No, you'll need to pay to have them sent. Most send them after admission; scores are generally self-reported only during the application process.

My kids have used EasyBib to format their bibliographies. EasyBib now has new "essay tools" for researching and writing papers. Dd used them for her most recent research paper and found them to be essentially like paper index cards that she could type on, edit, and manipulate. http://content.easybib.com/guides/ She hated using paper index cards and found notetaking in a word document to be clunky and disorganized. She'll use the EasyBib tools for her next paper.

My olde kids have learned that networking and internships are very, very important. Younger dd will be studying in a field (or fields, knowing her) for which interrnships help land post-graduation jobs. We are paying close attention to where current students intern and where new graduates work while visiting colleges. Ds, who graduated last May in computer science, fell into an on-campus job in IT second-semester freshman year because someone he knew from a 4 week summer cs camp job recommended him for the job. He worked there during semesters until graduation and during all breaks until the summer before senior year. He had his pick of internships (literally, had multiple offers) for that summer because of the combination of academics and work experience. Ds also headed a university Linux users group/club and maintained that group's LinkedIn page. He also maintained his own professional LinkedIn with links to all of his projects. Ds had job offers from his internship and from a government-affiliated lab by December senior year. He was <thisclose> to signing with the lab (security clearances and all) when he received an offer to interview with a company interested in his Linux experiences who found him through his LinkedIn page. After a series of phone interviews, he was flown cross country for several days of interviews. He's now a Site Reliability Engineer with a major social media company who gets offers from recruiters every week. Older dd is a junior. She has worked in retail unrelated to her English-French-major-with-theatre-minor since summer after freshman year, continuing during the school year. She is very active in a student-run theatre group--acting, directing, and producing. Dd learned about a directing internship at Our State Shakespeare Festival, combining her loves of Shakespeare and theatre, and applied online hoping for an interview call. Meanwhile someone she knows through the group asked her to take her place at a meeting. Dd walked into the meeting and was greeted by three of her English profs and one theatre prof. She learned that she had joined the university-wide committee as the only student representative for all events surrounding the display of a Shakespeare First Folio this fall! She participated in the conversations and networked hard during the social time (she called dh afterward to brag because she is typically very reserved), meeting the heads of all the theatre groups in this area including the head of the Shakespeare Festival. The very next day he called her for an interview. She was selected out of the 100+ applicants for the internship :) This Friday she'll be meeting with the head and some theatre group members to discuss her proposal for a free Shakespeare performance on campus. In two weeks she'll be attending a meet-and-greet for wealthy donors to the festival. Meanwhile, she is involved in all the planning for two months of university and community activities, including school outreach, when the First Folio is on campus. Dd still doesn't know what she wants to do after graduation. All this networking may provide additional opportunities. It's definitely boosting her professional social media presence.

I'm not terribly familiar with Milford because I live upstate in Newark. I do know that you will want to stay as far north or west as possible to avoid the beach traffic during the warmer months. I know that Cape Henlopen High School (in Lewes district) is highly regarded. Dover High in the Capital district is in a new, gorgeous, well-equipped building (I've been to Science Olympiad training sessions there). The administration at Dover and at Caesar Rodney High (in Caesar Rodney district) are both very welcoming to homeschoolers taking AP exams. Homeschooling in Delaware is easy-peasy. All one needs to do is submit an attendance record (this number of kids in these grades, though you can do ungraded) in the fall and the spring (how many days you schooled---most just say 180ish days w/o counting).

In the test booklet? I assume so, since writing and note-taking is encouraged for all the other APs my kids have done :)

My favorite websites: Automatic full tuition and full ride scholarships (for entering 2016 freshmen; it will be updated whenever schools update their requirements) http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com Competitive full tuition and full ride scholarships http://competitivefulltuition.yolasite.com Scholarships for National Merit Finalists and Semifinalists (requires v high score on PSAT junior year) http://nmfscholarships.yolasite.com

Absolutely agreeing with snowbeltmom----build the list from the base (safety) up. Finances are most important to you, right? So you need to focus on selecting schools that are totally affordable yet that fit your dd's needs (program, size, location, whatever comes after finances). Then, and only then, should she select reach/lottery schools. Frankly, I am over the whole safety--match--reach distinction. I think there are only safeties (that you know are affordable for your particular situation and that your student will gain admission, based on stats) and reach schools. Just read results or the financial aid forum on CC. So many kids were rejected or "soft rejected" through waitlists from schools considered to be matches. So many kids were admitted to schools they cannot afford without a zillion dollars in loans. I will do everything I can to make sure dd will not be one of those kids next spring. Building her list is so very time consuming :(

You can do that if you want. I haven't because I have needed/wanted to write my own. The process of researching and planning helps to clarify my thoughts about what content I want dd to learn and how I want to go about that.

