<p>D hasn’t sent her SAT scores to any schools either. She’s retaking the SAT in March - we’ll see if she will opt to send that score to schools then.</p>
<p>D found a job in a local company - flexible hours to fit in with her schedule. I had been bugging her about this - it is very difficult for her since she has to find a job that can work around her sports schedules. I reminded her that she might need her SS number for the job and she very smugly told me that she knows it. She’s all set! Huh - between this and the recent trip to Chicago where she navigated all around by herself, I feel like I am losing her!! She’s becoming independent, able to manage on her own - doesn’t need mom. I know this is what we strive for - but I miss being needed :-(</p>
<p>class rings
wow wish I had known we could have saved money and done it through Walmart…</p>
<p>ss#- guess I had better get our student top memorize it since its needed for everything…between that and being able to tie their own shoes—I guess our student is ready to go ;o)</p>
<p>SAT scores have not sent any scores out–as we had no clue how the first run would go and also wanted to preserve scores choice if any of the schools making “the list” accept score choice. So far the ones on the “list” (40ish!!) the top chocies want all scores from all sittings…and they select best from each… (uh huh, yeah right)</p>
<p>HS classes vs work— I should think you might find the best of both workds and choose enough heavy academics to balance an internship
I am not a fan of the kids taking an easy sr yr I think that hurts them but I am not a GC so don’t know for sure.</p>
<p>This would be a great opportunity to intern with a company that does something in the field he is thinking of majoring in. </p>
<p>As for SAT’s I think as others have mentioned there is a short window after you take the test where you can submit colleges to send them to for free. We have not sent nor will we send scores to any colleges til we decide on where he will apply. </p>
<p>i love the Walmart suggestion for the class ring. S did order a ring from Balfour that in my mind will be very ostentatous and hideous. He added on things like the Irish flag, a football, had a shramrock engraved in the stone, etc. But he did not go with the most expensive metal or stone and I did not feel comfortable telling him he did not need to fill every bit of space on the ring with something. </p>
<p>Hoping to get to CMU the first week in March and maybe one other school in the area. I am hoping we can find cheap airfare otherwise H and S will be driving. It looks like we are only going to be able to fit in short trips here and there til summer.</p>
<p>This I actually believe is really something the schools will do, because it’s in their best interests. Superscoring elevates the scores, which makes the school look better. At the same time, they can make sure that students aren’t playing games to get a higher superscore. A Tufts adcom told us a story about an applicant who had two sittings for the SAT. One had a very high math score and meh CR; the other was high CR and low math. Turned out the student spent all the time on sitting #1 on the math sections, then spent all the time during sitting #2 on the CR. :eek: I suspect that seeing all the scores from all sittings instead of allowing the student to do the superscoring is to prevent this kind of thing.</p>
<p>sherry,
While it costs a little more, unless you’re very sure your S is well prepped and can hit his target score, you might want to forgo the 4 free score reports. With score choice it can sometimes be beneficial to wait and see if he needs a second sitting to improve the score he sends. Of course there are some schools that require sending all scores, and he may end up superscoring if he does better on some sections at different sittings, but it is something to consider. And particularly if he is considering trying the ACT if the SAT isn’t his cup of tea, you would avoid sending a lower SAT followed by a better ACT.</p>
<p>Slithey
Wow thats a story–I thought the kids had each section times and the proctors kept them on task etc…
I know our student said hearing the tap tap of calculators while doing the CR or Wr is very distracting…</p>
<p>Since we don’t know how high the SAT scores will come in (June) compared to Jan we didn’t send scores anywhere offically. Two coaches asked for January transcripts and scores, and got them…and we know they want 2200+ so waiting til June…</p>
<p>Thanks for all of the replies. It really helps alot. I think that we will wait until we know the scores before we send them. He will be taking both the ACT and SAT this year.
