Can you link the TpT course you’re using?

What a great feeling! Congratulations!

Amazing!! Congratulations!

Yes, course descriptions were used, but only one graded essay was needed (for a scholarship application). I kept papers, exams, lab reports, and syllabi for each course. Will likely keep for a couple years, then shred. 99% wasn’t needed, but I’m glad I have it.

My DD took and loved Amber Kane’s course through PAH. She took the exam in 2020 (so it was the abbreviated, early Covid-era online version). She only scored a 3, even though she knew the material very well. IIRC, they only gave the MC questions and no essay, which wasn’t good for my very strong writer as her essays would have been her strongest part. Anyway, I think it would be a good first AP for an art-inclined younger student.

I could have written this post word-for-word about my DD12 (almost 13 and going into 8th grade next year). Following along with interest.

My 3rd DD has taken 2-hour CLRC classes for a few years. I believe the teacher gives a ~10 minute break on the hour, so it almost feels like two ~55 minute classes back to back. Not sure if that would help your son. I will never enroll my youngest DD in a 2-hour class; it just wouldn’t work for HER, so I totally understand the struggle.

Have you considered Cindy Lange’s Integritas Academy courses? Very $$$ but so worth it.

It was definitely a case where having very thorough documentation at my fingertips saved me (and DD’s shot at the highly competitive program). I feel like I owe everyone here on the WTM forums a debt of gratitude for the many years of collected wisdom shared freely here. Everything I know, I learned here from all of you! I’m so happy that with my last DD, age 12 and in 7th grade, I won’t have to start from scratch, but can use my existing documentation as a jumping off point during her college admissions process. And I won’t hesitate to (very professionally!) growl my mama-bear growl if I get any pushback from ad-coms or others.

6 classes x 4 years = 24 credits. No early credits, no dual enrollment. 7 are AP classes.

DD learned yesterday that she is ‘in’ at MSU’s direct-admit nursing program. I’m actually sort of surprised, as we got some 11th-hour questions from the committee that indicated a healthy suspicion of her homeschool transcript/grades/gpa. I, as her GC, responded politely but firmly: “We homeschool independently and in full compliance with the Michigan Department of Education’s standards. We do not utilize a state-regulated curriculum or grading system and none is required to homeschool in Michigan. Attached, please find our school profile, course descriptions, counselor’s letter of recommendation, and her current transcript showing grades through first semester of senior year. Together with her ACT and AP scores submitted with her MSU application, we hope this will satisfy the committee that she has achieved the highest level of academic preparation during high school, likely exceeding that of most public and private schools in the state. If you have any additional questions or require further information, please don’t hesitate to reach out.” I honestly wrote them off at that point; I’m truly shocked that she was admitted (despite being more than qualified) because of their questions. It really may have just been a case where the Nurse Scholar selection committee didn’t have access to all my documentation that we submitted to admissions— they only had access to her GPA, test scores, essay, LOR, resume, without course descriptions, full transcript, school profile, etc. Anyway, very happy with the outcome. It isn’t her first choice, but is a very solid, affordable option!

I’m sure you didn’t intend this, but it sounds like you don’t consider AB to be calculus. It is— it’s the first semester of college calculus, which is more than most students will ever need (though not enough for STEM students, obviously).

Congratulations to him. Keep us posted where he decides to attend!

@MamaSprout I hadn’t even thought of grad announcements— I need to get started on them! We are planning to visit DD’s top 4 admitted schools during her spring break in late-March to generate some excitement while she awaits decisions from her ‘highly rejective’ schools and a couple of competitive scholarships. If admitted to any more schools on April 1st, we’ll schedule visits to them during April. I can’t believe how this will all come ‘down to the wire’! I’m such a planner so it grates against my nature to wait until nearly May to determine where she will go next year! I’ve just ordered her diploma and cap & gown. And we’ve made travel plans and dinner reservations for older DD’s college commencement— we’ll honor both graduates that same weekend as two sets of grandparents will fly in to join us. In June, my family will gather for our annual family beach trip where we’ll celebrate both our grads with that side of the family.

I don’t think that is true

@JazzyMom Sounds like great progress! Keep us posted on interviews & scholarship decisions!

You’ve received very good responses upthread so I won’t repeat, except to share my mantra for this: Inspect what you expect (at least daily at first, less frequently if/when trust is established, but always at least weekly). My senior works entirely independently, but I monitor the grade book for her outsourced classes closely. With my youngest, I anticipate working closely with her at least through early high school— she’s just less independent and less driven than my older kids. Different needs for different students.

Seems like the right thing to do, but I have no idea whether DD did so! I’ll have to ask her. DD received one more interview request yesterday. That makes three for her, so far, this cycle. She enjoys interviewing and always walks away even more excited about the school than before. I guess that’s a large part of why schools conduct them!

You should also research whether the interviews are informational or evaluative. DD has had one of each recently. The evaluative one (where the interviewer will submit a report on the candidate that will be used in the admissions process) was more traditionally interview-like; whereas, the informational interview was a bit more relaxed and conversational. Both were with recent alumni and via Zoom and both were very good experiences, but knowing which ‘type’ the target school is using can be helpful to set expectations in advance. Just Google it and you should be able to figure it out.

Wow! Congratulations to him!

Thank you for this. The more people I hear say it, the less freaked out I am. And it’s a great reminder that ‘what will be, will be’. DD has some great safety options, so she’ll be perfectly fine.

We’re waiting on a couple of specialty program admission decisions: Loyola Chicago’s Rome Start program and MSU Nurse Scholar Program. And she has already been invited to U of Detroit-Mercy’s Accelerated PA program. I think we will visit those three (if admitted to all) in March as they are probably her top contenders. She also has Seattle U, Xavier, and Butler which I think she has mostly eliminated for various reasons. She has 7 more RD apps in, so those, if admitted to any, will be our April visits.

DD got ‘postponed’ by U of Michigan. She took it on the chin, but I’m frustrated and mind-boggled, honestly. She has >75th percentile stats plus great course rigor, ECs, LORs, and essays and she’s in-state. She applied to the nursing school (avg ACT in 2020 was a 30; hers is a 34). I *think* she will eventually get in (they have a reputation for postponing—their name for deferring—a LOT of kids in the EA round), but I also thought she would get in on the first shot, so clearly I’m not a good judge of these things. Rationally I know that they received 80,000 applications last year (up from 50,000 per year pre-pandemic), so not all of them can be admitted. But dang it! My kid should have been! $&@%#^ Okay, thank you for tolerating my rant. I’ll go mop some floors and get over my rage now. She has lots of other good options, but this one just really blew my mind.

Have you guys been able to do any in-person visits? I feel like April could be absolute crazytown for us! DD hasn’t visited any schools yet and I’m starting to get anxious.