fourisenough
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2 hours ago, Farrar said:
RIT and Champlain College.
Final two and now he's officially 10 for 10!
What a great feeling! Congratulations!
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3 minutes ago, JazzyMom said:
Dd was officially awarded a Stamps Scholarship to Ole Miss!!! She will attend there this fall, Lord willing. 🥳
Amazing!! Congratulations!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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4 hours ago, kristin0713 said:
I was really interested in this until I saw that her classes are two hours long. Not sure if that is new for next year or if it was always like that. I don't think my DS could do two hours. I'm still trying to find a middle of the road lit/comp class that is not so heavy with the classical reading selections.
Have you considered Cindy Lange’s Integritas Academy courses? Very $$$ but so worth it.
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22 hours ago, madteaparty said:
Damn straight. 💪🎉🎉🎉
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.
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6 classes x 4 years = 24 credits.
No early credits, no dual enrollment. 7 are AP classes.
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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!
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25 minutes ago, Roadrunner said:
So I would have expected BC to be the norm for seniors. Instead most stop at AB. I think it’s because the math preparation is so poor up to that point, that most are terrified of Calculus.
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).
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8 hours ago, rbk mama said:
Watching DS apply to grad schools this past fall was such an encouraging experience - seeing him handle everything and seek out advice as needed. I offered to read his main essay, but he knew as I did that I don't really know what they're looking for, and don't understand his research experience either. I got to read it after he sent it in. He relied on a few different professors he worked with as well as some grad students for every step involved in the process, and is now getting advice on choosing between schools he has been accepted to. I feel pretty strongly about being available for assistance at any stage in my kid's lives, and I would have been happy to help him more if he asked, but thankfully he had the help he needed already.
I haven't been on these forums in ages, but wanted to share that this homeschooled-through-high-school kid graduated summa cum laude at Cornell and has been accepted into all of his top choices so far for grad school in physics. Every homeschool parent I meet who is considering homeschooling through high school (which sadly isn't that many), I send to this forum for advice!
Congratulations to him. Keep us posted where he decides to attend!
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@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.
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I don’t think that is true
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@JazzyMom Sounds like great progress! Keep us posted on interviews & scholarship decisions!
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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.
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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!
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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.
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9 hours ago, Hoggirl said:
Hello, all! OP here!
I can FINALLY report that ds will be returning to The Farm this autumn to attend the Stanford Graduate School of Business for an MBA!
He received his admission on December 7th, so my waiting for him to make a final decision has seemed reeaaaallly long! When he was here visiting us over the holidays, he had said he was 95% sure he was going to go, but he wanted to attend their Admit Weekend first. He called us with his decision while driving back home from that this afternoon.
His ding was from Harvard Business School. I think it really stung that he was not at least invited to interview. He’s clearly not an Ivy League type. His only undergraduate rejection was from Princeton - lol.
I do think I, “behaved,” well through this process and did a good job of letting him take the lead as to when and to what extent he wanted to talk to me (and dh) about his decision. So, while it was hard waiting, I’m kinda glad he forced me to, as I think I grew in my parenting-an-adult skills.Thanks for coming along for the grad school admission ride!
Wow! Congratulations to him!
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26 minutes ago, UmmIbrahim said:
This happened during the year that my older son applied as well. Tons of kids with crazy good stats were postponed and then got in during the next round of admissions. Their window for evaluating EA apps always struck us as pretty tight based on the number of apps they receive! I'm pretty sure they just defer the ones they don't quite get to.
Definitely not fun to get deferred, but I would not give up hope since they are pretty famous for doing that!
Good luck!
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.
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18 minutes ago, Farrar said:
Are you going to be able to visit any of her schools? That is so rough when you can't visit any of them at all.
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.
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On 1/25/2022 at 9:07 PM, fourisenough said:
@kokotg Good luck to your DS with his auditions.
My DD is at a lull right now waiting for one EA decision by 1/31 (her top choice school) and then she has several more RD apps that she won’t get decisions on until late-March/April 1. The waiting is…hard!
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.
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8 hours ago, Farrar said:
We're still waiting on two more decisions, but save one school that gave terrible aid, Mushroom now has too many choices. He does not like making big choices. I foresee a massive breakdown at some point in this process coming up.
I think it's really going to come down to Drexel or Clark, but then every time I try to eliminate an option, he doesn't want to.
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.
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2 hours ago, kokotg said:
Good news: DS thinks his Oberlin audition went well!
Bad news: the clarinet prof sent him 3 new essay questions to answer afterwards (stuff along the lines of career goals, accomplishments, etc). He's already answered SO MANY questions for Oberlin! Surprise college essays are not very nice, IMHO. AND Peabody/Johns Hopkins sent him an e-mail saying his audition is scheduled for the 22nd, even though it's said on the website for months that clarinet auditions are on the 21st, and we already have plane tickets based on that. ARGH. Peabody has been a consistent PITA for assorted reasons, and I'm about ready to dump them off the list.
Oy vey…the fun never stops! 😅
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High School History for the Disinterested Teen
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Can you link the TpT course you’re using?