<p>GreekMana–I agree with the mentor–there is no reason to spend 3 hours a night on ANY subject on a regular basis. Our kids have maybe 30 minutes of AP BC Calc homework/night. Their teacher has something like 80% rate of kids getting a 5 on the AP test and maybe has one or two kids get 3’s, the rest are 4’s. I would say he is pretty effective. DD loves the class this year. She didn’t care much for her pre-calc teacher last year, not that I can blame her, all she heard from her was what a wonderful math student her brother was—DD was ONE percentage point behind him in grades and scored the same on their ACT math section. It does come easier to him than her but still…</p>
<p>Although DTwins have not yet tried it, you can change your next applications. You cannot change any application already submitted, however. You must submit the Common Application to at least one institution first. You cannot create an alternate version until this has occurred.</p>
<p>Step 2: You must log out of the application then go to this special URL: </p>
<p><a href=“https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/Default.aspx?allowcopy=true[/url]”>https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/Default.aspx?allowcopy=true</a></p>
<p>and login using your existing User Name and Password.</p>
<p>If link doesn’t work insert Default.aspx? where the dots are.</p>
<p>Step 3: Upon login you will be taken to the ‘Common Application’ page, where you will see information about the application you have already submitted. The ability to create an alternate version of your submitted Common Application is now activated, and you should click on the ‘Replicate’ link to make an alternate version of your submitted application. When this is complete, a second version will be visible on your screen and a special drop down list that will appear in the upper right corner of your application. You can use this drop down to move between application versions.</p>
<p>This was copy and pasted from another thread or the CA instructions. Additional instructions are on a following post on the next page. Good luck!</p>
<p>Greekmana - you can’t change ANYTHING. It’s all greyed out. I also thought it ould be updated which is why I wasn’t that worried when he submitted to a couple schools before he got feedback on his essay. Depending on the changes he makes to it, he might have to make a new application before he submits to any more.</p>
<p>DDHM - thanks for the info.</p>
<p>One thing I have discovered about the Common App is that you don’t have an “account” with the schools so you can’t check your app status online. I don’t know if these schools have that option or not though so it might not make a difference.</p>
<p>To continue: (this actually might have been from the Common Ap instructions; can’t remember)</p>
<p>All data from your original version of your Common Application will be transferred to your alternate version, with the exception of any documents that you uploaded. You may edit any of this information before you submit it to another institution."</p>
<p>Go to your “My Colleges” page on your original version of the Common App. Select a college, then click “Move College,” which is right below the box containing all of your colleges. It will ask you if you want to move that college to Version 1 (or whichever version): click “Move.” Then, it will appear on the other version, and your Common App and supplements will transfer and remain filled out as they are.</p>
<p>If anyone tries this, let us know if/how it works. I would like to know prior to DS’s submission in a couple weeks!</p>
<p>Pretty much every dance at my school is semi-formal, except for an early spring dance where we all wear white and it’s casual attire. And then the junior and senior proms obviously have a formal dress code. Homecoming is probably the most popular dance … and it’s Saturday! I’m so excited! We have pep rally tomorrow, and then pretty much every team gets on a bus to our rival school and we play one after another, with the football team being last.
It’s good to know that once the app is submitted, I can’t change anything. With my luck I’ll probably do that by accident. 
My top choice college is coming to my high school tomorrow, which is probably the highlight of my week. I’m still having a hard time choosing between Early Decision and Early Action for the school though …</p>
<p>Can’t even convince D to go to Homecoming. She defiantly rolls her eyes. I graduated from the same HS and my class reunion is that weekend, starting with a tailgate before the game, so I’ll be there with DH.</p>
<p>Thanks for the welcome. Have no common app preped and waiting on Mondays ACT scores.