My son has a meeting with the GC today to go over class picks for next year and Sunday we are going to a college fair which will help him see other schools besides his fave which he just swears he will get into no matter what.<br>
As for the electives… I know he has chosen “Senior Survival”, He is planning on taking a couple of business courses…Like Computing for College and Careers and Business and Entrapeneurial Principles… The other ones I have been encouraging is Critical Thinking and I have been pushing Creative Writing but he says he doesn’t want to take that one… It is too much work…The other choices are Art and Music or Journalism type stuff…None of which he is interested it…He already has his Fine Art credits… He is not really sure what he wants to do in college and is thinking a Business major but I think that is just because he hasn’t liked anything else…
One of the other reasons I don’t like the DCT thing is because he is in football and would have to leave school to go to the job and make it back in time for football. He does have a car, but not a really good one and I don’t really want him putting in too much time driving.
Thanks again for all of the replies. I am sure I will be on here all of the time now.</p>
<p>^^There’s a summary of the xiggi method starting on page 39, post #571 of the thread, which is the best place to start. Also, there are 2 recent sources I’ve found to solutions to problems on the practice tests in the new edition of the CB Blue Book (the Blue book contains the answers, A, B, C, etc., but not explanations of how answers were reached, which is the core of the xiggi method). I haven’t had a chance to review either of these sources yet, so this is not a recommendation of either one:</p>
<p>This link to the CB provides solutions when one logs on and answers a verification question from the new edition of the Blue Book:</p>
<p>Fabulous link entomom—thanks! I picked up the new Blue Book for LuckyBoy last month. He was going to take the March SAT but was offered a 2 week exchange trip to a “brother” school in Austria during that time period (for just the cost of airfare! and we’ll have an Austrian boy stay with us in May). Now he’ll be sitting the SATs right before APs! Not the best plan but the Boy is happy. He owes us some good SAT prep in exchange for the airfare :)</p>
<p>LuckyBoy is a pretty good test taker but wants to be “one and done.” Prep can only help that.</p>
<p>Welcome m-momVT! My son is looking at the B level of some of the schools on your list. Son can probably get into RIT and Drexel but CMU and MIT would be stratospheric reaches. We’re going back and forth with technical, liberal arts and big state schools. I think technical may be the best fit but they also seem the stingiest with merit aid so son will be applying to wide variety of colleges for academic and financial safeties. </p>
<p>Right now, my son is visiting his sister’s Alma Mater in Illinois. They have a wonderful visit program for prospective students that has overnights, classroom visits and a meeting with an admissions person. He was quite worried about missing school but turns out our snowy weather worked in his favor and his HS is closed. Next up is a trip to Bryant U. in Rhode Island with my SIL and her daughter, also a HS junior. Anyone been there?</p>
<p>Been cruising the boards for a few months, our oldest D is now a junior in high school and this gathering of college info is quite an eye opener! Home is Pacific Northwest (Washington State). I’m sure we’ll be posting some of our own questions/threads on here eventually.</p>
<p>Kathiep, Funny my S’s first choice right now is CMU. A reach grade wise, his SAT’s are in the range though. And S will be visiting Bryant next weekend. We live in MA but have never visited Bryant. </p>
<p>Welcome collegemaw and mathmomvt and all the other new folks here.</p>
<p>F1MathMom,
Not been following very closely, but I think the Jan vs June score comment just referred to the fact that some kids have taken the SAT in Jan and plan to retake in June.</p>
<p>mamom, Oh good - You can tell me your impressions of Bryant before we visit!</p>
<p>Have any of your actually started planning summer visits? Most of the colleges that we’re looking at don’t even mention summer visits but I don’t know if that’s just because they haven’t gotten to it yet or because they don’t do them. I can understand that with the smaller privates but I don’t see anything for UVM - a good size public. It’s so frustrating, we’ve got the time and the weather is great in the summer but the Colleges might not be available to see.</p>
<p>I will be going to a college fair tomorrow and was wondering if anyone has any advice on how to make the most of it. It looks like there will be hundreds of colleges there with over 4000 expected attendance. I’ve never been to one of these and am not quite sure what to expect.</p>