<p>Suessical - S is sophomore at college. Last year I went to Mom’s weekend and we went to see a production of Suessical put on by the college kids. I remember crying my eyes out. I don’t remember what the themes were, but whatever it was, it touched a nerve on Mom’s weekend. Bring Kleenex.</p>
<p>Re: college’d out. Us too. We had signed up to go to a college fair on Saturday, then D was asked to do a senior girl’s hair for prom (and go with them when they take pictures). Only seniors go to prom here, or others only if asked by a senior. I asked her what she would rather do - college fair or senior’s hair. Yep, helping out a friend won out.</p>
<p>Just spent the last hour catching up on lurking on the 2012 thread. It is great seeing the final decisions. I definitely am NOT ready for the emotional roller coaster of all of this.</p>
<p>Son’s friend is applying to 3 D.C. schools. Very jealous that he knows what he wants, his family can afford it and I am confident he’ll gain acceptances. Wish my kid could have such a clear path.</p>
<p>BerneseMtn, I’ll bring lots of kleenex! I think that among other themes Horton looks after an egg and is persecuted. At least that’s what I gather from the bits DD has discussed!</p>
<p>Long-time lurker here–fredricks; my 2012 daughter just performed in her last
high school play–Suessical! She was the Sour Kangaroo and I was so proud watching her.
What is your daughters’ role? </p>
<p>I have a 2014 S so enjoy browsing this thread to get some ideas for him and to stay
motivated to keep doing my research. DD applied to 2 “no-name” schools, accepted to both, made the decision. Hoping 2014’er will maybe apply to more than 2! (Definitely NOT
10,12,14 etc though!!)</p>
<p>Longhaul: I don’t usually read the 2012 thread but I just popped over and now I haz the sad…no, more like bittersweet anticipation of the year ahead. </p>
<p>D made the call not to go on Sunday. Which I’m fine with. She mentioned again about visiting College of Charleston over the summer “even though there won’t be students there.” So we’ll plan on that & then figure out the rest for the fall. </p>
<p>Don’t know if this has come up for others yet, but National Honor Society applications went out a couple of weeks ago and the students who were accepted were notified today. Ceremony is next week. Did you realize that May 1st is Tuesday?</p>
<p>Hi, Deck61! DD13 is one of a trio of bird girls, a cadet and something else that I can’t remember just now. I think primarily a bird girl! She had hoped for a more important role but is enjoying it all none the less! I’m not sure what will happen with the musical next year as several of the singing/dancing boys will no longer be there! One is a senior and graduating (accepted to the music department at the local university) and another really talented guy is moving to Colorado! Last year they put on a demanding production of The Phantom of the Opera and had to borrow a past student from the local university to play the Phantom! He had a little trouble combining football practice and his role but all his football buddies showed up for one of the performances!</p>
<p>My D was in a children’s performance of Seussical when she was in 4th grade, as a Who. She acted each year through 8th grade, loved it, but was not talented enough to make the cut for the high school musicals. A year of voice lessons didn’t help any. There are a lot of amazing singers in our school. So she has spent more time developing her athletic skills, quite successfully.</p>
<p>I do a lot less running now that my D can drive and has the use of one of our cars!</p>
<p>RobD, our NHS ceremony was early in the fall.</p>
<p>RobD, I wouldn’t feel guilty at all about missing a college fair. I attended one with D and D did another with school. I honestly did not see much value in it. I found them underwhelming. </p>
<p>Fredericks- sounds exhausting. One year D juggled a sport and the musical. It was exhausting. I am a wimp and hate when my kids are overscheduled because it means I am overscheduled. </p>
<p>Agree that written HW is gearing down with AP/IB exams. IB exams start next week. I have a sinking feeling that D’s studying is not what it needs to be. It is so hard to know how much to push and how much to leave to her. I don’t want to argue, but I think she is unfocused with her classes. Springtime, new boyfriend, new job, prom.</p>
<p>Rob–I know, I can’t believe it’s MAY. I had to schedule an eye appointment for S and I started saying how about next week, April…and flipped to see, OOPS, May.</p>
<p>RobD - College of Charleston is one of the schools son really likes. Honors dorm overlook the bay (I think). I didn’t make that visit with him. Son doesn’t want to go to CofC because he knows about 150 students there. </p>
