<p>Add my name to the “mom of 10th grader” list. S is pretty oblivious to any talk, if it is going on at all. And he is smart, but so easygoing he’ll probably look at one (nearby, state) school and say “That’ll be fine. Can we go now?” :D</p>
<p>happymomof1’s kid -
</p>
<p>Are you sure that wasn’t my 8th grade son talking? I swear, I just wanted him to read ONE PAGE in “Colleges that change lives” - the other college talk all related to his 12th grade sister’s college applications and choices - I think.</p>
<p>“alas there aren’t that many good choices for Classics, especially if your D will have had a lot of Latin and/or Greek by the time she graduates”
Her school only offers one year, so the question to the Buffalo lady was to ask whether that would be a problem. Guess not. I’ve heard that Binghamton has a really good department, but they didn’t come to the college fair.</p>
<p>Having only one year shouldn’t be a problem at any college - there are kids who take Latin I their freshman year and wind up majoring in it. Are you and your D familiar with these organizations?</p>
<p>[National</a> Junior Classical League](<a href=“http://www.njcl.org/]National”>http://www.njcl.org/)</p>
<p>[National</a> Senior Classical League](<a href=“http://www.nscl.org/index.php?]National”>http://www.nscl.org/index.php?)</p>
<p>Booklady,
You’re making me tear up. S went to the national JCL convention every year since San Antonio but I think this year, his first as an SCL member, he’s going to miss! They were nice enough to give him one of their scholarships last year (which didn’t take much of a bite out of tuition, but was very sweet still). I don’t know what he would have done without the JCL – a great bunch of students lead by a great bunch of teachers.<br>
I know zoosermom was looking for NY state schools, but Tufts should always be mentioned as a great place to study the Classics (and a great destination on the web – their Perseus Project).</p>
<p>Those scholarships are a nice extra; it’s great to see that (albeit small) discount off the tuition bill! And as long as they keep taking the courses (and eventually major in Classics), they can reapply for the scholarship each year. D never did any of the JCL activities outside of taking the Latin and Greek exams, though. It sounds like your S had a wonderful time with the organization.</p>
<p>And yes, Tufts is excellent.</p>
<p>Add me to the “mom of 10th grader”. S1 will be home in a month from his freshman year - wow.</p>
<p>Add me, too, please-- S1 is a senior and visiting his two top choices today and tomorrow, S2 is a 10th grader and I’m already making lists of where we have to visit during Junior year-- this time, starting in Fall and spreading them out through the year.</p>
<p>Welcome acme, momofthreeboys, and mommusic. Wow - you’re all moms of 10th-grade boys! My S is only 11, and I just can’t picture him being the least bit involved in searching for colleges four years from now. D is very interested, just lacking in time. Any advice for squeezing visits in during the school year when your S or D is a three-season athlete? I was hoping to take her to one or two nearby schools over our April break but realized that she has games most days, and practices the others. The schools are nearby, but not that nearby!</p>
<p>limomof2, my d was a 3 sport athlete senior year. scheduling visits was very tough due to sports practices and classes at school (2 ap’s). what worked best for her was visiting only one school at a time… and doing it in one day… with no campus overnights. most schools were not visited until after she received acceptances from them. </p>
<p>for ds and younger dd, we’ll try to get a jump on visits earlier in their h.s. years, if possible.</p>
<p>LIMOM, will your D be recruited by any coaches? Perhaps her teams have provisions for athletes being recruited that they can take a certain amount of time to go visit the schools who want them to come and visit. Also, might she be able to visit some schools in late August or Sept. during odd holidays that colleges don’t have off but high schools do? It isn’t easy!</p>
<p>We started our visits today. The good news is that my son loves Boston. The bad news is that he really didn’t like Emmanuel. We were both expecting to really like it from the brochure. </p>
<p>We also had a mini tour of Northeastern. He is definitely interested but we would need a longer tour. </p>
<p>We drove by WPI and will investigate further. </p>
<p>We are going to visit to visit Roger Williams tomorrow. I’ve heard wonderful things about the school and hope we won’t be disappointed. </p>
<p>I am amazed at the cafeterias in these schools… Definitely not what it was like when I went to college.</p>
<p>Hey all! I’ve been so busy with the 2008 threads that I didn’t know this thread existed!
I have D2 who is in 10th grade. She has visited schools with senior sister and is willing to talk about college. I worry that, as with everything, I am rushing her since I always seem to be in D1’s timezone. I keep thinking I should let her be for awhile yet.
She is a better student than D1 though both have great grades and test scores. What I mean by that is this one will sit down and study while D1 is always up late the night before, seat of her pants, etc.
I’m going to take her to a few schools this summer. I did it with D1. Both girls have summer birthdays and were/are driving on permits the summer after sophomore year. So we take a road trip that provides for: bonding; driving hours; and initial college visits.
