Yep. Count us as one of those families that paid the fee and never went through the process due to a major injury junior year. I don't know if the NCAA website has been changed, but a couple of years ago, the NCAA stated on its website that students should register in sophomore year, which we did. I don't know if this is still the case, but when my oldest registered, the NCAA never disclosed that the fee would not be refunded if the file was never read. My middle most probably will play Div I (although I am silently hoping he will elect to play Div III). If he goes Div I, I am waiting until the start of senior year to register with the NCAA as there doesn't seem any reason to do so earlier in the process.

I tutor students in math. It is shocking to me how little these students understand despite being in honors/gifted math at school. These kids are frustrated. Many of these students are not even permitted to bring their math textbooks home - the books are required to remain in the classroom. I tutored a high school student last night. Her mom bought her a copy of the textbook since her school doesn't permit her to take a textbook home. I ditched the textbook after a few minutes as it was completely useless in explaining the concepts. This textbook was big on "team learning". It posed a lot of questions, but never got around to actually answering any of them. A student would never be able to actually learn anything on her own using this book. No wonder these kids are frustrated.

Like MysteryJen has already said, the athletes already submit ACT or SAT scores. After the conversations I have had with the NCAA, I am convinced that they could not care less whether or not a student has received an education; all they care about is $$$. Each athlete has to pay a fee to go through this NCAA process.

:iagree: I also find it appalling the NCAA has the power to impose new regulations retroactively. There is no guarantee that the courses our kids are taking today will still be acceptable when it is time to go through the NCAA process. The NCAA is corrupt to its core. Unfortunately, it also has very deep pockets.

You don't have to report AP scores. Other than the testing fees, he wouldn't be out anything if he sat for the AP exam and then had a situation where he couldn't finish the test. That being said, since you still have a lot of time, I would try to find another school that would accommodate him. Good luck.

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Thanks for posting this.

Two years ago, my state granted homeschoolers access to sports and clubs. There were some in the homeschooling community who were against this law for the reasons you cited. However, their predictions were wrong. Homeschoolers did not relinquish any autonomy. My public school has no idea how my kids are performing in school because I am not required to submit grades in order for them to play a sport. The only requirement homeschoolers must meet in order to play a sport is that they, like every other athlete, must get a yearly physical. Other than that, my kids simply show up on the first day of practice. My kids are treated like any other player on the team. Their names and pictures are published on the school website, they are included in the award ceremony nights, etc. In fact, many in the community (other parents of kids on the teams, teachers, reporters, etc.) have no idea that they are even homeschooled. My daughter starts high school in the fall and is looking forward to joining some of the school clubs with her neighborhood friends (who all attend the public school.) The passage of this law has been great for the homeschoolers in my state.

I enjoy a very positive relationship with my local school district. The guidance counselor has proctored AP exams for my kids, even when the class has not been offered at the public school. My kids are able to participate in any after school activity that the public school offers. My middle qualified for states last year in his sport, and the school payed for his (and the coach) hotel room and meals for the weekend. Since our tax dollars are funding the public schools, I believe all children that live in the community should have access regardless of the educational path they choose. I am extremely fortunate that my local school district agrees.

It looks like for those of us who apply for financial aid and submit the FAFSA, there would be no need to ask the question on the Common Application because the colleges already know where our kids are applying, and that information can be used against them. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/10/28/colleges-use-fafsa-information-reject-students-and-potentially-lower-financial-aid "Some colleges are denying admission and perhaps reducing financial aid to students based on a single, non-financial, non-academic question that students submit to the federal government on their applications for student aid. Millions of high school students and their parents probably have no idea this happens after they fill out the ubiquitous Free Application for Federal Student Aid. The form, known as the FAFSA, is used by nearly every American who needs help paying for college."

Wishing you good luck with the CT results. :grouphug:

I don't think it is a stretch to think that the admissions would also know where else your dd's DE transcript was sent. From what I have read, merit aid is used to attract high stat kids. If a school were to know that it was guaranteed to get a student because she wasn't applying anywhere else, I would not think that there would be any reason to offer merit aid in that situation.

Most schools require it or the Universal Application, although there are a few schools that have their own application.

Have you heard back from the college admission offices yet about how they are going to handle it if your son needs to drop some of the classes? Will these colleges grant a deferral if your son needs one? If your son is still undecided about which college is his top choice, the answer to these questions may be the deciding factor. Your son will have to pick a school by the end of next week. I would have your son submit his acceptance and deposit and wait a little while longer before he asks for a deferral. Hopefully, the doctors will get to the root of the problem soon and your son will be ready to go away to college this fall. :grouphug:

It is scary that this is happening to a public university. http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/04/lsu_academic_bankruptcy.html "The Louisiana Legislature is closing out its meetings this week without having made much progress in finding more funding for universities, colleges and others. Louisiana's higher education community is facing an 82 percent funding cut if no extra state money is found. The change would bring state funding for LSU from around $3,500 per undergraduate student to $660 per undergraduate student next year. "States around the country spend more than that on their community colleges," Alexander said."

When he applies to college, you will have to include his transcript and grades from his current school. If you pull him out with only 4 weeks left in the school year, the school may give him F's for his classes this year. You will definitely want to discuss this with the school before you pull him out. Unless you are worried about your son's personal safety and the situation at school is very dire, I would have him finish out the year at his current school.

If you can't skip it, I wonder if the response, "This is none of your business" will be an option? :cursing:

AP exams may not even be on your radar. But just in case they are...If your son is not able to take the AP exams as scheduled, the school should be able to request that the College Board permit your son to take the tests on the later, alternate testing date. Last year, my son had registered for AP exams, but when it became apparent that he would not be physically able to take the exams on the regular testing dates, the guidance counselor at our public school was able to send the AP exams back and have others sent for the alternate testing dates. Good luck. I hope your son starts feeling better soon.

Fwiw, this was not the policy at the school my kids attended. Unless a parent was an official chaperone, the parent was not responsible for their child. In fact, the child had to remain with his class at all times during the field trip and was not permitted to go off with his parent. The school also required the kids to return to school with his class at the conclusion of the field trip, and parents were required to pick their kids up from the school even if they had been at the field trip. ETA: The parents' actions would have been considered appropriate at my kids' school. ETA 2: Sorry, I didn't catch the fact that one of them was an official chaperone! That would not have been considered appropriate at all at my kids' school, either.

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My son made his decision official on Sunday. I am glad I get a year to recover before I have to go through this process again. Being the guidance counselor adds a whole new dimension to the stress level as I worry that I am going to make a mistake in the documentation and screw things up somehow.

Imo, the reading section on the ACT is vastly different than the reading on the SAT. The SAT reading passages are at a higher reading level than the passages on the ACT, and the SAT rewards kids with advanced vocabularies. The ACT reading section is more of a test of speed and rewards kids who are able to skim a passage quickly. The science section of the ACT is also mainly a speed reading test. The student must be able to interpret graphs and skim passages quickly. Actual science knowledge, while helpful, is not necessary.

I used to think that as well, but now I am not so sure. We are in the midst of the college search with my middle, and coaches are not happy when they discover that we homeschool. The tone of the conversation does change when I cite the statistics from our public school, though. I think families that choose to homeschool even though they live in a district with "good" public schools face more of an uphill battle in admissions at some schools, unfortunately.

This. Imo, 10 is way too young for this book. (I didn't know that there was a YA version, though) I wish I had never read this book.