<p>My understanding is that we have a parent account and a student account. GC can see student account but not parent one. </p>
<p>I do not know about parent account. I just got login from my D.</p>
<p>^^ Same here, we just have one account and GC has access to it but colleges donât.</p>
<p>I agree that colleges cannot see data. However there may be more than one account. VCheck with the school. I also thought I only had one account but when I tried to see certain features my DC was being encouraged to use, I was unable to. I stopped by the GCs office for help and she logged on to my DCs account to show me the features. </p>
<p>What do you have on the parent Naviance account thatâs not on the student account? </p>
<p>Student account has access to PrepMe. Parent does not. </p>
<p>We donât have access to PrepMe. Different schools pay for different levels of access to Naviance so we donât all have the same features. I just found out that local HS doesnât have Naviance at all.</p>
<p>Iâm curious about which feature parents are using on Naviance. I check the Profile page occasionally because thatâs where class rank is reported. Iâll be checking the test scores in Dec because the PSAT score will go on Naviance before the score reports are handed out and I had fun checking out the scattergrams to see where other kids in D/s high school have applied and the stats they had to get accepted.</p>
<p>I like the different searches that can be done in Naviance. SuperMatch is my favorite. It helped us compare schools based upon lots of criteria. </p>
<p>Short rant for the day: There really is something wrong with the college admissions and merit aid process when I feel I have to ensure my son knows that his ânever missed the high honor rollâ grades may not be good enough for his preferred non-Ivy colleges and that junior year grades may be more important than his consistent performance over his entire school career even though he is attempting math that 90+% of the population will never even consider trying. That conversation did not leave either of us feeling good. </p>
<p>OTOH a goal score has been set for the Dec ACT. I will really cheer for him if he can be 1 and done!</p>
<p>Sâ16 seminar today: Naviance training; inventory and the first official meeting with his CG.<br>
Our school has 5 counselor and 1 head counselor so they each work with about 15-20 kids. The ride now begins.
We have confirmed that yes he may like to attend college âwhen I grow upâ; donât know when that might be 
Happy Halloween to our big kid trick or treaters.</p>
<p>You made me chuckle, @Hoosier96! A few weeks ago I had a great conversation with my S16 about his future plans. Hs plans ranged from Plan A âSolve the worldâs energy and environmental crises by inventing amazing new technology and selling it to world governments (of course, making a gazillion dollars in the process)â to Plan E âArchitect, for some reason it just occurred to me it might be interesting.â Hard to map most of this onto a college list and potential major. But at least weâre talking about it!</p>
<p>I have an off subject question, someone on here says their S is a swimmer. I have had swimmers ear for about two weeks and it wonât go away. I have tried rubbing alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, antibiotics, hair dryer, heating pad, suction tube, even onion juice and it wonât go away. Any tips on how to get rid of this? I know, Iâm a weirdo to ask.</p>
<p>Swimmer ear: decongestant; auro-dri (swimmer ear) is what most pedi doctor would recommend. The last recommendation is NOT to try anymore home remedy except when washing hair or head to have water running away from ear canal.
Most long term ear congestion can be traced back to upper respiratory; ie cold; sinus congestion in adults; in children because the canal are narrow and upper respiratory disease.
Hope this helps if not you may want to have someone look in your ear to make sure you donât have an inner ear infection.</p>
<p>Thank you, but are you suggesting using a decongestant? And what is auro-dri? </p>
<p>Both are over the counter and yes to both. Auro-dri is a ear drying drops (swimmer ear).</p>
<p>Okay, thanks. I have used an over the counter solution for swimmers ear that was 95% rubbing alcohol. Thank you</p>
<p>@Mysonsdad â Itâs my son whoâs a swimmer, and it may be relevant to the discussion that Iâm also a swimmer (whoâs had innumerable swimmerâs ears) and a physician.</p>
<p>The OTC preparations may or may not work. The Auro-dri is actually another isopropyl alcohol type of preparation. If youâre going to try another OTC preparation look for one with acetic acid. Likely that wonât work, and youâll need to get a prescription for something that will work.</p>
<p>The prescription drops are typically a combination of a topical antibiotic to take care of the infxn and a topical steroid to reduce the inflammation (which is causing the pain). The ENT guys around here typically prescribe Ciprodex drops, which is pretty expensive. Before Ciprodex was around Iâd use Cortisporin Otic drops, which worked just fine.</p>
<p>With a little luck and finesse you may be able to get the prescription without an office visit. Call your doctor (?hopefully you have one), and tell them that you have swimmerâs ear. Tell them that youâve had it before, and you know what it is. The hallmark of swimmerâs ear, otitis externa, that differentiates it from otitis media (inner ear infxn), is that it causes pain when you push on the tragus, the small piece of cartilage that sticks out right in front of the auditory canal. So, if you push on that and it causes pain, thatâs what you have. You can tell the nurse or doctor over the phone that it hurts when you push on that hard thingy in front of the ear, and that should satisfy them that they donât need to see you. </p>
<p>And thatâs probably more than anyone here wants to know about otitis externa.</p>
<p>Thank you @AsleepAtTheWheelâ, I tried the myocin drops from my doctor and it made it worse so I stopped. I have just taken up swimming in July and I love it, but I may have to stop now. Ugh. Anyways, thanks for your response. Btw I do have a little pain, but it feels more like my ear is clogged. What really stinks is I read donât fly with this and I am flying on Wednesday.</p>
<p>On another note, what did you think of downtown Pomona? </p>
<p>@Mysonsdad â Will send you a PM about your ear, which is probably not of much interest to the rest of the Parents of the Class of 2016.</p>
<p>Never really made it to downtown Pomona. We did grab lunch at a fancy mall about a mile or two from the campus (?which is in Claremont, not Pomona), but we stayed the night prior to our visit in Ontario, so no real experience of Pomona the city. I was really struck by how spectacular the view of the mountains (?Mt. Baldy) was from the campus. If those mountains were anywhere east of the Mississippi theyâd turn the whole area into a national park. . . The UC system was so strong for so long that I guess that depressed the need (or market) for strong private universities in California. Some of what makes the Claremont schools unique. Again, as mentioned earlier, Iâd be thrilled if S16 ended up there. He may or may not have other ideas.</p>
<p>I grew up looking at those mountains. At one time when it would get really smoggy it was impossible to see those mountains even from as close as Pomona. I think I mentioned before, there is an osteopathic college in Pomona. It gets pretty rough in some parts. The mall is the Montclair Plaza. That is a beautiful area. There is also the Pomona Fairgrounds right there and then Puddingstone Lake and Raging Waters water park right over the hill. Going the other way, toward Ontario Airport is a small area that has concerts and an LA Kings minor league hockey team. So there is lots to do, you also arenât far from LA. Like I said, for the most part it is a beautiful area, just stay away from downtown Pomona. Thanks for the pm </p>