We gave 1 high school credit for each 3- or 4-credit cc course. :)

Wow! What an interesting field! That's great news. It is encouraging to hear that our capable homeschoolers are moving into meaningful occupations. We want them to make a difference in our world! Thanks for sharing this! :)

We loved Apologia -- and I have two science-y guys. While the text looks dry, both my guys liked the way Jay Wile wrote to them. I liked the homeschool-friendly structure and testing materials (I'm sure BJU's materials are equally homeschool-friendly). However, if my two had not liked the texts, I would have changed in a second! I would ask your ds which text she prefers. IMO, student ownership is a big help in laying the groundwork for a successful year. Either text will give her a good grounding in biology -- and if she likes the subject, chances are good that she will want to revisit it in an advanced class in 11th or 12th. So any "holes" will eventually be filled. :) Good luck!

If you have a student who tests well, and who might be a national merit contender, I would recommend signing up for a practice test in 10th. The school testing environment is different from the home/group ITBS setting. The PSAT is cheap and short and will give your dd a good baseline to see what it might take to make it into the national merit scoring-range. :)

:hurray: Terrific! The whole shot records deal IS stressful! Great job, Elizabeth!

I went to the NC State orientation a couple of weeks ago, and it was better than I expected (much better than three years ago when I went with my older ds). I thought it was way overpriced, though. I had to pay $100, and then buy a :tongue_smilie:lunch for $8 at the dining hall. I was surprised to see my ds was charged $150 on his student account for his part of the orientation. He would have gone anyway, but I don't remember there being any indication that he would be charged for going to his own college orientation. I guess I shouldn't complain, since we are paying in-state tuition, but it seems like the $$$$$ are flying out the windows these days!

We just went through this at our local bank with our ds. Although he has done a great job saving, and he has a part time job, the only way he could get a card in his own name (rather than a card with his name on it--but on our account) was for his dad or I to co-sign on the account. I believe there are also options to get a pre-paid credit card -- which doesn't offer some of the credit card "benefits," but helps a young person begin establishing a credit history. Either way, pre-paid or co-signed, the student needs to use the card and make payments in order to establish a credit history. Kind of scary.

:iagree:FB is worrisome to me. So sorry for your son. :grouphug:

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Absolutely! It would be seen as an advanced science class -- earning full credit. :)

All of the CC science classes my two have taken have been the second class -- not the first or only class -- in the subject. My two took chemistry and physics at our local CC, but they had had a year of Apologia or Spectrum chem/physics before embarking on the chem/physics CC classes. So there was no "saving" the courses for later the way we approached dual enrollment. I hope this helps! :)

Just as the prior posters have noted, I kept a running list. Mine was streamlined -- I used the repository on Edu-Track (but that is absolutely not necessary). Keeping a simple running list worked well for us, because how I was going to supply/format the information was not clear to me in the early high school years (and ended up being completely different from what I initially thought). Keeping a list helps minimize the forgetting factor. Inadvertently leaving something off "the list" is really easy to do in the fall of the senior year, when there is so much to think about. ;) Our list categories: clubs and organizations, music, sports, volunteer work, work experience, recognitions and awards.

I should be used to this by now, but my job dropped anew when I saw the $195 physics textbook my soon-to-be freshman ds is expected to purchase. I know that writers and publishers need to be compensated, but good grief! I guess I can look at the $119 used price as a bargain. :glare: I've used Amazon with some success in the past. Any great suggestions for other (maybe not-so-common) textbook sources? Thanks!

Congrats! That's wonderful! :thumbup:

:iagree: Our grades column for 12th: empty (for college applications sent in the fall) 1st semester grade (for college applications sent in January and beyond, or for colleges that require an additional mid-year transcript) final grade only (for the final official transcript sent to the college). You'll want to clearly label your 12th grade column in a spring transcript to distinguish between semester grades and any final (CC or block) 1st semester grades. Lots of ways to do this -- but this is what worked for us. :) Good luck!

This is absolutely possible and can be a huge success. AP classes are so much more than just preparing for the exam. A co-op setting is ideal for discussion. You can submit a syllabus to the College Board or just teach the class as an AP class and let the test results validate each student's AP effort. Once a week was not a problem for the AP Lit and AP Lang co-op classes I taught. My classes met for 90 minutes each week, and we found that to be enough time to accomplish a tremendous amount. Homeschoolers are used to working independently -- so if your students come to class with their work done--and ready to talk--a once-a-week class can work. The big benefit is the active peer discussion. It's heartening to see the maturity and growth. Good luck! :)

I'll bet on Monday you will find that this will continue. Colleges want students to attend orientation. It makes it easier for them. I am confident that you will find an understanding person on the other end of the line when you talk to your dd's college on Monday. :grouphug:

Wow, Cindy! That's fantastic. So happy for Grace and your family! Wahoo-wah!

My older ds began taking AP classes in 11th, and my younger ds began in 9th. If I had it to do over again I would start in 10th for both. ;) We've had great luck at a private school close by, but my two have taken tests at public and charter schools as well.

Yep, we found simliar "side benefits" with my older ds. Having advanced standing helped move him up "in line" when it came to choosing his dorm in year two, and it helped him buy a parking pass for a closer lot--since parking pass sales open up first for seniors, then juniors . . . ;)

For my two ds's, I always listed the CC course credits on the high school transcript in the same way they would have been listed if they were simply high school courses--so I did not use college credit hours (which would have been 3 credits for regular courses and 4 credits for courses with labs). Instead, I simply listed them as 1 credit per semester, regardless of the 3 or 4 CC credit hours. If my ds's had had two "courses" and two grades associated with one class (as yours has), I would have given the lab .5 credits (I know the math ratio is off, but I would not give less than a .5 credit). But that's just one approach--and I am sure that listing the full CC credit hours is equally valid. I think as long as you are logical and consistent, college admissions folks will not have an issue with what you decide to list on the transcript. My approach was always to be conservative on the recording of credits. Whatever you decide to do, the rigor of the coursework will be noticed. :)

IMO if the classes are graded separately, you should list them separately (with the two grades) on your transcript. I don't think you would want to average (or change in any way) the CC course grades, because you will want them to match up exactly with the CC transcript that you will also forward to prospective colleges. (My two have taken many CC science and math classes that have had corresponding, required labs, but they have only received a single grade for each of the class/lab combinations.) If I were you I would definitely list all CC courses on the high school transcript, even if your ds took them for enrichment.

A 6.7 GPA was really bugging me. :glare: So after surfing a bit I learned something new: the International Baccalaureate program in high schools is graded on a seven point scale. So that explains the ridiculously high number quoted in the article. Here's more info: IB grading.

I highly recommend the unabridged audiobook of the Fagles translation of The Odyssey. It is narrated by Ian McKellen (Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings movies). The narration is fabulous and listening (while reading) helps you understand how to pronounce many challenging names. Unfortunately the audiobook of the Fagles Illiad is abridged. If you are reading the Fagles Aeneid, the unabridged audiobook narrated by Simon Callow is also quite good. The ancients look daunting--but many of the works look tougher than they really are. Best of luck! :)

I just saw "Bill Nye the science guy" on a morning show plugging Sophia.org -- a site that he says is ad-free, offering tutorials on a wide range of school topics. I looked at a few of the links, and it looks terrific. Just wanted to pass along the resource. :)