So much stress at my house last night and today (all weekend really).
AP Lit gave them a hideous assignment, to memorize 20 quotes. Memorization and ADHD do NOT go well together. They have a test today. APES AP test is today with a monster prep packet also due today.
Poor kid is convinced he is going to fail everything, his grades will tank, then he won’t get credit for the AP tests or any extra $ out of UVM (which is a longshot at best even if the grades are there).
Oh and it’s tech for stage crew, which is daily, plus marching band, plus work. He is far more worried about the AP Lit quiz than either actual AP test. I am mad at myself as I just looked at the gradebook and even if he flunks it, his grade isn’t really going to drop and if I’d thought to look at it last night I likely could have removed a bit of stress. I get why the AP Lit teacher is doing it (wants them to be able to random quote during the AP Lit essay portion) but the impact of it on his APES studying was NOT good at all. I did text him about the weighting of the quiz, hopefully that will let him relax for the APES test and based on the emoji filled response I got back, it seems to have helped.
Not to mention it all caused him to totally freak out about maintaining gpa for scholarship purposes next year.
He seemed better this morning, I made him breakfast (AP test days are the ONLY day I do that) and lunch and told him he could skip MB practice tonight. Super ridiculous that they have it.
He did not wear gear today, was so stressed I didn’t even bring it up (though he did sleep in his UVM sweatshirt). He really needs to set up his UVM email and make sure he hasn’t missed anything but I figure since it’s not past the 1st, there really can’t be anything time sensitive (I hope).
On a personal note I had an amazing “collegiate” weekend of my own at the 100 year celebration of my sorority’s chapter. Truly amazing day and really reinforced how pivotal some of those college relationships were and my entire college experience. It made me sad not one kid has applied to the flagship…maybe I will get lucky with S19!
As for survey’s, we still need to decline 2 more schools. I figured there wasn’t a rush and thought I’d make “sure” that S was sure. I do think he is, although a tad shaken at the moment. They have run the gamut from “let us know if you reconsider” to thanks don’t let the door hit you on the way out to a drop down option of “why” which was odd. The options were
Cost
Location
Competitor
Other
We fell into “other” there which was a little frustrating.
One school did allow for a free form response and I did take the time to explain the "why a little bit there as it was one I felt bad about.
I also felt bad about the very personalized “please come here” note from a trombone player at UPS extolling the virtues of the trombone professor (who Evan really liked).
@tacocat333 I LOVE the new avatar with the taco in the talons. LOVE it! I will have to do E’s on mascots once S19 commits somewhere. I always feel a little bad as the older kids are left out of my user name but I’ve had that user name from before I knew those kids existed so…
@Hankster1361 Congratulations on WashU! Wonderful school and sometimes just letting it sit is the right thing. It doesn’t have to be an epiphany or aha moment. Settling it is just as fabulous and perhaps…more solid.
@klinska I vote for by school, alpha as well.
) I can understand the nervousness! Best wishes to your DS!
Was thinking that it would be great to include merit amount, GPA and SAT or ACT, so someone glancing at it can get some basic info. If you let me know the school but not the other info [and I couldn’t find it in the main list] I’d love to be able to include that as well. Also I don’t know how to format anything so this will be basic. 
You should all try out the quiz, especially if you have family that grew up in different places (as did my daughter and I)