Thanks! It hadn't occurred to me to simply leave it off and add it on later.

This is what we did: CS: I used Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner by Michael Dawson, the first half of the book through OOP. Then switch to AoPS Intro and Intermediate Python programming. You can probably skip the book and go straight to AoPS, but it's fast-paced, and I was starting my kids programming in elementary so I wanted something that was slower and more self-paced. After that, in 8th grade I had them take the AP CSA course from Edhesive and then the AP exams. AP CSA is among the easier AP exams available, so it's a great start if your ds is a good test taker and plans to take more AP exams. My dd's got 5's, it demystified the exams, and my older one has gone on to take a half dozen more AP exams. Science: AP Physics 1 sounds good, but it wasn't around when my kids were younger. In middle school, we used BFSU. It's a solid science curriculum, relentlessly big picture, and just plain excellent. Disadvantages is it's a lot of work, especially sourcing materials and books. You can find a lot of old threads about this curriculum, and a facebook group. After that by 9th grade my dd was taking AP chemistry and was well-prepared. Since then she's taken AP bio (10th grade), AP physics C (E&M and mech in 11th grade) and got 5's all around, so we're pleased with BFSU. FL: Language Bird. It's online by skype, self paced and flexible. They were willing to work with my dd specifically to prep her for the SAT subject test. They provided a nice transcript and course descriptions I could use for college app's. English: We used MCT for grammar and vocab and outsourced writing to Chase Hill School for online tutoring, since I'm more of a math/science gal. Welcome to the WTM boards and good luck. Please ask follow up q's on this or new threads.

I missed this thread earlier, and now I feel so far behind. We haven't hit Submit on anything yet. Dh, who is brilliant at marketing, is still in the throes of arguing with dd about what gets included in the counselor letter. My course descriptions are unfinished because we aren't sure if dd is even taking this one class. On the bright side, dd processed some of her college recruiting brochures that have been piling up, and identified her favorite tag line: "We put the CAT in AppliCATion." Accompanied by a photo of a cat. What does that even mean?

Is D3 sports as time consuming as D1? Is it just more relaxed and fun overall?

I agree with the bolded. And I also like the way AttachedMama goes through the book. Especially the part about saving the end of chapter Review and Challenge Problems for after completing the subsequent chapter. I can see how that can really help with retention. I continued leading the discussion of the Problems all the way through Calculus, modeling how one studies math: with paper and pencil handy to write as you read. Now she can do independent study in all her courses pretty well, and prefers learning that way. Good luck!

My dd has taken many online classes from a variety of online vendors including: WTMA, PAH, Language Bird, and other, plus from a CC. So I have collected many pdf unofficial transcripts from these vendors with a nice letterhead, course name and grade. I want to include them in her applications so that it correlates with the grades I put on her complete official transcript. Question #1. There is only room on the Common App to upload 4 transcripts total, but I have more than that. I'm thinking about using a pdf tool to append a few together. Any other ideas? Question #2. Do I need to request that these vendors send official transcripts to the colleges now? Or is it sufficient to just show these unofficial ones?

Three years ago my dd was in a similar situation: a freshman attending a private high school for the first time and the school didn't live up to her expectations. Thank goodness for tuition insurance, so we pulled her out and she's now a senior. We pretend the whole regular school episode never happened, and we have not paperwork or transcripts to confirm or deny that she attended. She's completing the CA now and we still pretend it never happened. And yes, being out of regular school gave her considerable advantages in national and international competitions that worked to her benefit, so no regrets. And I ignore the sideways glances. (Work smarter, not harder.) Because of the weirdness of the tuition insurance, we found out we'd get more money if she were expelled than if she dropped out, so we briefly considered having her engage in some vandalism, but ultimately didn't pursue that option.

My kids are not 2E, but here was our schedule for all the AoPS books. Each day we did the problems for each section together. Then I'd have them do the exercises independently. Next day, same with the next section. At the end of each chapter, they would spend 2-3 days for each of the Review and Challenge Problems. We didn't use alcumus.

I just lump in AP, honors, and university level together and call it all Honors for GPA. But at this point, I've made so many unfounded assumptions, I wouldn't trust me on this.

