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has taken SAT and will have SAT subject tests in Chemistry, Math Level 2 and Literature. Does he need Biology and Physics? Please respond if you have any experience with this. Thanks for any input.
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Ds.2 did English 1 with Mrs. Frederick and English 2 with Miss. Shearon and would recommend both of them.
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Our experience: Ds.1 did AP Chemistry after doing Apologia Chem. and found it very difficult. He did get an A on the course but was disappointed with a 3/5 for the exam. Perhaps ds. did not have the rigorous study skills and time cleared on his schedule to put in 3-4 hours of work or more per day along with time required for labs on his schedule. We have not done AP Physics or AP Bio. so I can't comment on that. AP Environ. Science should be easier. I am not saying it is not doable but that you really need to put in the extra effort to do well if your child has not taken a high school course before AP. HTH!
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How wonderful, Lori! Congrats!
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Ds. took it in 10th grade to get into an AP class and later in the spring of 11th grade. I think we'll do the same with my younger one.
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I am not keen on Notgrass. I would not mind purchasing TC's History of US course but need materials for evaluation with answer keys. I think that is the main thing I am looking for -materials to evaluate whatever text, books, or DVDs I use. A workbook will work too. I own Patriot's History of US and have volume 1 of William Bennet's America's Last Best Hope but what to use to evaluate. Ds.2 is an auditory learner so I know DVDs will work for him. Thanks for any advice, suggestions, etc.
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Thank you ladies. Luann and Belacqua, ds. has started working on Princeton Review. Currently he is doing sequences and series in the text and I asked hiim to work on the same chapter in Princeton Review and Barron's. Muttichen, I am printing out the free response questions from CB. Should he work on one exam a day or one section? Thanks. Also, is it beneficial to memorize the Spark notes flash cards?
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state school online program that he is doing does not include any prep but is continuing with assignments from the text till the end of April. He needs to begin prep immediately on his own. We have the Princeton's and Barron's prep books and a friend gave us her Spark notes flashcards and book. Please share what you all did with your children to effectively prep for the exam. Thanks.
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We used this and liked it too. After doing Lightbearers would Starting Points be redundant?
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Good to hear, Ellen! I remember well the anxiety of trying to find a school willing to give my son the AP Latin exam. Glad it worked out for you.
Just in case you or someone else doesn't know -- For those of you with kids taking AP exams in more than one school, make sure that they carry their "AP Student Pack" with them from location to location. The Student Pack is a small booklet containing all of the stickers with their individualized AP number (they have to stick them on the packet for each exam). Using a single set of stickers ensures that their scores will all show up on a single student record & will save you lots of grief next July.
We always chose one school as our 'base' school where we did the preregistration paperwork and filled out the Student Pack. Around here that was done on a date in mid-April, but other school districts may do it at different times or even on the morning of the first AP test. You might want to call your AP coordinator for details if they haven't mentioned preregistration dates.
Then, before going from the base school to the second school, my kids asked the exam proctor for the Student Pack. We told school #2 in advance that the kids would be showing up with the Student Pack in hand.
Thanks for sharing your experience, Kathy. Ds. will be taking AP exams at two different schools this year and this information is helpful.
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Campbell's Exploring Biology text or the Miller-Levine's Biology text should provide the necessary prep prior to AP Biology. The local schools in our area use these texts for their Pre-AP Biology course. HTH!
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I'd be leery of skipping English senior year even if he does have four credits. (My daughter ended up with five credits of English from 9th through 12th grades.)
Are you considering his Speech and Debate activities as extra curricular activities? If so, you might consider having him do a formal Speech class as an English class. Hewitt homeschooling has a semester long Lightning Literature Speech course that examines famous speeches through history. It's a half credit course, and I believe it's one of their lighter LL programs.
Regards,
Kareni
Kareni, thank you for the suggestion. I am considering speech and debate as extracurriculars. He has taken Omnibus II (all the readings) and Omnibus III (Primary books only) in 8th and 9th grades. AP Lang. in 9th grade (4/5), Rhetoric I and Logic with TPS in 10th grade and is currently in AP Lit. in 11th grade. One possibility is the C.S.Lewis study with Potter's School which is a one semester course. Speech might be a little overkill for him at this point. Journalism might interest him but I don't know who offers this. Would Philosophy count? Also, I am not sure how to title the Omnibus courses on the transcript. Would something like Great Books of the Medieval World for Omnibus II work? I am not quite sure how to title Omnibus III. Thanks for any input.
