@Dolemite, you did ask about FAFSA in portals. I have seen it in the Case portal (only thing missing 
), but that’s it for us.
I think I asked this, but didn’t see any responses. PSAT only junior year at our HS. Can you sign up to take the real PSAT anywhere outside of your HS, say, sophomore year as prep? Or does it have to be through a school?
@Dave_N You just described my Dd. She is not shy (my 9th grader is a shy introvert. Their personalities are very different.). My 12th grader is also a very private person. She needs quiet time daily, but she also craves privacy. She has only had her own bedroom for the past yr, and it has been a huge blessing for her. She uses her bedroom as a refuge. I think dorms are going to play a huge part in her final decision.
@curiositycat333 - Yes they pay for sophomores to take the PSAT for screening purposes. However there is a rubric that also looks at overall gpa, the subject gpa, whether they were in a gifted class,also if they are “gifted” and they took the regular version of a class they get points deducted… and for certain classes like English & APUSH there also is a timed essay.
QOTD
Extrovert. Big time. As a child he had “attention SEEKING disorder”. Which is a real thing! Any attention was good and bad easier to get. Kindergarten teacher would joke he’d either be a politician, a CEO or…in jail. LOL! He thrives on social interaction, debate, discussion. Very likely a large part of the reason he likes the idea of small schools. More than willing to put himself out there, start a club, facilitate teams or group activities both social and academic, jump in to fill awkward silence or facilitate introductions. He likes to be known and involved but not the “big man on campus” if that makes sense.
Which served him well at the uber awkward informational interview last night.
I assume you mean single space between sentences.
I was taught back in the day (on typewriters) to always put two spaces between sentences. I do it by habit. But I’ve been told that with computers this is no longer the standard and only one space is needed. And that if I used two spaces I’m doing it wrong. My understanding is back in the day because of kerning issues on typewriters two spaces were needed but it’s not necessary with modern computer fonts.
@Dave_N @Mom2aphysicsgeek Add another similar kid to that list. I struggle to label her as an introvert because she does enjoy being around other people and is not “shy” but she is cautiously social. She too enjoys other peolple and loves her social time but is private and reserved - especially at first. She values her privacy and so can appear stand-offish at times. She enjoys her extroverted friends. She can’t stand drama so tends to retreat and need some decompression time after most larger social events. Her own space is important and she knows her sleep needs and will protect at least 4-5 hours of sleep even when deadlines are pressing or fun is all around. She calls herself “quietly confident” when she has needed to describe herself. She is leaning towards schools with suites that have a private bedroom.
@Dolemite on selective mutism D20 has a January birthday so in the spring before kindergarten she was a bit over 5. Her public pre-K did a K readiness evaluation. At the time she had not spoken to any adults outside immediate family yet. The preschool director calls me in for a very serious conference. She is NOT ready for kindergarten. Why not? She did not answer any of the questions in the evaluation beyond those that required pointing at a shape, letter, color etc. She spoke not one work in the evaluation. I said, the kid can read and do second grade math, she’s going to kindergarten.
She’s still not very talkative but she opened up a bit and has a good little circle of friends as a h.s. freshman and even gets participates well comments from teachers. It just took her a bit longer than others.
@curiositycat333 that is my understanding as well (1 versus 2 on the spaces). It’s an ingrained habit though and hard to break when writing massive amounts of copy or even small targeted pieces which is a lot of what I do!
I don’t believe in the introvert vs. extrovert dichotomy, or even in a continuum, as a personality trait. In my observation, everyone has times they really, really want to be around other people, and times they really, really don’t—and no matter, it’s never a one-dimensional scale.
That said, if you must, my D17 and D23 are introverts who prefer being around people to not being around them, while D19 and D25 are extroverts who prefer time alone.
@VickiSoCal My son was like this until 2 years ago. It did get him in trouble in school. Although no one would have held him back, he was like your daughter and reading at least 2nd grade level by K. After a while he would warm up to his teachers, but then then some other adult would ask him a question and I’d get a panic call/email. I’m still surprised when I hear him having conversations with adults these days. I find it out but I’m also very pleased for how much he’s matured in the last two years.
QOTD - D17 has always need a space to retreat to, even as a toddler. I think at heart she would like to be an extrovert, but became an introvert for several years just do to the difficulties of socializing and finding peers with similar interests. I’m seeing changes back the other way and am hopeful that will continue in college. She chose a medium to big school and is not interested in small schools. I did allow her to request a single room since the cost wasn’t very different. I figure she will get plenty of socializing in the living/learning community and hopefully with honors college friends.
@curiositycat333 Sorry meant to say single space between sentences.
As you said:
It is getting that close.
@MotherOfDragons
I thought I was losing my mind. I was sure I read 10/20 for sat results. In fact I’m positive I saw it somewhere (Idk why I would have fixated on the date if I didn’t actually SEE it)
I’m convinced it changed to 10/27.
Or I have information overload and can’t get it together. Or I have comprehension issues. Or it CHANGED lol.
But I thought I would say it out loud since you mentioned it so you too won’t have to worry about losing your mind.
@WhereIsMyKindle She should be good.
@curiositycat333 The single space after periods is a pet peeve for me. I regularly got into lengthy debates with one coworker over that one. I don’t like how it looks regardless of the writing manual claim that it is now the correct way.
@Dave_N, @Mom2aphysicsgeek and @novicemom23kids you daughters sound just like mine. She is an extrovert with introvert characteristics! She doesn’t even like to share her bathroom with her sisters. She knows that suite style dorms are a must for her.
@kac425 I read that originally it was reported as 10/20 but College Board later changed it to 10/27
@MotherOfDragons We are well aware of the cat dorms and it’s how the school got on the check into list.
@VickiSoCal My D’s school had no problem taking her as a 4 year old for K - she didn’t turn 5 until December. Might have helped that it was a Spanish Immersion school and she was already fluent. The teacher was probably happy that she could leave my D alone and she wouldn’t cause any trouble - just sit and read or draw.
We always thought it was something that D would grow out of as she matured but alas it really is a disorder. Most likely exasperated growing up in a bilingual household.
Our school’s cut off was must be 5 by Dec 3. So she missed it.
It turned out ok in the end.
Stopping in quickly to say that D17 just got a letter from Macalester encouraging kids to apply ED. I thought that was interesting. We’re not going to go that route, but hidden at the bottom of the page is a statement saying that the $40 application fee is waived if you submit either the CA or complete the Macalester Part 1 online (at their website) by Nov. 15 regardless of whether you’re applying ED or RD. So one more reason to get applications in early. I have a sneaking suspicion that several of us have kids slaving away at the same SCEA app due Nov. 1. Good luck to all!
Ok. I need to research “selective mutism” for DS17. He is an introvert but talkative/chatty with only a couple of friends. He has no anxiety about social interactions though, just not motivated or interested in small talk. He did a 7th grade science project alone. When I asked why no partner?, he replied “not interested in socializing.”
For a couple years, someone would sign his school yearbook with recommendation for a speech therapist. I think he does NOT talk at all in certain situations and some people assume he is mute. He was talkative as a toddler and would strike up conversations to strangers just like little kids do but had a sudden transition around 3rd grade as if he had decided talking is not cool or something and became a quiet serious person.