Heather in WI
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DS went into this process expecting to apply to 8+ schools, but ended up applying only to 4 - Florida Southern, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USMA, and USNA.
He was accepted to Florida Southern awhile back and found out this week he won a 4 year Army ROTC scholarship to attend! Still waiting to hear from the other three schools. We'll see. He and my husband loved Florida Southern when they visited, so we're thrilled that he has such a wonderful opportunity.
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On 3/6/2019 at 4:20 PM, FairProspects said:
Well Trained Mind Academy has been awesome for German I. Frau Edwards is amazing and responsive. I'm incredibly pleased with our choice.
This is the one we are leading toward because it's the only one that's possibly offered three days a week which I think would be best for this child. Unfortunately, there's still no teacher or time listed. I kept checking as the early registration ended yesterday; I just can't sign up for something without being for certain of that the timing will work for us.
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On 2/26/2019 at 9:23 PM, Wendy Inman said:
My son is taking German 1 online at The Potter's School. He enjoys it and it's going well. They use a standard text book (Sag Mal) and the associated online class work.
I will say that my son took 2 years of Latin at The Classical Learning Resource Center online. While he liked the teachers and format of the class, just hated latin even though he did very well. I would recommend them in general as well too 🙂
Thank you for the additional suggestion and positive recommendation for the CLRC!
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On 2/25/2019 at 3:24 PM, TarynB said:
Just to give you a couple more options:
Excelsior Classes has German classes taught by Susan Gleason. Faith Cruz teaches German at both Big River Academy and HSLDA Online Academy. (Both of these teachers previously taught through Landry Academy when it was still open, so they are experienced.)
Thank you! More food for thought! I appreciate it.
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I have no idea why that smiley face is so big! I can't erase it either. {blushing}
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On 2/23/2019 at 11:56 AM, RootAnn said:
Classical Learning Resource Center is offering German 1-3 next year along with "young german" for those younger than high school age that would like to take things slower. They are also offering a German Conversations class once per week if you already have at least one year of German under your belt. If there is enough interest, the current teacher would like to add German 4 or AP German in future years. Their German 1 will be offered Mondays & Thursdays from 8-9 AM Pacific (11 AM Eastern). They use the Komm Mit! book which is pretty inexpensive.
My dd#1 is in CLRC's German 2 this year. I really like CLRC's Monday-Thursday schedule because it gives the kids more time between the two class periods to get homework & studying done.
Thank you for mentioning this! I had never heard of this company. Off to check it out ...
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11 minutes ago, Arcadia said:
Frau Elizabeth Edwards was his teacher. If past trends hold, German 1 class would probably be before German 2 class, so my guess is 9am to 10:15am EST on Tuesday and Thursday.
Oh, that would be perfect! Thank you!
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14 hours ago, Arcadia said:
DS13 took WTMA German 1 in 6th grade and German 2 in 7th grade. He didn’t take German 3 because he didn’t have the time for the online class this year. He took the three times a week schedule. He enjoyed the class.
Thank you! They don't have a teacher or day/time up for German 1 yet, but I am hopeful it's in a time that's do-able for us.
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Hello!
I'm looking for online German 1 class recommendations for next year for my rising freshman. This child does not do well with self paced, student directed work, so looking for a live online class or possibly an experienced tutor (like Julia Denne of By the Onion Sea).
Thank you!
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Where : Marquette University
Why: 4 year AROTC scholarship + Marquette gives a $7,000 room and board scholarship to ROTC scholarship winners (none of the other ROTC colleges ds applied to have this 'sweetener')
Major: BS Computer Science; considering BS in Computer Science / MBA program (five year program)
You all saw my million posts in the acceptance thread and the angst that went into ds's senior year! I'm so grateful for everyone's advice, support, and encouragement!
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I hope your son receives more good news from North Carolina soon.
Unfortunately, we found out today he didn't get in the Carolina. But, that's ok. We are so darn stinkin' happy and grateful about the AROTC waiver! Just when it couldn't get better, we found out earlier this week that Marquette gives a $7,000 room and board sweetener to 4 year AROTC scholarship winners! So, it's Marquette!!!
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Yay, Heather! What does this mean for your DS's college options?
