<p>Also dropping into say good luck to tomorrow’s test takers, including my own as well. Best to your S, YDS ;)</p>
<p>We talked about a study plan last week, she’s had a ton of homework this week and had long standing plans for tonight so she’s out. I’ll make a nice breakfast for her in the am and that’s that.</p>
<p>Sending good luck vibes from New York as well…DS is not too happy tonight. Just doesn’t want to be doing this. He will put in his all when he’s there, but right now he is unhappy and only exiting from his bedroom to complain or tease his little sister. He has already given me a score goal and told me if he meets it, he is not doing this again (the goal is fine but low by CC standards). I really have to let him be the owner of this process so I am accepting his limits. This is one of the reasons I think he needs a gap year. Anyway, hoping for quick minds and clear thinking for all.</p>
<p>Yes good luck to us all for tomorrow!</p>
<p>^Don’t you mean “good luck” to our kids? They’re the ones taking the test after all!</p>
<p>Ditto from FL. I am waking early and taking DS out for Cuban toast and grits before the test. I’ll bring home a cafe con leche for my wife.</p>
<p>That breakfast sounds so good, dado2, that I think I could be convinced to take the SAT just to have it. As for luck, I think I need it too, just to help me stay supportive and to make sure that I say and do the right things for DS.</p>
<p>Just asked S’13 if he has a goal for tomorrow. He said “2400 obviously. Why would I have a goal of missing something?” The snarkiness tells me he’s feeling pretty loose. Hope he feels like that tomorrow morning.</p>
<p>Here’s hoping that they all meet their goals!</p>
<p>mncollegemom–I’m glad your son’s schedule worked out! It is disappointing that PE classes are contributing to your schedule challenges!</p>
<p>Please accept my apologies if it appeared that I was stating you aren’t relaxed enough. I would be the last person to imply that another parent should be less concerned about his or her child! In fact, I think the term “helicopter parent” has become a pejorative that is sometimes thrown out willy-nilly. I think you have done a good job of encouraging your son to research the issues.</p>
<p>In re-reading my earlier post, I can see why my statement was unclear. In our case, my D had an odd schedule due to the fact that she went to a small school and found it hard to schedule the 11 AP courses she took. She took all 3 of her social studies AP courses in 10th and 11th grades, so her senior year she had four math and science courses, plus AP English and Bible (no social studies and no foreign language). Someone who looked at her transcript quickly could think she was not well-rounded. I discovered that schedule anomalies can be explained in the guidance counselor’s recommendation or in the “additional information” section of the common app. As a result, if my son’s senior schedule doesn’t work out well, I’ll worry less because there are ways to explain such things.</p>
<p>Good luck to your son!</p>
<p>DS just went to bed. We spent the evening watching Moneyball. Only SAT talk was to go over the admission ticket. I think his SAT goal score is a little low, but whatever. He wants me to drive him, and he wants to leave really early.</p>
<p>I had to look up Cuban toast, but very familiar with grits! I hope that is the magic formula, so I will give it to D in April.</p>
<p>Good Luck for all the kids who will take the test tomorrow morning. My son has got bored to look at SAT. Hopefully this will be his last SAT test and turn the page to SAT II after tomorrow. I’m going to make him a health breakfast tomorrow. Go to bed now and get up at 6:30am.</p>
<p>Good luck to all the kids taking the test today. D is not- but is doing her first day of SAT prep. </p>
<p>Lol at the comments “low by cc standards”. I fear that will be my mantra. I feel as is D is starting to aim low. As a parent you can only do so much. Ultimately it is their effort thtat is needed to move them forward. </p>
<p>mncollege- glad you worked out the schedule. </p>
<p>momofnea- D just got back from a ski trip and mentioned she wants to investigate a gap year. She has become close with a student that is here for a time because she is doing a gap year. We may investigate it.</p>
