<p>We actually cancelled the Sept ACT for our sons. Moved one to Oct 25 instead. The other TBD. September is the worst month for the test, IMHO. School is just getting going, they are just getting into their senior year (and enjoying it), and they aren’t “academically ready” coming off the summer. Also, Oct 25 is perfectly between Cross Country and Wrestling season.</p>
<p>@Goodkidsdad , I went and took a look at University Towers. I always thought that if he did go to IUPUI, that he would just live at home and commute. However, I honestly think that would be mentally tough for him to see all his friends leave and he stay home. He has tons of friends in our neighborhood who are seniors. I really like the looks of that facility and am changing my mind that if he stay here, then living there would give him that leaving home experience and would be beneficial in many ways. DH works downtown, and this DS actually doesn’t mind hanging with us…haha. He could stop for lunch from time to time. Although we went on a campus tour, it was May and all the kids had left. I plan on calling and making an appt. for him to see those towers, and I think a busy student filled campus will give it a different feel. Thanks for giving me that little push!</p>
<p>I was shot down by my boss it is too far for her. :(</p>
<p>@Hoosier96 you remember correctly we have an Accounting major here although I would not be surprised if she chooses international business instead so we are looking at schools with good accounting programs and good business programs that also offer the option to minor in Spanish and spend time in Spain.</p>
<p>I hope everyone’s child reaches their goal score on yesterday’s ACT. I noticed whenever D thought the test was “easy”, she received disappointing scores and when she was worried about her answers, that’s when she received her best score. I think for D it was a matter of paying attention to the test. </p>
<p>Yeah, I’m not sure about my D. She has such trouble completing the sections. She said yesterday the English was easy and the rest were harder than in March. I looked at a thread some students were posting on and they said the same thing–English was easier and the rest were harder than the spring tests.</p>
<p>conmama: Wait until you see the rooms, dining area and facilities at the Tower. IMHO the best “dorms” in the Midwest. But please apply literally on the first day. It is the hottest ticket around. I think the application starts November 1st. Put the “Riverwalk” down as second choice. New and beautiful too.</p>
<p>So far it has been just fantastic for my son. Last night they all (about 10 kids) went to a soccer game, had burgers right off campus and played “old school” gamecube games until the wee hours. Perfect!</p>
<p>The time of his life. The best part about his situation (so far) is that NONE of his new friends are big “kegger” kids. Some of the kids are from the Indy suburbs and chose to live at least the first year “on campus”.</p>
<p>Just a very viable option and a great experience. Best part is that all options remain open because the credits at IUPUI transfer to all of the “state” schools.</p>
<p>I don’t know what to think about my D’s ACT - this was her 3rd and final time taking it and for the very first time ever, she ran out of time on the math section. She guessed on something like the last 4 or 5 problems. She said she did go back and checked a couple to see if she could get a closer answer. I’m afraid the math section, which we were really hoping she could improve on may be even lower than last time. Hopefully she bumped up enough on at least one other section to offset the drop and still propel her that 1 point she needs, but I’m not holding my breath. She did say, on a high note, that she thought she did better on the writing portion, which has been her difficult section in the past. Well, what’s done is done, it won’t hurt her chances at any of the colleges she is applying to, just would have been for additional merit. Now on to finish those apps!</p>
<p>Hope everyone else gets the scores they need/want.</p>
<p>This was my D’s second and final time for the ACT. Her composite was plenty good enough, but she wanted to raise her math score. She came out of the test saying that she probably hadn’t raised math, but felt better about the writing than last time. As the kids would say, whatever. It was worth a try.</p>
<p>Next she’s on to studying for some Oct subject tests. </p>
<p>@goodkidsdad, thanks! I actually sent an email asking if we could just take a visit to University Towers, as we did the campus visit in May. I would also like him to see the campus full. I mentioned it to him this morning before school, he seemed open to it…but it was 6:30 in the morning and a little tired. His GF just got accepted to IUB and he seems a bit down, knowing that he probably won’t go there. But I think the idea of IUPUI would be much more appealing knowing he is on campus, having the same experience as so many of his friends. I reminded him of the kids in our area going to Butler…they are even closer to home but living in the dorms. I also told him if he did go to IUPUI, he could of course always live at home, completely up to him.</p>
<p>We will be visiting all 3 campuses in the next month again. Thanks again! Sending you a PM</p>
<p>Conmama. You are handling this wonderfully. If your son maximizes his current situation he is a winner! Great idea visiting them all in a short period of time. He will get a view of the options. They are all good. </p>