He originally won it back in December to UW-Madison, Marquette, and UNC-Chapel Hill. At the time he'd only been accepted to Marquette, so that's where he accepted it. Since then, he's also been accepted to Madison, but still waiting on Chapel Hill. There is a process to transfer schools, so that might be an option. Carolina is his #1. He's evenly split between Marquette and Madison. Hopefully this is making sense; just had an IPA to celebrate! ðŸ˜
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Y'all!!!! Y'all!!! I am crying here. AROTC just approved ds's vision waiver!
Agency: US Army ROTCCycle Year:2017Current Medical Status: Medical waiver grantedD155.70 Myopia - refractive error greater than -8.00 diopters (spherical equivalent)D259.50 Waiver Approved - AROTCI can't even believe it.-
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How exciting!!! That was quick! How long until you hear about financial aid?
I'm not sure. The email says, "You will be receiving your official acceptance packet in the mail with information regarding your student accounts and next steps within the next two weeks. " So, two weeks? This will be me waiting: :willy_nilly:
So happy to (maybe) have an option that doesn't require a vision test! :party:
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I hope you're not sick of hearing from me either, but I do have some good news! Ds was just accepted to The University of Alabama in Huntsville!!!! Fingers crossed for financial aid!!!!
:wub: to this wonderful group for suggesting it. Your public and private messages of support, encouragement, and sympathy through this process have been such a blessing.
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I am so grateful to this board and you all for posting this! Ds's application was filled out the day after you recommended it and I was just able to mail out his transcript and have his test scores sent. I had never heard of this college and he said it looks great! Fingers crossed!!!
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It's so hard. People tended to be a little...disapproving or something...about my last daughter's huge list of schools, but we needed the big money too, and there were just SO many variables. The wide net really did seem necessary. But the essays and keeping up with the various deadlines are absolutely tiresome in the middle of a busy senior year.
I wish I had caught you before he did Baylor; given your needs, I don't think that one is going to be doable financially, as he missed the deadline for the big scholarship competition.
In your situation, I would be very tempted to give a gap year serious thought, with the goal of getting an early start on putting in a new set of applications for the following year. He could save money as well, which might help the financial part of the equation.But let's hope the right situation opens up for him this season!
No, we found out about it and he applied before the deadline (was it Feb 1st, I think?). He won the Presidential Gold Scholarship, Need based Baylor Scholarship, Work-Study, and the $5500 in loans ... so, $34,400.00 in scholarships/loans a year which is amazing! But, expects parents to pay $28,892 per year. This is one that kills me that he couldn't take the PSAT because they offer a full ride for National Merit Scholars.
Thank you though. I totally get the disapproval from others thing. I didn't tell anyone we were applying to that many schools as it felt insane at the time. Now, I wish we had applied to more.
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I wish you had posted this back during his jr yr. You could have petitioned the NMC to consider an SAT score if you had contacted them with this dilemma. They do on occasion allow students to replace the PSAT with an actual SAT test. :( Too late now, but I am posting in case anyone else who is reading this runs into this issue, bc yes, it is a lot of $$ at stake.
:crying: :crying: :crying: I wish I had, too.
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Heather,
No time for a full post, but check into some of these scholarships.
https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/featured/10-cybersecurity-scholarships-to-look-out-for/
Fingers crossed that it will work out.
Would he be eligible for bBucky's Tuition Promise. https://financialaid.wisc.edu/types-of-aid/tuition-promise/
Or is he a first generation college student?
We're not eligible for the second and third, but the cyber scholarships look interesting. Thank you!
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And, I, for one, am thankful to Heather for her real life example and didn't mean to make the topic continue, especially since I'm sure it does make her nervous.
I am totally dying here!!! I'll happily go back underground when this is all over!!!
He sounds like an incredibly strong applicant. I think the point to learn from this experience is that the application list was too dependent on being accepted via military programs and that the backup schools didn't check off all of the appropriate boxes for safety schools, especially the financial aspect.
One possible option if Platteville and UAH don't work out would be for him to take a gap yr and create a better list based on academic merit vs ROTC. It sounds like he would be a good candidate for competitive merit scholarships if his transcript and test scores are as strong as his ECs.
