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15 minutes ago, Lanny said:
I hope that your DD will receive the Honor!
I don't know about the poster on College Confidential. That certainly was not the case with my DD. I have copies of the 2 files that she received, as attachments to an email from ScholarshipAmerica.com Based on my DD getting that email, last Friday, what you read on College Confidential is not true.
HOWEVER, possibly they send them out by Regions? We live in South America, but my DD is a student in Texas Tech University High School, which I believe is in the Southwest Region, with regard to NHRP scoring. My assumption is that she was scored with students from Texas and the Southwest.
I suggest that your DD call the College Board phone number for NHRP, about 1030 A.M., EDT, on Wednesday the 12th of September 2018, and ask them if she qualified as a National Hispanic Scholar (hopefully she did!) and if so, ask them to email the Certificate and Letter to her. I think, but am not positive, that you will actually be talking with someone in Scholarship America. (I try to call for help or information on Wednesdays, if possible, because it is (usually) the least stressful day of the week for people who are working)
I am not too concerned, just waiting.
My oldest got National Hispanic Scholar four years ago. This second child was invited to apply and we did. The invitation said they would send notifications in September. It is my understanding that if a student has the PSAT scores, applies, and he/she is of Hispanic heritage it is a given they will receive the honor.
I just checked College Confidential again, and the latest posting (today) said College Board was planning to send notices next week.
College Confidential also has lists of schools with generous scholarships for National Hispanic Scholars (If you don't have a list yet).
I am glad you found out early through ScholarshipAmerica.com ?
Congratulations!
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Congratulations!
We are waiting for ours (my daughter's) ?
Someone on the CollegeConfidential board posted that they had called the College Board, and they had been told that notices would not be sent until the end of September...
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I was just in the K-8 board
One of the moms is sharing what she put together (readers + movies to go with it+ a syllabus): the readers are for younger kids but the movies would be good for high school too.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/15sG2o19RlWLEo7sa1k4Bw_43xe5mjQPOK4Og1Dr0Tr4/edit
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18 hours ago, littlemama4est said:
We'll be doing Books 7-10 this year. I know 7-9 has Teacher Guides and 7-8 has Study Guides. I haven't started looking around for used (other than our local homeschool bookstore and she didn't have them) but they are SO pricey!
Beneficial? Fine to do without?
When we used these series, we didn't use the Teacher's Guides. We covered all the books using: https://www.hewitthomeschooling.com/Materials/mItem.aspx?id=2852
We didn't use the following, but you may want to look at it: https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/historyofus/index.html
with study guides here: https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/historyofus/teachers/guides.html
My kids loved these books.
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Both my daughters and my son have been vaccinated. I don't expect them to sleep around, but as I don't know what their futures partners will have done the benefits far outweigh the risks in my opinion.
My family vaccinates for everything.
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Several ladies in my homeschool community sell them. I tried them for a week because they smell good, and it was a free trial. The two drops of oil I rubbed on my feet at night did not help me go to sleep...
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As nobody has responded, here is my suggestion....
Just a quick google search:
American: http://sau57.org/c.php?g=331758&p=2229164
The American one has links to authors from that time period and you can see what books they wrote.
Maybe someone with actual knowledge will pipe in ?
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I like Jensen's Punctuation (over freshman and sophomore year). We did Easy Grammar 3rd grade to Easy Grammar plus, and that was enough. In high school mine needed to concentrate on punctuation. ?
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Mine take it for the first time at the beginning of Sophomore year. This gives them practice with the real test setting (Public School, people around them, early in the morning, timed, etc..). They take it at least once more in Junior year. If they want higher scores they keep taking until they are happy. My oldest took it three times. My second one will take it for the third time in June (will be the last). My youngest will take it next year for the first time.
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2 hours ago, bctnln1059 said:
I'm planning to have dd use Larson Calculus (Early Transcendental Functions, 5th edition) along with Dana Mosely's free CalcView videos (for a later edition, but it looks like I can match up the topics easily) and also with CalcChat if she needs to ask a tutor questions about any exercises.
Each chapter has 5-10 sections, and each section has a lot of exercises--often 90-some.
