<p>My D has been subscribed to SAT question of the day for a while now, maybe since last year’s PSAT scores came in and she first poked around on collegeboard? She is pretty regular about doing them, but I didn’t know about that limit Youdon’tsay, it would explain when she returned from camp last summer how she couldn’t do some of them.</p>
<p>She has had a great break, a good chance to regroup. She is studying for a SAT subj test and the ACT in December. From the looking at the ACT prep book so far, she thinks the questions are very straightforward and has scored well on the prelim sections. She hasn’t done a timed section yet, will do that next weekend. She has been concentrating more on the subj test. She is also thinking that if she feels she does really well on the ACT she may wish to skip the SAT in Jan.</p>
<p>I hope she gets her PSAT scores back soon when she gets back to school, although she doesn’t think she did that well on them.</p>
<p>Winter sports start tomorrow also so the lull between seasons is over…</p>
<p>Hey Tutormom, welcome and pleased to meet you! DougBetsy, I was thinking about your trip. Glad it was good. Sorry about the strep though.</p>
<p>Daughter isn’t, shall we say, diligent, about studying for the SAT, so you can imagine my surprise when she casually mentioned to me that she believed there was only one math topic left that she had to pay attention to. So shocked was I that I asked where the body was buried.</p>
<p>Anyway happy holidays, my friends. Seems to me that our collective treadmill is about to kick into higher speed and we will need all the support we can get to keep up!</p>
<p>Vicariousparent -my kids say the same thing.</p>
<p>jackief - welcome back! I was wondering why you disappeared. Good luck to your D. I’m sure your D did fine on her PSAT. Mine got about what she expected as a total - just better on math than expected, and worse on CR & W. She said she found the SAT test she took over the summer much easier - and boy, do I hope that’s true, since she’s taking the test next Sat.</p>
<p>Our winter sports started practicing 2 weeks ago. Games/meets start this week. Is it that way at your D’s school too, or do they just start later, or do they go right to games without any practice (can’t imagine that’s the case)?</p>
<p>DougBetsy - forgot to say, but I’m also glad you had a nice trip, and sorry about your son getting strep. </p>
<p>zoosermom - yay for your D surprising you by studying - and for knowing where she has to concentrate her efforts! Happy news!</p>
<p>guess it’s time for me to sign on too. Son is a junior attending a math and science school. Had a rough start to college search as financial issues were causing guilt on my part and unhappiness on his but think that is slowly getting better. He was just home for a week and we were able to talk about a few schools, merit aid etc and also some internships he wants to do this summer, along with some competitions he wants to enter without getting in any fights! Maybe at Christmas we can go the next step and actually look at some colleges in detail. Waiting on PSAT results (saw on the sat/act board they are coming out … some kids have them already) hope we dont end up in limbo for months not knowing if he made the cutoff ie a score of somewhere between 208-212 for AL … would rather know he made it for NMSF or didnt.</p>
<p>My DS says I am obsessed with this topic. Even though today is my birthday, he will not budge from the prior agreement that we don’t start talking about his potential college selections until December. So let’s see, T minus 7 hours 35 minutes … </p>
<p>Meanwhile, I think the attendance office at his HS has lost it. We got a letter in the mail about all these truancies and tardies (to sixth period for team water polo.) Well, two truancies were for medical appointments for which he turned in the medical slip, and another two were on days when they had home water polo games, no way he missed those! He’s not sure about the tardies (the HS has some weird system whereby the water polo players and swimmers first report for count off near the ball field before they walk the five blocks to the City pool), so he has to check with the AD on these. Sheesh! So I sent an email to the Asst Principal and suggested that a student with DS academic record clearly wasn’t skipping classes just to “hang out” (I hope, but I already know their record has errors so …)</p>
<p>D is also taking the SATs next week, but she has absolutely no time to study. Between schoolwork and her school play there is just no free time at all. Next week she will not be home before 9 pm every single day because of rehearsals and the night before the test is a performance so she’ll be out until at least 11.</p>
<p>I am not pushing. It will be her first time taking it, and I am just looking for a benchmark grade to see what tier of colleges we should be targeting.</p>
<p>Zoosermom - I hadn’t even thought about whether to send the score to the high school! I can’t remember whether I asked for them to be sent there or not. Somthing to think about! Does it really matter if the h.s. has them? They have her PSAT scores, of course. Something else to ask the guidance counselor this week.</p>
