I agree. I would not give credit for prepping for these exams as I think it would look like you were padding the transcript. The College Board has released 8 exams. These would be great (and free) to use for test prep along with Kahn Academy. Erika Metzler also has good test prep books for both the Reading and Writing sections of the SAT/ACT.

Yes, some colleges require Subject Test scores all of applicants even if the students have AP scores in the same subjects. My son at MIT submitted chemistry, physics, and math 2 subject test results even though he had AP scores in those subjects as well. Most colleges do not care how old the test scores are. My kids take the SAT II at the conclusion of studying the topics, even if they are not yet in high school. Old test scores have not been a problem.

I don't know about a database, but it is possible that your public school will proctor the exam for your child even if the school isn't offering the exam to its student population. My public school has done this numerous times for my kids as the school doesn't offer AP Chemistry every year and never offers the Physics C exams. Good luck finding a testing site.

Ohio. The state passed a law around 4 years ago that gave homeschoolers and private schooled kids access to the extracurriculars at the public schools. However, prior to access to extracurriculars was granted, there was a law on the books that stated that homeschoolers had a right to access to any standardized test that was given to public schooled kids. My kids have been taking the PSAT at our high school since they were 13 years old (My oldest is now 21) and I used this score to satisfy my state's testing requirement for the year in lieu of a teacher evaluation. The school initially denied my kids access to the PSAT, too, until I showed them the law. I think that administrators have a difficult time keeping up with all the laws that affect the public schools and have no idea about the educational laws pertaining to homeschoolers. When the law was passed 4 years ago permitting homeschoolers to play on sports at the public school, I went down to sign my kids up. This time, I came prepared and had a copy of the law with me. Sure enough, the administration knew nothing about the new law. However, this time around, the administration said that they needed to check with the Ohio Athletic Association to see if they were going to permit my kids to play despite the fact that state law required them to do so. I thought that spoke volumes about the ridiculous control that the OHHAA has, but I digress....

I agree with Lori D's assessment. My request to have my junior sit for the SAT that was given on a Wednesday this past March at our local public school was initially denied. The guidance counselor told me that the test was only open to students who attended the public school. I researched the law in my state and discovered that my homeschooler had the right to take the test. Once I cited the law, the school was very accommodating. Many times, I think the administrators simply do not know all of the laws.

Regarding the social aspect...Is it possible for homeschoolers in your state to participate in after-school sports and other activities at your local public school? If not, are there hobbies that your son enjoys where he can find like-minded friends? Regarding the academic piece...as a homeschooler, you control the content. You can devise a homeschool program that is at the honors or AP level. You will definitely want to check the rules in your state regarding homeschooling high school. In some states, the public school will not accept any high school homeschool credits and will require the student to begin at the 9th grade level regardless of his homeschool grade level. Good luck in your decision!

I have read that a score above 700 is considered good, and a score above 750 is optimal. However, not every college even considers subject test scores in the application process. Good luck to your daughter!

My "homebrewed" course that I outlined up-thread (I had to create a new user name after the board change-over for some reason) worked out very well. My D utilized many of the free video explanations on calcview and used calcchat's written solutions to grade her problem sets. I think she even utilized the free tutor-chat a couple of times. Getting the syllabus approved by the College Board was definitely worth it for us - I was given access to a lot of teaching material (additional problems) that I otherwise wouldn't have had.

I agree. I don't know what the answer is, but pouring more money into failing schools is not fixing things in my state. Some of the schoosl that spend the most per student, also have the worst outcomes.

If your son has his college list made, I would check with the colleges on the list to see what they say. I would think that your son would be fine since he has the four credits, but I would call the schools to be on the safe side.

Fwiw, I group my kids' transcripts by subject. I give credit for high school subjects that are completed prior to the start of high school. (Many traditional schools also grant high school credits for classes completed in middle school, too.) I don't see any reason why your son should have to retake any subjects provided that they were high school level classes. Good luck!

My kids used Barrons. Ten days of prep should be plenty of time. My kids didn't feel that they needed a graphing calculator, but they did need to learn how to use their calculators to find linear, quadratric, or exponential regression.

What a great line!

I share your frustration. I don't understand what has changed at the College Board. Back when my college kids were taking these tests, the scores were released at 5 am, ten days after the administration of the test. There was none of this "your score is pending" nonsense or having notification that "Your scores are coming" message on one page of the account, only to discover that the scores are actually listed on another page of the account, which happened to my D yesterday with her subject test scores. Hopefully those of you still waiting will get good news on Monday!

