Comments on: Another Year http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2008/08/27/another-year/ Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools Fri, 17 May 2013 21:30:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Isabel Rodriguez-Vega http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2008/08/27/another-year/comment-page-1/#comment-17975 Isabel Rodriguez-Vega Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:52:03 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/?p=1296#comment-17975 Nextset:
The applications themselves are difficult, as are the decisions I have to make about which to narrow it down to. I’m applying to mostly private colleges and universities, almost all of which require a supplement, common application, teacher recommendations, counselor evaluations, etc… It probably won’t be as hard as I think it’s gonna be, but the whole process is just a little overwhelming.

Katy:
The counselors are once again overloaded with work, making it hard to see a counselor or get a schedule change. We only had about 3 counselors to begin with, then Mr. Redd left only days (I believe) before the school year started. He was the counselor for 1/3 of the school, including myself. Now the counseling office is full of people at all times, with only 2 counselors to help them. Today I stuck it out in the counseling office for about an hour after school and finally worked everything out. My problem was that they didn’t give me journalism, which is a class I was really looking forward to! But now my schedule is fixed; I can’t say the same for the other half of the school…

]]> By: Katy Murphy http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2008/08/27/another-year/comment-page-1/#comment-17973 Katy Murphy Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:07:39 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/?p=1296#comment-17973 Thanks for the back-to-school report, Isabel. What kinds of problems are you having with your schedule?

]]> By: Nextset http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2008/08/27/another-year/comment-page-1/#comment-17974 Nextset Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:05:51 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/?p=1296#comment-17974 Why are college applications a problem? Is the problem filling in the boxes – or deciding which schools to apply to and which to eliminate?

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