Thanks Rachel. lol. I will consider posting my picture.
Also, @MassDaD68 we practice gender neutrality here. It’s OK if you’re a dude.
(and if you joined us on FB, you would see ze name is not ‘Rachel’)
QOTD: Sharing - I’m an over-sharer and I feel for the poor person who asks me about DS’s college search. I stop when I see their eyes glaze over. I also have to defend DS’s choices and do the sales pitch on Bama. People who have known him forever are shocked when I tell them he isn’t pursuing dance. Thank goodness he took a heavy course load throughout high school and has options now.
FB vs. CC: I won’t leave CC but I do like the FB group. I think it is just nice to put a face with a name but I can totally understand wanting to keep things private.
Senior Year Grades: I think I am the only one with senioritis. When he has four hours of homework, I ask him why bother working so hard when he can coast with some B’s this year. I think he deserves a little break before college but he doesn’t see it that way. Maybe I would feel differently if he didn’t want to work hard but I think everyone deserves a little break after the high stress of the last few years. <:-P
Thank you @hadmeathello
senior year grades S has been doing well in his classes so far, and like some others have mentioned, seems to have surprisingly little homework for his two AP classes. These are the first he’s taken, so we weren’t sure what to expect.
But, I have to rant a bit here. S’s HS is changing their grading system for the second time since he was a freshman! So odd and somewhat frustrating. Freshman year, they had a “rigorous” scale where a 93% or 94% was required to earn an A-, a 96% for an A, etc. I don’t recall the entire breakdown exactly. They decided to change this to a more traditional 90%, 80%, 70% breakdown his sophomore year because kids were getting shortchanged in comparison to other college applicants. (They still had the lower GPA for an A- than an A, etc.) No retroactivity, so his 92% in honors English freshman year remained a B+ or 3.whatever in perpetuity, and so on.
Now, two years later, they’re moving to standards based grading. They’ve just announced it this week and will have parent meetings after the quarter ends later this month, but apparently it was implemented at the beginning of the year. I am not sure that this will really impact S’s GPA as I don’t really know how it works and how extensively they’re implementing it because there is a five-year plan.
Currently his transcript shows two grading scales and an explanation of each by year. I guess his final transcript will show all three?
/rant
@MassDaD68 I understand what you are describing. My dh and I were married during our UG yrs. I know what he went through completing his chemE degree. It wasn’t easy. But at the same time, he wouldn’t have known if he could succeed if he hadn’t tried. It was a challenge worth taking bc he has had a very successful career as a chemE. Our ds faced the same challenges. It isn’t an easy major. Does the student have the determination to stick through tough courses that can at times be overwhelming? Only the student can answer the question.
For a student with these 2 discrepant ideas, I would investigate ease of changing majors for all schools and make it a filter. There are plenty of schools where changing majors is not a huge hurdle.
I have two powerpoints that I need to do, and a midterm coming up on Sunday. I am procrastinating like a superhero. :-L
Regarding the Engineering/MBA combo. H went to a company that paid for both his Masters in Engineering, and his MBA, achieving the MBA decades after the Masters. Only point being is that it can be done while working full time and doesn’t have to be all at once. Or on your own dime though that is harder and harder to find in many cases.
I have a powerpoint I need to do too, and am procrastinating. Maybe if it was being graded I’d be in better shape!
I’m primarily just a lurker here, but I wanted to chime in and say that I hope everyone stays on this board. It’s such a wealth of information for me and I’m sure countless others. I don’t want to join a FB group now as I really wish to maintain my anonymity until acceptances are in. After that, I would love to join in the FB group and also post more frequently here.
My D has been sitting at the local cafe now for over an hour waiting for her UofRichmond interviewer to show up. D got there at 2:45 for a 3pm meeting. It is now 3:53 and she is still not there. Interviewer sent her a text at 3:30 saying she got stuck in a meeting and is on her way.
@IABooks — that is terrible and would drive me CRAZY! These poor students…and this of all years when the AdComs are already distracted enough trying to figure out two different SATs and an ACT with an ever-changing writing rubric. So sorry that your family has to deal with the GPA nonsense also.
@stlarenas — that is most unfortunate. I guess the only good news is that it is a Friday, but still…not fun. Hope interview goes well.
@IABooks that is crazy. And truly unfair if you ask me. Very sorry.
@stlarenas oh that’s frustrating, it happens but frustrating.
@CT1417 - Except 2 people I am not “friends” with anyone on the FB group. To add you to the secret group, I need to become a friend and as soon as I add, I make sure you are no longer my “friend”. If I become friends to everyone in this group, all my friends will think I am having a midlife crisis given that most parents here are moms =))
@srk2017 … Oh that would be RICH! You and your hundreds of Facebook girlfriends would be the talk of the town!
“So then you begin to look for the exits and salvage your college years. Everyone you talk to says to go into business because that is what all struggling engineer candidates do. So you walk over the the dean of the college of business and he tells you that you need a 3.7 GPA to transfer into the college of business…”
@MassDaD68 - That’s the great thing about Georgia Tech. If you want out of engineering it’s not a big deal to change over to Business. A fair number of kids end up doing just that. Here are the requirements:
Students under 60 credits: there is no GPA requirement for students with fewer than 60 credits
Students with 60 or more credits: students need to have at least a 2.3 cumulative GPA to change their major to Business Administration
The kiddo will be burning the midnight oil to get an essay done for a scholarship app due by midnight tomorrow. I hope she doesn’t cut it this close for any others.
@itsgettingreal17 — will be with you in real time (GT, not scholarship). I suggested that he may want to hit send my 11pm in case the server is busy…
I know he will cut it close for all of them. My question is how will he triage the three that are due on Nov 1st? One requires tweaking the CA to submit all testing history. I just do not recall how that works, so will make it my job to google between now and then.
I’m still sticking around here…no FB for me!
@CT1417 – We are submitting GA Tech tonight too - it s ready to go but I want DS to make sure he’s “ready” . I agree about not waiting to the 11th hour!