<p>Anyone else waiting for AP scores? I wish my son hadn’t lost his AP number so that we could call for them. He’s waiting for scores for AP World History and environmental science.</p>
<p>Waiting for D1 ('11) scores but not D2 ('14). Because the 9th graders are in the M.S. there are no AP offering for them. We’ll be waiting this time next year for her APUSH scores :)</p>
<p>Apollo6 - I read on one of my yahoo groups that the teachers will have access to AP scores online July 5th. If your son can’t find his AP number and doesn’t want to wait a couple more weeks, he might want to get in touch with his school on Tuesday.</p>
<p>I was planning on waiting for snail mail just because I hate giving the CB any more of my money, but my S1('14) didn’t want to wait. So I called at 5:20 p.m. on June 30th - right before the phone lines crashed.</p>
<p>Waiting on AP Human Geography scores. We will just wait for snail mail…not sure if these scores will get DD out of anything in college anyway. She loved the class though!</p>
<p>Just jumping back in to say hi and wish everyone a safe and happy July 4th. My last post was May 27th - way back before graduation for DS11 and the end of freshman year for DD14.<br>
Now that graduation, grad party and graduation/vacation trip is over and all relatives have left and gone home, we can get down to a more normal summer until DS leaves for college this fall.
DD appears to be following in her brother’s footsteps as she ended her freshman year with all A’s including her honors classes. She will spend the summer babysitting, working on her tennis game, and completing her summer reading assignments for next year. She is already registered for next fall’s 10th grade classes and the first tuition bill has already arrived. 
I am hoping this thread will continue on a slow and relaxed pace up until the rising senior summer when we all know that things will heat up. :)</p>
<p>Wow, S won’t have AP classes until Junior year. It is now possible to take some in Sophomore year, but only if you skip recommended prerequisites. We paid for scores for S1 (just graduated) as they determined what classes he needs to sign up for for next year. He got out of a lot of intro courses, so that’s nice.</p>
<p>No permit for my son for at least another year – he’s just 14. But he’ll take the classroom course as a sophomore. He originally planned to attend a math/science camp this summer, but things changed about two weeks ago when I landed a new job. We’re thinking about moving him to a larger school about 25 miles away. APs start in the sophomore year. Very strong school for math and science. At first, he was not crazy about moving but given that he has traded e-mails with the cross country coach, he seems a little better about it. We may go and take a tour of the school this week and then make a decision.</p>
<p>AvonHS dad, I am pretty sure we live close to each other. I am also pretty sure my girls have competed against Avon HS a number of times at cheer camp at Denison and state comp in Columbus. Forgive me if I’m wrong. :)</p>
<p>My two girls couldn’t be more different, D12 is 4.0 and motivated while D14 is after freshman year is 3.36. Lol. She ended her last 9 weeks with a 3.6 so I am hoping for an upward trend. D14 is a social butterfly who says she has no idea what she wants to do in life except maybe theater and photography.</p>
<p>Yes, the parents of class of 2012 is exploding and getting pretty exciting! Can’t believe my oldest will be filling out her application to Ohio State in 3 months!!</p>
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<p>It’s quite possible. DS just graduated from Avon and will be attending Georgetown this fall. DD switched schools last year from the middle school to a private HS where she will be a sophomore (class of 2014). I know the Avon Cheer Team has been quite competative and has done well over the past few years. S played JV and Varsity baseball all 4 years of HS. The HS is in the West Shore Conference and was a Division 2 school last year. DD’s school (Magnificat HS) is independent but very competative in nearly all sports.</p>
<p>After getting S through the college application process, I am glad we have a couple of years before the 2014 class gears up. With your 2012 D, you get to start now! My advice is set a schedule and then move everything up by 30 to 60 days as the time will fly, kids will be busy, and deadlines will sneak up on you. Have her draft her essays this summer so they can sit and age. It will give her an advantage this fall, particulary if she will be applying to any Common Application colleges.</p>
<p>*My advice is set a schedule and then move everything up by 30 to 60 days as the time will fly, kids will be busy, and deadlines will sneak up on you. Have her draft her essays this summer so they can sit and age. It will give her an advantage this fall, particulary if she will be applying to any Common Application colleges. *</p>
<p>Excellent advice! Something we learned from D’11’s application process is that it can be difficult to remember all the activities/volunteering/awards of HS. We had D’14 start a HS “journal”. Anytime she receives an award or does some volunteering she adds it to the book. At the end of the academic year she jots down any clubs, activities, etc and then again at the end of the summer. We are hoping when the time comes to fill out all the applications and create a resume, she will have all the info she needs at her fingertips.</p>
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<p>Another great suggestion. A journal is great for gathering all of the awards and volunteer hours. I would also suggest starting the resume now and add to it as the semesters and years pass by. Also, make copies of all awards, certificates, and any pertinent mail, emails, etc. that may have relevance to the resume and/or activities. Keep this file in a safe but centrally located location for easy access. Many times when mail or awards go into a teen’s room, they may never be seen again! 