I’m trying to learn to scholarship solo as my first FASFA pass ended up in a crash and burn
(no FA) for this neubie. Looks like the deadlines are fast approaching in Octiober. OK
My first question----- be gentle-----Any resourse which shows which Scholorships deadlines are comming up first so we can work on the top priorties first?</p>
<p>Hard to keep up here. Had Back to School night last night. I really love all of S teachers. They all are excited for their subject and think it’s the most important/interesting subject which makes for a good teacher. </p>
<p>Almost all the AP teachers had close to 100% pass rates on the exams, although that doesn’t matter to me much except as an indication of teaching ability. </p>
<p>S has done nothing on his apps. He was away last weekend with his coach and team for some bonding and is catching up on work. DH and I are pretty sure he’s going to end up applying ED to one school -our alma mater - in the end. He is going to see Penn next week with a friend but I really don’t see him at a city school. He did not like Drexel for that reason. </p>
<p>Have not heard a word about homecoming. He went freshman year for 5 minutes before calling for a ride home. Maybe a girl will drag him this year?</p>
<p>AP Calc: Calculus may not be intuitive for students who have only seen algebra and geometry but it is very logical and the underlying theory can be taught in ways tying it back into algebra and geometry. I had a wonderful hs math teacher who did exactly that even though it wasn’t even an AP class. He was ABD for a PHD in math from Stanford. Trouble is, most high school math teachers don’t have a solid grasp of these concepts themselves and the class ends up being taught as a series of memorizations and it very quickly becomes a confusing morass.</p>
<p>My S15 has a Calc AB teacher who refuses to teach, thinks the students need to figure out for themselves, and hence refuses to answer questions. We were really worried, but it turns out that he has a fellow sophomore and even a freshman in his class who are very bright (freshman probably knows more than the teacher). They get along great and he’s actually learning a lot from working with them, but it is also comforting to know that I can help him at home if needed. I feel really sorry for the other kids in the class who don’t have the support he does.</p>
<p>Thank you guys for the sympathy and ideas about calc and chem. just ugh. Happily I have a friend who is on the staff of the sci-tech magnet school here, which is #1 or 2 in the country, and while I assume few of their kids struggle with these classes they are likely to have good tutors for those who do so I’ve asked for names. Both kids are ok with that. S14 (a junior, not 14 years old!) went to his chem teacher from last year after school yesterday and had three teachers helping him. Felt much better about his quiz today. He aced regular chem, AP is another bird. Two positives here- he learned that seeking help helps, and they found it hard too (hence three aiding him) so he didn’t feel like an idiot. His teacher is a coach too, and in-season, so while he has made time to help the kids, they are before school and S is a zombie at 6 AM.
Loved the homecoming stories. So cute. Came home tonight to find roses on the counter. Put them in a vase Sind D was at practice. Was dyingnwaitingnto hear how she got asked this time. H became more and more sullen. Finally he asked if I didn’t like the roses he got me. Never occurred to me they were for me.
So das about the coach leaving… That’s tough. I know kids who have been there, and mine have been nuts about various coaches who have not been able to stay over the years. Coaches play such a huge role in kids’ lives, and finding people the kids can relate to is vital.</p>
<p>I wish our school had a Homecoming Dance. Everyone is so tense, it’s only been 2 weeks of school! It would be a great distraction to think of a party, dressing up etc.</p>
<p>Unless of course dressing up has to do with two senior boys and their senior portraits!!! Good grief am I glad that is over!!! It was not like I imagined. Boys are so different from girls (and their moms!) They just wanted to get out of there as fast as possible. I and the photographer kept reminding them that this was the one picture that everyone from now until eternity would look up when they wanted to see their high school photo. Oh well… one more thing to cross off the list of senior activities.</p>
<p>Rob D and Reeinaz- D loved the program but felt the same as RobD about the highlight being the Amish arriving with pies! She wants 500K or more people around her so a town population of 500 was a two week maximum stay for her. She made some wonderful friends and in two weeks her writing grew expidentially! However, I think she bonded more permanently with her Oxford group because it was the first one and it was longer. She is still in contact with the Kenyon crew though. She loved it even with the power outage for 4 days due to storms. (:</p>
<p>Anyone using the UCAS for the UK schools? What do you think?</p>
<p>89wahoo - that’s kinda funny about the roses. Hope your hubby thought so :)</p>
<p>My son is in regular calculus and they are still doing precalc review. School’s only been in session 2 weeks so I’m not sure when they will get into actual calculus. S had this teacher for algebra 2 in 10th grade and liked him well enough then. I hope he doesn’t run into any trouble. But since I will be no help should he need it, I bought him (don’t laugh) 2 books that explain calculus principles using cartoons and manga.</p>
<p>Wherenext - I think my son is an oddity in that small, rural campuses are actually his preference rather than just something he’d be ok with.</p>
<p>acciokatelyn–is financial aid a concern for your family. I would look into the stats for kids that apply ED and how much they get. As reported on this board, it’s not very much, if anything, usually for a lot of schools. </p>
<p>reeinaz–our kids are right there with your DS. One school is in a town of 40,000 and they thought that was too big :D.</p>
<p>my kid wants a small school no bigger than 3000. She wants a campus, but easy to get into a bigger town or city if desired. She’d consider Manhattan, though, if the school has a campus…
right now, for me, JUST APPLY AND GET IT OVER WITH!..</p>
<p>what’s on tap for Friday?</p>
<p>Homecoming here too. Football game today with the band playing at halftime as always (except it’s supposed to rain so they won’t play in the rain). Dance is tomorrow. Both kids are dressing up, going out for dinner but not going to the dance. When I was in high school our school dances were a blast. They have not found the same to be true which makes me sad. </p>
<p>I have some shopping to do. I need a new vacuum cleaner–I have a bagless that I HATE so looking to go back to a bagged model :D.</p>
<p>Doing another campus visit at Truman next Friday. DS has not been on campus there yet and I want to remind DD how much she loved the campus when she visited in March :D. I know, we said we were done with visits but they have a day off of school I didn’t know about until last week and I want to remind DD how much she loved campus when she was there in March :D. They have both applied there already.</p>
<p>@Steve - We also had a bagless for awhile. hate it! We went back to a bagged and it is much better.</p>