'm sure the admissions folks aren't that idiotic when it comes to subtraction.

If you have 6 rigorous academic classes (science, math, English, social studies, foreign language, and misc), it doesn't really matter to them whether you take a study hall. EC's where you win awards would matter far more.

No that's backwards. ECs are just the icing on the academic cake.

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Anonymous wrote:My son only took 6 classes junior and senior year. He got into three top 20 schools.

Sure. Name them. And where did he go?

Brown, Vanderbilt, Cornell. He went to Drexel.

huh? Who guided him on THAT decision?

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Anonymous wrote:My son only took 6 classes junior and senior year. He got into three top 20 schools.

Sure. Name them. And where did he go?

Brown, Vanderbilt, Cornell. He went to Drexel.

I have heard of the first three, but not the last one.

Extremely interesting, and unlikely, choice... Quite possibly the only person ever to turn down those and go to Drexel.

Drexel may have offered money.

Yes, Drexel offered more money but he's a very practical person and wanted the coops that Drexel offered. We visited Cornell in the spring after he was admitted and it was cold and gray and pretty depressing so that knocked it off the list. He liked Vanderbilt but felt like it was too southern and preppy and full of fraternities and sororities. He liked Brown but it was too expensive.

The info about Cornell and Vanderbilt could have been gleaned from a simple google search. I don't think you're genuine. Your posts reek of BS.

We visited Cornell in the summer. It was beautiful. Sunny and low humidity. We went back in late March I believe and there was still snow on the ground. It was cold and gray and depressing. He was turned off and says no thanks.

How much research are you people doing? Central NY is one of the gloomiest places on Earth. I went to Colgate nearby and it's no secret that weather is the biggest downside.
I'm shocked at how many people apply to schools they have not researched. If weather is important, why not look at the weather before applying?
Seems like that application to Cornell could have gone somewhere else and not have been wasted.

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Do study halls look bad in 9th grade?

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Anonymous wrote:Do study halls look bad in 9th grade?

Community college for that kid

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Anonymous wrote:Do study halls look bad in 9th grade?

No. You just need to have the core classes. Colleges don’t care about electives. A study hall (or reduced schedule) does not show up on the transcript.

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Anonymous wrote:My son only took 6 classes junior and senior year. He got into three top 20 schools.

Sure. Name them. And where did he go?

Brown, Vanderbilt, Cornell. He went to Drexel.

I have heard of the first three, but not the last one.

Extremely interesting, and unlikely, choice... Quite possibly the only person ever to turn down those and go to Drexel.

Drexel may have offered money.

Yes, Drexel offered more money but he's a very practical person and wanted the coops that Drexel offered. We visited Cornell in the spring after he was admitted and it was cold and gray and pretty depressing so that knocked it off the list. He liked Vanderbilt but felt like it was too southern and preppy and full of fraternities and sororities. He liked Brown but it was too expensive.

The info about Cornell and Vanderbilt could have been gleaned from a simple google search. I don't think you're genuine. Your posts reek of BS.

We visited Cornell in the summer. It was beautiful. Sunny and low humidity. We went back in late March I believe and there was still snow on the ground. It was cold and gray and depressing. He was turned off and says no thanks.

How much research are you people doing? Central NY is one of the gloomiest places on Earth. I went to Colgate nearby and it's no secret that weather is the biggest downside.
I'm shocked at how many people apply to schools they have not researched. If weather is important, why not look at the weather before applying?
Seems like that application to Cornell could have gone somewhere else and not have been wasted.

We visited every school before applying. I loved Cornell after our visit and so did my son. I know this concept is hard for DCUMs but things change sometimes. We both knew it would be cold there in the winter but the only word to describe snow on the ground in the spring (for us) is depressing. It was probably around the middle of April because my son's birthday is then and we drove all of the way home to have his birthday dinner. The students looked tired and I think our tour guide said they had already had spring break so they shouldn't have been dragging like that. It was a totally different vibe the second time we visited.