<p>Queen’s Mom - I agree - no pushing of the Ds. My D’s schedule is similar to yours - so I feel like it would only hurt her if I put pressure on her. Not even sure how she would fit in a prep class this year! How do juniors do that? We’ll just have to cross our fingers and hope for the best.</p>
<p>I am definitely NOT sending her score to the school and no colleges either. If we are pleasantly surprised, I have no problem shelling out an extra $9 (I believe) for score reports.</p>
<p>Besides, I am not certain why her school would even need the scores.</p>
<p>I think that’s what we’re going to do also. I remember reading that advice from TokenAdult. Probably we’ll send the second sitting scores when we have a better sense. D did very well on the PSAT in sophomore year, but I have the idea that fatigue is going to be a huge factor for her on the SAT.</p>
<p>The high school doesn’t get a copy if you don’t list your high school. We had a nightmare with D1 when she scored the equivalent of 200 points higher on the ACT and her GC wouldn’t remove SAT scores from transcript.</p>
<p>Our school doesn’t put the SAT scores on the transcript, but it’s nice for them to know the SAT scores so they can plug it into their Naviance data. Your GC can give much better college advice if they know your child’s score. Take a look at how your school does transcripts before getting paranoid.</p>
<p>D’s school doesn’t have Naviance or offer college suggestions, and they do put the scores on the transcript. I’ll have the final set sent to the school, but not the preliminary ones.</p>
<p>(LIMOM- I hadn’t had much to say, but I am definitely here as always)</p>
<p>We are (excuse me, D is ) sending the scores to the HS. Ours is a small school and is easily managed and we want them in the naviance system as mathmom mentioned. I am also focused on picking my areas of trying to do things outside of the school norms, and this isn’t one area I want to cause problems at this date. I would rather the school have the info so when we start to meet with the counselor communication is open.</p>
<p>Queen’s Mom- D has a performance (for the select concert choir) the night before the SAT test also. She is going to find out how late they expect to be. She is not doing the school musical or play this year but is finishing driver’s ed and is doing a winter sport, so that is filling her afternoons.</p>
<p>Winter sports- we have fewer teams than most bigger schools, I know that basketball had tryouts and started practicing before Thanksgiving, I don’t know if any of the others did. We also had fall sports going into the 2nd? week in Nov, our teams were in state championships for several sports. We have bball, skiing, hockey, swimming, I think that is it for the winter season. I have no idea when they play their first games/matches, except xc skiing which is next week weather permitting of course. I know that bball has games over winter break so I’m glad my younger D picked skiing over bball this year.</p>
<p>I don’t believe our h.s. puts the SAT/ACT scores on the transcript, though I’m not positive. I saw a “sample” official transcript awhile ago, and there were no scores.</p>
<p>I’m glad my D isn’t the only one with commitments the night before the SAT this week, and the ACT next week. Poor kids. They are so overbooked!</p>
<p>I don’t know what our school does on the transcripts, but I would rather not take any chances. It is just not worth the potential aggravation to save a small amount of money.</p>
<p>What do you guys think about the advantages of summer programs? D got a mailer from a university offering special programs for High-Schoolers over the summer as well as the opportunity to take summer classes in the college. She is interested in the “intensive language” course for 9 weeks. Has anyone done something like this? What are your thoughts?</p>
<p>jackief - forgot to say earlier, but I’m glad to hear everything’s ok. </p>
<p>Thanks for answering my questions about the winter sports at your Ds’ h.s. Not really sure what sports we have in winter at our school - bball, winter track, boys swimming, maybe gymnastics (not sure). No hockey or skiing here. My D runs.</p>
<p>Queen’s Mom - I really can’t help you with those summer programs, sorry. D has received lots of info from schools on their summer programs, but she hasn’t even looked at them - she wants to work this summer, and I’m fine with that.</p>
<p>A good summer program can be a very useful experience. The reason to go to a particular college’s summer program isn’t to impress that college with your interest (there is little evidence that going to a particular college’s summer program provides an admission boost) but because the program is interesting to the student. College Confidential has a whole forum about summer programs </p>
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) sending the scores to the HS. Ours is a small school and is easily managed