<p>Take on a tour of an impressive college? 
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<p>Well all I can say : "Bās are better than Cās " he is going to have a very hard 4th quarter to recover from this one.<br>
Iām convinced that he thinks that the college gig is going to be easier than high schoolā
problem is that he has to get to college first 8-| </p>
<p>Iām thinking of going to both a college he believes heāll get into āno problemā and one that I believe he will get intoā¦that he will hateā¦and say to him "so, if you donāt get your act togetherā¦this is where you will be going in 2 1/2 yearsā¦;</p>
<p>We are going on college tours with D15 next week in the South-he HATES the heat and tells us over and over he will only go NE or N.<br>
Maybe I should politely tell him he will follow dear sister wherever she goes since college is no big deal.<br>
He just doesnāt like his classes-I will be so happy when this year is over </p>
<p>How do you sign your kid up for Hoby? I thought this was only recommended through your High School?? My daughter would really love to do this. Thanks!</p>
<p>Hi - I checked to see when my stateās weekend HOBY was scheduled, then had my kid ask her school to register her. They did. Sheās going to fundraise the money (about $200) by collecting a paycheck she was owed and weāll help with the balance. Her school had never registered with HOBY before, but itās an easy process. And, because itās a small school, they didnāt make it into some competitive process among other sophomores. She did have recommendations from adults who noted her strong leadership traits. My kid is very excited to do the long weekend with other students interested in leadership. Sheās not seeking participation in the week-long world conference event, which is much more expensive. </p>
<p>My daughter heard about it after a student went to talk to the counselor and indicated she was interested in going. How much is it to attend? Thank you.</p>
<p>About $200 bucks, all inclusive for the weekend.</p>
<p>Does anyone know where my daughter can get the pre-training for a computer science major? Her High School does not offer classes.</p>
<p>I was wondering the same thing. I think some local community colleges offer coursesā¦</p>
<p>I wish there were classes at school so she could test the water to see if she likes it. Thank you for responding.</p>
<p>How about looking around for a āwomen in CSā type of professional group or a ākids/girls intro to CSā? They might have outreach and opportunities for a child like yours. Or, theyād have some good ideas. BTW, maybe an Intro to CS type course from a MOOC provider would be a safe, free way to test the water? Try Saylor, Coursera, etc. </p>
<p>dyiu13, thank you!</p>
<p>@sophmore1āOur community colleges in CT do not offer anything appropriate so my son has had to pursue other avenues.</p>
<p>Look into Girls Who Code. She has missed the deadline for this summerās program, and it is a rather intense six or eight week commitment, so perhaps not the way to start, but the website may offer some resources.</p>
<p>My son has taught himself languages using a combination of books and the internet. Python Standard Library and C Primer Plus are two that I see on his shelf. The books are huge but inexpensive, perhaps $25 - $30 each.</p>
<p>My son almost completed Harvardās Intro to CS, CS50X via EdX, the free on-line MOOC. I believe that course had a start and end date, and he discovered it late and ran out of time. Each problem set required up to 20 hours of work, plus on-line lectures. If I recall correctly, there were on-line communities who answered each othersā questions. I admit that I did not pay attention as it is all beyond me. He worked on the Harvard course while in 8th grade and has not had time to return to this year as HS is so much more busy than middle school was. He tried an MIT course but found either the lecturer or TA more interesting at the Harvard course. Also, I do recall him saying that the course starts out ridiculously easy with Scratch programming but ramps up rapidly.</p>
<p>There are organizations that encourage coding by high schoolers. My son discovered Code Day dot org. They host these 24 hour overnight hack-a-thons where students are encouraged to work in groups to create a project in 24 hours. The winter one in NYC was almost all boys, but I saw photos from around the US and there were more girls at the other locations. She wouldnāt want to attend these until learning some coding, and I am not sure exactly how productive it is to stay up all night to code with other like-minded individuals, but since there is nothing in our local community, I am OK with it. Good luck!</p>
<p>Khan Academy has a section on Computer programing.</p>
<p>My son is taking AP CS this year. He likes it but is not planning to pursue it any further.</p>
<p>Thanks, CT417 and Dragonflygarden</p>
<p>In two weeks I am taking my son to see Harvard, MIT, Boston College, Boston University, Brown, Yale as well as a few colleges in NYC. I am hoping to motivate him to study for the SATās to try to get in the top colleges.</p>
<p>@Mysonsdad let us know what you think of those schools. Iād like to take my son to see them but they are a long drive away. </p>
<p>We are planning to visit 2 in state schools (William and Mary & URichmond) during spring break. </p>
<p>DS will be taking a ACT Prep class through Princeton Review from mid April through early June. He will take his first official ACT in June. He also plans to take the Math 2 SAT2 in June.</p>
<p>DS also sat with his counselor and planned his Junior schedule. He requested AP Eng Lang, AP Calculus AB, APES, APUSH, Accounting 1, German 4, and AP Macro & Micro Economics (online). We will have to see if they can fit all of those in the schedule. </p>
<p>@Dragonflygarden I am actually flying to the East coast to see them. Four AP courses is a lot. For his junior year my son is taking AP English, AP Chemistry, AP Calc BC and APUSH, Honors Anatomy & Physiology (with me as his teacher), Drama, and Spanish 3. Being that he is taking APUSH that is part of the reason why I want to take him back East, so he can see where history started. </p>
<p>I am the only one who is starting to feel sad because you are starting to realize your kid is almost 1/2 way done with high school? I am also the class advisor for 2016 and I have grown so close to those kids and now that they are almost 1/2 done it is starting to hit me that the end is coming.</p>