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Human Odyssey is a high school text and may be fine for SAT II. We used it but did not take any SAT II tests (not needed at schools ds looked at). Spielvogel's Western Civilization is a common text used for AP European History, not AP World History. Spielvogel and Duiker World History would most likely be a text used for AP World and probably fine for SAT II. Hope this helps!!

when I was choosing history texts for ds. I take almost all reviews of history texts with a grain of salt. Almost all texts are biased in some way and each person also has their biases. HO was our choice and ds loved it. Ds2 loves it too. If it works and you are ok with it, use it. Same can be said for the reviews of Alg. 1 on the mathmatically correct site.

If it is a nice day, walk him towards the building then find a bench to sit on and read a book.

Make sure they write at least 2 supporting reasons and at least 1 counter. If they don't do the counter, they will be marked down.

When I went through puberty, in the space of about 4 months, I went from being flat to the saggy baggy elephant. My books and belly are the only thing I inherited from my Itailan side.

Hamburger and I grew up in Chicago.

When we were looking for a new car about 14 years ago, the salesman acted like I wasn't there. He said something to dh about how he will like to drive it and the power, blah, blah, blah. I was a little peeved but dh said right back to him that he would hardly ever drive it, it was going to be my car and the car had to please me. :lol: How quickly the salesman changed his tune. As for the part, do you have the owner's manual or the part number? Can you look up the model online? They often have the manuals and parts lists online so you can just find out what you need to order. Just tell them you want part #such and such. If you can't get it from the store, call an applicance repair service and ask if they can order the part for you. Good luck.

And what other costly princess fantasies will the bride (and her mother) come up with after they are married? Which fairy tale does she want to live in? Sounds like a high maintenance wife. We won't be able to do that when my boys get married. We will be retiring while the younger one is still in college. Living on social security won't pay for any fantasies.

Since about 1999 or 2000. I lurked on the high school board a long time before posting there. I only read the general board a couple times until this new format.

And Truman State is homeschool friendly. We talked with a rep from there at a college fair and said ds would have no problem with acceptance. He didn't apply but it was a possible back up.

I guess that is the starting point. If the college doesn't have the major or if it isn't very strong, then start doing some searches online. Then narrow it down on distance, sounds like she wouldn't like being more than 2-3 hours away. Visit all of those, even if she doesn't like the sound of them. You never know what they might find or feel once there. And don't wait to do this till next year. Go to more of those Junior days this year, most are in April. Have her make a list of the pros and cons of each school. Don't say anything to influence her one way or another or what your preferences are (that I the hardest thing to do). She might even start to think more about going after a few visits and she catches some of the excitement or someone really takes and interest in her. Good luck.

Personally, I would prefer the thank you. I am not into collecting rep points.

Left brained here. I did get to see it go clockwise twice but only for a brief time.

You might want to look at a zoology major. They are harder to find but there are schools out there. Ds wanted to be a zookeeper (not a vet) and at first we were looking at schools that had zoology majors. Something to think about.

I vote for the small LAC for many of the reasons that have already been mentioned. Ds is a sophomore at a small school (900 students) and he is doing a project with another student that most likely will be published and sold. The prof said the only names on it will be the two students (and possible royalties). I don't think he would have the same opportunity at a larger school. None of his classes are taught by TAs, the largest has been 50, the smallest 7. Good luck with the decision.

Our ds is also in a 0-6 PharmD program. When we first met with financial aid, they gave us a sheet with the expected income and with the max. of student loans and the net after the payments. I think the total loan about was something like $66K. It was very feasible to max out loans and still be able to live afterwards. Ask the finacial aid dept. if they have information similar. If it were not for the fact he will have no problem finding a great paying job afterwards, I would not let him go into that much debt.

I recommend the Real ACT book put out by the ACT folks. It has 3 practice tests with the answers explained.

Academically, I got a great education. Elementary school was great, jr. high was ok with some great teachers (and the normal just ok ones). High school was a mixed bag. I excelled in classes I liked, just did what I needed to in order to get by in others. I was on the geeky side. We had a computer when no other school did (think punch cards and 24 hour turnaround time) and I loved that stuff. That is what determined my college major. There was only one other girl in the class so we were the weird ones. I read a lot and that was definitely uncool. There were no girls sports, Title IX passed the year I graduated so there were no groups like that to be part of. I didn't play any instruments and can't hold a tune. I had a group of friends but only one that was close. We were in each others weddings. She passed away almost 4 years ago. The only reason I homeschooled was for academics. My school district did a traditional classical type starting in grade school and after reading TWTM, I knew that I wanted my kiddos to have that same education. One of those hindsight things is I wish now that I had worked harder in school and taken advantage of what I had. So I guess you could say yes, it did influence my decision to homeschool.

From what I have been told by kids who have taken the AP Spanish exam is it is very hard. One of the kids has a parent who is bilingual and TEACHES high school spanish (not AP) and he only got a 2. Another friend's child is extremely gifted and he said there were things on the exam that he had no clue as to what it was even talking about. He took the AP class and only received a 2.

Did you go to the collegeboard site and look at past exams? That might help you decide. You might want to get a prep book and see what she already understands.

I won't get 2 squares in my lifetime and don't even pay attention to them. I looked and I have 13.

Last year was my 35th and I did not go. There is a web site and after looking at it, I am glad I didn't. They still are in the same cliques as high school. The few people that I would like to have caught up with didn't attend either. Out of a graduating class of almost 600, there were only 70 that went, mostly ones that still live in the area (a 2 hour drive from me). It was only a one night event and only $45.

Mine is genetic and no concealer did much to hide them. I finally opted for cosmetic surgery.

It was a joint decision. Visits helped rule 2 out just on distance. It came down to 2 and ds knew when he was on one campus, he could see himself there. It ended up also being the least expensive. If he had felt he could see himself more at the other, which was the 2nd most expensive, we would have found a way. JMHO -- go for fit first, then see what you can get for financial aid.