<p>So when would you submit scores to a SAT optional school? If they are over 700? 600? or 500? What would be the threshold?</p>
<p>Queenās Mom, If the test scores are above the 50th percentile (for that particular school), then send them in.</p>
<p>D isnāt looking at any SAT optional schools, but I agree with psychmom - if test scores are above the 50th percentile.</p>
<p>And psychmom, I do know how you feel about summer visits, but my D has the craziest fall schedule and I donāt know how sheād be able to fit in visits. Maybe some of the schools will have summer sessions. We have a bunch of upstate schools to check out (Union, Colgate, Hamilton, U of Rochester and SUNY Geneseo). Also a few other schools spread around the northeast.</p>
<p>Jackief - thatās great that your D did so well on the practice SAT II - was that 790 on the Math 1 or Math 2?</p>
<p>LIMOM-i highly suggest seeing union
it went from near the bottom of my list to the top or very close to it just because of the visit.
the campus was soooo beautiful and it just seemed to āfitāā¦the girl who did my interview reminded me of my friends, as did everyone i talked toā¦Plus, the boy-girl ratio was good(50-50)ā¦
if finances werenāt an issue, iād def try EDā¦</p>
<p>Iām glad you liked Union so much rocket6louise. And we will try to visit, but Iām not sure whether the students will be there when we go - depends when/if weāll be able to fit in a visit. And finances are an issue for us too, so no ED for my D either. So far she doesnāt have a first choice anyway.</p>
<p>Sorry to veer off topic.<br>
Our house was full of kids last night working on a project. I am cherishing each moment of laughter. This year went by so fast, and Iām sure next year will be over in an instant.</p>
<p>Iām working on the slideshow for an end-of-the-year sports banquet, and I cried at the farewell to seniors part. And I donāt even have a senior yet. This has been such a great year for ds, full of personal growth. I canāt wait to see what next year has in store.</p>
<p>Yes, weāll miss some of the seniors, and some of the favorite teachers and coaches are moving, also. I think I am gearing up to be sad for the next couple of weeksā¦</p>
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<p>We had several sleep over last night. The late night noise and mess used to bother me but I am cherishing the noise while I have it. </p>
<p>We received our appt. for pictures as well. I am going to postpone. Who wants to go for a senior picture after school the day before they become a senior??? She will not be getting more than her sr. photo, as she is not too happy with having photos done unless they are wild and crazy.</p>
<p>Thanks for that last sentence Psychmom, I didnāt realized they had changed their policy. Agree the strong ACT will be a benefit to her applicaiton.</p>
<p>LOL! We had a sleep over here, too. </p>
<p>D arranged for her 2 freshman gfās to sleepover days ago. Then, while the girls were at a movie, Son texted her and asked if SHE would mind if 3 of his junior friends slept over, too. :eek: Hey, what about whether Mom and Dad would mind?</p>
<p>We didnāt mind, of course. It was fine excpet the part about the 7 of them crashing together in the basement. Noop, Iām not ready for co-ed slumber parties. So the girls got the nice, cool, carpeted basement and the boys got the hardwood floor of Hās office above the garage. 
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<p>The 7 of them played together until 1:00 am. Youāre right the laughter is music to our ears.</p>
<p>S spent most of yesterday at the beach with his friends, just chillinā and de-stressing from all the AP prep. They were probably watching the scene as well (girls) but heād never admit such to me. In the evening, he went to a friendās house for BBQ (ribs.) Tonight is the BBQ (steak) at our house with friends. Good thing I have some veggie meals on tap for next week.</p>
<p>Tomorrow he will launch into SAT prep for Physics and US History, which he had AP classes for this year. He got his 15 week progress report (the last before the final permanent semester grades.) Itās so nice to see all those Aās lined up like little tents at a Boy or Girl Scout camp.</p>
<p>Congrats on your Sās great progress report. Progress reports at my kidsā schools just include comments - computer generated - and sometimes theyāre very silly. So, with D, Iāve gotten used to the weird progress reports and know I can still expect excellent report cards; Sās report cards are always much more of a surprise.</p>
<p>One of the things that makes me happy about our school district is that they adopted an online grade book during my oldestās freshman year; no surprises any more for me 
And it has come in really handy this year since weāve had at least 3 instances when teachers either recorded a grade incorrectly or didnāt record one at all. The kids had enough time to address it with the teacher and get it corrected.</p>
<p>LIMOMOF2, our progress reports are equally unhelpful. S2 generally gets āA pleasure to have in classā which can translate into anything from a B to an A. The last progress report didnāt even include comments from his AP Bio teacher where I know he got a 63 on the last test before the AP. Iām really hoping he didnāt screw up the A average heās maintained the other three quarters, but my son is convinced the best he can do now is a B for the year. Ugh.</p>
<p>Mathmom - thatās exactly what Iām talking about - āa pleasure to have in class.ā That tells you nothing, except that your child isnāt causing any problems for the teacher. Dās never had a report card grade out of the 90s (unless itās 100), so I really donāt have to worry about her, but S is another story - his grades are all over the place! Luckily heās still in 7th grade, and heās showing signs of taking things at least a little more seriously, though I doubt heāll ever be like his sister.</p>
<p>Our progress reports have the pithy āpleasure to have in classā comments as well, in addition to the grade to that point, plus all the other grade points from the beginning of the school year. It also includes a listing of absences and tardies, by period.</p>
<p>My family calls those comments ākeystrokesā since theyāre obviously chosen from a menu.
Fortunately, weāve only seen the positive comments-- i.e. pleasure to have in class, good participation.
Iāve always wondered if thereās a list of more critical comments the teacher can choose from.
Hope everyone is enjoying their holiday.</p>
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Oh yeah. The perennial favorite in our house is Homework Missing. :p</p>
<p>and on the college reportā¦āExcessive absencesā, or something like that.</p>
<p>My younger daughter just reminded me that she got āneeds to follow classroom rulesā in 8th grade spanish, for talking too much.</p>