Somewhat related question: I'm being asked on a scholarship application to report dd's class rank and the "# tied at that rank." There's no option to skip the question, and you can't enter in "n/a". So if you have 1 student at a rank, is the "# tied at that rank" 1 or 0? (I think 1 and dd says 0 because no one else is tied with her. I think she's nutty.)

Can we also solidify this: Is an A+ in a non-honors course a 4.3 or a 4.0? Is an A+ in an honors course a 5.3 or 5.0?

For the signature I used a google drawing program and my mouse to scrawl out a reasonable signature. Then I copy/pasted it into my document.

I'm just following along with my dd's pacing. So far she is through quiz 1.1-1.2. I hadn't checked the edhesive teacher account in weeks, and dd reminded me to grade her quiz. The multiple choice parts came up already graded, but you need to assign points to the free response questions.

I haven't really been there, but if I may, I can offer some ideas: 1. We school year round because I don't like feeling like I'm "falling behind." I vote for working review and current math in tandem. If she's forgotten the quadratic equation, do a quick review, with a derivation using completing the square, and then return to the problem. Don't redo all the algebra chapters again; that's just too depressing. 2. My kids regularly took practice AMC's in addition to their work in AoPS. For her level I would have her take AMC 10. Taking the AMC every week will prevent her skills from getting rusty. She'll have plenty of algebra, geometry, counting and yes, problems involving quadratics. An AMC takes about an hour. Just take one once a week. It's worth the little bit of extra time to keep those skills fresh. I know a lot of boardies complain about AoPS geometry as being the most difficult book in the series, but my money is on Intermediate Algebra. Just FYI, you'll be mired in polynomials for what seems like years! (It's more like 4 chapters, but still.)

Also: someone on the message board linked me to these instructions.

Who on earth chastises you for asking about course descriptions?

Graphing calculators weren't invented when I took AP Calc BC, so we had to graph things by hand. These days, if you want to graph something, you can use desmos, or just enter it into google. Check out this hyperbolic paraboloid (z=x^2 - y^2). (I can still draw a hyperbolic paraboloid by hand. It was practically required for high school graduation.)

Hi, mirabilis: So the funny thing is freesia had to ask for the solutions which were emailed to her as a packet of pdf's! We don't need to do that, the solutions are actually embedded in the teacher website, but it isn't easy to find. If you log in to your teacher account, first find your way to the page that shows this: by clicking "Modules" on the left side bar. Page down to the quiz you are looking for: See on the line for Quiz: 1.1 + 1.2? To the right there is that tiny icon of a person in front of a blackboard? Clicking on that will reveal "Teacher Resources" on the right hand side: And there you can find the link to the solutions. Never in 100 years would I have found that on my own. LMK if you have trouble finding this.

I'm being asked for a graduation date for our high school on various forms. What should I keep in mind in choosing one? I was thinking either Friday May 31 or Friday June 14?

Thanks, I'll PM her and post it here.

Does anyone else have a student taking AP statistics at edhesive? My dd has submitted her quiz, but I can't figure out how to grade her free response questions. I don't know where to find the solutions to those questions. Thank you for your help!

Not that I can see. I'm getting 4's and 5's and arguments for both sides. I got a response on hs2coll for 4.0. But this is from the Common App help page:

Dd took algebra in 7th grade and geometry in 8th grade. I am considering listing that on her transcript, so colleges can see proof that she's taken these classes. I will not use those classes for calculating GPA. Do you think colleges want to see those documented?

Thank you, alewife. I was starting to think I was crazy for thinking it was a 4.0 scale, when everyone on this thread is telling me it's 5.0. Even though it sounds like an oxymoron, I hear so many kids earning, say, a 4.5 on a 4.0 scale. The extra half a point is for all the A's in honors classes that were earned.

Maybe not really answering your question, but if distractions are an issue, you can make a rule that phones must be out of the room where your student is studying. My dd independently decided to keep her phone charging in my bedroom during the day while she studies in her room. I've read that even a phone that's resting on your desk, even if it's powered off, is still a distraction. Who knew?