I haven't been to these boards in ages. My oldest just graduated with a degree in industrial design from Appalachian State in NC. He was also on a robotics team through middle and high school. We looked at schools mainly within the southeast. Appalachian State, NCState Univ. Virginia Tech, Auburn, James Madison University in Va. We did not look at SCAD but it did come highly recommended, Georgia Tech required calculus so he removed that school from the list early on!! We used the idsa website primarily to locate schools with the major. I wish I could tell you that he has found a permanent job already, but he hasn't quite started his search. He is working temporarily with the company he interned with. Now they did offer him a permanent position as a Mechanical Engineer - but he wants to find something in the design field. But think of that - an engineering position without having to take all the math and science courses!

This is what my son did too. He hated it but made a lot of money.

The Common App has a section to list award/honors type information. This would be a national honor/award. On other online apps, it may be included with their activities, and definitely include it on a separate resume if that is required from any of the colleges you may apply to. In short - it won't be listed on the transcript. But it should be included in the appropriate section of the other application documents.

This was my same experience with my children when I taught them to read a hundred years ago! I loved 100EZ. BTW you can skip the writing portion, and often times I only had them read the "story" once.

This one has worked well so far for my college student on a rainy campus. https://www.ebags.com/product/granite-gear/buffalo/275090?productid=10450701

The beds in my son's dorm allow the mattresses to be raised up to 5 feet. Beds in other dorms can have the mattress and frame raised but not quite that high. Other dorms still have beds that can be bunked or they allow risers. So it all depends on the type of beds in the particular dorm.

You may want to keep the flexible days as just open. Barcelona is a beautiful city and you can just fill those days with museums and shopping. However, some side trip ideas by train: Montserrat (mountainside monastery) Girona. (Ancient roman city to the North) Sitges (Seaside town to the south) Madrid would likely be to far for a day trip.

I also want to say that I totally agree with those that say it's not yet time to let your child loose to plan and hold themselves accountable to the schedule. Depending on how many kids you have, you may have to do that. But now that all my kids are either in high school or graduated, I see the value in trying to keep up with the oldest child especially if you plan to homeschool through high school. The younger kids pick up so much from observing and listening to what their older siblings are doing. And we as teachers are better prepared when it's the younger kid's turn to approach those difficult subjects.

I am a CCer and have had 3 kids go through CH A. The first one is a lot like having your first baby. It seems so time consuming and difficult, but when you have your second, you wonder why you thought it was so hard with the first. Challenge is a lot like that! If your child is 12, keep reminding yourself that it's middle school, the "grades" and courses aren't going on a transcript yet, and that might help to relieve some stress. Remind yourself of why you signed up for CC in the first place and focus on those aspects rather than trying to finish all the workload. Lori D gave some excellent advice!! Work your own pace with math. (It took my daughter, now in CH IV, two years to get through Algebra I!) Keep Latin to under an hour a day. If you don't finish all the exercises, don't worry about it. Review vocab everyday and copy declension endings, and move on to the next assigned lesson each week even if you didn't finish all the exercises. She will repeat those lessons next year, and review them all in CH I. With the new cartography book, I am not sure how geography is now approached. In the past, the maps in the guide weren't very user friendly so I found black line maps on line that my child copied and labeled everyday. We used the Shepard software each day as well to drill the countries and capitals. Hang in there! And when you both feel like crying, take a break - get outside a take a nap - read a book, and pick up later in the day or the next day. You can do this!

Have they tried putting in a maintenance request for a different mattress?

I am bumping this because I would really like to read some info on Apologia Online Academy. I am about to enroll dd in Chemistry, but I can't find any reviews.

What schools do you recommend for video game design?

Fordham Rams. Which two schools did you not visit? I have visited JMU and Fordham. ECU seems to be a popular school here in NC. JMU seemed to have a more competitive admission requirement regarding languages and science than other schools. Fordham had extra hoops for homeschoolers to go through (if I am remembering right - I was reading there admissions stuff a couple of weeks ago). Fordham - I would have concerns for safety in certain areas off campus (Rose Hill), but our family loves the Arthur Ave. area and the beauty of the campus. DD is interested in the Manhattan campus for dance.