<p>In the spirit of campus visits. Ball State is GREAT Campus. A real college experience that is much more manageable than Bloomington. Butler is bucolic and beautiful, but a little surreal, sterile and samey (affluent Indiana) . </p>
<p>Some of the MOST successful people I know went to the local college where I live. You are just lucky to have a college that offers 250 quality majors in your backyard. The problem that we had, and so will you, is the stigma of NOT going to IU or Purdue etc. People couldn’t understand. It’s because they don’t know better.</p>
<p>My child was offered top scholarships to all of the state schools. And chose IUPUI.</p>
<p>Thanks Goodkisdad. What I keep telling my son is that IU did accept him!!! It’s just that everyone wants to be on the main campus and there is just not enough room. He can transfer over after that highly competitive first year, when people start flunking out or transferring out themselves after a year. I told him yesterday how LUCKY he is to be accepted to these universities and that many people don’t have that option at all, and he should be happy about that. BSU only had a 61% acceptance rate last year (at least that is what I read on the internet). </p>
<p>I’m so glad your son loves IUPUI and its a testimony as to how fun that campus is. Really…right next to downtown and when he becomes 21 even more fun as Mass Ave. so close.</p>
<p>D was accepted at her #1 choice. She has been reminded that she still has to apply to one instate school.</p>
<p>Out of all schools she applying to IUPUI because “I want to be in a city”. She also likes the idea of being in the mix of research; internships and mix of students. So @conmama we just might meet. 
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<p>They have a community resource mentor program she is interested in with a minor in gerontology. </p>
<p>That is AWESOME @Hoosier96!</p>
<p>@conmama this is hard=trying to help our children understand what really does matter when the messages they are getting are often directly the opposite of reality-I have been doing that here as well since I have gotten some snarky comments and looks when people ask where my girl is looking-</p>
<p>@Goodkidsdad I really like your point of view-thank you. :)</p>
<p>@Hoosier96…Major congratulations to you and your daughter! That is just terrific. To be accepted to your #1 Choice has to be such a tremendous feeling…especially so early in the year. She can relax and all this stress and worry is behind her. </p>
<p>@Pepper03, that is just awful that you are getting snarky comments. It’s tough enough when your kids are trying to accept reality and then these so called adults make comments or do the silence then, “oh…that’s nice” as if they don’t know what else to say. </p>
<p>Congrats to @Hoosier96. First choice in September, done!</p>
<p>My D is still dragging her heels on the common app essay. It will be an assignment due next week in her English class, so I am not stressing over it too much this week. Of course it should have been done over the summer.</p>
<p>I am just so ready to be done with high school.</p>
<p>I will restate this: the only school choice that matters is the best school choice for your child.</p>
<p>Unless those who have any criticism is willing to step up to the plate to write the tution check, then what they say has NO bearing on the decision. >:/ </p>
<p>D classmates have made her feel less of candidate for schools because her choices aren’t IVY or top 20; but then again none of those school offer her intended major. 
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<p>Her first choice is the top program in the country and I reinforced that it was a reach and she was admitted so be happy with the cards that are dealt!!!</p>
<p>Yes, @Hoosier96, we can’t be swayed by the comments of others. My D is very, very tight-lipped about where she will be applying. Why? Because in the spring she doesn’t want people asking about schools she didn’t get into. Also, she would prefer to be the only one from her school to apply to her top choices. </p>
<p>Oh I am fine-this is my second go around at this I learned the first time not to take the bait. It doesn’t upset me like it did first time around. I feel that anyone who acts like that is rude and ignorant-ignorance can be fixed if people are willing to learn the information that is available to them-rude is another story.</p>
<p>My daughter is going to be better for this-she is going to be better than fine-just like other kids who make the best choice for them and turn off all the noise coming from people who usually are clueless.</p>
<p>Hoosier96: Could not have said this better.</p>
<p>“I will restate this: the only school choice that matters is the best school choice for your child.”</p>
<p>My wife and I had several people say with a scrunched face. “Why would you choose anything other than X school? They are the real business school”. Really? That is definitely not what we found.</p>
<p>In fact you will get some of that on this site. Stand firm. Do your research. And do what is best.</p>
<p>I get the feeling too that people wonder why S15 is applying to schools that are nowhere near a top school by their standards. But we are letting him explore places where he will feel comfortable and where he/we will not incur insane amounts of debt. I refuse to believe that only the “top” business schools can give him a decent accounting degree. </p>