<p>Why can’t he, mommusic? Did he get new ancestors since freshman year? Seriously, if it’s his work, I don’t see anything wrong with it.</p>
<p>mommusic:</p>
<p>Unless the first geneological research was really detailed, there are probably some nice little frills your S can add to his previous work. Have him do a Google research on the latest developments in the field since freshman year and take off from there.</p>
<p>These are two different teachers, right?</p>
<p>Warning: Teachers do not like when kids recycle work. I was just talking yesterday to a friend who said she can tell when kids try to retool a paper written for another class and dings them for lack of original content.</p>
<p>Well how much original content can a genealogy have? The research has already been done and is not going to change. He may have to write a new paper, but that’s not the most difficult part in this type of assignment-the research is.</p>
<p>mommusic - glad your S didn’t find the chem AP too bad. </p>
<p>YDS - CR is my D’s weakest SAT section too - but writing is her best, so my feeling is the test can go either way. She never mentioned whether they’d done any practices in class, but I don’t think they have.</p>
<p>jackief - I really wish my D had waited until June to take her SAT IIs. I think she would have been better prepared since she hadn’t studied for APUSH until after taking the SAT II. Instead, she decided to take the SAT IIs in May and the SAT in June - not sure why. I haven’t even thought of mentioning practicing for either the SAT or the ACT though. Maybe now that she’ll be finished with APs…</p>
<p>I’m not sure what they’re doing in APUSH right now. Preparing for the Regents, I guess -but I can’t imagine that they’ll need a month of prep for that exam after sitting through the AP and the SAT II. Not sure what they’ll be doing in AP English either - maybe writing college essays? I think her teacher said that’s what they’d do.</p>
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<p>Yes, this.</p>
<p>Although if there is a way to quietly replace some ancestors with better stock, I’m in. I love these people, of course, but did so many frighteningly pale people have to marry each other? Enough with the sunscreen already.</p>
<p>Yes, it’s for the same teacher! </p>
<p>In any case, it’s a project, not only a family tree. The tree hasn’t changed, but he can’t just turn in the previous paper on “The _____Family Story” with the focus on the Famous Ancestor.</p>
<p>New research must be done, and a whole new paper written. At least he HAS a family tree. Starting from scratch would be daunting.</p>
<p>I think waiting for June for the SAT IIs was the right decision for us, maybe not for others. But I know among my D’s friends only a couple took the IIs in May, one signed up and then switched to June (didn’t know you could do that) and several took the I in May but also didn’t prep much because they were doing AP prep. And most of them just had APUSH, so I can’t imagine with more tests. I do remember from last year that D spent the few weekends leading up to AP in total study mode, so I factored that into the June suggestion. </p>
<p>As for June ACT, when I signed her up it was with the commitment that she would spend some good hours studying for it. Finals will be over and most kids will be in summer mode.</p>
<p>I’m glad my public service announcement kept others from forgetting Memorial Day 
We don’t find out until next week if D has a race that weekend 
(where is the blech face) </p>
<p>good luck on the genealogy mommusic…</p>
<p>My D was also registered for the SAT subject tests for the May date but decided to change to the June date. There is a $22 change fee, but I think it will be worth it. Even if she doesn’t study much more now, the few days she spent last week cramming for APUSH are sure to help when she takes the SAT-II in June.</p>
<p>We thought about waiting until June for Subject Tests but then we felt like he would have had to “reset” in May for the regular SAT. Which brings me to a question:</p>
<p>Ds is retaking the SAT in June. He did well in January, but we both felt like it’s worth a retake just to see how he does. Not feeling a lot of pressure about it. Because in the previous month he will have had the two STs and six AP exams, I’m not planning on encouraging any kind of real test prep, except for maybe a practice test the week before. Did your kids prep for the retake? I can see doing so if you were surprised by/unhappy with your first score, but he’s not. We definitely think he can do better, but aren’t looking to improve by 300 points or anything.</p>
<p>So, real studying or no studying?</p>
<p>Youdon’tsay, I vote for no studying. It sounds like your S is in a good state of mind about it and I truly believe that going in with a relaxed/confident state of mind is an advantadge.</p>
<p>Of course, you know your S best. I’m just going off what I would do with my S and for myself.</p>
<p>that’s good to know about the change fee vp. We could have done that last year when D didn’t feel prepared for a SAT II test and just didn’t show up.</p>
<p>YDS- I wouldn’t push studying, but if one section was an outlier he could look over format and skimming through a book wouldn’t hurt.</p>
<p>Youdontsay, my D took SAT in Jan and re-took it in March. She studied for Math (which ended up being exactly the same score) but didn’t prep for Eng/Writing. Writing was within 20 points of the 1st test but score went up in Eng 120 points to an 800. D said difference was that she was more relaxed and felt more confident answering all questions.</p>
<p>hope this helps.</p>
<p>Good! It sounds unanimous. I wonder whether he’ll ask me, “Shouldn’t I study?” :)</p>
<p>missemily, glad to have you join us! Sounds like you have a junior, too. Good increase there in two months’ time. I think ds feels like he can improve his math score (though it was already good) and definitely wants to improve the CR and writing. Those were the areas we were both surprised about. They were on the low end of his practice range. If he could hit the higher end, plus bring up his math to a tippy-top score like he’d like, I could definitely see a 100±point increase.</p>
<p>My D will be retaking both the SAT and the ACT in June, and I’m not going to insist that she study, but I’m going to have her look at the tests she took to see what she did wrong. I ordered both score reports for that reason.</p>
<p>Yes, I have a junior…my one and only child. Just found cc, just joined, and thrilled to have the ability to connect with other parents.</p>
<p>welcome, miss emily!
mommusic, i love genealogy. But I think my daughter’s APUSH class is watching history-related movies to keep busy.</p>
<p>welcome Miss Emily! This is a great discussion thread. our APUSH is doing a research paper for the final three weeks.</p>
<p>Welcome missemily! I too have a one and only who is a junior, although mine is of the boy variety.</p>
<p>YDS: Well, don’t forbid him from study! My D spent a few hours going over the one question type that used to trip her up- the long passages. She realized that she had a tendency to ‘over-analyze’ the questions. I don’t know if it helped, but it certainly didn’t hurt.</p>
<p>Welcome, missemily516! A word of caution- C.C is additive, and sometimes it can lead to panic attacks.</p>