Does anyone have recommendations on how many exercises to assign her for each section? I am thinking I would assign some of each "type" of problem, but even so, it looks like it would be a lot and I don't have a good sense of how many exercises would be "normal".
My dd will use Larson Calculus (8e) next year. I was able to find the book and the Houghton Mifflin videos very cheap on Amazon.
To create her schedule: I read Chalk's Dust "How to Page" first: he says 20-30 problems. Here is the link:
http://www.chalkdust.com/howto.html
I also found his syllabus on the Chalkdust website for the edition he uses now, but I don't seam to be able to find it again. Just to give me an idea of how may problems he was actually assigning for Calculus. I also googled "Larson Calculus assignment 8e pdf" and found an AP teacher's assignment list. You may be able to do the same thing for your edition.
Good luck!
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I am a Spanish native speak and I teach Spanish 1 and 2 at a local homeschool tutorial.
I don't have any experience with "Breaking the Barrier," but I have used the BJU Spanish 1 book. I liked it. It had clear explanations and it was challenging. It was a bit too challenging for average students so I don't use it anymore. I have been using Spanish is Fun (AMSCO publishing). I am thinking about switching to the Nassi book (also by AMSCO) as the new edition of Spanish is Fun has lots of mistakes and the "Capsula Cultural" sections in Spanish 1 are now in Spanish instead of English ( the students have just started learning the language so they can't read them yet). When I need more grammar reinforcement I use Espanol Esencial (also by AMSCO). I always recommend Quizlet to learn vocabulary. I have my own Quizlet class but it is supper easy to find vocabulary lists with native speakers saying the words out loud and it is free.
One of my favorite series in "So You Really Want to Learn Spanish" by GALORE as it teaches Castilian Spanish and comes with CDs for listening comprehension. It is a British product sold to teach Jr. High but I think it is comprehensive enough to be use for high school (it has three levels).
If you need more listening comprehension for a Spanish 1 level you may want to look at this free site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/
and YouTube:
They are both meant for adults but after a first year of Spanish grammar is a good Summer activity to sharpen listening comprehension.
Maybe some one will pipe in and review "Breaking the Barrier" ?
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On 4/30/2018 at 4:05 PM, Garga said:
Hmm... I wrote and asked Berean Builders (the website where you can get Dr. Wile's books and classes) about math in Dr. Wile's physics, and they wrote back and said there's a lot of it.
I asked them to compare the amount of math in chemistry to the amount of math in physics and this was the response:
"There is both more math and more difficult math in physics than in chemistry. Since Dr. Wile's physics is vector based nearly every question requires converting it into a mathematical equation and solving for the answer. The end of each chapter contains practice problems in addition to the end of chapter review and appendix B of the book contains even more practice problems. Your son should have no problem since he has completed geometry as long as he knows and understands sin, cosin, and tan."
I don't know yet what "vector based" means. (I never took physics in school.) It sorta sounds to me like Physics just has a lot of math and that's normal. Since writing the first post, I see there's something called conceptual physics, but I don't think I want that. I am looking for a regular ol' high school physics class. Nothing too crazy-advanced, nothing oversimplified. Just a normal physics class.
It kinda sounds like both DO and Dr. Wile are about the same. But if anyone has any insights or comments on either of the online classes, I'd love to hear them.
Right now, I'm leaning slightly more toward DO, just because I'm tired of being tied to a live online class. We had three live classes this year and we could never take a break, except at Christmas, because all of the three classes took breaks (fall or spring) at different times. I felt tied down to the schedule. For DO, we can work at 3 in the morning if we want to. And take an extra 3 months if we want to. I'm drawn to the flexibility of a DO class.
But I don't want to jump into anything without thinking it all through carefully.
We are doing Physics this year with Apologia (planning to do Advanced Physics with Apologia next year). We did Chemistry w/Apologia last year. I don't know why they (Costumer Service?) said Physics had more math and was harder. It doesn't and it is not. We found it actually easier. It is algebra based with a bit of trigonometry (Sine, Cosine, Tangent). Even if you have not done any trigonometry the book teaches you the basics you will need to solve the problems.
