Wow, that placement link is awesome! (Too bad it doesn't work for Arabic, sniff sniff)

So he'd be taking classes w three different providers? Have you looked to see how their breaks match up-----or even if they do? My dd had a rude shock last year when her two outsourced classes from two different providers only had the Christmas break in common. She found the period from Jan 2 to late May to be very long without a true break.

That class would not work for my dd. Dd has learned through Youth in Government and Model UN to consider all sides, as much as possible. I just spent some time on amazon. The main books listed are extremely right-leaning with nothing else listed to would provide balance or even facilitate interesting discussion.

Consider this a bump :) Dd just takes a regular analog watch. She sets the time to 12:00 when she begins a section of the test, knowing that she'll have 30 or 45 or whatever minutes for that section.

If the rental market is affordable, then I can see dd living off campus. In that case, I still would prefer the school to guarantee housing for the first two years. If housing is unaffordable off-campus, then the school must have guaranteed or mandated housing for all four years. My older two live/d on campus for three years. Ds wanted to move off junior year but plans didn't work out. Dd will be living in a nice apartment next year just off campus. Because the lease is for a year, we'll be paying the same amount as the dorm. We will save money on food!

Best wishes, everyone! We're waiting on a decision as to what dd will be doing this summer and where she'll be doing it. Notifications began yesterday but will trickle out over the month which makes us crazy.

You can't move until I visit my boy! Sorry :grouphug: I wish I could help you but my info is decades out of date :lol:

My dd can and does have time-management issues for the classes which aren't her favorites. She has been trying various ways to focus from working in multiple-hour time blocks, to X minutes on/Y minutes off, and so on. However, it seems like what works one day or week doesn't work so well the next. Sigh. She gets frustrated, I get frustrated, and we go through a lot of chocolate. She takes one online AP course that runs 8-10 hours per week, depends on the amount of writing. She takes one 4-credit in-person Arabic class at the university. That takes up 80 minutes of our day four times a week plus at least 5 hours outside of class (Arabic comes easy to her. Her classmates spend much longer on Arabic. Most are triple-language majors.) Between English and Arabic that's 16-18 hours of her week. I cannot see how she'd be able to take another outsourced class, either online or in-person. She has extracurriculars M T W Th evenings, beginning any time from 5 to 7:30 and ending at 9, so she has a firm stop time those days for academics. She spends several hours each weekend finishing up her English work, reading for classes, studying for tests, and (now) looking into college programs. Splitting science into semester blocks has worked well this year. I insisted on bio, she wanted AP Environmental, so we compromised on squishing one into each semester. This worked because she had a strong background in both due to Science Olympiad. Next year we will be doing more on a semester basis. English (outsourced again because I value my sanity) will be the only year-long class, giving us more flexibility. We'll do full one-credit classes in math, science, government, and economics but in semester blocks. She'll have five classes each semester: two languages at the U, two with me, and the English. In fact, she's thinking about doing one of the classes with me in an intensive "winter session" (basically all of January) when she won't have the 2 language classes during the U's winter session. I hope dd can figure out what studying/time-management works best for her. I know having the evening extracurriculars forces her to plan her days more efficiently. Friday is so loosey-goosey with nothing in the evening!

Being the guidance counselor is one of the hardest aspects of homeschooling high school. Everyone has different reasons for the choices they make. I read and researched a lot before and during planning for dd. In fact, I just spent the last two hours researching colleges. I'll share our story: First of all, when homeschooling high school first appeared as an option, I told dd and dh that outsourcing English and foreign language would be non-negotiable. I knew my limits. Dh said the finances would work out. Dd and I discussd what she would need to study in order to be attractive to colleges and scholarships. My list was 4 each of English, math, science, history/social sciences, and foreign language. I explained the different types of electives--the arts classes, academic electives (like wanting to double-up on science like her brother did or English like her sister did), and other electives like culinary or tech etc. I told her that I wanted her to take 6 credits a year. She could study one or more over the summers if she wished (and she has). We discussed typical progressions in math (this was when she was All Math All The Time), what science options she could choose from (not just bio/chem/physics but geology, astronomy, environmental...), and what social sciences were out there (she had no idea!). Her mind was set on Arabic for foreign language. Dd was familiar with APs because of her older siblings. I told her that she'd need to demonstrate competency through APs or SAT subject tests or university classes for college admissions. I wanted her to have one of those for each of the 5 main academic areas and that we'd figure it out as we went along. I did insist on either AP English Language or AP English Lit instead of using a subject test or university class for English. As for AP vs dual enrollment for our situation: We have to pay full price for Arabic classes at the University of Our State. The CC and other area universities do not have Arabic. The U is within walking distance. It did not make sense for dd to take a second class at the CC or NearbyCity U, both a good 30+ minutes drive, breaking up our day even more. And frankly, the coursework available at the CC and NearbyCityU is below the level of what I can teach. We are using the AP classes (I plan/teach all but English) to demonstrate dd's academic work with the scores to verify my grades. The classes/scores will make her more competitive for admissions and for scholarship monies. I know the type of student she will be competing against. I know what their schools are like. Dd knows how much money we can contribute to college how much merit miney she will need to get to attend some schools on her current list. She's not applying to super-selective universities but to super-selective programs within those universities. It helps that dd is interested in so many things. AP Psych, the two AP Governments, AP Human Geography, the two AP Economics, and AP Environmental allign with her future coursework in International Relations/Studies :)

