My favorite was India. I was very disappointed when she was voted out last week. Now I don't care who wins at the end. :(

We are going in 3 weeks. CTMom, thank you so much for your sharing, it is very helpful for us. We have already decided that we will not buy the London Passes, and instead we will buy the subway passes and use the 2 for 1 coupons. I'm glad to read that you did the same thing. How were the walking tours? How much did you end up paying per person if you don't mind sharing? Do you think doing the All In One London tour is an overkill? Walking for 6 hours, I am not quite sure about that.

Yes we are very excited since he is our oldest and the first to graduate from our homeschool. He decided to study biochemistry instead of engineering for undergrad. He is not sure whether he wants to pursue law school, medical school or getting into medical research in grad. school. Too many decisions for such a young age. We are just trying to be supportive in whatever path he wants to take. Thanks for asking!

Brag alert. This is the only place I can do this, I don't talk about his accomplishments with anyone IRL. DS finished his two exams this year: Physics C and English Language. He felt both exams went well. He has now officially finished high school and homeschool. He is accepted into U of Toronto (#1 school in Canada, top 20 in the world) and will start in September. He just turned 16 a couple days ago and will be going into university with 6 APs under his belt. I'm so proud of him. Thank you for letting me brag here.

DS wrote the Physics C exam today, and he felt it went well. One more to go: English Language on Wednesday. This is his third and last year of writing the AP exams. He had four 5s in the previous years, hopefully he will do just as well this year.

The AP coordinator at the school DS will be taking his AP Physics C sent a note to all AP students stating that calculators were only allowed on Calculus, Chemistry and Statistics exams. DS almost had a heart attack. I had to check the College Board policy on calculator, and informed him calculators are allowed for all physics exams. Apparently this is a new change, and he did not know that. I'm glad we clarified that before exam day, or else it would definitely cause problems for my DS and other students.

DS took his first AP two years ago when he was 13. We had no problem signing up with College Board to get his result. I didn't even know there was an age restriction, but maybe things changed since then. Edit to add: I just checked the 2013 exam schedule, his exam was only a few days before his 14th birthday. I don't remember if we signed up for College Board before or after the exam. Knowing myself, it was probably before.

Thank you so much Kathy, you have given him exactly what he needs. He is going through the videos right now and said they are very helpful. I knew this would be the place to ask questions and get helpful answers. You are much more helpful than his teacher, thanks again Kathy!

Thanks, I just signed for it.

My son usually gets his AP number for the year when he goes to the pre-administration session where they fill out all the adminstration information for the exam. His pre-admin. session for this year is this Friday. It is given on a little card, I don't remember if his name was on it or not. It is a new number every year.

My son will be taking AP Physica C exam in a couple weeks. He is struggling with rotational motion, specifically with moment of inertia, tangential and centripetal acceleration, angular momentum, and other topics along those lines. Can anyone suggest good review material to help him? I am thinking of online videos or websites from other AP teachers. He has asked his own teacher, but he has not responded to his questions yet. I have learned so much and have gotten lots of valuable resources from this board, I'm hoping some of you can point us to the right direction. Thanks so much!

Yes, my bad. It was Laura Corin. Thanks Laura in CA for sharing too. I hope I am doing this quote thing right.

Wow, thank you everyone for sharing. I think I now have enough knowledge to make an informed decision. Laura in CA, thanking for pointing out the closeness of the attractions, I knew they were close but did know they are within walking distance. We are staying in central London, close to the London Bridge. I think we will just get the 7 day Travelcards for all of us at the Victoria train station (so we can use the 2for1 for all). The Travelcards will also allow us unlimited rides on buses, which we will enjoy very much. So no need to apply for Oyster cards for the kids ahead of time, just bring our passport size pictures to the train station and get our cards there. Since we only need a zone 1&2 pass, the price is quite reasonable. I would be so lost without all the pointers I got from here. Thanks hive!

Thanks so much, I will keep reading. Good that I'm starting to research now, I still have time to mail in/apply online for things.

Thanks Matryoshka and mumto2 for the clarification. I am reading from the London Toolkit website as well, but the Travelcard vs. Oyster card thing is so confusing, especially for the kids. I think we will go ahead and apply for the child's and 16+ Oyster card for the kids now and pick them up in London. Matryoshka, did they look at all the Travelcards when you use the 2for1 coupons? I was thinking to get 2 adult 7 day Travelcards at the railroad station for hubby and me, and use the Osyter cards for the kids. Can we just use our Travelcards to buy tickets using the 2 for 1 coupons? Do they require all to have Travelcards from the railroad stations? If we can't use the coupons on the kids, then it might be cheaper to buy adult Travelcard for the 16 year old. So much to read, but so exciting!