<p>lilmom, That’s a good advice. I’ll see if there’s something can be done. This is a borderline case. Do you do what’s right or pick a battle to win? Advisors don’t do much from what I hear.</p>
<p>Iglooo - I’d be careful to not let it become a battle to win. Then, there would be a chance that the focus would shift to you and not stay on your child. I’d wait until there was a specific problem to address and then deal with it especially since this person is just an advisor.</p>
<p>Waiting would show that your D and you have given the relationship a chance to work first.</p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>D has her first APUSH test today on the four chapters they were required to read over the summer. She studied hard last night and was up early this morning to go over her notes again for an hour before school. She says she is nervous because she does not know what to expect from this teacher. I told her that first tests are always that way. D is a very good student and usually can do well when she studies something. She is just not always confident in her abilities.</p>
<p>We are still trying to get the independent study PE worked out for her horse back riding. D was hoping her schedule would be changed by today to include this, but nothing so far.</p>
<p>Good Luck with the independent study, showmom. Hope it works out for your D.</p>
<p>I’m looking outside and wondering why I’m inside. It’s absolutely gorgeous out there! But I have to get my cc fix first. It’s healthier than coffee - haha.</p>
<p>D came home after a tough sports day. This fall is going to be a challenge. There’s only so much time in a day. She’ll be missing one of her classes 10 times this month. I know she’s stressing about it. I told her after Oct., the season will be pretty much over and she should talk to that teacher about it. It’s all about time management. This is life as a student athlete!</p>
<p>Igloo, I didn’t mean to suggest anything the least unpleasant…just something like… “She’s kind of shy and she already knows Ms. So and So…” or whatever. Some personalities just work better together and I think schools are generally comfortable with that. Or maybe I’m just lucky that our school is so flexible.</p>
<p>D said they did have ‘pop’ essay test already in APUSH…she’s driving herself home from school today for the first time so my nervousness is concentrated there!</p>
<p>I sure hope D remembers to bring home the PSAT registration today.</p>
<p>Yes, our school has PSAT registrations starting next week. I am volunteering to help with this during the school lunch hours and will ask DS if he wants me to just “sign him up” while I am there or, if he wants to do it himself with his lunch friends (one never knows with DS). Funny, our school automatically registers and pays for the sophomores to take the test but not the freshman or the Juniors!!! I don’t understand the logic here.</p>
<p>We have no registration for PSAT, you just walk in! (School pays somehow, I guess?)</p>
<p>Thanks for all the reminders about PSAT registration. Because D is out of the school every afternoon at her alternative humanities program, she may be missing important announcements like that. I need to make sure she touches base with her GC.</p>
<p>She is loving the alternative program and I am almost comfortable riding shotgun as she navigates the highways into the city!</p>
<p>PRJ, glad to hear your D is happy! And driving!!! ;)</p>
<p>I think we’ve hit a milestone. We have a list of 35 schools (all shapes, sizes, and selectivity). D has started culling. We’re now “down” to 30. </p>
<p>Hurray. She’s started to focus. :)</p>
<p>Nice work, DougBetsy. We (and by “we” I mean “I”) have a list of about 14 schools that meet D’s vague criteria. I’m waiting until tennis season and the October 9 SAT are behind us before I ask her to start culling and/or adding.</p>
<p>I just sleep better knowing I have a spreadsheet started ;)</p>
<p>DH has had a spreadsheet set up for D since June. It has 30 schools right now and I can tell you at least that 5 that are total mismatches that will be cut soon. D will be sorting them out by athletic programs, location and then by selectivity. Of course, we’ll pipe in regarding the COA. I can’t tell you how incredibly busy she is with school and her sport. I don’t know when she’ll have time to look at this list!</p>
<p>Yes, we’re still at the spreadsheet stage, too. But…I just used my new iPad to bookmark the website of each school. Now I have 30 little college icons at my fingertips. Literally.</p>
<p>(Yes, this is what a bored mom does on a dreary Sunday afternoon. 
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<p>^^what a great idea!</p>
<p>We finally got the school schedule and D2’s ballet school set. She will be dancing 2.5 hours/day 6 days a week. She got placed into the ballet school’s highest level class (professional). I am concerned the dance maybe too much for her, but she seem to think her school work is easier this year compared to her other school.</p>
<p>D2 seem happier in school, making some friends. We are trying to decide if she should take the SAT in Oct or Nov.</p>
<p>We don’t have a list of schools yet. She knows what’s out, but she is not sure what’s in yet. I think she is waiting to get her SAT scores to decide what the list should look like. We are kind of homeless (not living in the US), so she doesn’t really have an in state safety to consider. Until she gets her first semester junior year grades and test scores, it’s hard to come up with safeties and matches.</p>
<p>Lol. DD was at the “spreadsheet of thirty schools” stage this spring. Then she completely changed her academic direction, and now we have a different spreadsheet of thirty schools. </p>
<p>I’m beginning to get the idea that the spreadsheet is for little more than my own comfort, but I’ll be ready for the next change in plans. :)</p>
<p>DS is signed up to take the Oct 9th SAT and did some prep (although not enthusiastically) weekely this past summer for it but just told me that he dosen’t want to take it because he dosen’t think he is ready. The college advisor told me to wait to cancel it and have him take a timed SAT simulation, which he will in two weeks. We will decide then if he is ready or needs more prep. He will take the ACT Oct 23 cold though. The advisor said that he can take that test as many times as he wants because he dosen’t have to send any less desirable scores anywhere at all (but some schools do make you send all SAT scores). Of course we do not/will not have DS’s high school on any of the registrations so that no scores will be on his transcripts. This way, we control who sees what.</p>
<p>We went to a Colleges That Change Lives event in Chicago today and the most amazing thing happened…my kid actually made some decisions. His past responses were “you narrow down a list and I will care”. Well, I told him to check out all the schools and decide. He picked out about 8 schools that he lide, reaffirmed his first-choice and talked to the reps without me. I feel like the clouds parted, the sun was shining and he spread his little wings. he is even planning to visit two schools this fall. </p>
<p>It feels serious now. </p>
<p>The requirements for colleges are: fraternities, theater parts for non-majors, good science department, strong community service, no East Coast, no school south of Kentucky, study abroad, population under 5,000 and no hippies. Add great financial aid and we have about 3 schools!</p>
<p>^Our S was very specific about what he wanted in a college and it limited his choices to 10 and even then 2-3 of them were safeties that he didn’t care about. I was worried that there weren’t enough on the list but in the end, he was spot on and didn’t waste time and money applying to schools he wouldn’t even consider.</p>