No, it is not abridged. We have the first in the series, and I never gave a thought to it being abridged. I just checked and there is nothing on the title page, covers, or copyright info that would indicate it was abridged.

Well, I did it with my youngest, but. I discovered that he had already learned many sounds from those old leap frog videos (Ciirca early 2000s). We started reading through Bob books and then went to readers. You could start with Bob books which focus on different sounds and see how it goes. I used 100 EZ lessons with my older two. I was very happy that I got to skip it with the third child!

Ch B will give you 1 credit for Latin 1. When the book is completed in CH I, you can assign 1 credit for Latin 2. Generally, Henle book One is considered as two years of Latin. I would have no problem granting HS credit for the remainder of the courses. I may change the course names to better reflect what an admissions counselor would understand. And I would count the science as an elective.

I posted this on the high school board and got one response from Katilac (Thanks!) But I was hoping to hear a few more reviews . . . I saw on a past post that many people use homeschooldiploma.com for their diplomas and were very pleased. I am wondering if anyone has ordered their matte caps and gowns and if you were satisfied with the quality. I have been tasked with finding navy blue gowns for our Classical Conversations graduates that are not too thin and cheap looking. If you have a different recommendation for purchasing new cap and gown sets you can offer that as well. I already know that we could use borrowed or used gowns, but for right now we are interested in having a uniform gown for each graduate. Thanks!

I saw on a past post that many people use homeschooldiploma.com for their diplomas and were very pleased. I am wondering if anyone has ordered their matte caps and gowns and if you were satisfied with the quality. I have been tasked with finding navy blue gowns for our Classical Conversations graduates that are not too thin and cheap looking. If you have a different recommendation for purchasing new cap and gown sets you can offer that as well. I already know that we could use borrowed or used gowns, but for right now we are interested in having a uniform gown for each graduate. Thanks!

Here's an example.

DS received acceptances to Auburn and Appalachian State. We have to wait on his other two choices. But I am so excited to be able to post here finally!! I have been on the board since this guy was in kindergarten! Congrats to everyone!

[quote name="Calming Tea" post="7341953" timestamp= I love your precious profile pic BTW :) Aww thanks! The blonde head kid is graduating this year! It looks like you've got a some great options. And if people have approached you for directing it's probably because they recognize you as an awesome home educator!

Well, I am pro CC, but the question for you is if you want two kids on two different schedules. I wouldn't want that. As far as being "locked into" the curriculum. CH III and IV still have the option of paying only for the strands you want. For CH I and II - we have had kids not do the subject at home, yet seminar time can be structured so that they can still participate. I have had students that are not doing the same science or not doing Latin and yet they participate in class with the rest of the students.

Definitely prettier than Orlando! Traffic depends on where you live. Right now (2016) traffic is not as bad as Orlando. But give it time and it will be. When we moved here six years ago, we used to laugh at people who complained about rush hour. Now they are starting to have something to complain about. I love palm trees against a blue sky - but now I also love the autumn colors against the blue skies, and all the shades of green when the trees start budding in the spring. There are flowering trees and azaleas in the spring, but I thought there would be more flowers (like in the Atlanta area). And you do get cultural events in Durham (DPAC gets the broadway runs) and Raleigh like you would in Orlando. We have professional hockey, but no basketball team. DH is from Orlando - I am so glad that we never had to live there. I hated the traffic too.

No, it's really not like Gainesville. Gainesville really is a college town. Durham and Raleigh are not. I haven't spent enough time in Chapel Hill to compare though.

Raleigh downtown is pretty small. Smaller than downtown Orlando and Jacksonville. (Although compared to Jax of 30 years ago maybe comparable). But downtown Raleigh is rather pretty and growing. Charlotte is actually a much larger downtown area.