E's university has a choice of Unlimited, 12 weekly, and 155 semester block plans, all with choices of extra points that can be used one-for-one-dollar at the convenience-type stores, coffee places, and grill/sandwich/salad/pizza/burger places in the student centers. Prices range from $2330 to $2660 per semester. E has the 155 block plus some points. She tends to use points for coffee in the middle of the day. She has food allergies and intolerances and keeps some foods in her dorm (has a micro and fridge but no kitchen access in this year's dorm). Unlimited is new this year. We would have chosen that for ds, definitely.

That is horrible! I'd be one ticked-off person grrrrrr I can understand a 3-5 day turn-around time depending on the length, but a month is ridiculous.

Dd is a good test-taker and a very strong student. She scored very, very high on ACT English and Reading. And she scored 21 and 19 on the new writing section. I told her not to worry. ACT writing does not count in any score and will probably be ignored. Her regular writing will show what she can do.

I outsourced what I could not teach----foreign language. I was not going to pay good money for anything I could do at home or for an art or music or gym class. There is no tuition reduction. We have to pay $475 per credit hour. I doubt a 4 year university has a class called The College Experience. OP, i think you should choose an academic class for grade verification. Have fun discussing the options! Dd is like a kid in a candy shop as she reads course catalogs :)

We live in the middle of east coast sprawl. I'm driving an hour for dd to take Environmental Science.

Have your child take the SAT Math 2 subject test as soon as pre-calculus is completed. Like, the next possible testing date. And then shortly before the regular SATs are taken, take a released SAT as a practice to identify areas which might need reviewing (geometry, for example). Do targeted review followed by some more practice tests.

Hmmm Upper: keep the pushups and the rows Lower: keep the deadlifts, squats, and glute bridges/clamshells (one-leg bridges kill my hamstrings!) I think between the pushups and deadlifts you work just about every main muscle :lol:

Ahhh I see! We crossd wires :lol: The StarTalk program at Ole Miss is limited to high school juniors and seniors (note: not age-related). It is a free program designed to show off their Chinese Flagship (see Language Flagships http://www.thelanguageflagship.org/content/languages-programs)to prospective students. I'm pretty sure they have at least two levels for learners (but your guys might have more Chinese!). I've spent a lot of time in the past year-ish investigating language programs!

No thank you. I will continue to post here. I will stick a disclaimer on my posts so that they can be ignored if need be. This is the first time since I joined WTM in January 2010 that I have not felt welcomed. Time for my kindle.

I'm sorry--I don't understand your question. My statement above was referring to Concordia, not a StarTalk program.

This whole discussion is making me sad. I stopped posting much on the accelerated board when dd was in 7th grade because the topics just weren't fitting our needs. I started hanging out on the high school board, absorbing everything I could in case dd decided to stay home for high school. I thought this board was supposed to be for everyone homeschooling a high school student, not just accelerated or Christian or "average" or secular or school-in-box or unschooler or whatever. I don't want posts and posters to be separated. Our community is small enough! I make the decision to read a thread or not, to respond or not, based on the thread content. I don't read or respond to topics that might bother me (young earth science, for example). Why can't we all just take what we need?

How old is your daughter? What language? My dd attended a four-week Arabic immersion session at Concordia Language Villages, equivalent to one high school credit. However, students have to be at least in ninth grade to participate. She experienced true immersion. The teachers and counselors did not speak English. She and the other students at her level took the pledge to only spreak Arabic during the day. Other language villages may not be as disciplined. Four week sessions do tend to have more serious students than the two week sessions which tend to be more "campy". CLV is pricey. There are generous need-based scholarships available. The scholarship deadline is tomorrow. http://www.concordialanguagevillages.org/

1. I think that if someone is asking for book/curriculum/class suggestions, they should say "I am searching for X because of reasons ABC" instead of the very common "what do you use for X?" or "what's good for X?" with no or few details. Context is everything. Waiting until 15 people have responded with their choices to give details about the specific situation is counterproductive and can lead to hurt feelings. 2. For a while on the logic stage board I felt the need to add a disclaimer to my posts about dd being accelerated and to take that into consideration. (I had received some unkind comments about my lack of helpfulness.) I'll have to start doing that again.

Whoa, that's crazy! I'll stick with working on my arms and shoulders, tyvm. No chicken wings here!

At first I would have to sit next to dd. Her very first class was an AoPS text-based one-----sometimes the class would go so quickly that she would miss things when her mind wandered. Then I sat across the table from her. I encouraged doodling on her note paper when she didn't take notes. She's been taking online classes on her own for a couple years. She still doodles. She also clicks her pen. Repeatedly. Which makes me crazy lol but she's not having any problems with clicking away to another site while in class. I say, let him doodle!