<p>The practice Calculus AP exam ended up being a good experience. All of the local high schools took the test together and in the afternoon one of the teachers went through the test and explained each problem. There were 40 mulitple choice questions and 4 students, all from son’s school, got all 40 correct. S got 38 correct. If nothing else this has taken some of the fear out of the real test for son and his friends.</p>
<p>YDS, there is a site called AP Pass that calculates scores for the various AP tests. You plug in estimated mc and essay scores and it gives you the score.:)</p>
<p>RobD, my D submitted her NHS packet a month ago and is supposed to find out tomorrow if she was selected. Inductions are first of next week. </p>
<p>D and I visited a local LAC yesterday. It was exam week there, so it was quiet on campus and there were only two other prospective students in the tour group. The campus was quite beautiful and its buildings were impressive. The school has 3000 undergrads and great opportunites for the motivated and not so motivated. The info session speaker said they had more research opportunities than they had students to fill them. The school has merit scholarship opportunities and solid fa. This was our second trip to a small LAC and although my D liked much of what she heard, she just does not like the size. It just feels way too small for her. She is not going to rule out these two LACs we have visited, but I don’t think we are going to pursue visiting any more. She just likes a big school. She loves our state flagship, but it really isn’t a safe bet for anybody. She has the GPA, scores, and class rank, so she is a solid candidate. We also have an instate academic and financial safety where she could be happy. We have looked at many OOS big unis but these are only possible if there is substantial merit/fa. Trying to figure out which, if any, of these she will apply to. A couple require a lot of work to apply to the school and/or their honors college in order to be considered for merit aid.</p>
<p>Good luck in the rest of the season to all of our tennis players! D has struggled with her singles game playing at a higher seed this year, but she had a great win Tuesday! She beat a girl she had previously lost to. One more week of regular season here and then district tournament action begins. D will be competing in doubles play.</p>
<p>CBGMass: Thanks for the CoC insight. Dorms overlooking the bay? Sign me up. </p>
<p>Blueshoe: thanks for the tip on the AP Pass site. Good luck with the college list & NHS. The kids end up figuring out the type of school they like. And I keep thinking of the saying “you can make a big school smaller, but you can’t make a small school bigger.”</p>
<p>blueshoe–if she wants big, have her look at the University of Minnesota. Their OOS is very reasonable and merit aid for out of state students is respectable. Your small LAC sounds perfect for our DD :D.</p>
<p>Rob, that’s basically what my D said. I just realized I misunderstood what YDS was asking. I don’t think I’d do too great on the SAT cr with my poor reading comprehension skills.:)</p>
<p>Steve, thank you for the Minnesota advice. There was a boy in our tour group yesterday from New Hamshire. D was cringing at his snow stories.:)</p>
<p>Thanks all for warm welcome .
Earthmother65… well said… flexibilty is important …every situation is an opportunity to grow and learn…and bettered learned at young age if possible .
I’m just so happy to have found this forum… I need somewhere vent… that doesn’t cost anything addtional … because D has got that area covered .
This summer like I said off Bueno Aires for three week … then back home take writing course and same time has summer job with National Park service . she worked their last summer . Had to be fringerprinted and background check… its with federal government . it was long process and took about 3 months for complete clearance and job offer… …she liked it… learned a lot about history and gave tours to local site …this spring her supervisor emailed her to submit her transcript and update her resume and she’s in …so that great and its great pay for teen($12-14hrly) …supposely will be able to come back when she’s in college . She know she needs save some earnings for her senior yr expenses … so we’ll see how that works.</p>
<p>Thanks, blueshoe. I’ll get ds to check it out and see if it’s what we’re looking for.</p>
<p>We did NHS at the end of sophomore year, though juniors who didn’t qualify last year just joined two weeks ago.</p>
<p>Funny that y’all talked about skipping college fairs. One of those multi-college presentations is next week and the same night as softball playoffs. We might skip. :)</p>
<p>Have any of you ever clicked on the wrong “year” thread and think, “who are these people and WHAT are they talking about” :D. It’s been a LONG couple of days…</p>
<p>I went to one of those fairs with DS and it was too much of a zoo to be helpful. DD actually went to one this morning. (I think she was more interested in skipping class than the cf.) I printed out the school list and highlighted a few for her. I’ll be interested to hear her thoughts.</p>