<p>I think mathson worked harder on bio than any other course he took in high school - 2nd was probably Latin- Virgil.</p>
<p>Great to see that a lot of kids are feeling okay about the APUSH exam today; D also thought that it went well. On to Psych. on Tuesday and best of luck to any Monday test takers!:)</p>
<p>APUSH was surpisingly easyā¦iām hoping psych is similar</p>
<p>as for our schoolās AP policy, iād say less than half of al kids in the classes take the testā¦i took AP lang and will not be testing</p>
<p>Prom tonight! I canāt help it, D looked gorgeous. She and her boyfriend of 6 months looked SO happy together. I wonāt see her till morning, since theyāre going to a friendās house, but I hope theyāre having a fabulous time. </p>
<p>Oh to be young againā¦ sigh. :)</p>
<p>^I hear you. I canāt wait to snap some pictures tomorrow of D & her bf before they head to their prom.:)</p>
<p>A number of kids in Dās school pass on taking the foreign language AP tests. When D1 took the Spanish language AP, it was the first year that it had been offered in our district and there were some glitches in administering the oral portion of the exam. A number of kidsā scores suffered as a result.</p>
<p>Sās review of the AP test? āIt was fine.ā Ooooookay.</p>
<p>S is going to prom tomorrow night. Heās going with a group of friends but meeting them at the prom (weāre dropping him off.) I would love to take pictures of all of them together but Iāll make myself content with just pictures of S. He is the most handsome one, after all. ;)</p>
<p>Itās my birthday! Iām going up to Swarthmore in a few minutes, and then meeting up with a friend at BMC whom I havenāt seen in ages.</p>
<p>Happy Birthday, Keil!</p>
<p>Hope the other prom kids had fun last night Lafalumās D and pugmadkateās S. My H went over the the getting ready house last night and got some pictures, but he is off this morning so I havenāt seen them. Iāll be picking up D in an hour or so so she can get all that hairspray out and get ready for her race today. pmk, I know you said your S has a BF, would it have been awkward to go as dates? Just asking because you are in a more conservative part of the country, but same gender couples at my kids schools do go together or bring their dates from outside of school. Iām glad we have the culture we have and again hope your S finds a great college community.</p>
<p>I went to sign her up for the June ACT last night. Yeah, last minute louie, but she didnāt decide until just before to take it. There are very few test sites here for June! And all the close ones are full. So I canāt call her and have the dilemma of skipping it or signing her up for a farther away site. I picked the latter, and signed her up at my old high school! We can stay over at my parents the night before, or get up an hour early to drive there. Iāll see what she chooses. I think I picked what she would have wanted, as she regretted skipping Feb which also wasnāt offered nearby.</p>
<p>Happy birthday K! And enjoy your Swat visit!</p>
<p>Happy Birthday, Keilexandra! Have fun at Swat today! Very interested in hearing your thoughts. </p>
<p>Jackief - sounds like you made the right decision regarding the ACT. What else could you hav e done, really? For what itās worth, I think skipping the Feb test was probably a smart decision too. MY D rushed into retaking the SAT in Jan. after taking it in Dec., and then had no time to prep for it whatsoever. Her score did improve, but that was probably because she wasnāt sick when she retook the exam. </p>
<p>Hope all the prom kids had a great night.</p>
<p>Happy Birthday Keilexandra, and enjoy Swarthmore!</p>
<p>Jackief & Lafalum84, hope your Dās had fun at their proms. Prom prep will be getting underway in a little while. D will be mostly getting ready at a friends house, where the kids will be meeting up and then going off together, so Iām planning to take my pictures there.</p>
<p>Dās prom was wonderful, they had a great time. She said it was actually a night with no drama! Who knew that was even possible for 400 teenagers?</p>
<p>*** Parents of AP kids *** Gentle reminder, there is not supposed to be any discussion of anything about the tests - including essay prompts - for a period of time after the exam. Not sure exactly how long that time period is, but you probably shouldnāt be discussing them in an online forum just yet!</p>
<p>Lafalum - good thing all I know about the AP exam is that it was āfine.ā LOL.</p>
<p>Apparently, itās a 48-hour moratorium.^^^ Ds doesnāt want to talk about it at all, so no problem here!</p>
<p>Happy birthday, Keix!</p>
<p>Iām jealous of the prom mom. Ds didnāt go this year. Though I am happy to save all the money.</p>
<p>Studying APES this morning. Another mom and I initiated a physics playdate for the boys for Sunday. Gave them the idea that studying together would be more fun than studying alone, and they took it from there. Boys!</p>
<p>Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday, dear Keilexandra! Happy Birthday to you!</p>
<p>There is a 48 hour rule imposed by the College Board when no discussion is allowed re: AP exams. But they are certainly discussing specifics of the APUSH exam over on the AP Prep forum. I donāt think that everyone understands this rule.</p>
<p>Happy Birthday Keilexandra! I would like to spend my birthday down at Swat, too. 
Let us know how your visit was.</p>
<p>Keix: Hey, happy birthday and youāre doing a college visit on it too. So did my S on his birthday back in April, at Berkeley.</p>
<p>I found it reassuring that everyone elseās kids give the one word response as to performance on ____ AP exam. āFine.ā Perhaps they used all their vast vocabulary on the essays ā¦ we hope.</p>
<p>Happy Birthday Keilexandra! Hope you have a wonderful, very special day!!!</p>
<p>Happy Birthday Keilexandra! Enjoy your trip!</p>
<p>DD walked out of the APUSH yesterday and said she was zen. Sheās pretty sure she nailed the MCs and felt pretty confident about the essays. Guess weāll see come July. That makes two tests sheās walked out of in a zen state. Hope that bodes well One more AP next Wednesday. She will get her SAT scores on 5/21 and her ACT scores around that same time (we have to wait for the paper scores because she took them in school) and we will then know if she has to test any more.</p>
<p>Bringing up an older conversation: we donāt pay for grades either. We will go out for dinner or something like that, but itās not automatic. Just had a conversation with our younger DD about this the other day: one of her good friends dads is a pilot and flies internationally. This girl is not an enthusiastic student, but sheās bright and her parents made a deal with her that if she got straight As they would fly her to Europe for a long weekend; she said it would have to be during the school year so that she could tell all the kids. So they flew out this week and my DD made the comment that āSusie got to go to France because she got straight Aāsā and we told her she was out of luck :)</p>
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<p>This reminds me of a guy I knew in HS whose father owned a car dealership. As long as he kept his grades up, he always got to drive the latest and greatest (dealer plates of course, but he didnāt care.)</p>