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I am packing narcan. So many young kids have died from fentanyl overdose on campuses, I don’t think it can hurt having it in the room. Maybe in can save a life.
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So we waved a Covid booster. He need’s meningococcal and flue one only. I hope they can be done on the same day because we have to drive almost 1.5 hours each way to reach out clinic due to our wonderful insurance coverage. And mine needs a tb test for some bizarre reason. I hope that doesn’t mean I need to make 3 hour round trip two days in a row and it can be checked online. 😤
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We are heading to orientation/registration for three days next week. DS said he can’t wait! Lots of excitement here on his part.
Still a long list of things to sort out including immunizations and shopping, but his term doesn’t start until end of September so we have a lot of time.-
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I was told porcelain could be problematic since things break easily on them, so I settled on stainless. And I was also told undermount looked cleaner.
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Can we talk about them? I need a new one. I really like the ones that are workstations and thinking to get a large single sink that’s under mount.
I would take any suggestions or recommendations on sizes, brands, styles.
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I think we are going to either fly my kid back for thanksgiving or I will drive down and pick him up. I have a friend in Pasadena who would let me crush there overnight.
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2 hours ago, freesia said:
I don’t know. I thinks it’s bad, too. I know it’s not the only school that does this. I think some arrangement is made for the international students.
I was one of those kids. Mostly other kids families sheltered me. I spent all my breaks sleeping on people’s floors in sleeping bags. Everybody was very welcoming. I am forever grateful. Told my DS not to come home without a homeless international student so I can repay kindness.
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On 7/6/2023 at 5:16 AM, EmilyGF said:
Career aptitude tests have pegged her as a teacher, but most teachers I know do not recommend teaching as a career currently. But that's the level of human interaction she craves: many people, all day, no break.
She could teach at private schools. Here some private schools provide housing for teachers and have very small class sizes. It’s like mini colleges where you have freedom as a teacher and selected group of kids as students. We know people who teach at several privates like that and love their jobs.
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2 hours ago, SeaConquest said:
We go up a few times each year, so will definitely take you up on that! ❤️
Because he took the AoPS class, he didn't have access to the question bank. He should have just done OHS math last year. I am told their classes are quite good, with a modest workload compared to AoPS. Lesson learned.
Yes, we ran from that class as well 2/3 in. Mine went to Bluetent and scored a 5. I don’t think he could have done that from AoPS.
My other kid who finished calculus as a freshman also with a 5 will take AoPS calculus as a senior for enrichment to prepare for college math.-
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My senior only took one AP. Bio. He got a 5. Sadly his university doesn’t apply AP credits toward general education requirements and he still has to take two more classes from biological sciences to satisfy general Ed.
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You know, elite schools don’t do much to help most of us. Very few ever attend them. However larger public university systems are the best way to advance best and brightest from every corner. I really wish we would stop ranking these colleges and take away their power over us that seem to hold through those rankings.
In the meantime, the best system I have seen so far (by no means perfect, but best out of ones we have) is the Texas approach - best and brightest out of every high school in every corner of the state get their automatic admission. So if you rose to the top at a very poor school with few resources, the system recognizes you. Put these kids with a semester bridge program of sorts and you will lift the academically oriented kids from everywhere and you will get the diversity as well.
We have a local PS graduate heading to Harvard this year. I won’t name whose child this person is. Got into every single school this kid applied thanks to the very famous family. Great average kid. Hello Harvard.
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29 minutes ago, BandH said:
We're in a state where there aren't any requirements for homeschool kids and transcripts. If I homeschool I'm required to teach English, but there's nothing about how much, or how many credits or anything. Yet, I'm sure everyone here agrees that if I issued a high school transcript with only 1 credit of English for 4 years, I'd be doing my kid a huge disservice in the college process. Similarly, it requires homeschooling parents to teach some math, but doesn't specify algebra or geometry, but again I think there's agreement that courses with that content, or courses that have them as prerequisites belong on a high school transcript.
