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    How many APs...if any?

    in High School and Self-Education Board

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    Halcyon, in your ds's case, I would say no.

     

    AP works/ed well for my youngest for a few reasons:

     

    --She does not have test anxiety.

    --She writes quickly and clearly (important for the free response questions)

    --The local cc does not have appropriate classes for her.

    --We have to pay full price for DE at the state flagship, approx $500 a credit. We saved DE for the classes she could not get elsewhere, Arabic and Chinese.

    --I am/was comfortable teaching/facilitating all of her AP classes (that includes having syllabi approved) except for English, which we outsourced to Blue Tent Online.

    --All but one of her AP credits will be accepted by the universities to which she had applied (the one varies). She will attend a large state flagship university to pursue in international relations plus receive a second major in Arabic while achieving the Superior rating in Arabic enabling her to work professionally abroad in that language (see Critical Language Flagship schools for more info). In fact, she has been asked to consider doing the Language Flagship programs for both Arabic and Chinese at one university. That would only be possible by entering with a very high number of credits that fulfill university, college, and program requirements.

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    College Application Lessons Learned 2016-17 Edition

    in The College Board

    Posted · Edited by Luckymama

    Essay fatigue is real. I recommend having the student complete the applications to the safety schools first, the ones you know you can afford (either from running the Net Price Calculators or from automatic stats-based merit scholarships). Remember, a safety is only a true safety if the student would be happy to attend that school!

     

    Check and re-check scholarship deadlines if you need to rely on merit aid. The dates can be very early, mid-October for several and Nov 1 for many. I noted the dates for the cycle before this one and checked again as soon as the websites changed in August.

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    NM

    in The Chat Board

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    That was my first thought, but I would think that wouldn't be something that would start now.

    (On phone so no multi-quote (I think))

     

    What do you mean by not something that would start now?

     

    My friend had that start in her mid40s. Was very disconcerting at first.

     

    ;)

    If you keep a lot of staples on hand, but have dietary restriction...

    in The Chat Board

    Posted · Edited by Luckymama

    We are soy and dairy free (plus some random fruits and veg).

     

    Things that might work for you that I keep:

    oils

    vinegars

    hot sauces

    mustards

    Worcestershire sauce

    various rice (brown, jasmine, basmati)

    quinoa

    corn meal

    oats

    dried peppers

    sea salt

    kosher salt

    sugars

    cocoa powder (dark, regular)

    molasses

    honey

    cornstarch

    dried egg powder

    dried fruits of all kinds

    coffee beans

    decaf and herbal teas

     

    too many spices and herbs to list!

    baking soda

    baking powder

     

    canned tomatoes

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    2017 resolutions/goals/plans

    in The Chat Board

    Posted · Edited by Luckymama

    To keep my patience with FIL as he transitions to retirement (dh is buying out his portion of the business)

     

    To deadlift 2x my body weight

    To squat my body weight

    To bench press my body weight

     

    To continue focusing on buying local (it was a 2016 goal which we rocked)

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