What is the foreign language pathway in elementary and junior high @holychild ? Our district offers intro to Spanish in elementary school, Spanish 1 & 2 in junior high and Spanish 1-5 in high school. The kids that took Spanish in elementary but opted to not take it in junior high start in Spanish 1 in 9th grade. Those that continued Spanish in junior high start in Spanish 3 (reg or honors) in 9th grade, take Spanish 4 (reg or AP) in 10th grade and either stop there or take Spanish 5 AP in 11th grade.
Similar to this FL discussion, for those who have kids who will be applying to professional schools, you might check to see if the professional schools allow a child to AP out of a pre-req course. Some do and some donât. For example, most health care professional schools require a year of general chemistry. Some will allow you to AP out of a semester of chem if the undergrad university allows it. Others want you to take a full year of chem at the university level.
The school is very small, there is no specific designation for the classes i.e. spanich 1 & 2 in elementary or junior high school only in the high school. school.
Hello,
First post here to ask a question bothering me. DD16 did Eng3 in Junior year summer in E-School to make up room for additional AP course during junior year. Does this impact in any way negatively her prospects for top 50 schools if she could qualify otherwise?
Other stats:
1530 SAT / 35 ACT / Weighted GPA after Junior Year 4.245 (10 APs so far till end of Junior year).
Thanks.
I have almost the exact opposite question of @sibpuri .
How would you define a safety?
We nailed the official list down yesterday (only 3 left to visit, and they may not happen until after applications). We are hunting for merit money. D knocked my 3 of my 4 safeties off of her list. She simply canât see herself there (for two, honestly, after visiting, I agree) On the other hand, Iâm getting a little nervous with only 1 safety on her list. It has a roughly 75% acceptance rate, is affordable, and has a great program for her major. Sheâs a good student (certainly not a top student, but well respected and A/B grades). Its a state school, and we are out of state. We will apply by mid September (rolling admission, and some majors fill quickly) and should have a decision by Nov 1. So, what do you think? I didnât worry at all like that with my older ones, but they had the state flagship. It doesnât have Dâs major, in fact, no other in state options that sheâll consider have it. Iâm starting to panic that if by some fluke, she doesnât get in, what do we do? Do I hunt down more safeties and make her apply with no intention of going? I canât afford to miss merit money consideration. She loves her list. Can see herself at each school (thank goodness for virtual tours!) Suggestions please. What would you do?
It seems like itâs ok to only have one safety since youâll know by November. If she doesnât get in, you still have plenty of time to apply to others.
As long as your daughter would be more than happy to go to the safety, I think having only one is fine. If you think having a choice is important to her find a second school so if the unimaginable happens - she has a choice between at least two schools.
What is NSHSS? Is it a scam? It came in the mail National society of High School Scholars, or something like that. I think it is a scam because they want $75. S20 thought it was related to National Honor Society but I donât think so. I do see people around town with the bumper sticker, but Iâm just going to throw the whole thing out.
@NYC2018nyc
We got ours last year and they went to the trash can. Did see the bumper sticker once on a car. I guess it is an honor of some sort, but DS doubts it worths $75.
@NYC2018nyc - its a scam. S20 received the same invite. One of S19âs friends thought it was from the actual school and even purchased the honor cord available that he was not allowed to wear at graduation.
I dislike those type of honor societies; they have them in college too. Itâs disappointing to a kid when they figure out it means really nothing.
when I was a kid I entered a poem in a contest; and surprise! it won! and we paid a small fortune to see it published in a book of other winners. The only people who bought the book were the other writers/winners. What a way to make a profit - appeal to egos.
@NYC2018nyc +1 to it being a scam. They do hire legit speakers for their conferences but it is just an opportunity for them to sell something.
@sibpuri Iâm sorry but can you elaborate? Iâm not sure what Eng3 is or what E-school is (is that online?)
@MuggleMom we are in a similar position with only 1 safety on the âdefinitely applyingâ list. We are strongly encouraging DD20 to pick at least 2 more with good merit so that she will have a choice at the end. There are too many things that could impact both the size of her college fund and the chance of admission going on in the world right now for us to be comfortable with only 1 safety. DS16 got in to all 6 schools to which he applied but only 3 were affordable without loans (his goal) and two of those were ones he added with encouragement from GC, teachers, and us. He might have been able to move up a tier in scholarship at a 4th school to make it affordable without loans also, if he had appealed, but he chose not do so. Choices are good. Keep digging for those merit opportunities. There is still time.
I recently bookmarked a page on NSHSS somewhere because of the extensive list of students they funded at differing levels at schools across the nation.
That had me thinking the name of their organization is so similar to another, National Society of High School Leaders, that perhaps I had misjudged who NSHSS is and what they do.
Iâll find it, peruse, and come back later.
@MuggleMom I think you will be fine. How many match schools does she have on the list? I would say maybe see if she can identify a âback-up safteyâ that she will apply to in November should she not get into this one on 11/1. However, because of the 11/1 notification date, I would say youâre good!
@AlwaysLearn Thanks. She has 8 schools on her list
1- Academic and Financial Safety
1 - Academic match but would be a stretch if she didnât get any money
3 - Academic matches but needs money to make it work
3 - Not quite reaches, but higher matches. Still need money to make it work.
Quite a few have 70% or more acceptance rates.
I gave her the job of finding another safety.
Sheâs studying for finals, so I donât expect anything until after next week. Fingers crossed. She has literally crossed whole neighboring states off of her search criteria for no reason other than âI donât want to go thereâ. The whole state??? (Donât tell her, but I found 3 that qualify as academic and financial safeties. Not sure sheâll like any of them, I canât even tell if they are commuter schools from the websites, but at least its a starting point) Lets see what she comes up with.
Fingers crossed.
@NYC2018nyc Apologies. I looked it up and it is not what I was referring to. The name must be almost identical.
I found this link with video testaments by students at NSHSS, links to scholarship opportunities and eligibility requirements for NSHSS students.
I remember looking closely at it when I first found it and concluding it seemed credible, though I cannot tell why that is at this moment. My cursory glance before posting here did not dissuade me of that opinion.
Hope it may prove useful to some. (Maybe wth a younger child?)
Regarding the nature of NSHSS, I think this post stated very well:
http://www.collegeprepresults.com/is-nshss-national-society-of-high-school-scholars-a-scam-or-a-real-award/
âThese companies (and others like them) do an excellent job of marketing to the hopes and fears of parents.
âAcceptanceâ letters often come on fancy letterhead with gold seals and extra inserts proclaiming the prestige and opportunity of their offer. Who doesnât want their child to be recognized? And too often parents and students want to jump at any opportunity to stand out when it comes to college admission.
Unfortunately these âawardsâ are no more than a purchased database of high school names and addresses looking to sell their accolades.â