@HarrietMWelsch our school has very, very good results on AP tests and sometimes I am conflicted about how much the teachers work to keep those results high. She took AP comp sci last year and out of 60 kids there was only one 2, a handful of 3’s and all the rest 4’s and 5’s
Her school grades very tough too. It is very common to get a B in the class and a 5 on the test.
She’s in Lang, APUSH, Physics 1, Chemistry and Calc AB
@Waiting2exhale, I like those goals. S2 would probably crack that he’d love to be left to his own devices - the phone and the Nintendo Switch . 
@VickiSoCal, that’s a full plate. How’s she liking APUSH? S2 has Lang, APUSH, Calc BC. Plus non-APs: Latin seminar, honors Physics, and then the nonacademic stuff, which includes a choir (for which there’s a heavy work and performance component), and required half-year classes in health and public speaking. He gets to trade the last two for an art class for spring semester. BC is pretty punishing and we’re kind of wishing he’d shift over to AB.
Well… she is a quirky kid. She’s getting a high A in exams in APUSH but blowing off homework and getting a B in the class.
Hi- when the schools get notified in March/April about their NM students, are they advised then who are commended and who are semi-finalists? Or are they all just named Commended until the September NMSF announcements?
Looking at some of the threads for early decision schools whose acceptance emails are going out today and realizing that next year at this time that will be some of us sweating bullets! A year is going to go by awfully fast.
D’s finals are next week through Thursday. Hope she doesn’t get the flu from her brother! Then, on Friday she hopes to get her driver’s permit from DMV, and if I can arrange some play dates for my son, D is learning to drive with me losing whatever non-gray hair I have left. It will be brutal in the summer once she turns 16 and gets a license!
@VickiSoCal Substitute Bio for Physics and my daughter has the same schedule as your daughter. Our schools sound very similar. Lots of AP classes with high pass rates offered in grades 9-12. Counselors will make recommendations if a course load looks too rigorous but it is ultimately up the the student and their family.
@janiemiranda
I was lurking at the EA/ED/class 2019 parents sites and thinking the same thing. My other take-home is never, never, let my DS to be on CC. Don’t get me wrong, I learned so much from CC as a parent, and I forward whatever I think will benefit DS to him, but there is really no need for him to be here and luckily he has zero interests in CC.
@makemesmart I pass helpful nuggets of wisdom I’ve gleaned on the CC forum to my DD but she doesn’t have the time or inclination to be on here. I’m glad of that as I’m sure it would really raise anxiety.
Have y’all done this yet: What is your kids’s:
)I’ll start:
1.) Dunno
2.) Dunno
3.) Dunno
A bit of work to do here, I guess.
Got the PSAT back, 10 points lower than 10th grade. First ACT comes Tuesday, we’ll see about that one.
@Dave_N That’s OK, it wasn’t too long back that my D wanted Engineering. Stuff changes.
We’re also pretty much dunno, dunno, dunno. My dd is considering CS but really wants to join the circus. Our compromise is that she’ll attend a college where she can continue circus training. It’s been frustrating for all of us.
Dunno, dunno, dunno. Unless we can count Hogwarts.
@3scoutsmom UT Dallas is high on our list for your #2 and #3. 