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  1. BU does have some pleasant, quiet areas. The river bank is a beautiful place to hang out. However, as has been noted, BU is not just in Boston. Boston and BU overlap and intertwine. Its border with the river is the sharpest demarcation between BU/not BU, but even that is tricky because BUs boathouse is on the opposite side of the river from the rest of the buildings. A very wide avenue--more than six lanes in some places--with trolley lines in the middle of it runs through BU. BU admissions can be weird. The why BU? essay is very important as is showing up for a tour/info session not too late in the admissions season. Adding on a visit to a specific school/college is even better. They don't want a student who is looking for a way to go to school in Boston. They want someone who knows that BU is the best fit. My daughter was surprised to be waitlisted by BU while being accepted by much more selective schools. I think being a local student didn't help, but she didn't show the love as much as she could have either. She already knew BU well, and even has BU credit on her HS transcript, so she didn't do much on campus for her application. I can see that BU could have thought she viewed it as a safety. BU is not known for generous aid, but I don't have experience with that. I don't know of any homeschoolers going to BU, but I have never heard that homeschoolers are at a disadvantage in applying there.
  2. New England. In the seven figures. I live in such a house, minus the acreage.
  3. I would like to try a piece of wall art but not deal with a huge return hassle if it doesn't work out. It doesn't have to be as painless as zappos, but not too much worse.
  4. My rising 9th grader will be starting German with CLRC. The class meets for one hour twice per week. We have no experience with CLRC.
  5. I am so sorry. That sounds so difficult for you. I don't have any advice to offer. This does not sound like your fault.
  6. This is 3.091 and does not cover typical freshman chem. That would be in department 5. I took a quick look at the ocw site and did not see any chemistry classes there that cover what you are looking for. However, I think 3.091 is a great class, and the ocw version of it is with a fantastic professor. It is worthwhile in its own right.
  7. I had the initials wrong in my original post. Here is the link for Classical Learning Resource Center's German 1: http://clrconline.com/high-school-german-i/ Do you recommend any other online German course provider?
  8. Does anyone have experience with the German offerings there? This would be the student's first German course. Thank you! Lee in New England edited to correct major typo
  9. Ooooo. Thank you! I see I don't have my Waltons straight at all.
  10. I don't think the Corabeth character was a Walton. I think she was the snooty woman married to the storekeeper.
  11. Do they look like blisters? That's how a pock starts. I have never heard of chicken pox at this time of year. My daughter's mother pock was on her upper arm, a couple inches below the axilla. FYI
  12. I have a student who doesn't want to go to college at all. I pay more attention to the content and skills offered by this student's education than to what the college-bound kids are getting. If high school is the end of the line, there is a lot to get done.
  13. Once I sat in the front of the car for an overnight trip. I thought I would enjoy the extra space. However, I found sleep very difficult there due to the light that stays on all night near the front door and the traffic to the bathroom and out of the car. The next time I ended up at the back of the car. I thought the seat back would screen the light and noise, but the back was only a little better than the front. I think mid-car is better than either extremity. I wore a zippered sweatshirt backwards with the hood over my face. It was cold in the train, and the hood worked better than a mask to keep the light out.
  14. A week day. Two adults, two girls (very young teen, old teen), two boys (teens). Varied interests We will be at Carnegie Hall in the evening and leaving the city right after the concert. Any suggestions? Thanks!
  15. Excellent, excellent perspective. Sorry about the slap from your MIL.
  16. Is there a reason for this that you could share? Lee in New England
  17. Looks like a banner year for Brandeis's admitting local homeschoolers. When we arrived for our tour, we saw a homeschooler that we knew through my husband's work. We hear that he was admitted but is going elsewhere.
  18. Between those; a disdainful tone as in "really?! how could that have been a good experience?" when she writes something positive, in a humble vein, such as "It's not for everyone, but I enjoyed it."
  19. That's nice to hear. Is he local? My daughter says one of her fellow incomings is pestering her about being homeschooled on Brandeis 2020 facebook chat.
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