For the question about the number of APs offered...I had the number offered equal to the number taken. I also put in N/A for some of the questions, but at this point, I don't remember those questions.

Send me a pm with your email. I am out of town now without my computer, but I can send it when I get home.

Many of the Common Application schools my D has applied to gave the option to upload a resume. I debated about whether or not she should upload one since she had no information to list that wasn't already stated in the activities section. After doing a little research, I did have her create a one page resume that expanded on the activities she already listed. I had her modeled her resume after the resume my oldest had created with help from his college's career services: The one-page resume included her test scores and gpa, AP and other advanced classes she has taken, awards won, activies, and work experience.

None of my kids has ever received such an email. They do receive campus alerts once they are a student on campus.

In my experience, colleges are impressed with AP classes on the transcript provided they are accompanied with a corresponding high test score. However, I don't think all AP classes are considered to be at the same level by colleges - AP geography is not viewed in the same light as AP Chemistry for example. I also don't think it is necessary to teach to the test. My kids have done very well on our home brewed AP classes which have no busywork and are not focused on test prep.

After the board changeover I was locked out and had to change names. Mysteryjen if you have any questions feel free to pm my new screen name as I can't access emails sent to snowbeltmom. Fwiw, I agree with everyone else that you should homeschool. It sounds like homeschooling would be a better academic fit as well as definitely being better for your son's tennis game. Also, the college coaches we spoke with didn't care about high school tennis at all. UTR and the tennis recruiting star rating were the metrics the coaches care about. Good luck!

If you do list a school when you send in the application, you can change the selection to another school later on. I don't remember the exact date, but my oldest changed his school late spring of senior year. He was awarded the 2500 scholarship.

The school my D received a likely letter from is not a rolling admissions school. Some schools send out likely letters (also known as early writes) before official admission results are released. The school that sent my D a likely letter will not release official results until March.

Yeah, it said if she stays on the same academic path, they will be offering her admissions to their freshman class.

D has submitted all of her apps and was very excited to receive a likely letter from one of her top choices. It is great feeling for both of us to be finished with our parts of the applications. Now we just wait and see how things look come spring, and in the meantime, get to enjoy our last few months of homeschooling. While I have loved homeschooling my kids, I have not enjoyed this guidance counselor gig and am happy that I won't be going through it again.

Did any adult in earshot of this comment reprimand the coach? I have witnessed my fair share of coaches behaving badly in rec leagues, especially when the umpires/refs are easily- intimidated high school students. However, I can't imagine any adult in attendance letting a coach get away with speaking to a player in this manner regardless of whether the ref took action. In fact, any coach who made such a comment would be removed from his coaching duties immediately.

I am pretty sure that you can delete the file after choosing "Yes, this looks exactly how I intend." I think the only time there is no going back is when you press the anxiety inducing "submit" button.

I had a similar situation to the OP's a few years ago, and I did exactly what Pen has suggested in her reply: Nephew was having a rite of passage religious ceremony, which consisted of multiple events for an entire weekend (Fri-Sun). One of my kids had a conflict during some of the events, so I sent back the rsvp indicating the correct number of us attending along with a short note matter of factly explaining kiddo's absence to a few of the events. (with no mention of being sorry of disappointing anyone) My sil went ballistic. Got on the phone with her parents and every extended relative she could find to express how hurt she was that my kid wouldn't be able to attend all of the events. The drama lasted for weeks, and was made worse when others supported my kid's absence. Four years later, sil is still not speaking to us. Had I the opportunity for a do-over, I would have sent in the rsvp indicating that all of us would be in attendance and then called the different venues and paid for the plate for my kid that I knew was not going to be able to make it. Nothing good came out of being honest and upfront. If anything, being honest made the situation way worse as my sil had weeks to stir up a bunch of unnecessary drama which took away from the enjoyment she should have felt leading up to her son's occasion. Had my kid simply not shown up for the events when he had a conflict that a weekend, I doubt my sil would have even noticed within the 100s of people there. And even if she had noticed, she wouldn't have had the opportunity to stew over her disappointment for weeks in advance. Good luck to the OP. It is tough knowing which is the best approach to take.

