I’ll answer the EA vs. Regular Decision question: apply EA if you’re ready as there is no advantage to waiting and there may be an advantage to applying early (FA availability, possibly higher acceptance rate during EA). Also, it’s just nice to get as many decisions early as possible! I have no insight on CC/transfer, sorry.

Update: only one of her four courses has a syllabus posted. Classes begin tomorrow. What’s up with that?! How do we expect students to be proactive and prepared?! The LMS/class sites have been open for over a week.

My DD’s first day of university classes is Wednesday. I suggested she find an air-conditioned place (her dorm has no A/C and it’s hot today) to camp out this afternoon to carefully read the syllabus from each class. It made me think of the humorous article? blog post? that always floats around this time of year written by a professor imploring students to READ THE blank SYLLABUS. Anyone know where to find that thread?

In my experience with my high-stats kid, exactly zero schools came through with any surprise, miracle financial offers. The net price calculators were, for the most part, very accurate at predicting what sort of aid she would receive. A couple of the highly-selective schools to which she was accepted were ridiculously, absurdly expensive when final numbers were in. She ended up choosing an in-state public flagship with generous merit scholarship and a program that fit her needs very well. I kind of wish I could have all the time and energy back that we spent applying to private schools that ended up not being financial possibilities. So, in a nutshell, run the NPC’s and trust that it won’t get too much better than that (and maybe not even that good— Boston College, I’m looking at you 🙁).

Yes! That’s it for sure. How was this in 2018?!? If I had guessed, I would have said I read the thread in the last “year or two”. Time is trippy!

I know I could dig around for hours and find this, but I bet someone else might be able to put their fingers on it instantly! I’m looking for a thread that discussed how/why many students struggle in Chem and physics classes because they don’t know how to study for them and they treat them like biology classes (memorize definitions, read/highlight the text book, etc). Does anyone know what I’m talking about? DD and I just took a beautiful 5 mile walk and most of the time we discussed ways she could set herself up for success as she begins university in two weeks. She’s already a great student but a 350-student Gen Chem class is going to be a whole new experience for her so I’m sure she can use all the wisdom available!

Okay, here is DD’s feedback (texted from her phone). She’s working as a summer camp counselor right now and is definitely out of school mode, so it’s pretty rough and brief. Hope it’s helpful. “sorry I saw this yesterday but just remembered it. my brain is not in school mode so I don’t know how much info I can give. I’d say serbicki was a little more hands on with teaching. we received faster feedback from glover though. dr glover was definitely an easier grader in my opinion, but her notes were more in depth. I preferred the completely asynchronous format of dr glover’s class, however the recorded classes from serbicki were somewhat helpful. I didn’t utitlize them much, but I think a different student would have felt they were neccessary for learning the material. if i think of any more differences i’ll let you know.” FWIW, my DD did Serbicki’s class fully asynchronously by not attending classes live and only skimming the recordings. She came into AP Lang as a sophomore with excellent, fast reading and writing ability. The differences she points to in their teaching/grading could easily be accounted for by the very substantial difference in the purposes of the classes; HSE at BT is designed to be a lighter, easier 12th grade English class by already strong readers/writers.

@Joyful_Journey I just asked my daughter, and I will let you know what feedback she shares. Mrs. Serbicki‘s classes are lean, solid, and low fuss. I think my daughter learned a lot from her. Dr. Glover‘s class was a bit lighter by design and fairly easy/fun. I can’t really shed much light on their teaching styles, as my daughter is very independent (and lived away from home during high school so I wasn’t involved day-to-day). I think both were thorough, detailed graders. DD earned a 5 on Lang AP exam and a 4 on Lit after doing Serbicki’s classes with no additional prep.

No, that was DD’s first class with her. DD took AP Lang & AP Lit with Mrs. Serbicki from PAH.

What laundry strips have you used and recommend? I’ve been wanting to try them, but reviews are always a bit mixed so I’m not sure which to try.

I think the disadvantage has been identified above; being able to have ‘wiggle room’ in the schedule offsets it, IMHO. Because of AP/DE/CLEP credits, my girls were able to take some 12-13 credit semesters and still graduate in 4 years having taken everything that they needed or were interested in taking.

Whoa, that’s terrific news!!

Congratulations to your DD. Exciting times! My 2022 grad spent 10th-12th grade training at Miami City Ballet School’s pre-pro program, 1,000 miles from home. Homeschooled since birth, she continued with our same brand of academically-intense, independent home education throughout her training. I remained her counselor/record-keeper but outsourced all classes to various providers, including Blue Tent Online, PAH, Derek Owens, CLRC, Clover Creek Physics, Clover Valley Chemistry, etc. Except for Latin, she took all classes asynchronously. She took AP exams and ACTs at the local high school. This isn’t an easy path and would be way too much for most kids. Essentially all of the dancers we know did very basic, virtual school programs through their home districts that required minimal time/effort. Several dancers we knew well did very little school at all and got somewhat or significantly behind academically. Like Farrar mentioned above, what YOU should do depends heavily on what type learner your dancer is and what goals she has. We knew from early on that ours would attend college and would likely pursue a degree in a science or health-related field, so we shaped her high school curriculum around that. Best of luck as you navigate this new phase in your dancer daughter’s life!

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