<p>Did anyone visited Wesleyan University recently? </p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
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<p>Based on DS 2011 the rec letters are sumbitted through the GCās who have Common App access. I do not believe the CA will take submittals outside of the student or the HS GC.</p>
<p>Welcome to our new posters! Buckle up for a wild and crazy ride. :D</p>
<p>DD took ACT this morning and also felt the last group of math quesitons were āstrangeā as she put it. :eek: She thought the test was more difficult that April. We will know in about three weeks.</p>
<p>My son also said the math was tougher than the last two times he took it. He said he barely finished the math section. He said the rest went āFantastically.ā Perhaps the curve will be steep and heāll be alright. Iām checking out that superscore linkā¦ Three of the four schools he knows he wants to apply to are listed as superscore schools. Thatās a good thing.</p>
<p>Some of your kids have extensive AP reading assignments this summer. My son does not. His teacherās philosophy is that she does not work during the summer, so why should her students? Interesting thought. She is an excellent teacher, too, and my son loves her. Has a wonderful sense of humor. Tends to be sarcastic, too. Does that mean she wants to hear that her students did nothing all summer? No, she hopes that they will read for pleasure, but she also wants them to enjoy time with friends and family. She also knows that many will be college shopping. Kids needs a mental break before a crazy senior year, and sheās been teaching a long time, so maybe there is some method to all of this.</p>
<p>You know the phrase, āTiming is everything?ā Well, mine stinks. Did too much at work regarding inventory and injured my back. Not fun. Taking meds. Missed the final day of school. Made it to the work day, but the pain is too much to head to graduation. Need to feel better soon, because this is a work week for teachers in my district ā¦ and my older son has surgery, too, so Iāll miss another day. This is not a fun time in my house. At least Son '14 has been a big help with all sorts of things. His summer will include that free reading, training for cross country, visiting a couple of colleges and applying to schools with rolling admissions. Oh, and having his wisdom teeth pulled.</p>
<p>Oh MImom, looks like our kids had a similar ACT experience. My rarely sick kid came down with a cold mid-week in the middle of finals. Never had a chance to study for ACT because there was too much work at school plus sport season etc. As we were driving to the test site I asked him if he had any tissues and he said no, my nose isnāt running, and I proceeded to have a freak- out (not my best week) over the fact that he would surely need tissues with his head hanging over a desk for 4 hours. We didnāt have enough time to turn back or stop at a quicky mart so I scrounged some fast-food napkins from the car and told him to hit the bathroom and stuff some TP in his pocket just in case. I left him at the site with me feeling frazzled while he was just feeling fried from his cold and the last week of school. </p>
<p>He said his problem during the test was he started coughing-the new symptom that popped only once the test was underway. THen he told me that someone had a cell phone beeping every couple of minutes during at least 2 of the tests. I asked if the proctor did anything about it and he said no. Did you tell the proctor? No. And then he said he thought the proctor probably didnāt hear it. Although that is hard to believe in a quiet room. I do not know why he didnāt say anything because that had to be distractingāugh. He is the type that doesnāt want to put anyone out or ask for special treatment. Arrgh. We have had lots of āitās not special treatmentā talks in the last few years. Hopefully someday heāll feel more assertive about these things. He is a pretty good test taker but considering how he was feeling and everything, I am sure he will have to re-take in the fall and that is a bummer.</p>
<p>Re: summer reading for APs, we get it assigned because we donāt start school until after Labor Day and thus have less time to cover the material before the tests than schools that start as early as the beginning of August. </p>
<p>DS came down with something Friday too, and actually sent me a text after school that he felt horrible. Gave him some Nyquil and sent him to bed right after dinner. He is still coughing and sniffling and unfortunately has to take a flight at noon to St. Louis. Hopefully this does not affect his performance at the prospect camp.</p>
<p>AvonHSDad: once the common app is available on August 1st, your student puts in the name and e-mail address of who they are getting their LOR from. The common app will then contact them with the form they fill out on line. I had my son e-mail them also, after submitting their names, to give them the heads up that the CA request was on its way. This was all after he has asked them officially in person, if they felt comfortable writing a strong LOR for him. I would suggest to parents, to make sure their kids do that before the summer. After the summer, the teachers get inundated with requests.</p>
<p>I did visit Wesleyan recently with my daughterā¦WorryToMuch. Did you?</p>
<p>Re: Summer reading/APs</p>
<p>Nope ā¦ neither of my kids have summer assignments.</p>
<p>This was DSās first time taking the ACT, and if I understand correctly, there is no single date on which scores are available, right? Looks like multiple choice scores could be first available around three weeks from test date, although it could take up to 8 weeks. And then the Writing portion score is available two weeks from that. So to get your total score, you would have to wait 5-10 weeks. </p>
<p>Is that right? Seems like an awful lot of variation in score reporting times, and such a long time to wait too. This is one thing the SAT does better ā one score reporting date, for all sections of the test!</p>
<p>novamom - there is a single āofficialā reporting date, usually three weeks after the test - Sunday at midnight. Most students have both multiple choice and writing at that point. You are right that some may not be available then, but I think those are unusual circumstances. </p>
<p>What you also may be remembering is the āunofficialā release dates where you can get in through the ābackdoorā and see the results early.</p>
<p>Thanks, beadymom. I was just going off what it said on the official Act FAQ. Sounds like itās just worded that way to cover all bases, but that there is a single score reporting date in actual practice.</p>
<p>Has anyone else NOT received the mailed copy of the APRIL ACT score?
