95%. Putting a name to the face is not as easy for me as recognizing the face.

The bolded could be mistakes, but they could also be due to not understanding the concept. For example, forgetting a negative sign could be a careless mistake, but it could also be the result of not correctly establishing which direction is negative when setting up the problem.

Is there a particular concept that your son is having difficulty with? Many of the kids I tutor in physics c have a particular concept that they struggle with, and once that concept is mastered, the course is much easier for them. For example, some of the kids I work with have a really difficult time drawing the free body diagrams. For other kids, they can easily draw the free body diagrams, but struggle with writing and solving the simultaneous equations. You might want to get a test prep book. Some of these books may summarize the concepts in a way that is easier to understand when compared to reading the textbook. A few that I think are good are "5 Steps to a 5", "The AP Physics C Companion, and "APadvantage Physics C" Good luck.

I wonder if they will also award merit aid to offset the increase in tuition? The increase in tuition may be a marketing move. If you lower tuition, some may think the school is not as good as the schools that charge 70K+ per year. But if you raise tuition prices, while at the same time offer merit aid, some may feel that the net price is a good deal.

Just to offer some reassurance: I developed pre-eclampsia at 25 weeks - monster headache, blood pressure 160/120, protein in urine. With bed rest, I made it to the 36 week mark before they induced me. My son was under 6 pounds, but perfectly healthy in every way. We went home from the hospital two days after his birth. He is now a 6 ft 23 year old. Hugs and prayers for you and your baby.

When the ultrasound revealed that we were having a boy, I told my husband then that there would be no football or hockey. Growing up, my oldest asked more than once to play football, but that was the only sport he asked to play that we said he couldn't. (He ended up playing IM flag football in college and still plays today, though.) Ironically, my boys have both required major surgeries due to injuries sustained from "safer" sports - baseball and tennis.

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At least this move forces the NCAA's hand. I have read reports that college sports generated over 14 billion dollars last year, with March Madness alone generating $900 million last year for the NCAA. It is ridiculous, imo, that the athletes don't get a share of this profit. (I don't buy into the NCAA claims that these student athletes are getting a college degree in exchange for their play because most of them are not) At least now the NCAA is saying that "changes are needed". Changes have been needed for decades. It is unfortunate that the state and federal governments needed to get involved in order for these kids to be treated fairly...

I doubt that the Varsity Blues Scandal is even on the NCAA's radar, especially now that California's Fair Pay to Play bill was recently signed into law. (It is about time. Hopefully other states will quickly enact similar laws.)

College is a big adjustment for many kids, even those who grew up with tons of formal classroom test experiences. This is why some colleges don't even award grades the first semester - they want to give the students time to adjust. Your daughter should definitely go speak with her professor as soon as possible. Good luck and hugs to both of you.

I think that was a joke (or at least I hope it was). My D was annoyed when she realized that the subject test she had just taken was being dissected on reddit before the kids on the West Coast would have been in the exam rooms. Reddit would blow up if the kids had an opportunity to redo answer questions.

I agree. The ACT folks must also agree since they are not permitting kids to just register to take 4 individual tests - they must take an entire ACT test before they can register for an individual subsection sitting. I wonder if colleges will require students to submit the scores from the test taken in a single sitting, or if the students can simply submit four subscores obtained from 4 individual sittings. This move will just feed the testing frenzy and line the pockets of the ACT.

In my opinion, that approach would be overwhelming and detract from the important components of the application document. Fwiw, I had one sentence in the school profile that said that subjects were studied to mastery. My kids were accepted by both state schools and private schools with no issues.

My transcripts for all 3 of my kids were each one page long. I submitted multi-page course descriptions as a separate document.

All three of mine were around 1.5 pages and extremely personal. Good luck to everyone going through the application process this year - it is the only thing about homeschooling that I don't miss...

Lukeion Latin was my biggest online class failure - the pace was too intense ( the condensed semesters certainly didn't help), the structure was too rigid, making it difficult to be available to submit assignments, and Quia added a ton of extra-busy work . Zero regrets about dropping it. Good luck with your decision!

I agree. The OP's son will definitely know where he stands once he begins reaching out to coaches. I am not familiar with the crew recruiting time-frame, but I just read an article this week stating how the recruiting process for my son's sport has accelerated since he went through the process. I thought my son was early when he accepted a slot in March of his junior year, but now, some kids are now going through the process in their sophomore year. OP, if you are not familiar with the recruiting time frame for crew, I would check in to when the process starts. A coach is given a specific number of slots by the admissions office. You want to make sure your son gets on the radars of the coaches before they give away all of their slots. Good luck!