My oldest homeschool grad is finishing up his junior year as a math and computer science major at MIT. I am not sure what math classes he took this year. The only thing I am sure of is that I would have no idea how to do any of it. ? I used the same approach in math with him as I used with my D.

My D used the SAT Essay by College Panda. It was an easy/quick book to work through with lots of examples. She found the template provided in the workbook to be very useful on test day.

I don't have any experience with the Bravewriter class, but please make sure your son knows that little weight is given to the SAT essay. In fact, not very many colleges even require that the student submit an SAT score with the essay. My D does have a couple of schools on her list that do require the essay, however. She worked through the SAT Essay book by College Panda. The workbook gives a template to follow when writing the essay which my D found very useful on test day. Good luck to your son on the SAT!

AoPS pre-algebra wasn't around for my older two, but my now soon to be high school senior (Yikes! Where has the time gone?) worked though the pre-algebra book when she was 9 after completing Singapore 6B.(BA wasn't available back then, either) She did not work through the book independently: I would guide her through each new topic, while she worked the problems out on our whiteboard. She would then work through the section exercises on her own. I don't think Alcumus had pre-algebra at that time, but if it did, we didn't use it. There were plenty of practice problems in the textbook.

My oldest was one of six students nominated by his college for an academic award. He was notified this week by the national selection committee that he has advanced to the final round of the competition. His last final is at the end of next week. He will be fly home for a couple of days before flying off again to his summer internship. My middle kiddo had a great freshman year at his liberal arts school. We went up to visit a few times, and it made me very happy to see how many close friendships he has developed. He has also taken advantage of the small class sizes to really get to know his professor and has begun conducting research with one of them. He had a big athletic competition last weekend that we attended. A couple of his professors were in attendance cheering him on and another prof that couldn't make it sent him a very nice congratulatory email at the end of the day. As I write this, he is on a plane heading out to the West Coast to compete in the NCAA Elite Eight. My H and I are flying out Monday morning. I have never been any further west than Chicago and am looking forward to seeing California! My high school junior met all of her academic goals for the year. She is now working to finalize her college list. Homeschooling has been an amazing journey. I will be sorry to see it end, but at the same time, it is so wonderful to see my kids so happy in the next phase of their lives.

I asked RR at AoPS this exact question a few years back. RR told me that since my son received a 5 on the AP exam, that he would not recommend taking the AoPS course as my son wouldn't learn any new material. We followed his advice and have no regrets. (Son is now a math and computer science major finishing up his junior year at MIT)

This was my reaction when I read what he said as well. Is it possible he is romantically interested in your daughter and angry that your daughter doesn't share the same feelings? I also think it was unnecessarily cruel for the boy's mother to use the word "trash" when she relayed to you what her son "saw". What was her motivation for using such a hurtful phrase? It's not like she needed to include this piece of information to get her point across. (Hugs) I would definitely believe your daughter and distance your family from both this boy and his mom.

https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/class-20xx-community/1732893-parents-of-the-hs-class-of-2019-p548.html The post is about 1/2 way down the page. #8209

I sent Edhesive an email a couple of weeks ago with questions, but have not had a response. How did you go about registering for next year? I looked on the site and I didn't see a registration option for next year, only this current year. Thanks.

I am putting together next year's high school plan for the last time.? How do Edhesive courses work?. I am looking at the AP Stats and AP Computer Science. 1. The website says the classes are a full year. Are the classes self-paced or is the new material released at set times? 2. Are there graded tests and quizzes? 3. Would I register as a homeschooler? And if so, am I sent additional teacher material? P.S. (I am a long-time member who was unable to login using my former screen name after the upgrade)

I would work this summer to shore up some of your daughter's weak areas and wait until the beginning of the fall to pick a program for next school year. I also think the Key to Series would be a good place to begin to make sure that your daughter has mastered the mechanics of fractions, decimals, and percents. I would also incorporate in some manipulatives to make sure that she also has a conceptual understanding of the topics. (I tutor many students who can perform the mechanics and arrive at a correct answer, but have no idea of what the answer really means. Manipulatives help to remedy this situation.) In my experience, many students struggle with story problems because either their text book does not provide enough practice problems, or every practice problem follows the same "plug and chug" pattern. They can solve the story problems in the text book, but struggle when they encounter the same concept worded differently than what they are used to seeing. To help gain problem solving skills, I would purchase Singapore's Challenging Word Problem workbook. I would start with Level 3 and have your daughter use her algebra skills rather than teaching her the Singapore bar method. I have had a lot of success using this approach with students who are in algebra, but struggling with story problems.