Yes, I think you're correct about not spreading ourselves more. The academies (applied to USMA, USNA, USAFA, and USCGA) were crazy intense applications. Then, for ROTC, you had to apply to at least five schools with ROTC programs. We picked strong computer science schools with both NROTC and AROTC (UNC-Chapel Hill, Purdue, Texas A&M, UW Madison, and Marquette) to kill two birds with one stone, but that was 5 more applications. (Can't remember now which ones were common app, but I know not all of them were.) Then, he applied to a few Christian colleges as backup (Covenant, Wisconsin Lutheran, Grove City.) He had to be cajoled and pushed and ... strongly nudged to get those done and he took f.o.r.e.v.e.r as he was just done writing out essays and filling out applications by then. Baylor was applied to recently and then UA-Huntsville yesterday(?) Was it yesterday already? Or two days ago? The days are starting to blend together! The application fees +cost to send SAT +cost to send ACT add up! And, for ACT we had to send multiple ones (which each are a separate fee!) for colleges that superscore.
He's not a national merit scholar. I begged and pleaded with private and public schools in our area for him to be able to take the PSAT and every single one said no. Even the two schools that let him take AP tests, said no to PSAT. The one change I would petition {decision maker} to make is to make the PSAT as easy to sign up for as the ACT/SAT. It's not really fair when so much college merit aid is available to those who are able to take it.
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Unless we know the exact EFC and the budget, and maybe Healther doesn't want us to pick her financial and admissions plans apart right now, there's not much to be done.
Haha, normally I'm a super private person. I don't discuss our finances with anyone and cringed when posting our budget, but I'm desperate! LOL! Yes, paycheck is every two weeks. It does a disservice those in true financial hardship to say we live paycheck to paycheck. We make good $ on paper, but are considered lowest middle class in our area. We live in a 1200 sq ft house in a blue collar neighborhood. I can see Walmart from my backyard. :glare: We dream of moving south where it's warm and the same $ buys a huge, beautiful house!
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(EFC)= 020878
Based on the eligibility criteria you may be eligible for the following:Direct Stafford Loan Estimate - $5,500.00I guess we really counted on a service academy/ROTC. Ds has always wanted to do this and while we knew his eyesight was an issue, we thought the waiver would be no problem. I mean, he's wants to do cyber security, speaks Russian, great grades/test scores, Eagle Scout, CAP Deputy Commander, Cyber Patriot Captain, Baseball MVP/All-Conference player, etc. He was picked for a candidate visit weekend and got into the USNA Summer Seminar, the interviewers indicated they thought he'd get in, and the remedial doctors thought everything was fine, and he received a nomination to each academy. Everything was bright and rosy.I mentioned previously that I started a part-time job this past year (in August.) We had a long talk and believe that we could pay up to $6,000 a year, so combined with the student loan, we're up to $11,500 a year.-
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and the posted amt was paycheck which means that health insurance, taxes, retirement, etc were probably all already factored out, not just taxes.
Yes, health insurance and taxes taken out. (We pay 50% of health ins and 100% of dental & vision.) The company doesn't have a retirement plan. :huh:
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Heather, I am so sorry to hear about the disappointment your family is experiencing. We are in WI as well and thought I'd suggest UW-Platteville as a school to consider.
Thank you so much for your kind words, information, and encouragement. My cousin is a biology professor at Platteville! Honestly, we didn't consider any of the other UW schools, but I think this was short-sighted, and maybe a little high-falutin' of us (me!). Ds did apply to UA-Huntsville yesterday and I'll have him take a look at Platteville today. He's interested in computer science.
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No, having eye surgery before appointment/contracting (if ROTC) is an automatic disqualification.
If you are at a service academy, then they will work to get you corrective eye surgery while you are there (which is why they only offer appointments if the issues are within certain parameters--they have to be correctable), and for ROTC, you can either get the surgery approved up your chain of command, and have it done on your own dime, or wait until you are commissioned and have the military do it. The latter is what my oldest son has ended up deciding to do. But you can't have it done on your own before you show up.
Heather, I am so devastated for your son and you. I read your update yesterday, and I found myself thinking about it all last night. I am praying somehow, some time, your son will be able to see something good come from this crushing blow. I second the recommendation for UA-Huntsville. My second son is there (his freshman year--electrical engineering), and he really, really likes it. He is on their "Charger Excellence" scholarship, so we are just paying for his meal plan and some random fees. It has been quite doable. I hope your son can find a different path!
Thanks. The support here has been so helpful for me. After all the suggestions, am definitely recommending UA-Huntsville to him!
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Class of 2020 College Acceptances
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Quoting myself to add that DS was offered appointment to USMA! No word from Madison or USNA yet.