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This is what I'm planning on using:
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There's no book to follow along with though FYI for most of DO's current courses. He wrote his own program based on books but he tells you in the course description whether you can use a text to follow along or not.
There is a student text for his courses, though the instruction is not in the text. It is to take notes during lectures and to work practice problems.
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My dd didn't take early AP classes (her first was jr year) and couldn't fit dual enrollment into her insane schedule, so I can't help with that, sorry. BUT - CARRY that NCAA manual around with you - by the end of the process, I knew it practically back-to-front by memory. Whenever I called the NCAA people, I could quote from the thing like a Bible.
What is the NCAA manual?
This thread has been very helpful! Thank you!
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I think what is most important is not what everyone here thinks is a high school science class, but instead what the college/university your dc would likely be attending considers college prep.
I have looked at various 4 year institutions (private, public, large, small, selective, not-so-much) and made note of what they are looking for from freshman applicants. From that I have made our high school plan.
Now, I have no earthly idea exactly where my daughter will go to college, but I feel like I have a good grasp of what the schools (or the types of schools) she's most likely to apply to are looking for.-
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Mardel usually has an education sale in June where Notgrass is discounted.
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Christian Light for Language Arts. I've heard good things about their new American History text, too. For literature, definitely just reading good books. Apologia for science?
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I'm not surprised because of all the problems with loud people, but agree adults are just as bad. Just last weekend, apparently someone decided at 2 am that they didn't want to take a cell phone call in their room and went out into the hallway, talking at full loudness right outside our door. At 2 am. This was a grown man.
Regretfully, rudeness has no age limits.
Ugh - what is it about 2 am??
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I know I'll get flamed for this, but I hate the "they can have whatever rules they want" mindset, in part because this sort of policy bugs me but also because I don't think people really think that's true. What if it was elderly people? What if it was women? What if it was one race of people or one religion? It's discrimination. The fact that it's against kids is the only thing that makes it okay in many minds. But it's not really okay with me because kids are people too. Make a rule about the behavior you want and enforce that. Don't make a rule against a whole group of people.
Exactly. My older daughter and I stayed in a hotel recently and the ADULTS in the room next to us were the loudest most thoughtless people I have ever encountered in a hotel. They let their door slam with ever entrance/exit of their room - and I have no idea why they were going in and out of their room so often at 2 in the morning. Thankful my daughter slept through the whole thing, but not so much for me.
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My older daughter used CHC's Behold & See Life Science and we really liked it. I was planning on using it with my younger daughter, but she really wants to do science at co-op with friends.
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Ann/e Hunter
Ann/e Campbell
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I checked with the admissions office of Colorado State University, and they told me that they would count a one-semester (at least 3 credits) DE college course as equal to a one-year highschool course.
This is the most common answer I have seen across the board.
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This year for 9th grade, dd is reading the novellas Animal Farm & The Pearl. Short stories she's reading include Never Bet the Devil Your Head - Edgar Allen Poe,
The Bet - Anton Chekhov, Rip Van Winkle - Washington Irving, and The Pit and the Pendulum - Edgar Allen Poe.
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The HP 50G is on the list of prohibited calculators for the ACT.
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DonnaYoung.org has a gazillion things to print out and make your own...
Donnayoung has been a go-to for my planning over the years. I don't print a lot from there - just the quarter planner sheets, but it is now a paid subscription site.
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I'm very sorry, Scarlett. Hugs.
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I will add one potential disadvantage of paying via the GI Bill...if something happens and the student needs to drop out or go less than full time, you can end up on the hook for what was paid to the VA. If it is a situation beyond the student's control, sometimes you don't have to pay the full amount. This has happened to us twice in my daughter's two years of school because of a chronic illness. We did not have to pay the entire amount because of the nature of the problem, but are out about $3000 (which is a lot for us on top of OOP medical expenses...DON'T get me started on Tricare/United Healthcare)
Thank you for this information as well. I'm sorry about the medical issues. :(
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There is a great development for this fall semester though: most public universities that participate in the GI Bill program will be offering in-state tuition to the GI Bill students...this is HUGE, because the differential between the in-state tuition (that the GI Bill covers) and the OOS tuition can be significant, and quite frankly, limiting as far as school choice (at my daughter's school it was $16,000.)
So, if we live in Oklahoma and my daughter wanted to go to a state school in Tennessee, she would be eligible for in-state tuition? That IS huge. OOS tuition is almost double the in-state for several schools.
ETA: From what I can understand reading Section 702 of the Veteran's Choice Act, we would not qualify. Bummer. That would have been nice. I am thankful that it helps some, though!
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Thank you so much for this information! We still have some years to go, but this certainly makes a big difference in our college search!
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Also, is it a huge amount of work each year to re-enroll in the YRP?
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Yes, both of my kids who are using the GI Bill are at Yellow Ribbon schools. Do you have any specific questions about it?
I didn't even know anything about the Yellow Ribbon program until last week. My husband transferred his Post-9/11 GI Bill to our daughters and is about to retire. The only thing I know about either program is what I read on the gov site. So, I have very little knowledge about how it works. If an institution says it is available to an unlimited number of students, and has an unlimited max per student, does that mean that as long as the student qualifies (I'm assuming grade point average and obviously meeting the qualifications listed by the government) they would receive money over and above what the GI Bill covers and could potentially cover their full education cost for their college career?
I appreciate any information you'd be willing to share. Thank you!
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I realize this is an old post, but it's the only one that popped up when I searched for GI Bill. Curious if any of you (or others) have any experience with the Yellow Ribbon Program?
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We used year 4 last year (6th and 8th) and absolutely loved it! The companion was great! Loved the cool history and the maps. It was a great year for us.
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the author thinks it can be used with a little bit younger (6th with help) and maybe as much as 10th grade IF the 10th grader has not had a lot of basics in lit analysis.
I did not get to hear the whole thing yesterday, but from what I got, Mr. Stephens said that he did not think 6th grade would be a good fit for this level - even one reading at a higher level.
If you started Fix It! Grammar in high school...
in High School and Self-Education Board
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There is a placement test for Fix-It.
http://iew.com/fix