Cheers to everyone and looking forward to the journey with you.</p>
<p>condor - that’s what I was thinking of doing - one school each day, when we can squeeze the visits into her schedule. We have looked at a few schools, but that was over the summer and school wasn’t in session. Some of the schools she has expressed interest in are a little far to visit for one day, so I will have to figure something out when it comes to those. I figured if we start early, we might be able to fit in a few longer visits/overnights - but those schedules are brutal.</p>
<p>acme - I doubt my daughter will be a recruited athlete. She’s good, but not amazing, at all of her sports. I think she will just participate in club sports in college - but I’m not positive. I do know she’s not taking sports into consideration when she looks at schools.</p>
<p>limomof2, best of luck to you and your d. it’s indeed a challenge…to work around their h.s. classes and sports practices. it was nearly impossible to get away during the winter sports season as that was her primary sport. several out of state visits had to wait until the beginning of the spring sports season which turned out ok because by then she had acceptances and financial aid packages in hand. she never did do any of the traditional campus overnight visits as mentioned on cc. </p>
<p>remember that you may have to budget for some trips by plane…up and back in one day. it’s a big time saver !</p>
<p>Thanks, condor30. We’re hoping to avoid flying as most of the schools D is interested in are within driving distance (8 hours away or less). For us, the best time to visit schools is during the Feb. break as colleges are in session and D is between seasons at that time - it’s just that Feb. is not ideal for touring campuses (think freezing temperatures, snow and ice). I’m sure we’ll figure something out.</p>
<p>New member of the parental class of 2010 here!</p>
<p>I have a 2010 Cornell student as well as a 2010 high school class. Both boys. Very different kids.</p>
<p>My Cornell son (high school year 2005 and 2006) was a recruited athlete at his first choice dream school, did a PG year, one application, and had a commitment from the school before beginning the PG year. Aside from the angst of the recruiting dance, it was a simple process and over quite early. The experience for 2010 will be completely different.</p>
<p>2010S is currently on a year abroad in France, isolated more or less from any college talk at all. He took PSATs over there, will take SATII in French before coming back to the States in June, and then is back to normal junior year programming at his high school. </p>
<p>I think he is interested in Cornell’s Hotel School, with other possibilities being LACs and small unis with excellent international relations type programs. We don’t really know what his SAT scores will turn out like – he took the PSAT totally cold in a foreign country. His GPA at the end of freshman year was the equivalent of 3.7. (His high school uses a different scale than the rest of the world. He was a smidge under high honor roll, which is generally 3.75 at most schools … so I am converting to an approximate 3.7. He had honors geometry and physics as a freshman (only honors courses offered to freshmen) and will enroll in AP French. AP-USH, honors precalc, honors chem (or honors bio TBD), and either AP or Honors English as a junior. His French year will give him pass-fail credit at his high school, but no grades to be averaged in. </p>
<p>FWIW, he is currently <em>passing</em> everything and in the top 1/3 of the class – and it’s all in French, except his English class and his <em>Italian</em> class. </p>
<p>Geographically, we’ll be looking at school in New England, Mid Atlantic, Virginia, and possibly Illinois. Of course, he wants a school with some name brand recognition – so my goal for the summer is to visit some of the not-so-well-known schools that might be a great match. I’m thinking maybe Goucher, Skidmore, Wheaton, Connecticut College – and hit Georgetown, Hopkins, George Washington, American,and Loyola along the way. Any other ideas?</p>
<p>We will be taking 10th grade S to visit a few schools in the NE this summer. I know it’s not a great time to visit, but he really can’t afford to miss school, and doesn’t want to (which is a good thing).
We will fly in to Rochester, then rent a car for our travels, then fly home from Boston. We will visit U of Rochester, Cornell, Middlebury, Bates and Bowdoin. Originally had Colgate in there but the more I learned about it, the less I think DS would fit. I know these schools are all over the map size-wise, but DS has no idea what kind of school he wants.
Does anyone have any hints or tips for visiting these schools, such as things we definitely have to do or see, etc?
Thanks!</p>
<p>Not only are these schools all over the map <em>sizewise</em> they are all over the map period! </p>
<p>Just MHO … but have you tried to mapquest this list? There’s a lot of driving … either out of your way to do the highway thing, or on back roads where you can’t make good time, but you are going more directly.</p>
<p>I might add … on your way … Hobart, Amherst, Hampshire, UMass, some Worcester and/or Boston schools, and think very hard if you want to go all the way to Maine! It is possible to drive across VT and NH on your way to ME, and it’s pretty, but it’s not short.</p>
<p>My own personal preference is yahoo maps over mapquest. Mapquest has, how shall we put it, steered me wrong in the past.</p>