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Hmm...ds. wants to be a doctor so I figured it would be good for him to do AP humanities in high school and do science in college with labs. He has done AP courses in Human Geo, US Govt.& Politics, European History, Macroeconomics, Psychology, Literature, and Language. He is also doing AP Statistics and Calculus BC. So he'll have more in Humanities, Math, and English. For his senior year I was considering AP US History but now I am thinking perhaps AP Physics or Bio. may be better. Any thoughts? Right now we are considering Spanish 3, AP Statistics, and perhaps honors US History. I have no ideas for English. Can he not take English since he already has 4 credits (including one in 8th grade) for English? He is heavily involved in Speech and Debate and I would like him to have a lighter course load in the senior year. Bible courses, Philosophy, Art History, Doctor shadowing, etc. but would not like this to be at the expense of science courses. Any suggestions for the senior year courses?
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Thank you for the info. Can you share any more info about how you got started? Were there any seminars, camps, support meetings, or resources that helped you know what to expect and how to instruct your children? TIA
Sorry, I just saw this today.
We got started by having my son attend a tournament. He liked what he saw and expressed interest in participating in Debate. So we had him attend a debate camp and then joined a local club for a couple of years. Monument Publishing puts out a lot of material that helps you to learn about each event that is very helpful. You can go to the NCFCA website to learn about more resources. Also, there is a homeschool speech and debate board : http://www.homeschooldebate.com which provides a wealth of information. Families who do not have access to a local club have found this board very helpful. HTH!
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I would like to know too especially about Physics.
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This is my favorite Jane Eyre. It was produced as a mini-series, so it is 11 30-minute episodes. It's long enough to get in what the other 2-hour movies miss.
Best wishes.
This is my favorite version too.
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Ds.1 took AP HG in 9th grade couple of years ago but I think he had to submit SAT or ACT scores and also back ground information about the courses he had taken. Perhaps it also helped that he won some awards at state level for Geography Bee.
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My dc. have been participating in NCFCA for a couple of years. Each tournament costs approximately $200 if you have two children participating in Debate and multiple speech events. This includes meals for the three days of tournament. Most tournaments offer host housing. You can decide on the number of tournaments you want to participate in. We usually do two state qualifiers and if the children qualify to the Regional tournament and the National we have done them too. But there are families who join a club and choose to participate in only one tournament. It is totally upto to you. This has been a great experience for our children in every way. Totally worth the expense for us.
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In 10th grade ds.1 took it because he needed it to get admitted into AP classes online. He prepped using the College Board's Blue book. Later with more preparation using Barron's and a Math Prep book he took it again in 11th grade. But with ds. 2 I think I'll need to start prepping in 9th grade because he'll need it. Each child is so different. But any kid will benefit from some prep in weaker areas. Ds.1 did hardly any prep for Critical Reading. He has always been naturally gifted at this.
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material as Foerster's Algebra II and Trig.? Thanks for recommendations. I don't think ds.2 will be able to work independently with Foerster's Algebra II. So any curriculum that he can work independently on for Algebra II would work for him. Thanks for any input. He finished Foerster's Algebra I.
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We have had good experiences with PA Homeschoolers but now there are options like Patrick Henry College Online courses and Potter's School Online
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Barbara, thanks for the ABC article. As I said in my first post we are happy with his scores and he is not planning to retake the test but was just puzzled about his 8/12 SAT essay score in 7th grade (for Talent Search Program), 10th grade, and now in Jan. in 11th grade. Yes, the article does put things in perspective.
NYNY, thanks for the college confidential link. I am saving it for future reference.
Angela in OH, thanks. His math score is 760. It was somewhat unexpected. He thought he would get a perfect on his Math and lower scores for CR. Anyhow, all of us are very thankful for his scores.
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Can you pinpoint the reason for the 8? Did he run out of time? Did he have trouble coming up with material/examples? Does he struggle with vocabulary? Does he need practice with outlining? Transitions? Grammar and spelling?
Ds. does not know why. The only possibility he offered was that it was not specific enough to the topic. I guess we'll know when they make it available online later. Today, only the scores are up on the website. Ds. had a perfect score on CR and so his vocab. is good. His grammar is usually good too. I don't know. Like Music mom remarked 8 is a good score. Perhaps his essay was not exceptional.
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His overall writing score was 780. His MCQ scores were perfect. I was just wondering why his essay scores never improved over the years. Thanks for the suggestions.
Penn State : What do they require from homeschoolers? Ds. is considering Pre-Med. He
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Creekland, thanks. Mary Alice, do send me the draft. Thanks again.