<p>I liked the books but HATED the movie! Bad casting, bad acting… I started laughing when Rue died I the movie. I cried when I read the book. I thought all the actors failed to connect with their characters and that the screen writers totally missed the point of the book. Hated it and will not bother to see the next movie. So disappointing. In the same vein, pick up a copy of Article 5. I know the author :).</p>
<p>Zayda…Muhlenberg is GREAT…I know 2 girls going there and they LOVE it…both are in Theatre…can’t speak for academics…but the Arts program is excellent…one is Jewish and very religious…they even have a Kosher dining plan…Go Visit…the Campus is beautiful…
Hope this helps…</p>
<p>Zayda, heavylidded just posted a visit report on muhlenberg on the 2013 3.3 gpa thread. For urban, check fordham at lincoln center.</p>
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<p>CBGMass - My son is going to Boys State, but he can’t even try to run for the Boys State Nation because it conflicts with his big EC. </p>
<p>I think he’ll really enjoy Boys State more without any thought of Boys Nation. My only issue is that for a “free” opportunity we sure have to buy many new “specific” clothes – they provided one shirt and suggest how many other shirts to purchase to get thru the week. He needs a couple khaki pants, khaki shorts…</p>
<p>MommyDearest - There is a Dad on these boards who is a big supporter of Huntsville. He doesn’t believe it is a commuter school.</p>
<p>D going to Girl’s State. S went to Boy’s State & loved every minute of it! Anyone have experience with Girl’s State? How does it compare to Boy’s State?</p>
<p>D unhappily taking a practice SAT. Guess what she is doing next Saturday? ACT scores come tomorrow. AP stress is building. And we have eleven more months to look forward to? Groan…
Are your kids taking SATs in May? Hoping for enough of a boost this time that she can take the subject tests in June. She asked my why the SAT isn’t offered in the summer when the kids actually have time to review. Dies anyone know the answer to what seems a reasonable question? Classes are still laying the HW on heavily so I don’t see her doing any AP review to speak of here either. I really don’t care if she gets college credit for her classes anyway so we are telling her not to sweat but for applications it sure would be nice to have some nice numbers.</p>
<p>S is taking the SAT next weekend. DD doesn’t need it for any schools she is considering. Technically S doesn’t “need” it either but a little butterfly told us that the school he “needs” it for likes to see kids take both the ACT and SAT so, he is.</p>
<p>As for SAT/ACT in the summer, my guess is it mainly has to do with having facilities in which to take the tests and having people available to proctor the tests. A lot of schools around the country simply are not open during the summer months and to have to open a building, on a Saturday, in the summer costs the schools money. Then, even if the schools are open, how many of them are running the air conditioning all over the building. I couldn’t imagine trying to take the ACT/SAT in 100 degree heat without AC. That is just my guess though. There is a round in mid June so that is “summer” for some areas. We are technically out of school before that June test so “technically” for us there is one in the summer.</p>
<p>ACT scores come out tomorrow and my son is so nonchalant about the whole thing. I, on the other hand, ama nervous wreck because I know how important those scores are! DS still says that the Science part was ridiculous and I’m having dreams that his composite score will be 16…ugh!!! His saving grace is his GPA is 3.9…At least I hope it is :)</p>
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<p>terinzak - THIS!!! (except substitute your S for my Step-D) </p>
<p>May SAT date - well as has been established in this thread, Step-D is taking 3 SAT Subject tests on May 5, that I (only recently) found out she doesn’t need to take whatsoever. However, as some have pointed out, her top choice not ‘requiring’ subject tests any more doesn’t mean that they aren’t ‘recommended’ and if she can do ok, they’ll only add to her applications everywhere. (at least this is what I’m telling myself.) </p>
<p>She’ll take the June ACT and be done with it all. (I hope.) Like Steve MA mentioned, Step-D is out of school in about 14 days, so the June ACT is firmly in our ‘summer months’ ;)</p>
<p>Morning all! D is taking 2 SAT II tests on the June date. That will probably be it for testing. I’d <em>like</em> her to take the ACT one more time, but don’t think the juice is worth the squeeze. She thinks what she’s done already is fine so we’ll go with that. </p>
<p>Still remarkably quiet here on the homework front. A end of marking period project or two coming up, but english & history are gearing up for AP testing so their notorious amounts of homework have disappeared. </p>
<p>The school is having a special junior class meeting tomorrow night; sounds like they’re bringing in reps from local colleges to talk about the college application process. They didn’t do anything like this when D1 was going through the process so I’m happy. I know that GC’s get slammed here on CC quite a bit. Ours have 400+ kids each and are responsible for a wide span of services so anything extra they can provide is appreciated.</p>
<p>Hi, everyone, D is also taking the SAT in May and a subject test in June. We’ll have to keep our fingers crossed for everyone! It would be wonderful if she didn’t have to take the reasoning test again!</p>
