http://theturningpointacademy.com/blog College Admissions Acceptance Guidance by Turning Point Academy Mentors Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:09:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Student C has received admission into Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering programs at Urbana Champaign, Purdue, Georgia Tech, UC Davis and RPI. He really wants to go to Urbana, but he thinks UCD will be a lesser expensive, closer-to-home, better weather, and not-that-competitive option. http://theturningpointacademy.com/blog/2009/04/07/aerospace-mech-engg-at-urbana-or-ucdavis-student-c/ Please share your comments for parents and students to consider and ponder over, based on your own experience. http://theturningpointacademy.com/blog/2009/04/07/discussion-on-financing-of-college-education/ Student received admission into Computer Engg at UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara and UC Merced. She really wants to go to UCSB, but studying at UCSB is a bit more expensive than UCR and UCM. Student also received Business Administration at Cal Poly Pomona and CSU-East Bay (supposedly best in the ... http://theturningpointacademy.com/blog/2009/04/07/computer-engg-at-ucr-ucsb-and-ucm-student-s/ Student B has received the following admissions for Fall 2009: 1) UCBerkeley College of Letters and Science (Biochem and Molecular Biology) 2) UCSD - Bio-Engg/Pre-Med 3) UCD - Bio-medical 4) Cal Poly SLO - Bio-medical 5) Case Western - Bio-medical 6) UCI - Bio-medical Q1) Student is interested in picking one among the first 4 programs, taking ... http://theturningpointacademy.com/blog/2009/04/07/biomed-at-ucd-or-cal-poly-slo-vs-biochem-molecular-bio-at-ucberkeley-student-b/ http://theturningpointacademy.com/blog/2009/04/06/19/