Raleigh, NC came today. :)

When it comes to writing . . . right there with ya! But down the road I seriously doubt our kids will ever say that they wish we'd been easier on them. :)

Nada in NC. ;)

I do two things. I have VERY large (4") notebooks for each high school year, organized with tabs by class. Behind each tab I keep the grade reports, and then all the tests, quizzes, lab reports, and essays for each subject. Then, for the rest of the year's material, I rubberband it by subject, toss it all into a box, label it by grade, and then send it to the attic. (My dh says he has nightmares that the stuff in the attic is all going to fall through the ceiling on him in his sleep. ;))

I would calculate the grades yourself, and give your ds the grade he has earned. If you are doing this in good faith, you can give your ds a big hug, tell him his grade, file it, and move on. :-) We had one disaster of an online course that I pulled my ds out of after the first semester. I apologized to him for MY mistake, and we regrouped. I'm sorry you've have had this experience. Fortunately, as homeschoolers WE have the final say in our kids' education and grades. :)

Very good points, Jann. An excellent reminder to us all.

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It's really going to depend on the college and the course requirements for the major your son chooses. For instance, my older ds, who is majoring in engineering, earned a lot of college credit for AP US History, AP Economics, and AP Comparative Govt because he had a certain number of electives that were required for his major. I know that there are humanities tracks that require science courses. So AP classes can provide college credit in areas that are not the focus of a student's studies. You probably have seen this in earlier posts, but this is a helpful place to go if you want to look up AP credit policies for colleges across the country: AP Credit Policies. But this only helps so much. You might want to go to several college websites and look at the four-year course requirements for various majors that your son might be interested in, to get an idea about the extent (if any) of science credits that are required -- or that could fulfill electives.

I'll be happy to ask them. ;)

I think at the rhetoric level of TOG, the intention is for the student to be self directed. If you have a motivated, organized learner, TOG should not take a lot of parent planning and involvement. From day 1 in each TOG Year, the notes to the student guide them through everything they should be doing. If you have a student who reads and follows instructions ;), TOG should be a good fit. :)

This is absolutely do-able. I have a couple of friends who have combined two TOG years into one, and it has worked well for them. It just takes mom-planning time to rework the TOG schedule. :)

I pm-ed you. :)

That's wonderful news! Best of luck to your dd! I'm a Wahoo, ;) and I think William and Mary is a fantastic school. I hope she gets in. She sounds like a student they would want!

That helps a LOT in the junior year! Best of luck! :)

:grouphug: Take a breath. You are fine. Really! So you start with the PSAT, since it is only administered once a year -- this year it's on October 12th. Then you decide whether your DD wants to take the SAT and ACT more than once as a junior. Here are the dates: SAT Test Dates ACT Test Dates You do not have to send/report all scores. For the SAT there is Score Choice now, so you can choose the test scores you want sent, when the time comes. Most colleges now "super score" -- meaning that whatever SAT scores you send, they cherry pick the highest Math and the highest Critical Reading score, giving the student the benefit of the highest scores from all sittings. For the ACT, you have always been able to choose the scores to send. So schools will only see what you decide to send. Good luck. Jumping through the testing hoops is very stressful. But if you go ahead and get the test dates on your calendar, I'll bet you will feel better. :)

I just spoke to a former student of mine yesterday who was excited because his test scores would put him in contention for in-state tuition at Clemson (in SC -- he is in NC). I just looked up the info: Out-of-state students who qualify for an academic recruiting scholarship might be offered a tuition waiver that covers part or all of the out-of-state tuition differential. You will be automatically evaluated for these scholarships based on the information found in your admissions application, such as your test scores and high school rank. There is no separate scholarship application. Usually, recipients of academic recruiting scholarships have an SAT score of at least 1370 (ACT 31) and rank in the top 10 percent of their senior class. This specific example may not be of help to the OP, but it might be an example of out-of state tuition waivers in the "fine print" at other colleges. They are all vying for top students. :)

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Wow! This is terrific. I'm tired of trying to figure out how to "do" spelling. If you have a good speller, and you're in the high school years, you've surely checked that box. If your student relies on spell check . . . not so much. Thanks for injection of spelling adrenalin. :)

That's a good question. AP credit policies vary widely. Some colleges give credit for two AP Englishes, but some do not -- and that has been an issue at some high schools, where students are opting out of one of the two AP English classes, because they only get college credit for one. This is a helpful site if you want to look up AP credit policies for colleges across the country: AP Credit Policies.

Have you looked at the Easy Grammar Ultimate Series? We loved Daily Grams in the early years. The Ultimate series is for 8th-12th. I wasn't wild about 12th, but I really liked 11th. The series wasn't around for me to use in the the earlier grades, so I can't speak for those. Good luck! :)

I took AP English waaaay back when there was only one AP English class and test. ;) I believe it was around 1980 or 1981 when the College Board split the course into two – AP Lit with a focus on imaginative literature and the analysis of literature, and AP Language, with a focus non-fiction and argumentative and expository writing. A good reason to take both classes? Since most of our students are going to take four years of English in high school, the two AP English classes are robust, interesting classes that are designed to help prepare students for the volume of reading and the types of writing they can expect to see in college. :) That's my take on the two.

You're welcome! Here's one more site that will be helpful to your ds if he chooses to take the AP Statistics exam next May: AP Statistics Sample Questions

:lol: noob. Had to think about that for a minute. Ask away! I think we are all about not reinventing the wheel. The class and the test are two separate things. You can take an AP class, and not take the test. You can take the test, without taking a class. Lots of students self study or take the equivalent of an AP course at home (without the teacher going through the College Board syllabus audit process and having an "authorized" course). So no, you don't have to take an AP course to take an AP test. I hope this helps. :)

:iagree: We found the course to be worthwhile and quite challenging. I'm not sure where it gets the easy-AP moniker. Maybe it's because so many 9th/10th graders take the course and exam, so that makes it easier "competition" for the higher scores than the courses taken more traditionally by 11th and 12th graders. It was quite a different course than anything my ds had ever studied in his history/geography coursework. Eye opening and relevant. (We just though the book that ds used was a reeeeally hard text for a 9th grader. :blink:)

Exactly. Here is a great College Board link that will help you see what score is needed for credit -- for the colleges you are interested in: AP Credit