<p>We never homeschooled or grade skipped because S did not want to leave his friends. He is graduating early. His high school transcript was augmented by the Extension School transcript plus the catalog description of the classes he took or audited.</p>
<p>Your son's SAT scores are very strong. You could take a look at how he performed on each section and see where his weaknesses are so that he can address them. One reason my S did not want to take geometry in high school was that he had a perfect score on the geometry portion of the SAT which he took in 7th grade (another is that he'd already started Calculus at the time he took the SAT).
If your school is on block scheduling, it may be easier to skip some classes than in a system with year-long classes.</p>
<p>Just heard from S. He is loving one seminar; "absolutely wonderful," said my S who is not normally given to superlatives. The pace of the other is beginning to pick up as the first-years who'd attended it are now busy with their number theory problem sets. All's well.</p>
<p>Jolynne - you may want to talk with your school officials. A small but growing number will excuse students from regular high school courses if they take accredited distance classes. Some will even pay for the distance classes. Start talking with them early, though. If your school doesn't already do this, it make take many months to push it through the system.</p>
<p>Thanks, EllenF and marite!! I'll check out distance classes and what our HS thinks of them. </p>
<p>Interesting that you can include (on HS transcript for college) courses a student audited. I never thought of that! That might be a nice way to access the college content and convey the student's interest/ability w/out jeopordizing the GPA. </p>
<p>That's so nice that your kids are enjoying their summer academic experiences! My son is volunteering at the library (low key start) but really enjoys it! Later he's off to a week of engineering camp at Drexel -- should be a nice change of pace!</p>
<p>OMG - what a great thread! CC Old Timers are a gold mine of knowledge and information.
I am resurrecting it thinking that it might be very useful to numerous new parents out here. I am also pasting it into a word document for future use :), like somebody else suggested.
Question for Texas137 - how selective and how advanced is Junior Summer Math Camp in San Marcos?
My son is doing Algebra II/Trig this year (7th grade -12 y.o). He was looking into MathPath last year and wants to solve their problems once they are posted this year, but I am looking at the high cost ($4700) and feeling a little terrified. We just had to buy a full size violin for him, which I say is his first "new car" (I am sure there are lots of parents here who know what I am talking about). Also MathPath is all the way in Vermont next year , which will add cost for the plane. Texas is within a drivng distance, we could sort of turn it into a family vacation if needed and take my younger one on the road with us. The cost is very, very reasonable ($900 for 2 weeks).</p>
<p>I don't know if Texas137 posts here anymore, but I owe her big time for advice like that found in this thread, and for telling me about College Confidential in the first place.</p>
<p>I would like to know if anyone had any experience of vandalism at PROMYS or elsewhere? My S and his schoolmate are attending PROMYS this year and for last couple of days they have been targeted for vandalism - their rooms have been broken into and things have been destroyed (his cell phone has been smashed). Group of 5-6 students are totally terrified and have been sticking together in a room all night. As a silver lining today is also the last day of the camp.</p>
<p>Although it does reflect very seriously on the management of the camp I am not really concerned about it. I think my S and his friends are just feeling scared and embarrassed due to this onslaught.</p>
<p>This is the first time I am facing a situation like this and would like to draw from experiences of past students and parents to deal with this.</p>
<p>Have never heard anything like this. It’s bad enough that this happened in the first place, but I would be very disappointed in the administration if they didn’t take steps following the first hint of something like this. TJP, you’re a lot calmer than I would have been.</p>
<p>Does your son participate in the TJ team at ARML in Penn State too? They used to be a big presence when my son was in HS.</p>
<p>You nailed it right - they did not have a good communication and control in place to curb this in the first place. There are only so many students and all of them form some sort of group as the camp moves along. So, we are talking about 10-12 groups and they can be monitored very easily. It was a simple case of rowdyism gotten out of hand due to lack of proper control. In fact, they failed to inform me completely and I found it out through some other camper. Son feels OK and is not bothered about the whole thing. But the group that broke into room clearly demonstrated their acumen by breaking into the room subsequently. The university police came on my insistence but they found all the keys in proper place and since my son could not pin-point the culprit they backed off I am not sure if they know that these locks can be picked by wires very easily.</p>
<p>The fact that this camp now attracts hooligans speaks volume about it. Since they all left without any fear they will certainly comeback with better plans next year with their morale shooting through the roof. Very disappointing way to see a nice math camp decaying slowly.</p>
<p>Next year if he still likes math camp then I will ask him to think about Ross.</p>
<p>My son does go to Penn State as ARML is still a big draw at TJ.</p>
<p>Are there any math programs for girls who are showing early interests in math and studying at a higher level. My niece is studying for 8th grade level math even though she is entering into 6th grade. There is a still way to go but she is being told that Ross is a program that is cheap and offer best aid. Her cousin attended one of the Math program mentioned here but got aid. he then went to attend Harvard on full fin aid. Just looking for help and guidance for girl interested in math.</p>
<p>warbrain: Thanks for the info on Mathpath. It seems a realy nice program, but $4500 Plus travel is way out of the leauge for this young girl. It seems that she will just work with the mentors who are providing help. Thanks a lot.</p>
<p>Mathcounts and AMC8 are interesting opportunity for a middle schooler. While DS and I bid farewell to <a href=“http://www.artofproblemsolving.com%5B/url%5D”>www.artofproblemsolving.com</a> years ago, I suspect there are opportunities there without having to spend megabucks.</p>
I am not sure if they know that these locks can be picked by wires very easily.</p>