I am so sorry. I hope you are able to find some respite from this nightmare.

If you decide to put it on the transcript, I can give you the procedure used at the college where I was Registrar. The first time the course was taken, the 0.0 grade was recorded with an asterisk to the left of the course name and RPT to the right : * Algebra I 0.0 Rpt A footnote at the bottom of the transcript then read: Courses designated with an asterisk (*) are repeated courses. These courses are not included in GPA calculations.

M.T. Anderson's "Feed" is an excellent young adult sci-fi novel. Plot: what if everyone had the internet in their brain - deals with youth and technology saturation. There is one instance with some sexuality where a teen boy and his dying girlfriend plan to have intercourse but don't. Other goodies already mentioned: Starship Troopers, Heinlein Foundation, Asimov

Just something to consider- if she takes a fall semester off, she will probably go into repayment on her loans (if she has any).

I will tell you how it would be handled at the small college where I was the registrar. The college would ask for both a high school transcript AND a college transcript. Two separate transcripts would be required, even if the courses are identical, because the college requires a high school transcript for admission and a college does not issue a high school transcript. Then when the high school transcript was received, she would not have the courses required to be have graduated from high school in our state. Then she would not be eligible for either admission or financial aid until she took the GED. This would be true even though she already earned an AA. She would not be considered a transfer student because the college credits were earned as a high school student. Difference colleges have different requirements, of course, but in my opinion she would be severely limiting herself to go ahead with that plan... unless she has no qualms about taking the GED.

It is incorrect to state that the student must fill out a FAFSA to be counted as a college student. Certainly a dually enrolled student does not count, but a matriculated sibling student working toward a degree and enrolled in the appropriate number of credit hours DOES count, regardless of whether he/she filled out a FAFSA of his/her own.

I just wanted to address the 4 year graduation rates for students getting less assistance. At the college at which I worked, students were encouraged to take 5 years to graduate because they were still able to get grants and loans for the fifth year. They ended up paying less out of pocket for tuition and fees because of this. I still had issues with the policy, because I felt this did not take into account the lost wages the student could have been earning in a full time job during that fifth year, but it did enable students to pay less per semester.

To share my knowledge: I worked at a college that asked on the application if a potential student had criminal convictions. They also required an essay describing the crime. However, this did not exclude the person from entrance to the college; it just meant he/she had an interview with the admissions director. Occasionally the admissions department would recommend the student wait another year before attending, if the conviction/incarceration had been very recent. Other than those items, it wasn't a barrier to the student. This was a small conservative Christian college. And congratulations!

Your daughter needs to contact student services and follow the college's official policy to lodge a formal complaint against the other student.

I would not go if your recovery this time is as hard as your past recoveries. I had a nightmarish childbirth recovery and people who have not gone through it do not understand how bad it can be. Only do what you are comfortable with and do not worry about disappointing others. It's not like you CHOOSE to feel poorly. I'm sure you would much rather have the situation where you can go on visits, errands, and vacations only a few days or weeks after delivery, but it sounds like that isn't the situation for you. You can't apologize for it and you can't change it; you just have to deal with the reality of it. And the reality may be that going an hour away is just too much for you to cope with. However, I'm very much hoping for you that you have a MUCH easier time of it and are feeling fabulous at 6 weeks postpartum!

Michael Drout is excellent, especially his stuff on Tolkien and fantasy.

YOU are not causing a rift. Your sister is causing a rift.

Sounds like a lot of fun! Happy anniversary!

My advice would be that if the course is begun between January 1 and June 30, it needs to be at least 51% completed before July 1 in order to be counted as a spring semester class. In the same way, if a course is begun July 1 or after, it needs to be at least 51% completed before January 1 in order to count as a fall semester class. This way you are recording the class in the semester during which the majority of the work was completed. If you would need to produce a transcript before the course was completed, you would give the student an incomplete until the course is finished. This is similar to how colleges operate when they offer classes in the summer but not an official summer semester for financial aid.

Wow! Congratulations!

I'm just wondering if you asked this question high enough up the chain of command. When I was the Registrar of a small private college I occasionally granted requests just like yours. However, they had to be made to me personally by the student.

My 2 cents: I really liked Sylvester and think The Toll-gate is okay, but not her best. I haven't read the rest of your list, although I own a dozen of her books.

32/32 Lifelong Protestant here. I'm glad to see my BA in Bible, my Master's in Religion, and the 7 years I have spent adjuncting Church History didn't let me down.

For those in Michigan here is a link giving the information for community colleges and four-year colleges that participate in the MACRAO agreement. http://http://www.macrao.org/Publications/MACRAOAgreement.asp The MACRAO agreement lists which four-year schools will accept Associate degree transfers from participating community colleges (nearly all community colleges in MI) and with what provisos. For Heather in NC: some Christian colleges, including the one I used to work for, give large scholarships for kids of missionaries.

I have no ideas for you, but :grouphug:

Last week I finished #31 Tending the Heart of Virtue by Vigen Guroian, which gave me a different perspective on some fairy tales that differ significantly in meaning from the original version to the Disney version.

DS was two days overdue and I worked a full day Wednesday before my water broke at 2:30 am on Thursday. I did have a desk job, though.

Last week I finished #30 An Invitation to the White House: At Home with History by Hillary Rodham Clinton. It was informative, but stiff. This week I am working on Tending the Heart of Virtue by Vigen Guroian, Timeless by Gail Carriger, and a few others.

You are not responsible for his student loans as long as you don't consolidate his loans with your loans, thereby making them "our" loans.

I agree with most other posters about cutting out "extras" and getting you and your DH on the same page as far as what expenses really are. However, I do have a suggestion to make, if your DH is unwilling to change the tax withholding. If he wants to still receive $17,000 back, then you have to budget that 17k so that your monthly expenses are lessened throughout the year. For instance, if you could arrange with the grandfather to pay $3000 each year when you get your taxes back, that would free up $250 a month for you to use for household expenses. You could also set up a third account for your tax refund and use it only for designated expenses, such as car insurance or medical co-pays and only use it for those things. This is, of course, if he is unwilling to change the exemptions on his paycheck.