<p>DD13 is sitting in her last final/regents as we speak. Then she is done! Woohooo! She nailed her Alg2/trig regents and I hope for similar results for Spanish and Chem. If only we could celebrate, but she is grounded. I think this is the first or second time, ever. Bummer :(. We have pretty simple rules, but the main one is we need to know where you are and who you are with at all times. If you arrange to go somewhere, you have to ASK permission (not tell us) and have a pretty good idea of how you are getting back home and when. We’ve had a few “mom can you pick me up at xyz late at night” and we wanted to nip that in the bud. It is ok to have a change of plans, but again we need to know about it before it happens. So, late yesterday DD13 asked to go to out with friends to a fun place “A” and she had arranged to be back by 10 PM. Great. Go have fun. We get a call at 9:40 PM, "mom can you pick me up I’m at place “B”. “Umm, how did you get there?” “Oh, we had a change of plans and we came here instead, and oops I guess I forgot to tell you. Plus, they people who I am with want to stay later and now I need a ride home.” GRRRR. </p>
<p>Well at least her grades are good…why do I think our wonderful summer just turned into a not so wonderful summer?!</p>
<p>Ds checked his Math II score this morning and yelled so loud that he woke up his dad. Needless to say, we were really pleased with his score. In fact, I was shocked but tried not to show it! lol </p>
<p>Good luck to everyone else awaiting scores.</p>
<p>:) Congratulations to your son- youdontsay.</p>
<p>We too checked the score in the morning and my S scored well on Chem. and it came out just as he expected too</p>
<p>Congratulations, to youdon’tsay’s S and donivrian’s S. Really pleased with D’s Bio result for Sat II. She could not stop smiling. This is the first test that “counts” for her.</p>
<p>Congrats on the SAT II results all!! I think D2 would have done well but the problem is if she is convinced she won’t she will defeat herself. Hopefully we can change that by the fall!</p>
<p>D2 is now a junior - she was done Tuesday! And I think she is likely still at home in pajamas with S, now a freshman, doing next to nothing! They get this week to be lazy, then it will be on my nerves, LOL!</p>
<p>I’m pleased that D2 received her first SAT subject score. One down and 3 more to go.</p>
<p>Yea for all the good results! And shilly’s junior dd and for being lazy – for a week!</p>
<p>Congrats for all who are satisfied with SAT subject scores. DD is having difficult time, her scores are fine, but not good enough for her dream ivy colleges, well they are still in the range… She is going to make decision to re-take tests or leave as it is.</p>
<p>Congrats to all! My D has been done since june 7th and she is battling lyme for the 3rd time in 4 years. She is so exhausted and unable to concentrate or focus (it presents like ADD for her). She’s on 3 antibiotics (megadoses), an antifungal (that is making her break out so we will have to stop it); and an anti-malaria/lupus med. She will have to be on it at least 3 months, and she was tested for 4 other strains last Saturday. The fatigue is overwhelming and the pills are making her so nauseous. She’s had a tough year as she was also diagnosed last fall with hashimoto’s and last week with polycystic ovary disease (can it get any worse going into jr yr?). We are heading back to the dr tomorrow, as the NY Times today had a frightening article about a new form of lyme called l-babesiosis that can be fatal. There has been a 20 fold increase since 2001, and it does not present with symptoms (some get mild flu-like symptoms). However, the FDA and CDC are very concerned about it and for those with compromised immune systems, it can be deadly. I have to find out which 3 strains my daughter has as I’m pretty panicked right now… If anyone lives in a tick-infested area, check your children and DOGS (so many dogs have lyme where I live it is epidemic). Here’s the article:
<a href=“Babesiosis, an Infection by Tick Bites, Spreads - The New York Times”>Babesiosis, an Infection by Tick Bites, Spreads - The New York Times;
<p>Have a good weekend!</p>
<p>nerdyDad, I personally do not think SAT subject tests matter that much to college admissions except for state schools such as the UCs. Some UCs do use them in calculating the total scores. See post below.
