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<p>There is a practical difficulty in not finding out right away. Unlike SCEA, EA or the vanilla admissions, they give you a deadline to accept and withdraw all your other applications.</p>
<p>S’15 has received 5 of 6 anticipated acceptances and 4 of those 5 have provided their merit award offers. Not surprising; except for one outlier, the schools come within $2,000 of each other. :-? the 5th school is the instate flagship and after instate grant award will also be in that range… so much for $ and the COA helping him decide… :-< </p>
<p>There are 2 separate STEM scholarships from 2 schools that he’ll hear on by the end of January. Both are about 3k/year. Could help tip the scales a little, I suppose. However, as of last night, he claims to have zero preference (which frustrates DW as she hopes he stays close to home). I told him he has plenty of time to decide and we’ll do 2nd visits and other events in the spring.</p>
<p>D been using one for a couple of years initially the paper was expensive but it has come down in price. For about 28.00 dollars you can get 100 sheets…it takes her a long time to fill up a sheet.<br>
The newer model is wireless and uploads to your mobile device effortlessly. It allows for other applications…calendar; note taking; conferencing with others?
She has requested this one for her graduation gift ;). The model she has also had a translator for language on it.
Livescribe echo is the model she is asking for.
For students who have Attention deficits; slow processing or language deficits it can be a real help in the class room. It has lessen the anxiety for my D…she used to worry a lot about missing important information while trying to take notes and listening at the same time.</p>
<p>^at D’12’s school; lectures are recorded and linked on the campus intranet. There is little in classroom note taking.</p>
<p>@giterdone how would you know this? Is it listed on the college info website? This is something that may make a difference on our choices of colleges. D prefers her flipped classes for the reason you gave.</p>
<p>I’m not sure how you’d find out ahead of time? ask the admin counselor maybe?</p>
<p>D’12 has always used a laptop and I just asked her one time “how does it sound in the class room with all the keyboard tapping?” and she gave me that “I’m from mars” look and told me this. I guess I just assumed (with technology the way it is now) most colleges ran this way.</p>
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<p>The “Why X?” essay doesn’t have to be brilliant or perfect, but it should allow the admissions officer to imagine what your kid would look like on his or her campus. To me, the key talking points are (1) a couple of sentences about what makes the classroom environment attractive, (2) an indication of which non-classroom academic activities your kid would aim to do, and (3) one or two examples of extracurricular activities your kid might join on campus. Making these points focused and specific requires some online research about the academic department of interest and the student organizations on campus, but in my experience, it generally causes the kid to become more excited about the school because the opportunities there start to look more tangible. It’s a good process to get more interested in some of the schools further down the preference list. </p>
<p>^^And alternatively to learn that the school may not be so attractive. DS has taken more than one school off his list for that reason. If you can’t feel the love when writing your “Why xx” essay, maybe you shouldn’t apply.</p>
<p>D15 finds out about her ED school one week from today. It’s very difficult to watch her. She is so sad and defeated. She doesn’t want to apply to any public universities so we didn’t even have the option of an EA acceptance to soften the blow. She won’t find out about the RD schools to which she intends to apply until the last week of March/first week of April - the same time in which she’ll be in Europe on her school trip. She refuses to allow us access to any portals so we won’t be able to find out until she comes home, unless the acceptances are sent via mail (which, again, she won’t let us open.)</p>
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<p>The fire hd 6" (and 7") can do pretty much what other tablets do, but you are in an amazon-centric world if that’s a problem. It’s an android device, but you are limited to amazon’s App Store, which is big but not as big as google’s. </p>
<p>I can do stuff like access my computer remotely, and work on office files. </p>
<p>The experience is enhanced if you get amazon prime $99 --half price for students. That gives you access to their music and movie library for free steaming and download, which you can also access from computers and non-amazon smart phones. You don’t need prime for books on any tablet, phone, or computer though. </p>
<p>I’d also spend a few dollars more for the 16gb rather than the 8gb. </p>
<p>Re reading newspapers. Most have apps that format the content for a mobile device, and some–the NY Times–have, for subscribers, an online facsimile issue that gives you an actual page turning picture of the paper, ads and all, without the ink. </p>
<p>On pins and needles re ED, although the actual applicant is outwardly very stoic. </p>
<p>SOG I fully agree with your list. It is similar to DCs outline. He did an overnight there and has tons of ammo for the essay. The issue is figuring out what to omit. He came home from his visit stating “I found my people”. A rejection here will be devastating. Hopefully a good acceptance will come thru before then.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info on the pen. I have to check it out.</p>
<p>Waiting too for the ED result in another 9 days; I think here my D is fine, relieved to have some applications done - although if she does not get in, next weekend will be full of essay writing again, and she has not been making time to do it. We are touring an RD school on her list this w/end. D was admitted to 2 of 3 safeties with rolling admissions - no merit $$ yet, but we do have indications that at both it will be substantial. In the end, there are a number of schools she would be happy at - all for different reasons - though giving up playing a sport for an official school team - which would be the case at one of two of the safeties as it is a D1 school - would be a huge change for her. Best of luck to all those waiting for results. </p>
<p>Just realized today that d (and I) forgot about requesting recommendations for a scholarship application that is due today. Fortunately, the two people who we need recommendations from have already sent letters to schools, so they should have something they can submit or tweak for this scholarship. I can’t believe I let this slip by when I’ve been so organized about the college apps. D is in the final week of her dual credit courses, so after the apps were done by Dec. 1, I’ve been letting her concentrate almost exclusively on those classes. </p>
<p>D got an academic acceptance today at IUB (Indiana Univ.-Bloomington) with an invitation to submit for their scholarships. Of course, it’s great to have an actual acceptance, but it’s really the music school that she’s trying to get into and we have a long way to go on that front. </p>
<p>We had an ED surprise in the mail today. My son got accepted to RIT (though we won’t hear about merit aid and general financial aid until January - fingers crossed it is do-able)!! We weren’t expecting notification quite yet. It was very, VERY helpful though - he has high functioning autism and was getting more and more focused on hearing about the decision… yeah, stress off and a big smile on his face. Now if only his twin sister’s 11 app saga was also at completion :-p!</p>
<p>Contratulations, @kidsrexpensive! My older d is an RIT student (currently on LOA). </p>
<p>Thanks W2BeHome! Does she like RIT? My son has gone for several events there (for interested high schoolers) and has liked what he has seen. I like the co-op plans there for computer science kids - 2 semesters and 2 summers (paid!) by graduation!!</p>
<p>She does like it. I have been impressed with many things about RIT from the open house to orientation to Brick City Weekend. We are just having a rough time with some medical issues that made for a very stressful spring semester and summer. We’re hoping to get back on track by next fall. </p>
<p>DS had quite a day today. He had an interview this afternoon with an alum from a very selective LAC near Minneapolis, a young pharmacist, and is now skyping with his host from when he visited super-selective LAC outside Philly about his essays. Going to college might not be half as interesting as this!</p>
<p>If you search “smart”, “pen”, and the name of a large online retailer named after a tribe of mythical female warriors, you’ll find an amazing amount of information on the pens.</p>