My dd (9th grade) absolutely loves Ancient Literature - and she isn't particularly a literature loving student. Carolyn

I called this morning because I was getting impatient for the letter. Wendy Cantrell looked up the info for me and my 12 grade ds was awarded 8 credit hours (which was all we asked for). She said she did know students were beginning to receive their letters because she had gotten some phone calls this morning. I got the impression they were not happy phone calls. Carolyn

Well, now I can't find the link to the funding info. Some of the regulations were not finalized until very recently, that could be it. Still waiting on our funding letter, which, according to the website, should have been mailed Monday. It now looks like homeschoolers are responsible for paying for textbooks as well. You're right, there is no rolling admission. You need to file a notice to participate by April, apply and get accepted to the college's program by their own deadlines, and file the application for funding by June 30. It was originally June 15, and they extended it this year. I think the hugest changes to the program were for public high school students. The high schools are required to inform their students about the program, and can not prevent a student who is accepted by a colleges CCP program from participating. I know of a few local high schools who tried to prevent some of their students from participating in the PSEO because they wanted to keep their best students at the high school. Carolyn

This is our first year with it - my DS is a senior. They don't fund ALL the senior's classes first - they give all the seniors one class, then the juniors and so on down. If there is money left over after everyone gets one class, they go back to the seniors, and give them another one. I am waiting on the funding letter in the mail tday (hopefully) I am pretty sure the lowest math you can take is College Algebra. Carolyn

Great, thank you so much! Carolyn

Ds is going to take the online calculus this year. It seems like I should order the books from Lulu, and we should be ready to start the class before registering - and starting to pay $58/month. Is this right? No reason to register now if we aren't starting school for another 3-4 weeks? thanks Carolyn

I responded to your pm. but did not mention that World Lit to Dante was a particular favorite of my DD. Carolyn

We are watching The Missiles of October today. It is on Youtube. Carolyn

Thanks for all the help. So then, what in the world is the difference between calc and AP calc? Carolyn

I wanted ds to take the calc for 2 reasons; The calculus, and the experience of a college class before full time college. The calculus class would be the exact same class/course # required of math majors. He may be better off taking another class through this program (maybe programming) and doing Derek Owens Calculus at home. A one semester pace might be too much. It would help if I understood the least bit about the differences between calc 1, 2, etc. :) thanks to all! Carolyn

Thanks to all. This sounds like a great option for Calculus. Carolyn

Am I understanding this right? It is online lectures - start whenever, go at your own pace, but you still have an instructor grading assignments and giving feedback? And I can call it "AP" on the transcript? This almost sounds to good to be true :) Please tell me about your experiences. Carolyn

If he took calc through this program, it would be for real "permanent record" stuff. If his placement test puts him in calc, I don't think they would let him take precalc. Plus, then he would have 2 years of pre-calc on his hs transcript. I think my other option is to do calculus at home, through some online option. Then see how it goes, and he could test out as a freshman if possible. Carolyn