<p>In my family, liver (chicken not calves) and onions was considered a treat. I even married a man who loves it. Alas we cannot eat it b/c of our high cholesterol.</p>
<p>Put me down as a liver n onion lover! :). Wierd, huh! I’ll cover liver n onion night for anyone that wants to do my FAFSA in Jan. ;)</p>
<p>(to the tune of “Bicycle Built For Two”)
I hate liver
warm liver leaves me cold
I hate liver
I’ll never eat it till I grow old
It’s icky and gooey like custard
It doesn’t go well with mustard</p>
<p>…and that’s all I remember. Chopped chicken liver is one thing. The other liver stuff, ugh.
:)</p>
<p>D1 hit the ED submit button but there was no joy–she’s not feeling very positive about her chances. It is what it is–time to switch over to working on the rest of her apps.</p>
<p>OWM - I’m going to agree about the SAT scores. Our kids all want to do well and that’s good! There is a limit to what is reasonable. I too have heard from more than one admissions representative that once a certain score is achieved (I’m assuming that score varies from school to school) it’s like checking off a box…okay we know the applicant can do that part, let’s move on to something else. I’m not trying to make light of the uber-high scores. I am saying that they are not necessary to be admitted…and yes professional test takers to get those scores are not necessarily looked favorably on. If you take the test and are sick one day and really tank, I do think that’s grounds to retake, even if it means that’s your 3rd or 4th test. If you are testing a 6th tine to try to bump 20-40pts, you may do more harm than good.</p>
<p>Congratulations to all the students/parents that are DONE with testing!! 
One more thing to mark off the list!!</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone who’s kids scores improved this round. I agree that there is a time to stop retaking the tests and move on. I remember sitting at an info session a Penn several years ago with the admissions counselor advised the students “Do NOT make SAT prep an extra-curricular.” </p>
<p>My daughter was satisfied with her June ACT score. She has been stressed enough this fall. I’m glad that the testing was out of the way.</p>
<p>Our HS GC recommends taking each test (SATI and ACT) twice. I think it’s reasonable. If those kids with 2300 scores are HS jrs and it was their first test, I don’t think it’s obsessive to retake it. </p>
<p>My S though was one and done. He had a specific score in mind as a goal and hit it on his first sitting. He didn’t take any prep classes, but did one practice test the day before the official SAT test. However, he took SATI in 7th and 8th grade thru the Academic Talent Search programm and our school had practice SATs for 9th and 10th graders. Plus we had his PSAT score by then. So, he knew what score he can expect.</p>
<p>Starting to receive email notification that schools have received S’s SAT and ACT scores. I placed orders for both to be sent to all schools last Sunday. The schools we have heard from are only notifying S they got either the SAT or ACT. Must be the way they process the batch files they get from college board or ACT. Just kinda weird.</p>
<p>Re: Notification from schools that they received SAT or ACT score</p>
<p>Hmmmm. Does this mean that we should have received notification from each of the schools that the scores were sent to? We sent SAT scores in late Sept. before the October test to several schools but have not had any notification from any. He has not submitted applications to any of the schools yet (sigh!), so maybe this is the reason? Should we be expecting confirmation of some sort from the schools that they have received the schools?</p>
<p>I have to say this, but… I too went on to the Oct. SAT posts yesterday and, I’m sorry, there is absolutely NO way all these claims of over 2300 scores are legit. I know there are some amazing kids here on CC, but it can’t be statistically possible. At my S’s school, top 50 prep school in the country… full of absolutely brilliant kids, where top 30-40% go onto Ivy’s, there has only been a few kids over the last 4-5 years who have gotten scores like that. I find it hard to believe that there are over 50 kids on CC who all scored 2300+ on Oct. Come on,
PLEASE!!!</p>
<p>Ohio- we have not submitted any applications yet either. Only 3 out of the 12 schools we submitted scores to sent an email back to us and none of them said they got both. S is signed up at all his schools for more info/interested in applying thing, so they do have his email on file already.</p>
<p>Just noticed on naviance that the school has sent transcripts and GC rec to the schools with Nov deadlines but it shows “pending” for schools with later deadlines. Perhaps they are waiting for 1st report card to be issued. I really feel like we are making progress.</p>
<p>S expects to be sending two apps in electronically within next 10 days. We mailed the the LORs, transcripts, etc yesterday. Should we send scores today or wait until apps (both CA) are filed?</p>
<p>I too was reading the SAT score results and my first thought was - wow, something seems off about this test because usually there is a mixed bag of scores, but these all seem to be really high.</p>