Most kids (and their parents) do not realize how active and busy thay have been and many items are often forgotten or missed in the last minute race to meet the deadlines!</p>
<p>For the copies of awards etc., perhaps scanning and keeping a copy online is easier than keeping a physical copy. I definitely third the suggestion to start keeping track of stuff now.</p>
<p>Thanks AVON dad and per my daughters we did indeed compete against you in Division 2 at Ohio State, and Avon was at our cheer camp. And yes they were very good!</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice, unfortunately, my D12 has been extremely lazy thus far. I need to get on her. And she keeps changing her college list- over and over. Yesterday she researched every college that offers linguistics degree or is strong in languages/tesol?? and education. phew. We have gone from advanced nurse practitioner to political science to international relations and now to linguistics, language and education in the last year! I think the linguistics and languages have a fair chance of being the major. lol</p>
<p>I have a binder with a calendar and a folder with all her accomplishments written down along with certificates etc. I feel semi-organized.</p>
<p>Our college search and admissions process will be an entirely different story for D14. She has already made it clear she doesnt want to visit a ton of colleges or study for the act. She is very stubborn so this will probably be the case. I am hoping she improves her GPA sophomore year though.</p>
<p>Since I have older kids who have applied for scholarships for various programs, I have learned to just keep a running resume going for each of them. I just update my kids’ resumes whenever they receive an award, get new scores or participate in something interesting. (Kinda hate to admit how anal retentive I am)</p>
<p>Sounds like a smart idea Apollo6 - thanks for the tip.</p>
<p>My oldest son (Class of 2009) started his resume as a high school freshman so he would be prepared to apply for scholarships/summer programs. Made applying to college much easier. Also, teachers like when a student can handle them a resume, as they have something to which to refer when they put together recommendations. </p>
<p>His kid brother (Class of 2014) already has been working on his resume (with my help). He wants his to reflect his continued improvement in cross country/track and field, as well as his grades/ECs.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, took my son over to see what could be his new HS. He was a little intimidated by the size, but the director of guidance as well as the AD made him feel quite welcome. </p>
<p>Mspearl: your daughter may change her mind about the ACT (or SAT) after taking it for the first time. My son is now realizing that he needs to spend a little more time reading (English is not his best subject) if he wants to do well. Numbers often can sway a person’s thinking.</p>
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<p>We take the same approach … I consisitently update D14’s resume as not to forget all of the pertinient information. She sends it out when applying for her summer programs + when she emailed professors iso research lab opportunities. It is VERY helpful and I didnt realize how great it is for hs students. Even though she has no job experience. </p>
<p>On a side note, we dropped her off @ Choate on 6/26(much to her chagrin) and she has fallen in love with it as I always knew she would. I spoke to her advisor who is a rising senior @ Williams and states that D14 is doing great and she would have NEVER known that D went kicking and screaming…She has made friends with kids from Chicago, Kuwait, Spain and Ethopia… she hasnt wanted to come home on weekends, though she announced on the ride up that she wanted to come home every Saturday to see her friends…boy what a difference 4 days make!</p>
<p>I continue to get distress calls
1.) “I saw 3 ants in my dorm room(which was retified by maintenance)
2.)” I lost cell phone charger(Oops I found it) as I was on my way to Verizon to grab a new one.
3.) “Mom, they moved my mailbox”(silly me, I went to the wrong mailbox)</p>
<p>4.) “I ran out of bottled water, can you grab me another case and bring it to me?”, then told me the next day as I was driving to Wallingford, CT, with 2 cases in tow…(“Oh never mind, I have been filling up old bottles from the dining hall”)</p>
<p>5.) "Someone stole my camera &IPAD!!!(my bad, they were in my footlocker)</p>
<p>She filled her quota of distress calls…LOL and I now realize that she is still trying to find her way in the world without me doing everything for her. So the calls/txts are now being met with “Just let your advisor know, she will be happy to help you”</p>
<p>I am glad that I made her go… even though I knew she wanted to do a program sponsored by her hs @ Yale(where all her friends are attending)… I wanted her to get out of her comfort zone, to learn to take risks and to be UNcomfortable…
It will teach her so much about herself/life!</p>
<p>What are all the '14 kids doing this summer. S14 is away at overnight camp right now, but he’ll be home in 2 weeks and has nothing planned for the rest of the summer. </p>
<p>He’s ADHD and very introverted. He volunteered last summer working at a day camp near us, but it didn’t work out as they allowed him to work on projects too, and he got too involved in them and wasn’t great at watching/helping campers once he was involved in his own stuff. Eventually they asked him not to come back </p>
<p>We live in a small rural town and opportunities for community service are hard to find. I can’t afford to spend money on another summer program, having already spent a bunch on camp. So I’m at a loss as to what he might do to be semi-productive this summer. I don’t want him sitting around playing video games for the entire rest of the summer.</p>
<p>D14 took a summer class for 4 weeks and now has week off before heading to a youth conference in NC for a week. Then she’ll return to marching band camp for 2 weeks followed by one more week off and then school starts! She’s been pretty busy. We’re trying to squeeze in the moving and decorating of her new bedroom.</p>
<p>My kids have been very, very lucky to have a synagogue youth group advisor who has them submit a “brag sheet” if they are running for a position, looking to chair an activity, applying for a program, etc etc etc. Both were involved with USY from when they were knee-high to a grasshopper, so the brag sheets evolved naturally without any parental assistance. D11’s formed the basis for her resume, and D14’s started hers. I’d like to see more youth leaders, be they club sponsors, counselors, coaches, whatever, “impose” the same kind of structure.</p>
<p>mathmomvt, if your son gets “too involved” in projects, wouldn’t it be possible to find him a volunteer activity which only consists of those types of projects? His immersion sounds like a selling point to me! Could he help at some office with some kind of paperwork or computer tasks? Maybe some small business or office could set him to (unpaid) work? </p>
<p>D2 is off to camp for 3 weeks, then two weeks of summer school to finish off Geometry (her school has an individualized math program). A week visiting an aunt and uncle to help with her young cousins, a week of chill time, and then a family trip to drop off D1.</p>