So, I'm just trying to figure out what is the floor so to speak, the things that need to be on every transcript. As opposed to things like calculus, or piano that parents should offer when appropriate to an individual kid.
Right. That’s why I am saying if your state doesn’t require homeschoolers to have certain credits, I would leave out health and PE. We are in CA where the state also requires PS kids to have health and PE, but my homeschool kid didn’t have those on his.
To me the best floor is four years of each - math, science, foreign language, social science. Since we were interested in state schools, we followed our state’s requirements and also had a visual performing arts credit. So make the entrance requirements into whichever university you are interested in your floor. And then layer electives.-
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You said public school kids are required, not homeschool. That’s the difference.
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13 minutes ago, BandH said:
So, everyone's in agreement that we don't need health for either kid, and only need tech credits for my STEM kid?
So our state also requires PE and Health. My kid didn’t have any and got into all sorts of places. So yes, you don’t need PE or health.
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1 hour ago, 8filltheheart said:
Can you explain the bolded? I have no idea if my dd is going to want to pursue music (she will be an accomplished violinist and singer by the time she graduates....she is already heading in that direction). She is only a rising 8th grader and after an engineering camp this summer is now saying EE. Who knows. But, if she does decide to pursue something in music, do all music majors need to know how to play the piano? Theory makes sense. But I'm not sure why a violinist would need to know how to play the piano.
Usually if you major in another instrument, you will be required to take several semesters of piano while in school and pass certain proficiency. You don’t need to know in advance how to play piano, but if you do, you might be able to place out of those requirements.
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10 hours ago, Eos said:
Adding that in the college admissions lens, junior year is the most "important" because it's the last full year the admissions people will see. For your youngest, this is the year to include DE or APs if he's going to do them (though it sounds like he might start with these earlier), rigorous and interesting classes or internships, etc. This isn't quite as relevant for your oldest if he's doing an audition-based application.
For your oldest, if he's doing an audition-based application this will be the year you'll want to visit music programs and take sample lessons. It sounds like he might switch to a new private teacher this year? You'll be able to emphasize this switch in your counselor letter as well as how many music-related classes and activities he did. Do you have an All-State Band option in your state? Ours allows homeschoolers to participate and this is a great fall of junior year activity.
Is this done during the junior year? I heard it’s too early during the junior year and should be during Fall of the senior year. I would love to hear from more from experienced parents.
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We also followed - 4 years of each English, math, science, social science, foreign language + electives.
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Mine decided on physics but is entertaining the possibility on doubling up on math for computation. I was told he would have options in tech and finance equally.
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6 hours ago, Sebastian (a lady) said:
In addition to wanting information, this may be a recruiting effort.
There is a lot of summer melt at colleges, as students regret their choices or confront the full cost of attendance.
It used to be that colleges agreed not to recruit students after the May 1 decision day. A DOJ action meant that agreement was set aside. So some colleges are looking to add to their incoming class or prime the pump for future transfer applications.
If you know you don't care to hear from them, maybe there is an unsubscribe link.
Oh these are not easy schools to get into. One of them is almost single digit. The one that’s unrelenting is less than 35%. I think it’s to figure out how to improve their yield in the future and deny “unlikely” kids.
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On 6/20/2023 at 11:54 AM, rzberrymom said:
I guess almost all freshman are given triple rooms there. Her building was built as doubles but they’ve now been turned into triples. Should be interesting!
Do you know if there is a possibility of a triple as sophomore? I don’t think this situation is tolerable for more than a year. I hope we get a double as sophomores.
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Again this morning! They aren’t just emailing DS but me as well.
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Visual and performing arts requirement is broadly defined usually. While I don’t think every kid must always play an instrument or paint or dance, I can’t imagine graduating a kid without basic knowledge of music/art history.
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Unless you have an extraordinary prodigy, I can’t think of any advantages to graduating early.
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I am planning on going with 13 because mine will have multiple hills to climb multiple times a day and I want something that’s light enough.
So far we decided against Apple computer but can’t figure out what to get instead.
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