We saw the score on line, of course, and we received the packet we ordered with the correct vs. actual answers. We have NOT received our mailed copy of the score report. </p>
<p>We know of at least one other important piece of mail that has never reached us, so I am wondering if we have an issue with our mail delivery here!</p>
<p>Found this on the ACT website regarding results for the June test date:</p>
<p>"After you test, you can check to see if your scores are available online. Multiple-choice scores from this test date will be first posted online beginning June 24 through August 2, 2013.</p>
<p>If your scores are not available on the first date listed above, plan to check back weekly up through the last date listed. Scores are processed and added each week, usually each Wednesday and Friday. Normally, all scores are reported by 8 weeks after the test date. (See examples of why some scores take longer.) There is no option for speeding the processing of scores.</p>
<p>If you take the ACT Plus Writing, your Writing scores will be posted as soon as they are ready, normally about 2 weeks after your multiple-choice scores. Your scores cannot be reported until after your Writing scores have been added.</p>
<p>Score reports are usually reported within 3 to 8 weeks after the test date."</p>
<p>ordinary - these books are required, not her light reading. Sheād be right with your daughter and the 50 shades. </p>
<p>This was her 3rd time taking the act, she thought there was a lot more trig on it. Sheās never been a fan of the science section - and it shows. And she said she loved her essay and wrote 2.5 pages and managed to quote Lord of The Flies. If only the writing section counted for something, itās always her favorite section. </p>
<p>Weāll see if we can break in early for the scores this time, I was able to the first time, but not the second - and the writing scores ended up being delayed a few more days.</p>
<p>I think this time weāre waiting. I mean, let me live in delusionville a while longer, ok?</p>
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<p>Thanks for the info. Either the process has changed from 2011 or DS GC didnāt know how to use the CA process as S had to obtain written LORās from his teachers that the GC then submitted online.</p>
<p>I think different HSs handle the recommendations differently. I think some do it through Naviance, some through the Common app directly, some through snail mail, and there are probably other variants as well.</p>
<p>Your childās guidance department should make clear what will happen.</p>
<p>My DS is probably going to be getting LORs from teachers who will no longer be at the school next year. That should complicate matters. ;-)</p>
<p>ElKyes - GC suggested that D checked out Wesleyan. How was your visit? Did it meet your expectations? We were planning an East coast tour but then D signed up for the A Drum Corps. Between practices and shows she will have a total of 4 days off.</p>
<p>AvonHSDad - The college advising office at my kidsā school has the teachers submit recommendations to them for review before submitting them on the common app. I think they want to be able to vet whatās being said.</p>
<p>Seattle-mom - so much for genuine truthful LORs! One would never know if what they got was original or vettedā¦ I suspect thereās more than just your school that does something like that though. Where thereās a system there are ways around the system. I feel for the adcoms who have to figure out the differences (and the students who suffer because of them).</p>
<p>Nothing like that here. Our teachers do LORs directly just as ELKyes mentioned - at least for the CA. Not all schools use the CA.</p>