Welcome! I am too jealous for words right now. I just moved my youngest into the dorm, so I am officially a retired homeschooler. I'm really hoping to be a homeschooling grandma some day though. I've got some waiting to do though.

Yep, another vote for skipping General Science. It doesn't lead into Physical. It is just something to do in 7th grade lol. Don't do it in 9th. Start a Physical and then do Biology. That gives her 2 lab sciences. She can do Chemistry in 12th if she has the math skills, if not, it isn't critical. Math, I agree with the advice about skipping TT7. What isn't review from TT6 will be reviewed in Pre-Algebra (and you can slow down to cover that if you need to). If she struggles with any math concepts in Pre-Algebra, just be ready to take the time and cover them, but don't stop for TT7. It just isn't worth it. If she can get through Pre-Algebra this year, she can still cover Algebra 1, Geometry and Algebra 2 in the following 3 years and get her 3 years of high school math in.

My dd loves to organize and pack, however she got stuck when she felt too overwhelmed. I ended up sitting on her bed folding clothes for her while she did everything else. She had very organized lists and whenever she got to something she needed that was loose in the house somewhere, I'd go find it while she kept packing. I don't think I was ever that organized, but she still needed me present with her to make it happen. Ds doesn't pack. He moves in tomorrow and his room (which I've been asking him to clean in preparation for packing) was still a mess. I just moved in for an hour or two after lunch today. I made him go through the closet, through the chest of drawers, through the books, etc. but without me in the room saying, "So can you get the underwear and socks you are taking into that duffle?", nothing would ever actually get packed. Nothing. They are all different. Chocolate. I'm pretty sure the answer is chocolate. Once my last one is moved out, I'm going to have to go on a diet.

Do you mind sharing why the Christian question comes in? We are Christian, we read it and everybody loved it. I don't really consider it important, but I would keep it on my not to be missed list just because the humor was great!

Dd was told to not use the other side of the room, but there were no threats of inspection or charges if she did. The beds in her dorm are adjustable height and so we raised the other bed high enough to put the desk, dresser, and night stand under it. It is all out of the way and the mattress has a black vinyl cover that doesn't look bad, so it isn't an eye sore. So far, it seems just fine. :)

Ds wanted a creative writing degree and Iowa isn't too far, so we checked it out, along with several other schools. What seemed like the best advice I got about it was to do your undergrad somewhere else and go there for their CW master's program. That was known as the real strength of their program. Ds decided he wanted to stay local, so our investigations ended early. Being in the mid-west, Iowa was definitely considered the best by everyone we spoke to.

Me too. When dd was 3-4, she loved Dora.

The law here is 1.5 miles too. They can make kids walk that far whether it is to school or to a bus stop. I don't believe there is anything in the law requiring districts to take traffic into account, but they do. I can remember 3 kids being hit and killed or permanently disabled crossing busy streets. Each one had an impact, and now I don't believe the situation that the OP described would happen, but I know it has existed in the past.

Write at Home. I'd do their 9th grade English. They recommend everyone start there and his case, I thing it would be perfect. You'd need to add some literature. I would either grab EIL Introduction to lit and take it at his pace or just pick a few books and do some lit guides with them.

We moved my baby in today. Everything went really smoothly. We were early in line and the move-in crews were fresh and excited. They grabbed all her stuff and she led them to the room. As I have said in my roommate thread, she has a double room with no room-mate for now. That was GREAT for move-in purposes. We had plenty of room to move everything around as we pleased then get all of her stuff unpacked. We took her to lunch and for a last Wal-mart run then said our goodbyes. Saturday I officially become an empty nester.

And the answer is... She has a room to herself... for now. Housing said that if they needed the room, she would receive an email letting her know someone would be moving in. When we arrived on campus today, her door had her name and the roommate-that-wasn't-coming's name. However, after we got her moved in, went to lunch and came back, the extra name sticker had been removed. There is a chance someone will still move in, but it sure was nice to have the full room to pile stuff in while we were moving her in and organizing. :)

Ugh. I guess being roommate-free has advantages. The fact is she knows no one in the entire state where she is headed, let alone the town or at the college she will attend. She wants a roommate, just so she isn't alone.

Ds used it for 2 years before taking Japanese at the local state U his Junior year of high school. LOVED Irasshai. You need the videos (available free), textbook and workbook.

Ds keeps protein bars, peanut butter, soy milk and fruit. He makes smoothies or smears pb on fruit if he's in his room. He takes protein bars to eat on the run. He also takes a batch of cookies to school with him after each visit home. :)

I love the idea of holding meetings for the kids in that situation. Having the opportunity to get to know who else is available and finding someone she finds compatible would be great!

