Child 1 has done them all, Child 2 and 3 are on RS 7. My oldest has taken the ACT/SAT and scored high in LA part of the test. She is also taking college level English classes for spring term. Won't know how she has done until after the end in 16 weeks

My high school Jr. is taking college level classes via Bluefield College. The classes are $130 each which fits our current price range. I will be calling next week to confirm her classes which will include Intro to Psychology.

Thanks for the replies. I go on vacation right after New Years. I will spend my time trying to figure out the laptops wifi and go from there.

So over a year ago I searched, so I thought, and bought Dells. Medical uses them, the military uses them and the online college that my daughter takes classes has a link on their site to buy them soooo, I bought one. I bought more than one because I have more than one child and they all do school online. I have a desktop. I have little problems with my desktop. I use it for everything and it's not on wifi. Now the laptops just plain horrible. They are Dell Inspiron15 5000 series. I had problems since Day 1 not only with the computers but with customer service. We have a hard time with the Internet, they won't connect even when sitting right next to the router. Software not working well. One just stopped all together and I still have a disk inside it. Oh and we go places and even when we go places the computers don't want to work with the wifi. After a year with them I just want to toss them but I cannot. We are using them but nearly every day I hear the complaint of the computers and now everyone is using my desktop while the laptops collect dust. Don't give Apple recommendations because my husband refuses to spend money on Apple products. Our cell phones (which work better with internet than laptops) are all androids/samsung products. With the teen starting her Sr. year and doing just college courses and classes out of the house that require a laptop, my parents wish to get her a good one. One that will hopefully go with her onto college.