<p>So junior prom is now just a good memory :). It went off without a hitch except that there were about 70 people in my front yard for pictures! I wasn’t expecting that many people but the whole thing morphed out my my control. The after party at our house went well too. We had a waffle bar and fried chicken. Back to reality tomorrow. DD13a and DD13b have proficiency tests in American history and English tomorrow. They are both in AP English and APUSH so I doubt the test will be a problem. Anybody else’s kids have to take these kinds of tests?</p>
<p>D is retaking the SAT next week. D is doing some prep on the math section, but is much more focused on APs. </p>
<p>We have state proficiency tests in Mid June but for Ds school these are almost an after thought. THey will be a month after the APUSH exam, (D took APLit last year). </p>
<p>D is taking ACT in June. As far as we know she is the only one of her friends taking the exam. SAT is very common here, ACT, not so much. D is annoyed that I signed her up for it. :)</p>
<p>Walker- sounds like a fun post prom party. </p>
<p>I learn so many new things on cc. I have never heard of boys or girls state before.</p>
<p>Ds studied for a bit for a big APUSH test tomorrow before heading to work. He keeps asking me whether he’s testing Saturday. I think a lot of his friends must be so it’s on his mind. I’m sure some day he’ll thank me for making his testing life so easy and not signing him up for the morning of prom, though he is working that morning. Subject tests in June, and he. Is. Outta. There. Where testing is concerned.</p>
<p>We meet with his GC tomorrow. Just want to keep her in the loop with our plans. I’m a big fan of our college GC. If you come to her with a plan and good questions, she fills in the blanks.</p>
<p>Nell - Your kid may thank you. My son did better on the ACT which few take around here. His CR/M SAT were similar to the ACT score; his W SAT was horrid. His take when all was said and done - the ACT straight forward questions were less stressful. The longer testing time for the ACT “seemed” actually shorter to him.</p>
<p>Boys State/Girls State is a week long, free camp established by the American Legion. </p>
<p>It was put in place to counter the Communist camps for American youths back after the world war (I or II? I don’t remember). My son almost did not interview for it because some of the material is VERY propaganda - like it hasn’t been updated since the start of the program. Then he actually spoke to a kid who attended a few years ago and felt much better. At Boys State the kids “run” for various government position which mirror local and state government. By the week end, 2 kids from each state’s Boys State are elected by their fellow campers to attend Boys Nation in D.C. There is a famous photo of Clinton as a boy meeting JFK that was from Boys Nation. The photo was the only reason I had heard of it before.</p>
<p>S is at a national DECA competition, which this year takes part in our neck of the woods.
Next weekend are Crew Regionals in Sacramento. He flies back Sunday night and first AP is Monday morning. He might need to take it later, we will see. 5 APs and 1 IB, no too bad but the workload at school is extremely heavy. The teachers this year do not give them a break, lot’s of assignments due after AP test.</p>
<p>I found out something absolutely ridiculous today that I thing deserves its own thread…</p>
<p>Lurker here just saying hello and looking for moral support.
This will be my 3rd time through this process but feel that we are a year behind where we were with my 2 girls who attended top 50 schools and have already graduated.
Have visited a couple of schools but not feeling any sense of urgency from DS.
He will be taking SAT next week for second time but has not done much prep since first time so scores may not improve.
I think he would be lost in a huge state school so am focusing more on smaller schools for him. But would like him to at least visit one bigger school to get an impression and as a financial safety. Will not qualify for any need based aid but merit aid would be welcomed to reduce cost.
So much going on that we will likely not be able to get in any more visits until summer break. Fall will be busy too with ECs and any out of state schools may not get visited until after acceptance.</p>
<p>Thanks to whoever mentioned Common Data Sets for the first time - I wasn’t aware of them, but they are invaluable for understanding waitlisting and financial aid. I’ve been looking at them so we can exclude from the start schools that we can’t afford and that wouldn’t likely grant any aid. Points once more for CC :-)</p>
<p>I’m in Europe on a business trip, so am the first to see the ACT results. </p>
<p>Hooray, D got a 29 composite! While perhaps by CC standards this isn’t a great score, I’m very pleased. If you would have asked me a few months ago, this score is about what I would have expected her to get. But after two lower than expected SAT scores, I had revised expectations downward, so this score exceeded expectations. According to the official concordance tables, 29 = 1300/1600 on the SAT, while D previously had a 1160/1600 (or 1850/2400, with a high writing score, which unfortunately many schools don’t consider.) This is a big enough difference to impact range of schools to consider, and definitions of reach/match/safety.</p>
<p>So, I do encourage those who do worse than expected on the SAT to try the ACT, or vice versa. My 2010 S also did much better on the ACT than the SAT.</p>
<p>Ok, S got at 28 on the ACT. Being totally unfamiliar with this test, I have no real idea of how that score rates. If this were the SAT, I’d be happy with a 1200/1600. How does a 28 compare?</p>