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<p>Stay the course for me… and I was sure I would be a helicopter parent :)</p>
<p>Gahhhh, gotta call the college boards. Apparently D’s school did not get her PSATs (she took them at a different school). I wonder where they are and how I am going to get them. :(</p>
<p>Queen’s Mom - yikes! Nothing like a little added stress to make this whole thing a little more fun. I’m sure College Board can help you, but maybe you can contact the guidance office at the school where she took the PSAT? Perhaps College Board sent it there by mistake?</p>
<p>Good luck, and {{{{hugs}}}} to you and your D. Hopefully, the score will be spectacular to make up for the inconvenience.</p>
<p>Hi guys: For those of you whose children are registered for Saturday’s SAT, how are your kids doing?</p>
<p>My D had insisted on registering for three subject tests, and has so far taken one practice test each for two of the subjects. She has spent maybe 3 hrs looking over the Barron’s Math 2 book. I keep hoping she will do some more prep but she has a lot of homework all week and she’s told me that takes priority, so I doubt she’ll get around to doing much prep at all. I was counting on Friday after school but she just found out she has to attend a tournament that will keep her away until late that evening! We talked about possibly postponing her test, but she is still pretty determined to go through with the tests anyway.</p>
<p>I’m just glad there is score choice for the class of 2010!</p>
<p>vicariousparent - I have a feeling we’re all in the same boat. D’s been sick this week, so trying to keep up with her schoolwork is causing her enough stress - I haven’t even mentioned prepping for the SAT. Take heart about the SAT IIs though. My D has taken two of them, and her prep consisted of her sleeping on her closed test prep books - I swear - and she still did pretty well on them. I suspect it will be more of the same when she takes the rest of them in June. - I can’t worry about it.</p>
<p>Son is taking the SAT II for US History on Saturday. He’s done 3 practice tests with the following results. </p>
<p>650 Collegeboard
750 Kaplan
660 Kaplan</p>
<p>He’s got one more Collegeboard practice planned for Friday. I’m thinking 700 would be his target score.</p>
<p>I think he’ll do one of the Math SAT II tests at the end of January, just about the time Trig is wrapping up. Then World History in June.</p>
<p>DougBetsy - D’s saving her SAT IIs for June. Hopefully, this isn’t a mistake, but that’s when she finishes her classes, so it makes sense to wait until then, I think.</p>
<p>It would be nice to have them done earlier though, but just not possible for us.</p>
<p>Good luck to your S! I’m sure he’ll be fine.</p>
<p>Oh, I know! I <em>wish</em> Son took this test in June, when he finished APUSH. But, noooo. Back then we didn’t know SAT II’s existed and the school never uttered a peep about them. The school was 110% focused on prepping for the AP exam. </p>
<p>Big lesson learned. So that’s why he’ll do Math around the end of the first semester, at the end of Trig (blocked). AP World is a year-long A-Day course leading up to the exam in May. So it’s logical to take the SAT II in June.</p>
<p>D will take 2 SAT IIs in June (that’s the plan anyway) - Math II (right after pre-calc) and World (right after AP world).</p>
<p>I have to vent (yet again). How do other children handle these schedules? D has not gone to bed before 1 a.m. any night this week. She is completely exhausted and her grades are suffering. She has a math test today and even though she knows the material (“helicopter mom” helped her study with a little long distance help from “helicopter grandpa”), but seeing how tired she is, I would not be surprised at a really low grade.</p>
<p>I am tempted no make this her last play because I am afraid her Junior year grades will show a downward trend, but she really loves it.</p>
<p>My poor baby. :(</p>
<p>Queen’s Mom - we’re going through that too. D was in her school play, and the nights of the performances were the worst. One night she didn’t get to sleep until after 3 and she had to wake up at 5:45! It’s definitely taken it’s toll on her. Her grades haven’t suffered yet, but she’s completely exhausted, and now she’s sick and having trouble getting well, and I’m sure that’s because she pushes herself way too hard. I’ve already spoken to her about cutting out at least one of her activities next fall - hopefully, she’ll listen to me.</p>
<p>DougBetsy - I do remember you saying that last year - about your school not telling the kids about the SAT IIs. Crazy. D’s school is pretty good about such things, but I think the kids in the honors and AP classes are much more aware of these things than the rest of the kids.</p>
<p>D’s school has not discussed the SAT IIs either. In fact, I am very unhappy with the level of counseling D receives. I wonder if it is the whole school or just D’s counselor?</p>
<p>Queen’s Mom - at my D’s school, it wasn’t the counselor who mentioned the SAT IIs, it was the subject teacher. So, when D was in honors Bio freshman year, the teacher recommended that they take the test. Same with the chem SAT II following honors chem. Her AP Euro teacher recommended that the student’s not take the SAT II in world history because they wouldn’t be completely prepared for it, and instead that they should take the SAT II for American History after taking APUSH. </p>
<p>Having said all that, nobody at her school was able to recommend when D should take the SAT II for math (I found out here on CC that it should be after pre-calc). Also, I know that kids who are not in the honors or AP classes do not hear about the SAT IIs from their teachers.</p>
<p>QM, from reading cc, it appears to be pretty universal. 
Good thing cc keeps us on our toes. </p>
<p>I have a friend whose son has applied to all his schools but who is taking three SAT IIs on Saturday stone cold because one of the schools he applied to required them, and they had no idea before now what they were until he started the app process.</p>
<p>For what it is worth, my DD took the World History AP exam in May followed by the SAT2 test in June. She said at the time it was a big mistake - that once the cramming for the AP test was over, the class got much more casual and as a result, she was not as prepared for the SAT2 as she would have liked. This year she plans on taking the SAT2s in May, right in the middle of AP test time.</p>
<p>Do you all get the impression that parents these days need to be like a orchestra conductor in guiding students through the maze of class selection, testing and application?</p>
<p>Just in general, I got used to talking to parents with kids 1-2 years ahead of my S in elementary school, just to kind of peer around the corner to see what’s next. By the time S was in middle school, I’d made friends with a school board member who’s twins were 5 years ahead, which gave me further perspective on other things to look for, like summer academic opportunities.</p>
<p>Granted, it’s a huge amount of work to try and keep up with it all. But I guess I figure, that’s how I earn the mantle of being “Mom.” The hardest trick of all is to accumulate all this information but not be a helicopter parent, but just use the info the point S to the set of path options and then let him choose.</p>
<p>scualum, interesting thought.</p>
<p>My son to the SAT2 in US History in June after taking the AP in May. In his case they were still doing some review as they had the NYS Regents test in US history at the end of June. It worked out very well for him. (He needed the time to review for the Physics SAT2, because Physics C AP is not a good prep for the subject test.)</p>
<p>S2 took the SAT-II USH in May (around the same time as the AP). Worked out very well. Did Math Level II in June of soph year and did much better than he expected. That last month made a difference because he was studying for the final and that plus the practice exams helped him solidify a lot of stuff.</p>
<p>One of the schools he’s considering wants a third SAT-II. Meh. For everywhere else he’s considering, SAT-IIs are optional or they want up to two. Wish we’d known that the pre-IB Bio was very much aligned with the SAT-II freshman year. He’s taking Bio HL next year, but won’t be through enough of it to take the SAT-II without massive outside work. He will probably take the SAT-II Spanish in the spring since he’s taking IB SL and AP exams, and we’ll cross our fingers for a decent result. </p>
<p>Neither of us wants to deal with SATs/SAT-IIs/ACTs fall of senior year.</p>