I don't know anything about DO classes. We have enjoyed Apologia's Physics (and the chemistry too). The labs are a bit simple so I would like to add something this summer (and next year) to supplement them but I have not decided what. I am looking at this: http://www.qualitysciencelabs.com/physics/ but I want to ask the Hive for reviews before I purchase it :)
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Very hepfull!
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StillStanding, on 15 Mar 2018 - 3:04 PM, said:
Sorry it took so long to respond, been kind of busy.
One more question: If the book I linked covers material for both Calculus 1 and Calculus 2, should we just try to do half the book for one credit of calculus. Our goal is for her to be ready for Calculus 1 in college (as you can tell I am clueless). Do you recommend doing all the problems in the lesson, only the odds...??
Making true recommendations that specific for a perfectly good stranger are hard.
Yep!
After I posted, I realized you kind of answered my question: Dr. Callahan thinks Chapter 2-4 cover Calculus 1.
So, do you think that Chapters 2-4 would be enough preparation to take Calculus 1 in college?
But let's see if we can't generate the kind of questions and answers that will help you and HER decide what she needs to do to prepare?
What is she like as a math student?
She is a slow methodical student.
How long does she spend on math each day?
About 1.5 hours for ~25 problems
When she makes them, what are her errors like?
Doesn’t make many mistakes, but when she does she goes back and figures it out herself.
How is she at finding and correcting the errors?
How fluent is she in the math that she's covered up to this point?
She has done very well with Saxon
How long does it take her to complete 10 "routine" procedures such as simplifying, factoring, solving or graphing functions whether they are linear, quadratic, rational, trigonometric, exponential or logarithmic?
I really don’t know how long it takes her. I have not timed her :confused1:
How are her graphing abilities? Can she easily graph each of the types of functions that I listed above (in brown)? What about when they have transformations applied to them?
linear, quadratic, rational
She is good at these
trigonometric, exponential or logarithmic
She has learned how to do these this year. She has been graphing them; including transformations. She still has problems with logarithmic functions, I don’t think Saxon does a good job explaining logarithms so we will spend some time this summer with Lial or Blitzer pre-calculus (purchased used this year).
Can she fluently determine things like minima/maxima, end behavior, and asymptotic behavior of functions from either the function or the graph?
I am not familiar with this wording.
I ask because it's usually simple things like fractions (which were never properly understood to begin with) OR the algebraic skills that should've been mastered but weren't that messes up students in the higher level mathematics.
She is good with fractions and with algebra. She had a hard time factoring but after we learned the “British Method†she has not had any other problems with it.
It's easy for many students to "get" algebra and correctly perform the processes at that time. But it's harder to master algebra because once kids feel like they "get it" they don't want to have to do it over and over again. But for most, it's the doing it over and over again across the long term that lets them keep the algebra.
Well, I would say that with Saxon we get to do it over and over and over again :mellow:
dd reads her books for Chemistry and Physics, but prefers video instruction for math. She does work out the example problems as D.I.V.E instructs but I do agree with you. She needs to get used to reading math books as well before she goes to college. The idea of reading the lesson first and then watching the corresponding video lesson- working the extra examples in the video- before working on the lesson's exercises seams like a good plan.
Thank you
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Does super scoring help and would it be accepted? I was a bit surprised to learn how many schools simply want the highest score in each section.
None of the schools my oldest visited accepted a super-score.
We are just now starting to visit colleges with second child but according to what we have read on their website, they don't do supper-scoring either.
It might be a regional thing (?). We are in Tennessee.
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No matter what you decide about retaking the ACT, she should definitely do a full-length, timed practice test for the SAT. Eight are available free on College Board's website and Khan (#5-8 are actual prior administrations, with #8 being January 2017). There are a couple of additional tests available online if one knows where to look, including the October 2017 QAS.
Thank you!
We like Kahn--She used it for PSAT prep (qualified as a National Hispanic Scholar).
