LOL! DD found out today she was admitted to Honors Carolina at Chapel Hill and also received merit scholarship. It's not likely she'll attend there, but it was nice to receive it. :) ETA: Also received notice that she was awarded Research Scholar along with Honors Carolina

:grouphug: I 'm so sorry for both of you! This is just shocking.

DD received her acceptance at UNC Chapel Hill. She was also notified of merit awards at Ohio State: National Buckeye scholarship and Maximus scholarship.

That is so fabulous!!! Congratulations to you both for such outstanding work and results! :)

DD received her letter of admission to Boston College's Honors Program and was selected as a finalist for the Gabelli Presidential Scholar's Program. She also received acceptance at University of Michigan and Ohio State University's Honors Program. Now she will start focusing on the competitive scholarships.

There are sample student responses in the high, middle, and low range you can review and compare. CB does have some fairly detailed breakdowns on elements to consider in scoring and variants on what qualifies as a correct or partially correct response.

Here are our favorites: Lukeion classes, Chem Advantage for AP Chemistry, Derek Owens' Physics and Math, PAH Calculus with Sue Gilleran, Brigid Thompson for AP Lit. What is remarkable about all of these classes is that they combine rigor with support. The teachers establish high standards from the outset AND support the students appropriately (no babysitting, but no abandonment either) throughout their course work. We have used providers for other course work, which were not "great" in our opinion because of either (a)babysitting- no real accountability required of students, or (b)ridiculously rigorous assignments with effectively no instruction.

Like G5052, we are a longstanding Lukeion family, including Greek, Latin, and Research Writing (DD took research writing as a junior). In research writing, Regan provides ongoing, explicit instruction and provides meaningful feedback on the papers. Students also peer review others' work in his class, which can be helpful. I think Regan's class works well across ability levels. He is dedicated to helping each student advance to the next level of their individual abilities and doesn't evaluate with reference to all of the other papers or simply to achieve a curve.

When DD reached out to several prospective uni's on her list, she was advised to provide a weighted gpa. I also delineated how we arrived at course designations and grading on my homeschool profile. We followed the norm in our state with weighting, which is 4.0 regular, 4.5 honors, 5.0 AP /post-AP/ DE.

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One thing to consider is the level of analytical essay writing required of AP level students and the time constraints imposed on that writing. Some students are naturals at this, but it is a huge jump for many students to write thoughtful, analytical essays (much less given strict time constraints). Of the many students and Latin teachers I have spoken with, this is a significant concern and stumbling block for students at advanced levels of course work.

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Along these lines, we used a format that was easy on the eyes and very easy to skim read while stating the materials used. On the one hand, we used more space than others employ. On the other hand, it is much easier to read quickly than a "ton" of books crammed into one paragraph. We also provided a synopsis for our academic approach to each division (Humanities/Maths and Sciences/World Languages) so that they could entirely skip reading the provided course descriptions and still get a sense of how we "schooled" in all areas. This was part of the home school profile.

You could just provide grading criteria in the home school profile rather than on each course page.

Latin 4/AP Latin is definitely a step up due to the increased # of lines to translate and the analytical essay writing. Amy endeavors to help smooth the path for her AP Latin students by gradually increasing the length and difficulty of translation assignments as well as by introducing analytical writing assignments in Latin 3. Translation speed and analytical writing ability varies so widely across students that it's hard to give an average for students in terms of time commitment.

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We uploaded course descriptions, which included booklists and materials, as a second transcript. You are allowed up to four, so you can upload course descriptions as a separate file and booklist as a separate file if you'd like, unless of course, you have multiple transcripts to upload.

There is a great pinned thread here on the college board that could get you started. http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/601603-what-are-your-favorite-websites-for-researching-colleges/

I am finally done with my part! I submitted everything, and DD has submitted two applications so far. :)

I actually purchased it too, and there was some information we didn't already have despite a great deal of research. Thanks, JanetC!

My sister had her son take AP European History through Memoria Press Academy. He liked it and did well.

Yay! :hurray:

Thanks! As I reviewed FAFSA over the summer, it looked fairly straightforward. The CSS profile looks a little more nebulous, and the little bit of information I have found elsewhere suggests that schools often elect to add back business deductions in arriving at AGI. I guess we will just find out what schools do when the time comes.

Some of the schools on DD's list specifically said that the weighted gpa was necessary for merit, while others have said it is irrelevant. Oh well...

Mrs. Gilleran provides comprehensive daily notes along with reading assignments from the text, homework through Webassign, and often video links. There is an online discussion board where students can ask questions and get answers from TAs and/or Mrs. Gilleran. She is very responsive, but activity level on the board varies based on the students.