Awesome, @grlscoutmom ! Congratulations to your D. Is she applying to many more, or is this it, or somewhere between?
Apps are all in, transcript requests go in today⊠itâs out of our hands.
Fingers, toes, eyes and kidneys crossed for the results we want 
Congrads to those with acceptances! Gould luck to those that have submitted applications. Glad to hear the process is moving along at someoneâs house. I think I stay on here so that I can enjoy progress even if it does not involve my DS.
Yikes, getting down to the wire here with all these EA apps and my son has added two more schools to his list this week. So he is at 12 schools now. Good news is he has a great guidance counselor who is quick to submit everything, common app is done along with essay, ACT scores in, as well as transcripts. Just waiting for fall sports results and he will push the button.
Congratulations to all those with acceptances and achievements with getting the apps submitted. An exciting time but a bit stressful as well.
Thank you. @petrichor11 she has 11 others, but 3 or 4 of those are UCâs which means just one submit app/submission for those, thank goodness.
Congrats on acceptance
WOW! I cant keep up with everything. Congratulations to all the acceptances and submittals.
Wheeeww! Too much senior year business at our house. âIâve got thisâ dissolved into âoh no, I am out of disposable contactsâ. There is just too much to keep track of right now. The good news is we found contacts for today from the places spares get stashed. I am taking time this weekend to finish GC paperwork. An upcoming day off school will be the day for DS to finish up his 10/31 applications and hit send. I cannot wait until I know they are in. Why does my husband always seem to be headed out of town when the deadlines loom?? :bz
@Waiting2exhale the top ten students do not get any recognition at our high school at all except this n the top 2 give speeches at graduation. This breakfast is actually a good thing because most students in our district pride themselves on dumbing down. This inspires some to break away from that mentality. We do not have enough positive enticements to encourage students to strive academically! So this breakfast is a good thing.
@Waiting2exhale the top ten students do not get any recognition at our high school at all except this n the top 2 give speeches at graduation. This breakfast is actually a good thing because most students in our district pride themselves on dumbing down. This inspires some to break away from that mentality. We do not have enough positive enticements to encourage students to strive academically! So this breakfast is a good thing.
lvmjac1: So I have been schooled. I could not have guessed that the whole world was turning into AM talk radio on our school campuses. I hope your child enjoys the breakfast.
@waiting2exhale I wish there were educational options in our area like the ones you n others describe. My D gets low key ridiculed for being so academically minded since forever. No obvious bullying but a lot of insidious behaviors from other students (as if she thinks she is better or something - which definitely doesnât feel) she would have done ANYTHING to fit in with her peers. In order to do that she would have to force down her natural tendencies. We have NO gifted m talented at any level before 8th grade. In 8th grade you have one choice - take 9th grade math n science (algebra & living environments) if u take that then you can then you take the next math n science freeing up room in junior n senior to take more AP classes. There is a structured flow chart of sorts. If you take living environment in 8th then you can take AP Environmental Science in 9th. If you r not interested in that 1 AP class then you get nothing because they do not give the students any choices itâs their way or the highway. My D wanted to take AP Psych in 10th grade n was told no. It wasnât in the predetermined flow chart of prescribed structure. She would have to wait til 11th grade. Ugh! This is the child that begged for me to teach her to read in pre k. She was reading chapter books in kindergarten. She would finish her assignments n read while waiting for the other students to finish their assignments. As a result she was reading n writing etc way above grade level from almost day one. With No charter schools or magnet schools in our area. Catholic schools are not necessarily better academic - more sports oriented. And no consideration from our district she / we continued to indulge her academic abilities at home n help her muddle through the difficult stigma of being highly academic in a sea of dumbing down getting drunk n high mentalities! So in senior year it has finally become PC to be smart n FINALLY she feels like she fits in somewhat. That is why this breakfast is a wonderful milestone in the swamp she has had to endure! We should have moved far far away years ago but we were naive n optimisticâŠ
Personally I see nothing wrong with rewarding children who have worked hard to achieve good grades. I think it prepares them for adulthood. This may not be a popular opinion , but I stand by it. In the world where everyone gets a trophy just for showing up and trying their hardest, I think weâre doing children a huge disservice in preparing them for life. I donât get a paycheck just for showing up to work. I have certain performance based behaviors and tasks that I am expectedly to complete in order to continue my employment . I get a review every year that evaluates those skills. If I can show up with a positive attitude thatâs even better .
Things become tropes-- or talk radio fodder, one supposes-- for a reason. There are schools-- districts, even large districts-- where education has become sometimes secondary to whatever other mission the school system thinks comes first. Sometimes, like with ours, itâs wrapped in âsports keeps kids in school so they will graduateâ. Sometimes thatâs true, and thatâs great for those kids. It just kind of is frustrating, from both the parentâs POV and the studentâs-- when supporting the support becomes more important than the actual educational process itself.
@4kids2graduate If I sounded cross in my responses yesterday I didnât mean to, and I apologize. We do represent a wide range of schools and communities on here. Thatâs part of what makes CC so valuable, I think-- what one of us doesnât think of another inevitably will.
@lvmjac1 Our district has gifted services starting in kindergarten, for what theyâre worth, anyway. Theyâre sort ofâŠmehâŠfor the kids who qualify, and of course non-existent for those who donât-- and disappear in any case after eighth grade. Most of the gifted program kids end up in IB because theyâre strongly channeled into it. A few wander off to other magnets, or stay in their zoned schools, and a few more head off to private or parochial. But thereâs no follow-up on comparative outcome. It would be an interesting longitudinal study for somebody.
I know in my former middle school each quarter the students who got on Principalâs List(95+ average) got a breakfast. And everyone who gets on atleast honor roll(85+) 1st quarter of freshman year gets to go to a pizza party.
I think all kids have gifts to give this world some may display their gifts n talents in one way n another in a different way. We need the kids who strive to be pro athletes as we need the kids that strive to be the doctor lawyer auto machanic nuclear physicist teacher parents musicians engineer even politicians lol. It doesnât matter what u do. Just use the gifts that you have with respect and pride. Every kid should not have to be be painted with the same brush. The Script song Hall of Fame says it all.
@petrichor11 I donât think there was any cross response directed at me, so maybe you meant someone else?
@lvmjac, you described my feelings exactly. It is a tough line to walk when your child does not want to tamp down their desire to learn, but the culture of the school turns it into a liability instead of something to celebrate. More than anything, this is why I hope my D gets accepted to and we can afford a âprestigiousâ college. If she can go to a place where being a smarty-pants is the norm, I would be so grateful.
Thing is, my sons both seemed to put forth less effort in magnet programs where academic achievement is the norm. The oldest is NMSF, but wonât make finalist due to not turning in work he didnât want to do in some classes. Hopefully they wonât be influenced by slackers in college either.
@palm715 My Dâs sole wish is to get accepted into a school where sheâs too is just like everyone else or better yet where the students are smarter than her. She would love to learn from them n their experiences. Letâs pray they find their true fit. My S had the same issues n when he graduated in 2014 He made the wrong choice in colleges initially BUT changed course n is now THRILLED to be at Clemson where he fits perfectly n is living his quintessential college experience. They will find their way n learn many valuable lessons along the way. We wish your D all our best wishes in her journey to college n beyond. It may not be a straight road but with love n support (n even 3 Universities in 3 semesters like my son) they will find their path! Of this I am sureâŠonly now.