<p>D’s school only averages end of semester grades (so 2 grades per year) even though they have 4 quarters worth of grades.</p>
<p>Hey are there any schools who don’t look at 1st semester sophomore grades?</p>
<p>Queens: uh oh…i may be in your shoes by the weekend…i’ll post when grades come…</p>
<p>Queen’s Mom - LOL.</p>
<p>heck are there any schools that allow for grade selection to go with score selection?</p>
<p>LOL, ya mean I’ll show you my 2nd quarter Trig grade, and my 3 quarter English grade from junior year? Wouldn’t that be fun!</p>
<p>Hi all! </p>
<p>I found this site and thread today so I thought I just jump in and introduce myself. I am a divorced mom of three with my youngest (girl) in the class of 2010 and starting to make her wishlist of colleges to apply to. I have to say that it’s been a daunting task since she really has no preference for any specific school. With her grades and achievements, she could apply anywhere. The question is: where?!? We are finding that financial aid is a BIG factor, as I’m sure it is with most, but we were really discouraged when we found out about the CSS profile required by many private schools. Does anyone have any experience with the CSS profile and how a non-custodial parent’s info affects a financial aid award? Since my ex makes 4x my salary, I would think it would have a huge impact on my daughter. </p>
<p>Anyone deal with a similar situation?</p>
<p>^ Unfortunately, your situation is all too common. Unless your ex is willing to contribute what the Profile deems his fair share, your EFC will likely be unaffordable. I would highly recommend that you start the merit aid search. Look up “merit aid” on CC and also look at curmudgeon’s past threads.</p>
<p>grade selection, hmmmm? How about D just sends in her theater grades (aw heck, she’ll throw in AP World for good measure) ;)</p>
<p>Welcome to you, mamagx3. Good luck to you with the financial aid situation. Unfortunately, I have no useful advice for you - I’m sorry.</p>
<p>My D has always been very good at math. Lately, though, she has expressed her “love” of math. She unofficially tutors her friends, gets great grades, has been recommended to take the highest IB level math next year, called me squealing with joy that she could also take AP Calculus as an elective, etc. You get the picture. She attends an all magnet HS with MSE, CS, and IB students making up the student body. It is a big deal for her to find a place where she believes she shines in a school where everyone is above average. So, give me something to latch onto, and I run with it. I started looking up summer math programs that I thought she would enjoy, since she “loves” math so much. My dilemma is this: Is there a chance that she will become intimidated by the other math lovers at the program and lose her love of math because she won’t feel “special” anymore. I know this sounds silly, but she is not the most self-confident kid around, and I would want to boost her confidence, not make her feel “average” by sending her to a program. Has anybody had one of these summer programs backfire?</p>
<p>Peas - I just came across this thread <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/648605-what-do-you-take-after-ap-calc-b-c.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/648605-what-do-you-take-after-ap-calc-b-c.html</a> See post #11 by CountingDown. She recommends [url=<a href=“http://www.hcssim.org/]HCSSiM[/url”>http://www.hcssim.org/]HCSSiM[/url</a>] I don’t have first-hand experience, but it seems like the camps that would have the highest chance of intimidating may be the ones that attract a lot of the kids who do math competitions. You might want to get advice in the summer programs thread.</p>
<p>The test questions & answers from the DEC ACT arrived in the mail yesterday. Also included the essay prompt but not a copy of her essay. Just the scores of the two readers. I’m interested to see what was up with that “killer science section” from Dec!</p>
<p>jackief - I got that packet from ACT last week, but I haven’t opened it yet. D isn’t retaking the ACT until June, so I figured I’d give her a break since she’s already taken two SATs and the ACT. She’s so worried about the Jan. SAT because the batteries died on her calculator while she was on her second of four math sections, that she’s afraid she may have messed up the whole test because she was thrown off by not having her calculator. She said she eventually calmed down, but she isn’t sure whether she may have made more careless errors than she normally would have.</p>
<p>what’s done is done LIMOM, no need to stress. When do the Jan SAT scores come out? And if I remember, you ordered the answers when you registered for the ACT? We ordered them later, after seeing the scores online. Since there is the slim possibility that D will take it in June also (hope not), I’m wondering if ordering Apr scores now would mean we’d getting them a week earlier like you did. Although I’m not sure if having another set of answers/test book would be worth the $17.</p>
<p>Read on cc that Jan SAT scores are out Feb. 12. I’m getting anxious to see them!</p>
<p>Peas - you really won’t know the answer to your question till she tries 
I am guessing from your post that D is a junior?
Check out:
[AwesomeMath[/url</a>]</p>
<p>[url=<a href=“http://www.mathcamp.org/]Canada/USA”>http://www.mathcamp.org/]Canada/USA</a> Mathcamp!](<a href=“http://www.awesomemath.org/summer.shtml]AwesomeMath[/url”>http://www.awesomemath.org/summer.shtml)</p>
<p>Has your daughter ever participated in AMC?</p>
<p>LIMOMOF2 - and there I was looking with curious eye at the kids that were bringing four calculators to take a standardized test! I guess one never ceases to learn…</p>
<p>Jackief - yes, I ordered the answers when D registered for the test, so that might be why I received them last week. </p>
<p>D’s so nervous about the Jan. score, but she’s not dwelling on it. She asked me to please not check it until after she looked, so I hope they’re out early that morning! ;)</p>
<p>I don’t know that it’s worth ordering a set of answers from her next test. My D isn’t even interested in seeing hers, so there really is no point in our case. I guess it depends on whether your D uses hers to see where she went wrong.</p>
<p>Youdon’tsay - thanks - me too!</p>
<p>Kelowna - when I told this story here right after D took the SAT, someone said that her S brings two calculators - but when I asked D, she said the proctors wouldn’t be happy about that. I guess too bad for them! Still, D only owns 1 calculator, though I guess she could borrow her brother’s to bring as a backup. Maybe I’ll have her do that next time. Spare batteries are a must!</p>
<p>Good idea - my DS has the same TI as his sister - I’ll suggest that she take both.</p>
<p>WhirledPeas – HCSSiM is a small, collaborative math program that eagerly seeks young women interested in math. It’s at Hampshire College in central MA. They don’t have to be future math majors; there are plenty of folks interested in other areas in which math is tangential, but an important skill to have. There is an “Interesting Test” one completes and sends in along with the application, essay and recommendation. The test is less about getting things right than about them assessing one’s interests and problem-solving skills.<br>
Feel free to PM me!</p>
<p>He found it very non-competitive and not focused on competitions, which was a good thing, because he likes the collabiration and inquiry-based approach rather than cramming facts. No homework, either, unlike some other programs. Kids come home with a fondness for mathematical knitting, contra dance, yellow pigs and the number 17.</p>
<p>Kids I know who have attended give this math residential program very high marks: [The</a> Ross Program](<a href=“http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/ross/]The”>http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/ross/)</p>