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/12833723-post5928.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/12833723-post5928.html</a></p>
<p>For D2, it was a chance to take a standardized test and the logistics that came with it. Next time around, she certainly will do better in timing and such. She took the test eventhough she did not take the equivalent AP class. Had she taken the AP class, she would have had much better chance to score 800 in this subject. I also felt that she could kill 2 birds with one stone and that’s exactly what happened. She aced her tough final with nearly 100%. Most of her friends did not do so well. It was a worth risk worth taking.</p>
<p>I just left my son at the airport. He’s on his way to the Kenyon Young Writers Workshop for 2 weeks. This is his first time away from home without being with other family members. He’s flown unaccompanied before but this is the first time I didn’t go to the gate with him. Can someone please tell me how he lost his boarding pass while going through security?? But he handled it in spite of my shrieking at him through his cell phone. I hope his connecting flight in Atlanta goes better. It looks like this trip will be a test for both of us.</p>
<p>Reeinaz, D had to change planes in Atlanta this past Christmas by herself. All went well, but I know how you feel. He will have a great time!</p>
<p>Medavinci - I hope your daughter has some relief soon. I agree that so few understand how dangers Lyme is unless they have seen it first hand.</p>
<p>nerdydad - My son’s SAT Math II was also lower than need be considering the schools he would use it for are only looking for above 700. He’ll take it again or decide to cross off the tippy top schools.</p>
<p>We took advantage of SW 40th Anniversary air deals and will be going to California and TX in August. Will go see some Claremont schools (Pomona & Pitzer, still deciding about CMK and HarveyMudd), Oxy and maybe USC. Then down to San Antonio for Trinity. Hope will build up enough points to visit Bama & Pitt at a later date. My biggest hope for this trip is that my son will see the difficulties in traveling cross-country. I don’t mind him choosing a far school, but I certainly want him to understand that it is not easy to get back and forth and involves a cost. He has only flown straight flights to FL, so the entire changing planes, lay-overs, etc will be an experience.</p>
<p>^^^We have some overlap, Lh. Next summer, we hope to fly to Cali to see Pomona, Claremont McKenna and, while we’re there, Oxy.</p>
<p>Ds1 had his first solo flight two summers ago. He was meeting a friend and his mom in Chicago, and they all would go on to Minneapolis together to visit some schools, so it was pretty easy, knowing someone was looking for him on the other end. That fall, he flew by himself for a college visit. It required him to make a connecting flight in Dallas. I had pulled away from the terminal and was about three miles down the road when he called to say his flight was delayed and that he wouldn’t make his connection. I asked him whether he wanted me to go back and try to help and he said no. Then he calls back and says, “Yes!” OMG, all turned out fine, but I left my car unattended too long while I ran in to talk to the counter people and got a ticket. I was in tears as I finally pulled away, wondering why we were even considering sending him so far away to a school that required complicated travel plans, the risk of bad weather, etc. All turned out fine on that trip, and, while he didn’t pick that school, he did pick one 1,000 miles away. My advice is to let them do a trip or two alone so they really get what they are getting themselves into!</p>
<p>S3 will leave in 10 days for a solo trip across country for a camp at Brown. He has never flown alone so I am very nervous, be he doesn’t seem to be. He will spend a few days with my cousin and then she will drop him off. It feels really weird not dropping him off at a camp.</p>
<p>D2 flew alone to her summer program. She texted and said she got there ok. In the meantime, H&I enjoy our empty nest for a few weeks.</p>
<p>Dr Google: I went to a 5 college meeting - with Georgetown, Stanford, Harvard, U of P, and Duke. They all said that the SAT II subject tests to them were more important than the AP exams. This was a good barometer to see how well they did in a specific subject. That’s just what was conveyed to us. Unfortunately, they are very difficult, and the schools know this which is a way, so they said, to weed out whether some schools cover more than others in that particular subject and how well the students do in relation to the rest of the country. They also said it is way to show your child’s strength in a particular subject area which would give them an advantage as well. It doesn’t help us if you need to be in honors or AP to take them!</p>
<p>D1 had all SAT subject tests above 700 and two in difficult subjects like Bio and Lit, near 800 scores. She also scored 2300+ on SAT(first try). She did not get into any of her reach schools(mostly lower Ivies and Stanford). Her GPA and class rank were not as good. If you don’t have GPA and class ranks forget high SAT scores and SAT subject tests. But if you do then it might make a difference.
And please go over to some of these schools acceptance thread for last year, you will see plenty of kids with 800 subject tests were rejected, even with near perfect uw GPA.</p>
<p>Came here to brag - the only place that will understand ;)</p>
<p>Perfect ACT score - took it for the first time and he is done with it !
I am thrilled, as for sure we were not expecting it 
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<p>I disagree. I think SAT subject tests matter to the schools that require them, which is basically just a small handful of schools. If they didn’t matter, they wouldn’t require them. I wouldn’t say they matter more than GPA and SAT/ACT scores, but we’re basically talking about highly selective schools where you’ve got to have all your ducks in a row. If GPA and/or SAT/ACT scores are not top-notch, SAT Subject Test scores won’t save you. But if GPA and SAT/ACT scores are top-notch and SAT Subject Test scores are not, that might also be enough to have an applicant passed over in favor of someone who is a little stronger in that category.</p>