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Swoozie
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re: U-High School vs. St. Joseph's Academy
Posted by Swoozie on 5/9/24 at 7:55 am
[quote]If you think it only costs $5300 to go to U-High, you need to factor into the other costs to get your child admitted. SJA is way more expensive on paper, but there are hidden fees at UHS. not everyone gets in, even if the try real hard. $$$$$[/quote]
Total bullshite.
I’ve graduated 2 from U...
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re: U-High School vs. St. Joseph's Academy
Posted by Swoozie on 5/7/24 at 4:56 pm
[quote]Yeah, if you're politically connected enough to get in[/quote]
Who is politically connected besides Jindal?
Are you saying the other schools are full of nobodies? LOL
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re: U-High School vs. St. Joseph's Academy
Posted by Swoozie on 5/7/24 at 2:45 pm
[quote]Is that Jindal’s kid going to Princeton?[/quote]
Yes...
re: U-High School vs. St. Joseph's Academy
Posted by Swoozie on 5/7/24 at 2:41 pm
[quote]Does U High still offer the IB Diploma program? That is a fabulous academic achievement. Don't know if other area schools have upper classmen taking LSU classes, but I believe U High still does that. Two excellent schools for sure.[/quote]
IB, AP and DE
Multiple Blue Ribbon School winn...
re: U-High School vs. St. Joseph's Academy
Posted by Swoozie on 5/7/24 at 12:30 am
[quote]At first glance, U-High seems like a great value. I will not argue that the kids will be prepped for college, but they will be influenced by a significant leftist bias there.[/quote]
It’s an excellent value and there’s no doubt they’re prepped for college.
I wouldn’t say there’s a signif...
re: U-High School vs. St. Joseph's Academy
Posted by Swoozie on 5/7/24 at 12:27 am
[quote]U-High. Meeting the G-man would be worth the tuition[/quote]
You’re probably going to have to wait until he buys them another building or football field. ...
re: Pro-Palestine protest on LSU's campus outside Patrick F. Taylor Hall starting at noon
Posted by Swoozie on 5/3/24 at 5:02 pm
[quote]I agree. They should hold their protests in front of D.C. buildings. Not in front of college engineering buildings when other kids are just trying to attend class.[/quote]
I’m just wondering what the engineering students did to deserve these losers?...
re: Shoutout to all the beautiful Portland Protestors
Posted by Swoozie on 4/30/24 at 6:35 pm
I hear UF is a top SEC school and so hard to get into. I refuse to believe that based on what I’m seeing....
re: 12 Year Old Girl with BPD
Posted by Swoozie on 4/29/24 at 9:18 pm
[quote]I don't know the details, hell I don't even know if 23 and me is the exact test she took but for some reason it rings a bell. What I do know is that based on that test they were able to determine what she was deficient in (chemically I guess) and matched her up with the meds that fixed that ...
re: 12 Year Old Girl with BPD
Posted by Swoozie on 4/29/24 at 8:58 pm
[quote]If you don't have a good therapist, go get one. I'd also recommend a camp of some kind. Teen Challenge is a good one: LINK. There was a survival camp of some kind that we also looked into but never pulled the trigger on it. One of those were they are reconditioning the kid. Literally g...
re: “Protestors” have taken over two buildings at Cal Poly and are calling it “Intifada Hall”
Posted by Swoozie on 4/28/24 at 3:44 pm
[quote]No. If you do that you just give them a chance to destroy the building. Shut that shite down using the police force you have. Charge and expel everyone involved. Remove the problem.[/quote]
Destroying buildings at some of these institutions of “higher learning” would be doing the world a favo...
re: LSU admissions office “are you there”
Posted by Swoozie on 4/11/24 at 11:49 pm
[quote]is there any preference, financial or otherwise, currently shown to legacies?[/quote]
There is a (I think $500 to $1,000 per year based on ACT scores) scholarship for legacies. It’s good for 4 years if requirements are met each year. That’s all I know of. ...
re: LSU admissions office “are you there”
Posted by Swoozie on 4/9/24 at 11:35 pm
[quote]This is dad talk from the why has she not gotten into LSU and it has taken forever for them to do anything.[/quote]
If you think this is bad just wait until she’s emailed her advisor and is waiting for a response. ...
re: LSU admissions office “are you there”
Posted by Swoozie on 4/9/24 at 3:27 pm
[quote]Must be honest we are out of state.[/quote]
What are her other options?
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re: Question re: Freshmen living situation on campus at LSU
Posted by Swoozie on 4/8/24 at 5:53 pm
Idk because mine lives off campus but do they even let freshmen in the apartments? I thought they were for upperclassmen. FYI everything fills up fast, both on and off campus. ...
re: Vanderbilt issues suspensions and expulsions after students barged into building and
Posted by Swoozie on 4/7/24 at 4:00 pm
[quote]He took a golden opportunity to get an education at one of the top universities in the country and threw it away so that he could make a scene on social media. I hope it was worth it.[/quote]
Single digit admission rates and this is what they’re choosing. ...
re: 2024 academic rankings of all SEC schools
Posted by Swoozie on 4/5/24 at 5:47 pm
[quote]You assume improving academic standards is the goal. It’s not.[/quote]
Oh I know. I have a kid there now and his experience is drastically different from my oldest’s (and the rest of us). I drive through campus 5 days a week and am constantly “amazed” at the sights I see. ...
re: 2024 academic rankings of all SEC schools
Posted by Swoozie on 4/5/24 at 5:32 pm
[quote]Why?[/quote]
At least a few years ago it was the school that lower performing kids from BR went to when they wanted an SEC school. I have no personal experience with OM but it still has a reputation of being very easy to get into (along with Alabama).
What has surprised me is how high so...
re: Question for OT Parents with older kids
Posted by Swoozie on 3/27/24 at 8:13 pm
Oldest (early 30s) - not at all.
Middle - 23 and will graduate in May. We pay most of his bills. ...
re: Does LSU not give a crap about smart, in-state high school students?
Posted by Swoozie on 3/26/24 at 11:39 pm
[quote]It’s not just the out of state offers that is so frustrating. It’s the fact LSU is the worst instate offer by far. LSU told us and a room full of seniors that LSU is worth taking on debt and having to pay for their network.[/quote]
They really should get some competent student advisors befor...
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