Dd didn't really want a private room, but since she likes her suite mates, it might be nice to have friends nearby and a private retreat when she needs it.

I only made one really good friend in the dorm. She was my next door neighbor. All my other friends came from involvement in chosen activities/groups and these were open and friendly to new members every year. No one paid much attention to age while we were in college. As long as you were there, you fit. The friend from college that I am closest to now, nearly 30 years later was a transfer student. We're the same age and she came in our Junior year, but made the most of the two years she was there. There are a variety of advantages to being at the same school for 4 years, however CC's have advantages too. Price is one. Another is just being a great place for someone who isn't quite ready to go out on their own. If you dd isn't interested in looking for a college, she may not be ready yet. I'd encourage her to keep looking, but it isn't the end of the world if she spends a year (or two) at a CC.

Dd got her roommate assignment back in June. However, when she contacted the roommate, the girl said she was going to a different college. She told dd she would let housing know. Well, move in is this week and dd never got a new roommate assigned. She called housing this morning and they told her they still had the same girl down. Apparently she didn't tell them she wasn't coming. Dd messaged supposed roommate again to ask if she had changed her mind and has not gotten a response. Dd has gotten to know her suite mates and really likes them. What are the odds of her staying in her room? Does anyone know what will be done when this girl doesn't show up? Will someone else move in? Will the move dd? Is there any way to predict? I know the dorms aren't full. They sent out a message saying if you want a private room, there are some available and to contact housing. Any thoughts? Anyone ever had a similar situation?

I'd do Anatomy. It is very practical to know more about your own body and how it works and if she decides to go the EMT route it will be good preparation.

We used Oak Meadow and I was very happy with it, but we did it over a year. There is a fair amount of time spent on exercise - it is health and exercise. You could drop the exercise, reduce the busy work assignments and probably get it done in a semester.

We used and loved Jump In in middle school. It is light for high school and if I were choosing a program for a high schooler who might not have many opportunities to get it before they head off to school, I'd go with TPIYH instead. It came out after we were done with writing courses or I would have used it with my kids as a follow-up to Jump-In.

This was my experience too. A&P was one of the toughest classes I took in college. I wanted to make sure dd didn't share that experience! Whether a college text or Apologia is the best answer depends entirely on the student. Dd doesn't learn well by just reading a textbook. Actually, she learns nothing that way. It just isn't a good fit. She needed Apologia that speaks in a teacher's voice and walks them through the material. It was easier to understand and digest. She learned all that was taught, memorizing for tests, etc. For her learning style this was really a good fit. Based on advice on these boards, I tried using college texts in high school with my kids. I regret having done it. They always learned more from high school level books. I know some kids are ready for college texts in high school, but mine always learned much more from books geared toward homeschoolers. I wish I'd been a bit quicker to figure that out.

I don't think it would be an issue no matter how you arrange the transcript. If they are college courses and you are giving 1 credit each, there should be no problems. It isn't unusual at all for kids around here to have more than one credit in a particular subject area per year. The largest school district in the area does semester block scheduling and kids frequently have 2 sciences or 2 histories or whatever, one each semester. No one will even blink.

My dd did Apologia Anatomy last year and will be taking Anatomy (as a nursing major) in the fall. I can't say yet how well it prepared her, but I do think it was a good introduction. Although I had A&P in college, I couldn't teach it today. I needed a self-teaching course (we did go through it together with lots of discussion). Apologia is a gentle course. It doesn't cover in a year what a college course will cover in a semester, but I did think it helped build her foundation.

The process is different for everyone. For both of my kids we started with geographical area. Ds wanted to stay local, that took us down to about 10 schools and really it was easy. We narrowed the field by major, then we visited the U that dh and I attended (not local), the local state U, and the most academically rigorous Private U in the area. Our U was too far. He hated the large State U (he had done DE there and already knew it wasn't for him) and loved the small LAC option. From there it was just a matter of could he come up with enough scholarship money to make it work. He did. He'll be starting his sophomore year in just over a week and is happy there. Dd drew 2 circles on a map. One at 2 hours away (minimum) and one at 6 hours away (maximum) and began searching. Next we narrowed by school size and major. She had a size range in mind and tossed out the schools that were too large or too small. She also knew what she wanted for a major, so we looked for schools that had a really good reputation within that major. Price, stats of applicants, setting, scholarships etc, were considered after that. She visited 3 colleges, and her favorite got knocked off the list by the meeting with the department head. She came up with a new choice, but then class size made her re-consider. She ended up at what was originally her third choice, but ultimately was her favorite for many reasons.