My dd could not be more excited about wrapping up her senior year and starting her studies at the University of South Carolina (in pursuit of an Exercise Science degree with a possible double major - minor at least - in Spanish). Ultimately, she wants to go to grad school (either med school, physician's assistant or physical therapy school). She has been invited as a Capstone Scholar (which she has accepted) but hopes to transfer into their honors college. This year has been extremely busy (for her and myself) but most rewarding considering she is our firstborn. We began homeschooling her first grade year and marvel at the fact that 12 short years later, we're graduating our first from EDEN Academy!

Thank you for this. I probably should have clarified that I am speaking to mathematical problem solving. Again, thanks!

I am double posting (see this link to other board - http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1892420#post1892420) out of desperation. Please help. :-}

We just received my rising 8th grader's Stanford scores. While, Math will never be this kid's strong suit, her procedural skills are decent. Her problem solving skills, not so much. Can anyone make recommendations of something we can use to make a difference in this for her? TIA!

My daughter also took the ACT (scores due in next week). We'll see if she's one of those kids that performs better on one of these tests than the other.....

:thumbup: Bittersweet, I must say, as we head into our 12th year of homeschooling. But, to hold the note is to spoil the song.....play on, dear one, play on! My daughter, our oldest, will be taking dual credit courses at our area technical school along with home/resource center courses. We have a good enough idea of what she wants to major in that her DC courses will actually be chipping away at requirements for her major opening the door for her to pursue her goal of minoring in Spanish. It is a very exciting (and overwhelming) time indeed. Congratulations to all who are traversing this path with us!

My daughter (rising senior) took the SAT for the first time June 5 with no real prep. Her scores were less than hoped for *but* we knew before she took the test that her math skills are "behind" and she'll use the summer to bring them up to her potential. Our plan is for her to take weekly practice tests (placing study emphasis on what she misses each time) between now and the Oct 9 test. Folks over at the College Confidential board indicate that it is very reasonable that, with this plan, we can hope for an increase of 200+ points.....

My dd took an SAT prep course (local tutor) and did the Chalkdust SAT Math review discs (total of about 25 hrs worth of her time). We counted that as her honors "project" for her math course this year. (To gain honors credit she's also reading two additional math related books and writing essays for each). FWIW, Sharon

My sister has had a Sandisk for years and loves it. (We happen to have 3 ipod shuffles as well that we enjoy). We purchased dd a Sandisk for Cmas because the shuffle is twice today what they were a few years back when we bought ours. What we like about the Sandisk - you can search for songs individually (rather than settle for what you get with the shuffle) and the FM tuner (great for the Y where you can tune to a TV there). FWIW.

I would search for this phone on ebay. Amazin' what you can find over there..... :D

Thanks to both of you!

Rejoicing with you!!!!! :D

Well, we really do know which top 3 schools she'll send her scores to, ultimately. Nonetheless, I could be at great peace with waiting until after she retakes the test in October to send any out. *However*, the thing I'm not sure of is this - if I don't take advantage of the 4 complimentary score reports for the June session (deadline of June 14 to indicate schools), will I have to pay to have them sent out in the fall if one section happens to be higher than the Oct score?

the primary source docs was the big drawing card for us, as well.

Kendall, I literally LOL when I got to this part of your post! Thanks for the levity! Thanks, too, for sharing from your experience. I have a rising senior and am thankful for your insight. Lately, I've found myself telling my dd that my efforts to research/investigate options for her have become a full time job!!! (I'd prefer that she stick with the books and let me do some of this legwork..... ;-P)