MomsintheGarden Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Woo hoo! Dh put it together :hurray: , and it took two tries! This is the first time we've submitted one for our homeschool, even though our three oldest have taken several APs each. The carrots were access to the new sample exam and teacher lab materials. It was a pain, but it's done! :party: Our CS syllabus is still pending though, after more than 2 weeks. :toetap05: 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Congrats!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann.without.an.e Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 :hurray: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathy in Richmond Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Yay!! Good for you! :hurray: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbollin Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 exciting !!!! yippee!!! happy thoughts that the CS one gets there soon... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmermom3 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Way to go! That is a ton of work. I've done it for a history class, but if I had to do it for chemistry, I might cry. And I like chemistry. :tongue_smilie: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsintheGarden Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 Way to go! That is a ton of work. I've done it for a history class, but if I had to do it for chemistry, I might cry. And I like chemistry. :tongue_smilie: We felt like crying when it first got rejected! Dh realized he misunderstood one of the requirements so he tried again. It was approved in less than an hour the second time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daijobu Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Congratulations! What textbook did you choose? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsintheGarden Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 Congratulations! What textbook did you choose? We use the Zumdahl AP textbook, 0-618-26505-8, copyright 2006. Our older daughter used it when she was a junior in high school; she got a 5 on the AP exam. She loved the book, and was inspired to become a biochem major. She's now in a Chemistry PhD program. We did not get a syllabus approved for our dd because the test had not changed for a few years before she took it, so the prep materials were pretty well developed. The exam changed beginning with the 2014 administration. We submitted a syllabus to get the two official practice tests and the teacher lab materials available to teachers. Our ds currently studying for the exam is not really into chemistry. He's doing it because I'm requiring it, and hopefully to test out of freshman chem for college. Every once in a while he shares something interesting he learned from Zumdahl, though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsintheGarden Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 Update: Our CS syllabus was approved as well. The CB took three weeks to reject it. There were just a few minor items to redo, and it was approved 1 hour after resubmission. We are 2 for 2. :) Where the Chem syllabus approval came with two practice exams (2013 & 2014), the CS approval only came with one (2014). They've redone the exam for 2014, doing away with Gridworld and adding three "recommended" labs and a 20 hour lab requirement. We feel that 20 hours probably isn't enough to do well on the exam, but it's a start. Bottom line: I'd submit a syllabus again if I had to for the extras, but I wouldn't worry about it just to list a course as "AP ___" on the transcript. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie in VA Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Happy dance time! :hurray: Congrats. Well done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Woo hoo! Dh put it together :hurray: , and it took two tries! This is the first time we've submitted one for our homeschool, even though our three oldest have taken several APs each. The carrots were access to the new sample exam and teacher lab materials. It was a pain, but it's done! :party: Our CS syllabus is still pending though, after more than 2 weeks. :toetap05: NM Okay, I'm being silly, but seriously congrats! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daijobu Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Broken record here: what is your plan for AP CS? Update: Our CS syllabus was approved as well. The CB took three weeks to reject it. There were just a few minor items to redo, and it was approved 1 hour after resubmission. We are 2 for 2. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsintheGarden Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 Broken record here: what is your plan for AP CS? We use Teencoder Java, with a prep book, the the three recommended AP labs, and all the released MC and FR questions we can find for our students. Teencoder is studied in the fall, and the rest are done in the winter and spring. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpedIntoTheDeepEndFirst Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Congratulations! I found that when a syllabus is approved it happens quickly and when they need you to revise it they take forever to get back to you. Last year for Art History I had organized the syllabus so that if you analyzed it you would see one of the criteria met but after 2 weeks they dinged that item when returning it. It took me about a half hour to fix the item (make it explicit really) and it was approved in no time. As irritating as the process is that seems to be how it works. Fret not-it's the end result that counts! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BooksAreFriends Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 We use the Zumdahl AP textbook, 0-618-26505-8, copyright 2006. Our older daughter used it when she was a junior in high school; she got a 5 on the AP exam. She loved the book, and was inspired to become a biochem major. She's now in a Chemistry PhD program. We did not get a syllabus approved for our dd because the test had not changed for a few years before she took it, so the prep materials were pretty well developed. The exam changed beginning with the 2014 administration. We submitted a syllabus to get the two official practice tests and the teacher lab materials available to teachers. Our ds currently studying for the exam is not really into chemistry. He's doing it because I'm requiring it, and hopefully to test out of freshman chem for college. Every once in a while he shares something interesting he learned from Zumdahl, though. Did you read the book also or just your daughter? Just curious, I have been using it so that we can have a new enough text to count and find the way that "Chemical Impact" and other inserts jump into the middle of topics to be extremely disruptive to following the explanations. Anyway just curious if this bothered any of you as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Lava Mama Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Woo hoo! Dh put it together :hurray: , and it took two tries! This is the first time we've submitted one for our homeschool, even though our three oldest have taken several APs each. The carrots were access to the new sample exam and teacher lab materials. It was a pain, but it's done! :party: Our CS syllabus is still pending though, after more than 2 weeks. :toetap05: We are doing chemistry next year. Can you share? Hot Lava Mama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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