<p>Hi Everyone, do your D13s and S13s play and chat on the computer when they are doing HW? I guess my S reading Manga last night while doing his big homework of English IB because I saw there was no increasing lines on his MS-word page. He went bed after midnight.</p>
<p>We haven’t got his PSAT scores yet. He will take SAT in Jan. How can I monitor his screen what he’s doing? Any IT people here to help? Thanks.</p>
<p>@pigmom My son calls that multi-tasking and says I should be happy that he’s reading SOMETHING. He doesn’t read manga though. He reads fan fiction. And of all things, My Little Pony!!. My son is a bronie :(</p>
<p>We have an SAT book from the other kids, I don’t know if it has ever been opened. I am a fan of notecards, so I got S3 the SAT notecards, I am not sure if they help, but he did put some on the included ring and take them to Drama practice for when he had down time. It seems a few cards at a time might be more manageable than that big giant book. Of course we don’t have our PSAT scores yet, so we don’t really know. He gets his SAT scores on December 22nd. I definitely do not understand why they give them to the schools rather than the kids. S3 also has the notecards for AP Bio, and they make their own notecards in APUSH. Last year I looked for an SAT question of the day calendar, but I don’t think they make them anymore. </p>
<p>All 3 of my kids seem to “multi-task” while doing their homework (tv, computer, FB). It drives me crazy!</p>
<p>pigmom:I would ask my Son not to stay late into mid night to finish his homework. So if he is staying late and chatting instead of doing the homework, he will have to go to sleep without finishing the homework or I will be sitting near him asking him to sleep which he doesnt like very much. He usually do his homework in the dinning table, or in the living room with his netbook around, So I see him chatting off and on…I guess I can not monitor his move every now and then, but I can insists he goes to bed on time!! This has worked for us. He will not sleep before finishing his homework. So this quality of him helps me for sure…</p>
<p>S was following the thread on the Stanford board listing the stats of those who were accepted/rejected/deferred. He then told us that he was done studying for the ACT and was going to focus on his getting lower times in Track this Spring.</p>
<p>I am pretty sure he was serious…
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<p>MDMom: Not a bad strategy. I don’t know that many kids that have been admitted to Stanford, but the ones I know were athletes. Specifically runners, volleyball players and sailors.</p>
<p>Don’t worry too much about the multitasking everyone- I always watched tv & talked on the phone while doing my homework & now I’m a veterinarian.</p>
<p>TX5: That is what my H and I were just thinking. I am completely amazed at the amount of kids who were rejected with near perfect SAT/ACT scores, 4. whatever GPA’s, 100’s of hours of community service and so on…
Track (more importantly, being a recruited athlete) will need to be his “hook”.</p>
<p>I guess that is why getting into a school like Stanford really IS like winning the Lottery.</p>
<p>The year ds1 applied to and was rejected from Stanford, only one person made it: his prom date. Good thing he doesn’t have a lot of ego and didn’t really care about getting in. :D</p>
<p>The way we think about it, it is a lottery, but you can’t win unless you buy a ticket. And as long as you don’t expect to win, it is ok to play. Even when I was in high school, they used to joke that Stanford used to take all the qualified applications and throw them down a staircase, and all of the ones that landed on the 3rd step were admitted!</p>
<p>TX5: I am dying!!! We JUST used that same analogy last night at dinner!! Too funny…</p>
<p>Yay!!! PSAT scores have arrived and there was a 24 point increase over last year’s score!!! He still didn’t break 180 but was pretty freakin close with 59, 59, 60. So I am thrilled.</p>
<p>Congrats Reeinaz on the increase on the PSAT scores :)</p>
<p>reeinaz, you are the model parent for me. </p>
<p>I often fail to recognize improvements and gains when I felt they were still below the goals I set in MY mind. I have to yell at myself from time-to-time: “Praise and encourage them when they are headed in the right direction, dummy!”</p>
<p>Nice to hear from everyone. Someone said the board would get busy and it was so!</p>
<p>Nice to have folks on the bench here. Lots of room. Mnmom62, I’m sorry for the drop in scores. Hopefully that will be the motivation for your D from the PSAT to the SAT. Could work in her favor in the long run. Fingers crossed!</p>
<p>About multitasking and such: My youngest (son, almost 10) has ADHD and I really felt like limiting other stimuli during the week would be helpful for him. I did that for one year with him and then moved to having all 3 of my kids follow the same rule M-F this year. Computers can be used for homework but TV watching, video games and using the computer recreationally are only at my discretion. I think this is the right choice for my two younger kids (13, 9) and was on the fence regarding my 16 y/o D13. However, after watching her last year and encouraging her to monitor herself, I decided to step in. Am I sure this was right for her? Yes and no. Yes because her study habits and grades have gone up. No because she needs to learn to have self-control and monitor herself. But, because junior year is so important, the reins are in my hands for now.</p>
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<p>Hahaha! That is really funny!</p>
<p>Congrats to ReeinAZ’s son! Great improvement!</p>
<p>Congrats to your ds, ree!</p>
<p>Reeinaz~ Congrats to your son! I am feeling your pride, as my DD went up 23pts to a 189, she is 71/51/64. She is so proud and so am I!</p>
<p>A question for everyone…how are you determining which test your student will take, SAT or ACT? Based on college requirements? We live in the midwest, and it seems that the ACT is the standard here. My daughter does very well on english and writing, not near as well in math. Last year on the ACT PLAN test she scored above the 90th percentile in every catagory except math, which was a 70%. This score is higher than her PSAT score of 58%. Does this indicate that she would do better on the ACT math? She is planning on taking the ACT in March, but I am wondering if it is beneficial for her to take both.</p>