<p>David, I’m totally jealous.</p>
<p>ree, I’m sorry. It’s hard when our kids don’t really “get” how poor decisions now can have ramifications. But it does sound like the English teacher loves him!</p>
<p>Our school will probably send PSAT scores home next week. It is the last full week of classes before finals. Don’t think S will be close to NMSF cutoff, but it will be interesting to see if it can predict SAT scores.</p>
<p>I think the school said they will be mailing the actual test booklet with the correct and incorrect answers so that students can see what they need to improve. I don’t know that wasn’t what other schools did. I am hoping that my S makes NMSF but then again I’ve heard that a lot of schools don’t really take that into account anyway, so it’s a bit confusing what it will mean, how much it would help admissions and how much financial award is at stake. In any case, I’m tired of waiting!</p>
<p>The school that S is touring on Friday (Oklahoma City U) gives full tuition, room and board and book allowance for NMF. I don’t think that S stands a chance for that, but they also give very nice merit and talent scholarships.</p>
<p>Reein- So sorry you are dealing with this with your son. It is so hard for them to understand that these things place limit their opportunities. Hopefully this will be the scare he needs. Good luck!</p>
<p>I expect our school to deliver PSAT’s before winter break. D is not going to make NM cutoff so when it comes it comes.</p>
<p>RobD - sorry . . . I figured this group would have already been all over it! `</p>
<p>I’m definitely NOT chill. I sent a text to my son yesterday to go to guidance and find out about the code. The secretary told him that they didn’t receive anything yet, that she didn’t know anything about access codes, and that they usually mailed the reports in JANUARY. He said to me “I should have told her . . . listen here . . . my Mom is a lunatic . . . you really don’t want her coming in here . . . just give me the code and no one will get hurt.” lol</p>
<p>This is my first time, so I can’t compare the mailings. He is getting lots of emails too, but they seem to be from the same schools that are sending snail mail. They all seem to have some sort of gimmick to them. I think it was WUSTL that sent a binder insert with a periodic table.</p>
<p>We are not getting any new mailings, just a continuation from last year’s stuff. I think she did not request college mail this year and it is a relief not to get the e-mails (she used my address last year).</p>
<p>I have a thirteener and and fourteener… 
Just found this site</p>
<p>Welcome Idavis!</p>
<p>Welcome Idavis!! Looks like we are in the same boat :)</p>
<p>ree, I am sorry for what you are going through with your S. I have been in your shoes with my S who is now in his third year of college and also a writer. Teachers and other adults just loved him. They all commented on how bright, articulate, well read, and humorous he was, but none ever lifted a finger to help him overcome serious deficits in focus, organization, and time management that plagued him throughout his high school career. His father and I were in the dark as to how to help this intelligent child who appeared to constantly sabotage himself by losing, forgetting, or partially completing assignment after assignment. I literally feared getting on the online grading system knowing I would find multiple zeros that tanked his grades. He has struggled in college as well and changed his major, but I think he is finally starting to figure things out for himself. He is doing what he loves now and has had some really good successes this semester. We don’t know what the future holds for him, but I love him dearly and have learned that progress sometimes comes in inches instead of miles. Wishing you and your S the best!</p>
<p>I have D13 scheduled for SATs in Jan and I will probably have her take them in March. ACTs with writing in April…subject tests May and June. The May SAT test usually has the steepest curve …D1 found the March test the easiest, May the most difficult. She dropped 150 points in the May test and took them again in June and bounced up slightly over her March scores.</p>
<p>I sent an email to my daughter’s GC and this was her response (Thursday afternoon, 12/1):</p>
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<p>So judging from that, I am guessing we will have them sometime next week. </p>
<p>My D is not going to be an NMSF or NMF, so it is more for curiosity. And then we’ll be getting her first SAT scores just before Christmas. Combining those two things will give us a good idea of what she needs to do to be better prepared for Round Two.</p>
<p>I haven’t seen any email or snail mail from any new colleges yet. Not sure what she did or didn’t check on her PSAT.</p>
<p>She did enter four schools online for her “Score Select” at College Board. All are colleges that she thinks she will apply to, likes, and would have a good chance of admittance. Seemed as good a place to start as any!</p>
<p>You know, it’s weird. I was positively freaking out when she was starting her Freshman Year. She is our child in high school, we had no idea what we were doing and I was terrified of a misstep. That pretty much carried on through most of her Sophomore year. Once her Jr year started, I actually felt more relaxed- I had done the research etc but now more of it was on her- it was out of my control. Her grades and her test scores are hers alone. </p>
<p>Once we have scores in hand, I’m guessing I’m going to start getting a bit revved up again about school visits, finances and such. You all will need to talk me down!</p>
<p>HeavyLidded- That is an awesome improvement! Congrats to your D! I wish similar successes to all our kids.</p>
<p>Sendemsoaring- I was ROFL over your son telling the GC that! It is nice to hear other parents’ experiences and worries. I will definitely be needing all of you so I don’t freak my daughter out!</p>
<p>Meda- I didn’t even KNOW that SATs could be harder or easier depending on when you take them. That hardly seems fair. :-(</p>
<p>RobD- Wishing your daughter very good news on the PSAT! I hope she makes the cutoff! Let us know. :-)</p>
<p>ReeinAz- I’m sure this isn’t the first time you’ve heard this question, but has your son been assessed for ADD? I know for me, I have a lot of strengths but paperwork and detail work is not one of them. I have a great creative mind and I’m good with people but if something is static (not dynamic) and especially if it is not particularly interesting to me, then it is nothing short of tortuous.</p>
<p>I had my son evaluated for ADD, and it turned out that he has Aspergers. He wasn’t diagnosed until the summer before 8th grade. So yeah, that adds a bit more to the college search.</p>
<p>Speaking of the college search, I feel like the it’s official now. At the report card conference, we were told that my son needed to list 5 schools on Naviance that he’s interested in. We listed 15 schools. He contributed 3 one of which was simply because they have broomball hockey as a campus activity. It’s funny but the idea that other people will be looking at this list made me not put his crazy near impossible reaches on it.</p>
<p>Oh, I hope the broomball school is Carleton. And if it’s not, Carleton should be on it. The school has more than 40 broomball teams! :D</p>