u/alteregoflag

How does an online high schooler complete the common app and list the parent as the counselor?

Please recommend a site or guide for an exclusively online high school applicant who has no idea how to complete the Common App.

My nephew is a semi-professional in his discipline. He has only ever attended online high school because he trains overseas.

He is now scrambling to create a college list due to being injured. He wants to start applying now to begin college in Fall 27. He is already 18 and doesn't want to delay further.

He will complete all his courses by December of this year i.e, graduate from high school. He is still completing a bunch of classes but wants to apply for fashion merchandising or marketing.

His GPA is about 91. Only one yar of Foreign Lang, but has all other required courses, or will complete them by the end of this year. No test scores and will not take any tests.

Seeking a medium to large school with lots of school spirit. I don't think a school like Northeastern is realistic, though he visited. Suggestions?

Luky us, the airline rescheduled our flight to leave a day later, so now we need somewhere for four us for one night. We start our trip in Dubrovnik, Hvar, and Split for three nights. We are already doing a day trip to Plitvice.

We need one extra night after Split. Not more than 90 minutes drive from Split. Somewhere very beautiful with maybe a lovely hike? A vineyard, or a really quirky natural feature? Beaches are nice and all, but we are getting that earlier in the trip. Something different?

My nephew is a semi-professional in his discipline and does online school. Sadly, due to injury, he needs a back up plan. I want to help his family, but he is already 18 and really wants to start college next fall, when he will be 19.

The biggest issue I see is that he only has 3 years of English (not planning to take another) and 1 year of Foreign Lang.

I think the missing year of English is a problem, but he already has a very full final semester of online classes (ending in Dec.)

He isn't aiming super high, so I am wondering if it doesn't matter that much about the missing year of english and only one year of foreign lang. Thoughts?

You know what the most unsatisfying thing in the world is? Cheating at solitaire.

The second most unsatisfying thing is using AI when you take a practice test. It literally serves no purpose.

I never again want to read a test prep post where some kid says "I didn't actually get that score because I used AI to get the answer." Or, "I checked and even AI says that answer is wrong." Yes, the AI is wrong.

There isn't going to be any AI when you do your actual test. So why bother wasting your time using AI to do a practice test? Because if you are planning to take the test, you are not going to be using AI.

AI doesn't have a brain, people. It can be wrong, and it often is. When you are on your death bed, don't be the person thinking "man, I wish I hadn't used AI during practice tests because those are hours of my life I will never get back." I mean, if you are bothering to take the test, at least know that you wasted your hours trying to actually get the answers with your own brain.

You know what the most unsatisfying thing in the world is? Cheating at solitaire.

The second most unsatisfying thing is using AI when you take a practice test. It literally serves no purpose.

I never again want to read a test prep post where some kid says "I didn't actually get that score because I used AI to get the answer."

There isn't going to be any AI when you do your actual test. So why bother wasting your time using AI to do a practice test? Because if you are planning to take the test, you are not going to be using AI.

AI doesn't have a brain, people. It can be wrong, and it often is. When you are on your death bed, don't be the person thinking "man, I wish I hadn't used AI during practice tests because those are hours of my life I will never get back." I mean, if you are bothering to take the test, at least know that you wasted your hours trying to actually get the answers with your own brain.

All information is as per USNWR rankings from 2026-2007. No, this isn't a s*post because this is all easily verifiable information.

I am betting a lot of people are unaware that of the last 20 years of data, Cal hasn't been in the "t20" for 12 of those 19 years.

U Mich and CMU only cracked the "t20" this year.

Columbia is "only" 15 this year, from it's peak of #2 just 4 years ago.

Georgetown is clearly headed for the bottom after only hitting 24 this year. Too bad, just a few years ago it was 20. Must be a terrible school.

Stanford hasn't been #1 since 1988. Losers. It's been stuck on #4 for years now.

Lowly NYU has never cracked the "t20", despite its 9% acceptance rate. Must be a second-rate place.

MIT has been #7 too many times for comfort. No way would I risk attending a college with such an unstable ranking.

GTech was 44 in 2023. How embarassing.

Looks like the only viable options for me are HYP. They seem to always be top 3. Nothing below 3 is even worth considering. (Nevermind that Yale was only ranked #4 in 2024 and 2025.)

t20 doesn't mean anything. And by the way, Oxford is #1 in the world, according to THES. So the rest are really subpar wannabes.

Go to the college that is right for you and don't worry about fake "t20" chatter.

Washington state.

What do people do when siblings fall out and family members are clashing with the executor (not a family member). It seems like everyone is just checking out, or being petty, or blaming each other for everything. How do we reset and get back to settling the trust?