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Has she completed all the topics for math for the ACT? Assuming that she knows how to do all the questions and the only factor is speed, one way my younger kid improved his speed was to set one minute timer for each question for math. If one minute is up, you just move on to the next question. That way the easier ones get done as well and sometimes the easy questions are the last few questions on the ACT or SAT. By the time my this kid sat for the SAT Math 2 subject test, he managed to finish the 50 multiple choice questions in an hour.
Does she need a math and a science subject test for engineering school admission? Time is a factor on those.
There is 5 practice tests for ACT on this link https://blog.prepscholar.com/printable-act-practice-tests-5-free
Yes, she has finished (she is almost done with Saxon Advanced Math). She has been practicing with some prep books, as sometimes the way the tests asks the questions doesn't exactly match Saxon's way.
I really like the idea of using a timer :)
Our state school requires an ACT of 25 to get into the engineering school (she has a 27).
None of the private schools she is looking at are supper selective (about 60% admitted who applied). None require SAT subject tests to be admitted.
If she can up her ACT score she will be in a higher scholarship bracket at one of the two private colleges she (thinks) wants to apply--we will visit the school on Monday.
Thank you for linking the 5 practice tests. They will come handy if she decides to try again (if she likes the school we visit on Monday).
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I have used the Larson textbook, Calculus for AP with great success. Larson has free online resources to support their various textbooks.
Calc Chat provides solutions to the odd-numbered textbook problems.
Calc View provides video instruction for the main topics in each chapter.
What I like about this particular textbook is that at the end of each section are three questions worded similarly to questions found on the AP exam. In addition after each chapter review section, there is a another section of multiple choice and free response questions typical to those found on the AP exam.
We don't plan to take the AP test. Dd will start with Calculus 1 in college :)
I will take a look at these two resources:
Calc Chat provides solutions to the odd-numbered textbook problems.
Calc View provides video instruction for the main topics in each chapter
Thank your for the information!
Gil mentioned that the Steward book would do a good job preparing a student for an Engineering career, do you know if Larson does a good job as well?
I have a McKay's store a bout 40 minutes away so my next step will be checking what calculus books they have :)
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Question for the pros reading this: Does Calculus 2 have to include Polar/Conics to be considered "complete" or is that an "extra" topic that can be omitted?
One more question:If the book I linked covers material for both Calculus 1 and Calculus 2, should we just try to do half the book for one credit of calculus. Our goal is for her to be ready for Calculus 1 in college (as you can tell I am clueless). Do you recommend doing all the problems in the lesson, only the odds...??
dd reads her books for Chemistry and Physics, but prefers video instruction for math. She does work out the example problems as D.I.V.E instructs but I do agree with you. She needs to get used to reading math books as well before she goes to college. The idea of reading the lesson first and then watching the corresponding video lesson- working the extra examples in the video- before working on the lesson's exercises seams like a good plan.
Thank you :)
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I can't help much in math other than practice-practice-practice (the ACT questions & strategy for how to solve them). But, for the Science section, have her go through For the Love of ACT Science book. Using those strategies, she should be able to finish & improve her score. The book is small for being $30! However, if it helps her score go up into the 30s, you might have that extra point you need for the extra scholarship $.
Hello RootAnn,
This book has amazing reviews!
Thank you for the recommendation.
I guess now we need to decide if we try the ACT again after doing some more prep with new books, or we switch to the SAT....
I really appreciate everybody's wisdom in this board.
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This. Also, there is very little difference between the two exams (with the exception of the time per question) since the SAT was redesigned a few years ago.
Thank you everybody,
We have not really looked into the SAT but we will.
:) More time sounds good.
We live in the South and the ACT is more common. The local High Schools do not even offer it so we will need to go to a private school an hour away (or the one university in the city listed as a test site).
Thank you!
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Since her math up to this point is solid, and she is looking for an utterly different approach to calculus then she might enjoy some of these books.
There are more casual books on calculus like Calculus Made Easy by Thompson which is very casual and conceptual, but doesn't require much output of a student. There is Calculus the Easy Way which introduces much of 1st year calculus conversationally but through a mildly-goofy Fantasy story. At the end of each chapter there are a handful of problems (and answers to all of them are in the back of the book). but when learning math, working lots of problems is idea so doing additional problems from The Humongous Book of Calculus Problems Translated for People Who Don't Speak Math would be a thorough, but low-pressure introduction to calculus for a high school student.