It will be obvious :) No worries there! I usually stick the number up on our fridge in the place where we put Very Important Information.

Oh, yes. Ds started taking graduate courses when he was a junior because of his AP credits. Dd21 is working on a double major and a minor because of her AP credits. Dd16 is planning on skipping straight to upper division courses in some subjects because of her AP and DE coursework. She will have a deeper undergraduate experience for all of her high school work. (Her proposed major, International Studies, is interdisciplinary, covering political science, history, economics, geography, etc.)

Yep. Ouch.

Here also :)

I have posted a couple times in the past few months about how we handle AP coursework, from deciding on the class, to choosing the books and supplemental material, to going through the course audit process. I'd link but I'm on mobile right now.

Awesome news :party:

Best wishes to everyone for clear thoughts and steady pencils!

I expect an A but would be fine with a B. Dd works hard enough to get the A. She's motivated because it's one of her favorite subjects. We also pay a bazillion dollars for her university classes. There is no reduced DE for in-person courses. She knows we would not continue to pay should she get lower than a B.

That rocks!

My son had back-to-back exams twice. He and the others ate lunch between. I'd ask the school what they are doing for students in that situation. She may be the only one her day, but I expect there to be other kids taking 2 exams on one day. Dd will be taking 2 exams on the same day but at different schools 10 minutes apart :eek: She will be cramming lunch into her mouth during the drive!

Quark, I know exactly how you feel. I think it's perfectly normal for all parents to feel that way, but I think the feeling is heightened in the situation of a high-achieving homeschooled student who isn't following a "traditional" path. Right now all my energy is going toward identifying safety schools (academic and financial) with something special for dd----a language program, a small focused program in a huge state school, a track record with specific types of internships and fellowships, and so on, not just the normal "is there an honors program with perks?" I'll be happy with a list of four so that she will still have choices if she hates any after visiting. :grouphug:

The book you linked is NOT published by th College Board. The authors/group have copied the CB look. The book is also much shorter than any other prep books, at only 108 pages. I read the reviews----many of the glowing ones (and the only 2 star review) included the disclaimer that the reviewers received the book in return for an "honest review". Yeah, no. In general (very general), Barrons tend to be harder than the actual exam and Princeton Review tend to be spot-on for difficulty level. 5 Steps to a 5 vary in quality, and they also tend to be shorter than other prep books. 5 Steps also have some books called 500 Questions to Know (or some such---I'm upstairs right now) which can be a good source of additional questions. We've only used one REA/Crash Course book so far but it's been very good. No practice tests in this one (Environmental) however. Ethel Woods for Comparative Government and Politics is excellent. I highly recommend it.

We have ease of transportation as a factor on the big spreadsheet-----Southwest cities (we live an hour away from two major airports) and Amtrak northeastern corridor (train station two miles away) are given priority.

I'm not really happy with that 209 number. I bet dd is below the cutoff for our state this year :(

Bumping my own thread for new information from this year's application cycle :D The NPC asked for ACT/SAT, class ranking %, and state of residence. The results are in-line with what dd needs, assuming she'd be awarded the merit scholarship(s) listed.

Here are my favorite websites, compiled by College Confidential posters. They will be updated for the 2016-17 admissions cycle as soon as schools make any changes: Automatic full tuition or full ride http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com Competititve full tuition or full ride http://competitivefulltuition.yolasite.com National Merit Semifinalist or Finalist http://nmfscholarships.yolasite.com

We thought Barrons was the best. 5 Steps to a 5 was practically worthless. I believe Princeton Review had good info on models. Make sure you use an edition from the past couple years after the latest update (not redesign like APUSH!) to the course. Some topics were added, some were eliminated, and some were increased in weight. I *think* that was effective for the 2014-15 year but it could have been 2013-14.