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Current seniors and questions on Early Action/Regular Decision
fourisenough replied to mlktwins's topic in The College Board
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.
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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?
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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 🙁).
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Help me find: thread re: how to study for STEM classes
fourisenough replied to fourisenough's topic in The College Board
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!
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AP Lang - Lisa Glover at Blue Tent
fourisenough replied to Joyful_Journey's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
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. -
AP Lang - Lisa Glover at Blue Tent
fourisenough replied to Joyful_Journey's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
@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. -
AP Lang - Lisa Glover at Blue Tent
fourisenough replied to Joyful_Journey's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
No, that was DD’s first class with her. DD took AP Lang & AP Lit with Mrs. Serbicki from PAH. -
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.
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Register with the Accommodations Office for grad school
fourisenough replied to plansrme's topic in The College Board
Whoa, that’s terrific news!!- 1 reply
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Ideas for my 11th Grader (Online)
fourisenough replied to mom2girlzx2's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
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! -
ACT: with writing or without?
fourisenough replied to Porridge's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
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AP Lang - Lisa Glover at Blue Tent
fourisenough replied to Joyful_Journey's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
My DD loved Lisa Glover’s HSE (Post-AP) this year. It is obviously a very different course, but same excellent teaching. -
I’m so sorry about OP’s nephew’s experience; that’s just inexcusable. DD has just enrolled in a 50k-student university. Her advising has been excellent, but with that being said, I have worked closely with her, detailed spreadsheet in hand. I feel for kids who don’t have someone to help guide the process.
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No record of having taken AP exam?!
fourisenough replied to fourisenough's topic in The College Board
DD got her score, thankfully!- 17 replies
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No record of having taken AP exam?!
fourisenough replied to fourisenough's topic in The College Board
Yep, that must have been a typo. Fingers-crossed for tomorrow! -
No record of having taken AP exam?!
fourisenough replied to fourisenough's topic in The College Board
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No record of having taken AP exam?!
fourisenough replied to fourisenough's topic in The College Board
They don’t send hard copy scores anymore. Students log in to CB account to view scores. They are to be released on 7/3. If there are no scores in her account, I have a feeling we’ll be out of luck. Still hoping for a miracle, but not expecting one. -
No record of having taken AP exam?!
fourisenough replied to fourisenough's topic in The College Board
Ugh— the AP Coordinator at the school where she sat the exams is all but unreachable, like truly and utterly negligent. I’m not optimistic this will end well. -
Ugh, DD went into CollegeBoard account to do her free score send to her University and it won’t allow her to because “You do not have any exam registrations for the 2021-2022 school year.” Does this mean the CB has no record that she took her exams this year? I’m a little freaked out that she won’t get a score and the resulting credit. Since it was a paper/in person exam, she doesn’t really have any proof she took it. Has this happened to anyone before?
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Are there reasons *not* to do a POA for your college kid?
fourisenough replied to Farrar's topic in The College Board
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Roommate has been secured, new student orientation has been completed, and she is off to her job out-of-state as a summer camp counselor for the next 9 weeks! So glad we’ll have her home for 3 weeks in August before she leaves for university. My to-do list this week includes purging/organizing my school cabinet which contains all the printed material that was part of the college search/application process; that will feel cathartic!