My dd took: 9th: ap chem 10th: ap bio 11th: ap physics 12th: probably more physics It worked out well for her because chem was a prereq for ap bio, so she could go straight to that. And she's taking calculus now, concurrent with physics.

Great, thanks, everyone. That leaves me more space on the page!

We paid for a certain number of hours of class time with the tutor. Since we had been with another provider before Language Bird, she may have been a little ahead starting Spanish 3. And then she probably just moved quickly through the material.

Do you put the graduation requirements (number of units per subject area) on your transcript? What is typical for this? I'm thinking: Math 4.0 units History 3.0 units? English/LA 4.0 units Science 4.0 units Foreign language 3.0 units PE ?? units Arts ?? units Electives ?? units

Another nice thing to have when you apply to med school is research experience. I'm not sure if you can get that while still in CC, but I imagine it's easier to find a lab to work in while you are at university. Doing research shows that you have a curious mind, and are something of a kindred spirit with the research faculty at the medical school. It also gives you something to talk about during interviews.

Edhesive's AP computer science A is Java, and it's mostly self-paced, though you'll want to finish by May. My students had had extensive python experience before starting the Java class so it was pretty easy for them.

Be careful about just taking distribution requirements in CC and then saving all the hard classes for your last 2 years of college. You need a couple of years of chemistry, a year of bio, and then some calculus and physics too. You'll do better spread that out over 4 years. I don't see anything wrong with taking, say, your chemistry and calculus or physics classes at CC. I suspect you'll do better to take bio at university, but even that is not set in stone.

AP physics at PAH.

I'm finding that there are some math teacher circles that sponsor free (!) workshops for math teachers. I represent myself as a math tutor for the local homeschooling community and they've been generous about letting me participate. Summer Immersion Workshop Promys for Teachers

My dd's did a fair bit of python study with me at home before I had them enroll in the python classes just because I thought they might be very fast paced. Hard to say if that was necessary, but I'm glad I did it.

It isn't too late to take an old practice test.

Ms. Dovi from Edhesive is great.

What about when you are asked for a mid year report from the Common App? Do you provide semester grades in a different document?

Is everyone including first and second semester grades on their high school transcript?

Do you use roman numerals for your course numbers?

I'm going to FedEx him some frankincense. I'd deliver it in person, but I'm putting on my socks.

I created this home-grown electronics class that I started my kids in when they were in elementary/middle school. It continued into my dd's freshman year with the sort of weird name, Electronics III. I'd like to give it a better more impressive sounding name. Here is the course description: Hands on build projects with Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and electronic components: comparators, hysteresis, phototransistors, IR and compound eye distance sensors, diodes, and using APIs to collect weather data to raspberry pi to create an umbrella indicator, internet of things (raspberry pi web server to control home appliances).

I use MyHomeschoolTranscripts.com for recording this data. I used it for school and summer camp applications with good results. But for college apps, I plan to use a spreadsheet to do a better job of highlighting my daughter's accomplishments, though I'm still using MHT for recording information.

I'm updating my dd's transcript now, and this is a tricky one to outsource. I'm combing websites looking for course descriptions, tracking down textbooks, etc. The good news if you need some scaffolding is this job is largely episodic. I recommend scheduling time 3 times a year to update your transcript. (Make this an appointment in your calendar.) Beginning of school year: document courses your student is signed up for, course description, teacher name and qualifications (PhD?), and textbook. You don't need to make this beautiful, I just do a quick copy/paste when possible. You can save the fine comb editing for right before you need to submit your transcript. End of 1st semester/start of 2nd: check the courses for accuracy (were there any adds or drops?), record grades, record 2nd semester course info as you did at start of 1st semester. End of school year: record grades for 2nd semester. Jot down tentative course list for next year. A bit more difficult to be organized about: Get in the habit of recording test scores and awards as you receive them.

My daughter enrolled in the Spanish 3 class with Language Bird this year. It turns out in another week or so, she will have completed material for Spanish 3 and Spanish 4 already. I'm wondering how to document this in our transcript. I could call is spanish 3 in fall semester and spanish 4 in spring semester. Or I could call it a Spanish 3+4 class for her junior year. Or an accelerated Spanish 3+4 class. It was a one-on-one class with a teacher, and it proceeds at the pace of the student, so she learned a lot in a short period of time.

I'm only half kidding when I say that isn't it refreshing when a woman is valued for her earning power?

Old MK exams (One perk of hosting MK is they often send you extra exams for all the levels you host. I saved them and used them for more practice in subsequent years.) MOEMS

We finished SM 5 and then went to AoPS prealgebra. No problems.

Dd is a junior. She's taken math 2, chemistry and biology. I'm not sure if she'll take any more; maybe Spanish at the end of this year.

AP CS used to be AB, but in 2009 they got rid of one semester of material and turned into AP CS A. So now it's been dumbed down into a one semester class. Also my daughters had a fairly solid programming preparation in python, so all they really needed to learn was the material that is idiosyncratic to Java. I judge AP bio and AP chemistry to cover a lot of varied material. I judge the 2 AP English classes and APUSH to require a certain maturity and facility with timed essay writing that I think my daughters needed more time to develop. AP physics requires calculus of course, so I needed to wait until they were taking that concurrently. Some colleges may require a subject test or two, so if you are applying to one of those colleges, it makes sense to take the subject test at the same time. Colleges generally do not require AP exams. The good news is that the subject tests are only an hour and all multiple choice, so it doesn't add much more work if you are already prepping for AP. But you do want to take care because sometimes it will cover material that isn't on the AP. (This is true for chemistry.) FYI, I think AP HUG is also considered easy, but we just weren't interested in that one. HTH!