My kids would have withered as well if we would have used that approach. We did AP classes in their areas of interest and AP material was the natural progression of their studies. Many of the AP classes were also home-brewed, so they didn't have the time pressures of deadlines like they would with an online class. We also schooled year-round, with a much lighter load in the summer, which also enabled the kids to fit in their time consuming ECs and still have downtime each day. I did not have much luck when selecting online classes and ended up dropping the vast majority of them a few weeks into the class. I have read some comments over the years that people think that taking an online class or coop class "looks better" to colleges than a home-brewed class. From my conversations with coaches, the grades from an online class or coop carries no more weight than the grade that I assign in a home-brewed class - all are unknown entities to the adcoms.

What are you currently doing that you are only doing because you feel like you have to in order to "play the game?" Does your son feel like he is missing the freedom of homeschooling? If he could have complete control of his education, would it look similar to how it is now? I have a son who was a 5-star recruit looking to attend highly selective colleges a few years ago. He limited his recruiting to the Ivy League (D1 "lite") and the NESCAC, so I don't have any first-hand experience with other conferences. I will share my son's journey in case you would find it useful. My son followed his passions in high school, and his transcript reflected his interests. The only time he felt like he was "doing something to look good to colleges" and "playing the game" was when I made him study a foreign language - which he did for 3 years and hated every second of it. The vast majority of his classes were "home-brewed." He did not have any DE classes. He did have high SAT scores, Subject Test scores and AP scores, though, which the coaches told him he needed to validate his transcript and get him past the admissions offices. However, these standardized tests were testing topics that he would have studied in our homeschool even if there wasn't a standardized test that tested that knowledge. The college application process is different for a recruited athlete than it is for a traditional applicant. Your son should begin reaching out to college coaches by at least the beginning of next year. I have found that the college coaches are much more forthcoming when answering questions compared to an admissions officer. The college coaches will be able to tell your son what he needs to do in order to get past the pre-read process in admissions and be offered a slot by the coach. Bottom line is that your son does not have to give up the freedom of homeschooling if he wants to continue his sport at a highly selective school. But, based on my son's experience, he will have to take a few standardized tests beyond the ACT/SAT in order to validate the grades on his homeschool transcript with the admissions office. Good luck.

The D3 schools in the NESCAC have many athletes who could have played D1, but chose D3 because there is more time to devote to academics. One of my sons has a friend who went on a recruiting visit to Georgetown. The day of his visit was team picture day. A kid showed up for pictures but didn't stay for practice. When my son's friend questioned why the kid was not practicing, he was told that he never practices or plays in matches, he just shows up for pictures. Before I saw any media reports about Georgetown, my son told me this story and said that he bets Georgetown will be involved. Obviously, he ended up being correct.

Another question I would add to the list is who is responsible if the child does not complete the work you assign? In my experience, I would not work with another person's child if his parents held me responsible for making sure work was completed. I work with a handful of homeschooling families, meeting with their kids either twice a week or three times a week. We will go over new topics in our sessions, and I will assign problem sets for the kids to work on between sessions. However, I stress to the parents upfront that I am their child's math tutor, and whether or not the child does the homework I assign is up to the homeschooling parent to monitor. I charge an hourly rate per session. I provide a weekly progress report via email. This setup has worked well with the vast majority of the families. A few years ago, I had a student who was not completing their homework assignments. The dad was not happy with me because I did not hold his wife responsible enough for making sure the child did the work. I reminded him that I was not the one homeschooling his child and had absolutely no control over what his child did when not in my presence. Luckily, I had set the expectations prior to starting the tutoring sessions that I was not homeschooling the child and was acting in the role of a tutor. Good luck!

I am sorry your daughter is going through this. The professor's stance is ridiculous, and I am sorry that the administration isn't intervening. Your daughter's athlete friends may not have any first-hand experience, but my athlete son has faced the same issue as your daughter when he has been required to miss class due to team travel. All of his professors have been understanding about missed class lectures, etc. with the exception of one - who just so happens to be a professor of literature.

In my opinion, your son is amassing a great extracurricular list and resume just by pursuing his music. My kids all devoted 20+ hours per week to athletics from the time they were in elementary school. They played because it made them happy. For the most part, my kids' athletic time started at the end of the school day. They usually only travelled from Fridays to Mondays a couple of times a month during the school year. The club they played at when at home was 5 minutes from our house, which made it very efficient from a time standpoint. They also considered playing as a part of their "downtime", so mentally it didn't feel like they were "working" another 20+ hours a week on top of their already demanding academic loads.

I saved my kids' science lab reports, but none of the colleges they applied to requested them. (My kids' friends in our public school are also told to keep their AP lab reports as some colleges request them in order to grant AP credit.)