Hello, My college-bound son is updating his resume to list the scholarships he has received. The idea is he will use this resume in the future at college to apply for research positions, internships, etc... In listing the scholarships he received under "Academic Achievements", should the amount be listed, as well, or just the scholarship name? Thanks for any advice! Kimm

Did your son decide? I thought I would throw in my two cents. My oldest son goes to a large state university, but still was able to get a research position in his 2nd quarter there, as a junior (he had 2 yrs. of college courses through dual-enrollment). This gave him great experience to land an electrical engineering internship the next summer. Anyway, thought I would let you know that undergrad research IS out there at large universities.

One student's assets do no affect another's FAFSA. In Jan. I did the FAFSA for our 3 kiddos - oldest is 2nd year of college and next two are both seniors. Oldest has a higher EFC than the younger two since he had an engineering internship last summer and made some good $. HTH, Kimm

Thanks for the info.

I also agree with TammyS on both counts above!

If he continued to do dual-enrollment, he could bypass having to take the SAT because he would be a transfer student. Having 2 years of college paid for through dual-enrollment is a HUGE $ savings. He also wouldn't necessarily have to take a full load at the CC and would still be eligible for the scholarships. I would be concerned about how it would look to college admissions officers to have a student take CC classes in the junior year and then go back to being fully homeschooled the senior year. Of course this can be explained in the extra info. section of applications, that he was needed for the family business, but something to consider. Would him working 20 hrs./week for you help enough? That's a doable # of hours for a high school senior, I would imagine.

I don't recall specifically because I didn't pay that much attention since they each had 2 years of Spanish also. Sorry, my memory isn't THAT good. Ü

What do you mean "programs" for displaced workers and homemakers reentering the workforce? Do you have more info?

Is the top 10% determined by GPA or test scores?

Most colleges have a lot of extra hoops they require homeschoolers to jump through. My kiddos have gone through North Atlantic Regional High School, started mainly to show "proof" that they did high school level work while in middle school. The oldest son had no problem, with this diploma, being accepted to public and private universities across the US. The first problem I had with it was this year: I currently have 2 seniors (and one in his 2nd year in college). My seniors, who will graduate from high school with an AA degree thanks to dual-enrollment were told by a public university in Oregon that they have to have "X" number of SAT II test taken or else they are not eligible because their "diploma" is not REGIONALLY accredited in Oregon. There WAS a way to get around this and that is that our community college now offers an option for dually-enrolled students to receive a high school diploma through the community college. The nice thing about my kiddos' diploma is that it is a "private school" diploma which (despite how much we don't like the idea and principle that "mommy diplomas" aren't taken as seriously) was accepted by all (save one) college. It shows someone else looked at the work and deemed it high school level. We could check, in the box on the application, "private school diploma", but then in the essays and supplemental info tell them that they were homeschooled. I know that colleges have differing ways of handling homeschoolers, so your best course of action would be to check with the schools to where your child may apply, but that can be hard to know in 8th or 9th...or sometimes even 11th...grade. My thinking was that I wanted to prepare my kiddos for whatever they wanted to pursue and not limit them. I am seeing this with a friend whose son got his GED. He thought he was interested in one thing, but now that he's 19 he wants to be a police officer but they don't accept GEDs; they must have a high school diploma. FWIW, Kimm

I have one son in his 2nd year of college and two seniors, so college applications are pretty recent in my life. Ü Our experience has bee that no, Latin does not meet the foreign language requirement for admissions. It has to be 2 years of a "modern language" like Spanish, German, Japanese, French, etc...some schools even accept ASL now as foreign language (check with the schools your kiddos are interested in). What's funny is that my kiddos had 2 yrs. Latin and 2 yrs. Spanish. While Spanish met the admissions requirement, they listed foreign language as 4 yrs. for overall info. on the application. It seems funny that it doesn't meet the admissions requirement but it "counts" for foreign language totals for high school courses. The best course of action would be to check with colleges to where your children aspire to apply, well before the high school years. Kimm

Is Vegsource still a good place to sell used homeschool curriculum? It's been several years since I sold anything since it was easier to take them to the homeschool consignment store, but it's winter and I don't want to ship them 2 hrs. away. Kimm

Hi Ladies, It's been a while since I've been here, so not sure if this is the right place to put this question. HOPEFULLY! My kiddos are growing up so you don't see me as much on here anymore (I used to LIVE on here!! Ü). I have one at college (2nd year), and two seniors this year...and one 7th grader. I'm beginning to experience more time (yes, moms of younger kiddos, it DOES happen!). Anyway, I recently completed the FAFSA for my college student and for my two seniors who will be attending college in the fall. We live on one income, have a lot of dependents (relatively)...and my sons have also received academic scholarships. Anyway, it has, so far, included need-based and academic grants for my oldest son. I am considering taking college classes beginning in the fall, so I'd have to do the FAFSA for myself now, too, I'd imagine. I know on my kiddos' FAFSA it doesn't factor in parents going to college, but just want to check with THE HIVE on any potential negatives to me filling out the FAFSA right now. (I'm not even sure I should complete it this soon for community college). I don't want to do anything to mess up their aid awards. For mamas who have gone back to college, have you received better financial aid in the form of grants for going back while you still had kiddos in college (or do they even ask on parent's FAFSA?) I also am a displaced worker, if that helps. I used to be a homeschool advisor for a private school until the school was sold last year. I'd appreciate any advice/wisdom. TIA! Kimm in WA

Hi Ladies, My kiddos are growing up so you don't see me as much on here anymore (I used to LIVE on here!! Ü). I have one at college (2nd year), and two seniors this year...and one 7th grader. I'm beginning to experience more time (yes, moms of younger kiddos, it DOES happen!). Anyway, I recently completed the FAFSA for my college student and for my two seniors who will be attending college in the fall. We live on one income, have a lot of dependents (relatively)...and my sons have also received academic scholarships. Anyway, it has, so far, included need-based and academic grants for my oldest son. I am considering taking college classes beginning in the fall, so I'd have to do the FAFSA for myself now, too, I'd imagine. I know on my kiddos' FAFSA it doesn't factor in parents going to college, but just want to check with THE HIVE on any potential negatives to me filling out the FAFSA right now. (I'm not even sure I should complete it this soon for community college). I don't want to do anything to mess up their aid awards. For mamas who have gone back to college, have you received better financial aid in the form of grants for going back while you still had kiddos in college (or do they even ask on parent's FAFSA?) I also am a displaced worker, if that helps. I used to be a homeschool advisor for a private school until the school was sold last year. I'd appreciate any advice/wisdom. TIA! Kimm in WA

If my high schools senior has taken college courses through dual-enrollment, do I check 1. Attended college before/1st year or 2. Never attended college/1st year While they are college courses, colleges he is applying to has him applying as a 1st year freshman rather than a transfer student. Thanks, Kimm in WA