<p>We have had some schools email the receipt of scores and others have not. One of S2’s rolling deadline schools sent an email that said they have received all his information and the application is complete. I appreciated receiving that sort of message.</p>
<p>I L-O-V-E this line: Do NOT make SAT prep an extra-curricular.</p>
<p>Today was the day to turn in the order form for caps and gowns and graduation announcements. (We are going to make our own announcement because the entire family hated the commercial design.)</p>
<p>Tonight is last home football game. We have more band friends than football friends. Last halftime show for them as well. At halftime, they turn off the stadium lights and the band marches with flashlights and other lights strapped to themselves. It’s pretty cool. And they honor the seniors on the team and in the band.</p>
<p>First hard frost here this morning. Should be a great fall night for football and marching bands!</p>
<p>I need some parenting tips on this dilemma. While S2 was in the shower this morning, I discovered that his 9 year old dog (Kajon) had passed away in his sleep. H and I were trying to process this information and chose NOT to tell S2 before school. (didn’t want him driving distracted on the freeway at 7 am)</p>
<p>Here is where it gets tricky. When S2 gets home from school, H and I will be on a plane waiting to take off for S1’s parent weekend. I might have the opportunity for a 2 minute phone call while sitting on the plane (only an hour flight) - it depends on when S2 arrives home. When he asks where Kajon is, should I say he was sick and is at the vet come clean when I get home on Sunday I will tell the truth. Or should I just tell the truth and feel horrible that I will not be home to offer hugs. </p>
<p>He will be home alone for the first time and we still have our little dog that he needs to care for. All neighbors are aware that we will be gone and many aunts & uncles with in a hours drive. I understand the risks of leaving even a goody goody, nerdy teenager home alone and I have come to terms with it - what I am concerned with is whether or not to tell him about Kajon when he is home alone.</p>
<p>kajon: So sorry to hear about your dog. They are part of the family, aren’t they? Is there a good friend or neighbor who can be there when you son gets home to tell him about the dog? Someone who can provide the hugs?</p>
<p>Kajon – just say that the dog is sick and at the vet; I wouldn’t have this conversation in a brief phone call either. Just as a practical matter, have you/will you take the dog’s remains to the vet today? We’ve had two dogs die in the past few years; one was small enough to have a “ceremony” and bury in our back yard, but the other one wasn’t, so the vet took care of her for us. Not to be morbid or anything, but you certainly don’t want anybody “discovering” the dog while you are away. </p>
<p>It’s very sad to lose a pet, and doubly so when you’ve got so much going on in the next few days. Best wishes to your family.</p>
<p>He needs the truth, straight up. Sooner rather than later. Layers of lies/fibs, even though they are well intended, eventually unravel.</p>
<p>When did he did?
Why did he die?
What were his symptoms before you took him to the vet?
When did you have a chance to go to the vet?</p>
<p>How will you answer all of these? </p>
<p>The timing is unfortunate, but if S2 is not emotionally fragile, honesty is the best policy</p>
<p>I also took a look see at the score thread and my jaw just dropped. What I think is that these 50 kids are outliers in the grand scheme of things. Most kids, like my kid have scores no where close to those (his super score is 1280 GPA 94 - don’t know what that is on 4.0 scale) he is in all honors but no AP’s (though taking Physics at CC this year.) EC are 2 bands. XC & track, Masterminds & Mock Trial and he works part time. </p>
<p>He is also at a very small private school (66 kids in his class) and I’d say one or two kids at most have those scores - another 10 or so are in the high 1300’s and 1400’s (CR&M.)</p>
<p>And most kids aren’t spending any time on CC reporting their scores, their GPA’s or anything else. They are on Facebook and texting their friends.</p>
<p>kajon, so sorry. You might consider cremation for your dog. Your vet can probably help you a local contact. We did this and it helped our kids deal with the death of a beloved pet. We had a family memorial service (just us) and sprinkled the pet’s ashes at a location that had meaning to our family.</p>
<p>I think he will be okay once he processes the dogs passing. I just feel horrible that he didn’t get to say goodbye, but I could not put my son’s life at risk by having him drive in heavy traffic minutes after hearing the news.</p>
<p>The vet said the dog will be there until Tuesday when the cremation folks will pick him up, but I don’t want my son to be left with a “visual” of his dog in a freezer.</p>
<p>I have collected a few pix and will leave them in plain sight. I also will leave the dog tag so my son could put it on his key chain. We had to put down his brother’s dog this summer and after a few tears, he seemed to handle it okay. S1 is a freshman and seems to be in need of seeing his parents, otherwise one of us would stay home.</p>
<p>UT8 - those are the exact questions I expect from him!</p>