<p>Just saw DS off for the SAT (actually an SAT Subject Test). We will be meeting with his guidance counselor next week to discuss schedule for next year. The only question we have is whether he should take Spanish 4 or AP Government (He will also be taking AP Physics, AP Calc, AP Macro, AP English, Sci Research, and a PE requirement). He took Spanish I over a two year period in middle school, Spanish 2 as a freshman and Spanish 3 as a sophomore. This year, due to a scheduling conflict, he couldn’t take Spanish 4 (it conflicted with AP Stats which we decided was more important for his science research program). I don’t think any school he’ll be applying to requires 4 years of language, although many recommend it. Do you think an explanation for why he could not do the 4 years due to scheduling conflicts from his guidance counselor will suffice or should he make the effort to take it as a senior. He would have to quickly get up to speed again after the year’s gap. Would love some advice.</p>
<p>Best wishes for high scores to all the '13ers taking tests today. I hope it goes well for each and every one of them. :-)</p>
<p>We will spend Saturday running here and there. S1 has play practice from 9-12, D13 has Mission Trip training in the morning and then is practicing for her solo at the talent show rehearsal until 3. S1 and S2 both have basketball games at 2 PM, so I will be cutting myself in half, apparently, and then S1 has another basketball game at 6PM. I just love it when my DH has to go out of town to work and I get to juggle all by myself! lol</p>
<p>Semester grades were mailed out so we should be seeing those within a couple of days. Fingers crossed for good results!</p>
<p>S just left for the SAT - his parting comments were “go big or go home”…geez. He also has a low “goal” score but I’ll be happy if he meets it. </p>
<p>Hope everyone’s students do their best today!!!</p>
<p>Just got back from taking ds. This must be the test that seventh-graders take for Duke TIP because there were LOTS of little kids with parents there. They looked excited; the teens looked sleepy.</p>
<p>Good luck to all the test takers. </p>
<p>S3 has finals next week. They shouldn’t be bad. He just needs to ace Spanish 3 to secure the A. Tonight is his school’s winter formal, which he is not going to (mostly because he is going next week to his girl friend’s (not girlfriend) winter formal. Tonight he is going to an “anti-formal” event, which includes a play at the Performing Arts Center.</p>
<p>Language: I don’t really know if admissions people care whether you have 3 or 4 years, but it can make a difference when you get to college. Both of my older kids are getting bachelor of arts degrees and both schools require a language. The requirement can be met by 4 years of language in high school. The bachelor of science degrees, at their schools, did not require a language. Both had 3 years in high school, felt inadequately prepared to just jump in, so ended up taking a whole year of language in college.</p>
<p>After dropping D2 off at the SATs this morning, I realized that you can get a lot done on a Saturday morning 
It is usually my protected time of the week, but I got so much done in 1 1/2 hours that I may need to rethink that stance.</p>
<p>My D3 is off taking the SAT today, so I guess it’s time to join you all! She’s our last one and we all admit to being in a little denial that she’s almost 17 and needs to start thinking about college.</p>
<p>D1 went to a LAC, majored in poly sci, was planning to go to law school for immigration law, got very sick for several months and now is quite happily working for an online gaming company. We knew nothing about the college application process when she was going through it. I shudder when I think of how unprepared we were. But it all worked out. She’s the poster child for life throwing you curves and still landing on your feet!</p>
<p>D2 was a math/science kid through and through. Folks here helped me figure out a good list of schools, we took a big college visit trip, and she landed at a major university. She ran and sang and did both really well. She’s already got a software engineering job lined up when she graduates this year. She’s the linear journey kid so far.</p>
<p>D3 is a bit of a puzzle for me. She excels in math, loves history, does things on computers her sister couldn’t do at her age (prob because sister has taught her). She’s more introverted than the others and less independent. She goes to a huge high school, so small colleges seem too small. She wants to go to a school with as much status as D2 (think HSYPM) no matter how much I talk about the “right college for you”. Her PSAT was great but on the bubble for NMF in our state. EC wise she’s got a few things she does but nothing as high level or focused as D2. She’s our philosopher.</p>
<p>Good morning to all. Glad to join you for the next year or so!</p>