If you instead want a "serious" or "real" calculus course, then get any edition of a book called Calculus Early Transcendentals (or however you spell that word) by by either Thomas or Stewart. These are "standard" calculus books used in engineering schools across the country and are fairly much the same thing.
They cover the same topics in practically the exact same way. I happen to own the 11th and 7th editions of these texts, but an older edition can be gotten for pennies on the dollar.
PatrickJMT is a YouTube channel where a university math professor solves several examples in various math courses. His calculus videos are based on Stewarts 7th edition, but given the over lap you could safely use them with just about any calculus course.
Hello Gil,
I 'll start researching the Steward book you mention. I am assuming by your book title that it is not this one:https://www.rainbowresource.com/product/sku/059418
Do you know if they are very different? I don't know anything about these books.
The beauty of the one linked is that it has the video instruction from Dr.Callahan and they sell the solutions manual as well.
I will look at the YouTube videos you are recommending.
Do you think these videos are enough instruction to understand the material?
Thank you!
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I have a very smart, but slow methodical student.
My dd took the ACT sophomore year: She didn’t finish the science, math, and English sections and got a 30. She took it again this February (she is a Junior): She didn’t have much time to prepare because after living in the same house for 20 years we had to moved to a new house and we have been crazy busy with that.
She was able to finish the English section this February, but didn’t finish the math and science section –about 10 questions left for math and one passage for science. She got a 31.
She got a 35 in the sections she finished (English and Reading) but only got a 27 in math and a 28 in science. She wants to be a Civil Engineer.
She is not interested in applying to any competitive schools. She would like to live at home and commute to school which narrows down where she can go for school.
Her 31 already gives her the max scholarship at the state school (safety school) and one of the small schools she is looking into applying.
One more point would put her in a higher scholarship bracket at another local school she is looking at.
I just don’t know if she is capable of being faster.
What have you found helpful.
Thank you!
National Hispanic Scholar (received 07 September 2018)
in The College Board
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This is the 2018 list that was posted in College Confidential (verified by the poster):
University of Alabama at Birmingham
-tuition for 8 semesters
-first year of freshman dorms
-a $1000 technology scholarship
a $2500 experimental learning stipend (traveling, etc...)
---just be accepted and then email copies of certificate and notification letter from Collegeboard.
University of Arizona
-$25,000, can vary
-automatic admission to honors
Arizona State
NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
-tuition covered (including out of state, around $26,000 a year)
-Scholars get to apply later to Barrett Honors College
---Get admitted to university, then contact for scholarship
Northeastern
-$30,000 yearly, but DOES VARY
----apply, then contact for scholarship
Wichita State University
-tuition, student fees, campus infrastructure
-room/board on campus
-$500 a semester for books (2 years?)
---Apply by April 1st, must be fully admitted to a degree-bound program by May 1st
University of New Mexico
CONROY ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP
-tuition and fees
-$2500 stipend PER YEAR
-one year of freshmen housing
---apply by Mar. 1st, automatic, just call/email for scholarship info
Florida State University
NHRP
-tuition and fees (including out of state)
---apply, fill out scholarship section on application, contact
Andrews University
-full tuition/books, Maybe room/board (call)...
---apply, send records to admissions office.
University of Kentucky
PATTERSON SCHOLARSHIP (CAN VERY)
-full tuition (out of state)
-$10,000 for housing (one time, 2 yrs worth)
---Apply by December 1st, contact
University of Nebraska-Lincon
-CHANCELLOR'S SCHOLARSHIP
-full out-of-state tuition
-$2000 stipend (one time or yearly?)
---apply, contact
Fordham
-full tuition, 4 years
---COMPETITIVE (not guarunteed), contact/apply
A&M University (TAMU)
-$14,000 over 4 years ($3500 per year)
---Apply by Nov. 1st or Dec. 1st, contact
There are other lists for other years so I don't know if those schools still offer the scholarships. Just google "College Confidential + National Hispanic Scholar."