daijobu Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 What is an efficient effective way for parents to use College Confidential? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quark Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 For some weird reason, I cannot log in to CC anymore. I use it to look for posts from college AOs and to see if they have shared any snippets not available elsewhere. Very light user here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 I like the college match search engine. I will also read individual threads if they show up in search results. I don't read their forums on in a regular basis. A lot of the posters seem to be students who may or may not know what they are talking about. When I looked at the forum for my alma mater, there were grads making pronouncements that were not factually based. YMMV. If official school reps comment that could be useful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowbeltmom Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 If you have a child who wants to play a sport in college, the athletic forum on CC is a wealth of information. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 I ignore many of the comments (obviously) made by students and use my intellect to figure out who actually knows what they are talking about. There are plenty of folks with a deep bit of knowledge on there - just sift - and ignore how many students claim to be super high stats. They may, or may not, be, but that gives them no better "college" knowledge than a teenager TBH. Like anything else, if I find something useful, I look for it to be repeated elsewhere too (like how good a school is in a certain field). It gave me a starting point in my research - plenty of schools to look at and some good financial info. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 (edited) I like the Parents of 20XX thread for my kid's year. I read and post daily. Edited December 19, 2016 by Luckymama 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodGrief Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Yep, the Parents of 20XX forum was very helpful during the application year (and the one preceding too.) Tends to be a knowledgeable group there, looking at a fairly diverse mix of schools. The financial aid forum is useful too, and during the application year, I liked browsing the forums for various individual schools. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Like Luckymama I read and post in the parents of class of 20xx thread. The FA forum has been invaluable for finding large scholarship schools and understanding taxes on scholarships. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann.without.an.e Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 (edited) Ya'll know I'm scare to death of that place :lol: :crying: Edited December 19, 2016 by Attolia 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodland Mist Academy Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Ya'll know I'm scare to death of that place :lol: :crying: I typically use College Confidential when I notice I'm starting to feel a little too confident about the decisions we've made about schooling or when I'm starting to feel a tad too hopeful about my daughter's academic future. One brief browse of College Confidential will toss me back into angst and despair like nothing else.... ;) 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vida Winter Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 What is an efficient effective way for parents to use College Confidential? Breathe in and out of paper bag slowly. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 We haven't found it useful for anything. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann.without.an.e Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 I typically use College Confidential when I notice I'm starting to feel a little too confident about the decisions we've made about schooling or when I'm starting to feel a tad too hopeful about my daughter's academic future. One brief browse of College Confidential will toss me back into angst and despair like nothing else.... ;) Yes, it is a good reality check isn't it? I occasionally stumble across them and begin to read and completely panic. It is bad. IT isn't good for my mojo. :lol: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.W Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 The forums for specific majors and schools were helpful, even if they didn't seem all that active. I posted a couple of questions on these forums and received a few helpful public replies, but then also received several private messages from other moms and they pretty much walked us through the whole last month of making a decision. I was so thankful for their insight and learned so much that we would have never thought to ask on visits. But, yes, there's a bunch of garbage on there too. I just love all the "chance me" posts from people with perfect scores and pages of activities. :tongue_smilie: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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