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We are scheduling a college visit at St John's College. This school is a dream. Now, I'm looking for the best way to make an extra $40-$50k/year working part-time so that I can afford to send dd there. Anyone got any ideas? If anyone can find a way it's the hive mind, right?

 

 

 

Oh, to have a dream... At the very least she's going to sit in on some classes before Senior year so she can get a better vision of how she wants to finish up her high school years.

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Outtamyshell, Please excuse me since I'm not answering your question. Have you done a search of the boards for St. John's College? I seem to remember that as the school that is pretty much drug infested. I wasn't sure if you were aware of that.

 

I just did a search though and can't find anything. Uughh.

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Outtamyshell, Please excuse me since I'm not answering your question. Have you done a search of the boards for St. John's College? I seem to remember that as the school that is pretty much drug infested. I wasn't sure if you were aware of that.

 

I just did a search though and can't find anything. Uughh.

 

This is the thread, I think.....

http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69688&highlight=drugs+college

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Outtamyshell, Please excuse me since I'm not answering your question. Have you done a search of the boards for St. John's College? I seem to remember that as the school that is pretty much drug infested. I wasn't sure if you were aware of that.

 

I just did a search though and can't find anything. Uughh.

 

Yes, it has real problems that way. I remember the threads as well. You can google it, and you'll get a good idea. To me, it sounds nice in theory, but after having read about it I would never consider sending a child there.

 

Ria

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You may want to consider honor's colleges. Each individual college has it's own version of an honor's program, some are more classical than others. I searched all the honor's colleges in my area to get a feel for what they offer. Like I said they were different, but some were definitely more classical.

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Thanks for the replies. It's good for us to go into this with our eyes wide open to the problems they have there. I sure wish it was easier to search for liberal arts and honors colleges.

 

I'm really surprised to hear that they don't provide any credits if you don't graduate. That makes a huge difference! I read that they record your grades to be made available if you ask for them. I assumed that meant you at least would leave with a transcript.

 

I guess there's no such thing as a dream school afterall.

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Here's a book on Amazon about Honor's colleges http://www.amazon.com/Honor-Programs-Colleges-Petersons-Honors/dp/0768921414/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238553518&sr=8-1

I just looked in the index to see colleges near us. Then I went to the individual college website and clicked on honor's program. Most colleges list the honor's courses. This may give you a better feel for what they offer.

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a liberal arts college that has a strong core curriculum, you might check out this guide:

 

Choosing the Right College from ISI, available here:

 

http://www.isi.org/college_guide/choosing_right_college.html

 

I was able to borrow this guide from my local library, but do note that there is an updated version coming out this summer.

 

HTH,

Brenda

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