But if you tell her ahead of time, there will be drama on the day PLUS weeks to discuss it with anyone under the sun who will listen leading up to the wedding. If you lead them to believe the day of the wedding that the kids were feeling under the weather, there is not much they can say to their audience to gain sympathy for themselves.

I think this is excellent advice. I would rsvp that all of you will be attending and then have the kids "too sick to attend" at the last minute. Way less unnecessary drama with this approach.

At my local school and my oldest's college, an A+ is given the same numerical value as an A. At oldest's school, an A+ is awarded a 5 (they are on a 5 pt scale) and an A+ at our local high school is worth a 4 (they are on a 4 pt scale). My younger college kid is awarded a 4.3 for an A+ (they are on a 4 point scale). All the options make my head hurt. I think you can do whatever you want. ?

I think it is nutty that you can't opt out of the question. ?. I agree with your daughter. I would put 0 since no one else is tied with her.

Mine has around 7 hours per weekday, plus about 20 hours for her main extracurricular. She is taking 5 APs plus 2 post-AP courses. She saves the weekends for lab work and completing any problem sets or writing assignments that she didn't get done during the week.

I am not familiar with Mr. D math, but it sounds similar to the set-up with Derek Owens as Derek Owens also does not use a textbook with his online program. However, D.O. states the name of the textbook his program is based on. Does Mr. D math state that its program is based on a specific textbook? If there is no specific textbook listed, I would purchase a cheap textbook that pertains to the class you are using, have your child refer to that textbook if she needs additional clarification, and list that as your textbook. I would not use a different provider if what you are using is working for your child just to satisfy the NCAA. A rep from the NCAA once told me that "The NCAA does not care about the educational outcome." The NCAA is only concerned with checking boxes. Give the NCAA what it needs to check its boxes, but don't let their box checking interfere with your child's education.

I don't include the senior year grades on the transcript when the application is submitted and indicate that grades through the end of junior year are listed on the transcript. I do list the current year grades on the midyear report that is usually due in February. (Not every school requires a mid-year report, though). I have never dealt with weighted gpa's because I could never completely understand the process and I don't think weighted gpa's were a factor at the schools my kids applied to. (otherwise, I would have muddled through and listed some sort of weighted gpa, too)

I have never had to supply any additional information for any course listed on my kids' transcripts. My transcript consists of a one page summary and a multi-page course description that lists a description for each course listed on the transcript along with a reading list/textbook summary. I mention in my school profile that a copy of the College Board approved syllabi are available on request for any of our "home-brewed" AP classes. So far, no college has asked for them, and I don't expect they will this time around with my D, either.

If your kids are juniors in college and plan to enter the work force upon graduation next year, now is the time that they should be looking for an internship for this upcoming summer. There are some companies that only offer full-time positions to students who completed a summer internship with their company and many of these companies will soon be interviewing for next summer. Many companies will have completed their hiring of summer interns by Christmas. Students waiting until the second semester of junior year to search for a summer internship will not have as many options.

1. For your question regarding pre-written curricula...I copied the description verbatim from the provider's description. 2. For your question about outside providers...In my homeschool profile document, I had a section titled, "Educational Partners" where I provided a blurb about the provider and/or instructor. 3. For outsourced courses, I used the same name as the one used by the provider. However, since the AoPS calc class is now approved by the College Board, If I were in your shoes, I would name your course AP Calc BC on the transcript. Good luck.

Yes, you can go back and make changes after you look at everything as a pdf. I submitted my guidance counselor docs a few weeks ago, and I don't remember the specifics, but you don't have to worry about accidentally submitting the docs before you are ready as you are asked to confirm that you are ready to submit before the docs are submitted.

Yeah, I have seen those ones. I am just wondering if there are some schools out there that don't publish the fact that weighted gpa's are given more weight when awarding merit money by their school.