S is now certified as an EMR. He passed the written with flying colors, and his team passed both the medical and the trauma situation tests, though not without some drama.
The medical test came first, and when the instructor came over to record who was team captain for the sim, angry guy and MTC guy loudly named a third party who wasn’t S. They made S be patient for that scenario, which meant he couldn’t help or speak.
The person they named as Captain makes a great 2nd in command, according to S. She has a lot of knowledge and is super skilled and efficient at following orders, but she freezes when she’s actually in charge - which happened during the sim. Then the person responsible for the diagnosis over-thought, skipped steps and the team only passed when the instructor came over and intervened, asking questions to help them along. Then he pointed at S and said “For trauma, he’s in charge.”
S took over for the next sim and the team got a perfect score.
S says they’re not at all a bad team, but they were nervous, which made each person’s individual weakness - freezing, over-thinking, etc. - worse.
S18 took both ACT and SAT and scored 35 and 1560. The essay scores are 23 in ACT and 20 in SAT. Is there any advantages for sending both the scores over just SAT. We have no idea how the essay scores factor into the admission process.
@ak200008 your S’ ACT writing test must have been from a while ago because it’s now graded out of 12. I would think that most other kids applying for 2018 will have the newer scoring system. Don’t know if that’s good or bad.
My D has a similar writing score. Taken in June 2016, so not outside the realm for 2018 kids. ACT used that writing scoring system for only 1 year I believe and if I recall they were terribly inconsistent in how they applied it. It’s the only writing score she has, most of her schools neither ask for nor look at the writing score, so I’m choosing to shrug it off on the one that requires it. :-?? I think you have to look at each school’s common data set to see if they are using the writing scores. If I remember right that score isn’t horrible. It’s not fantastic, but it’s not horrible.
@ak200008 great scores. Grats to your S. The ACT score itself comes out a bit ahead of the SAT on the concordance charts Ive seen, but I would have to check on the writing. That might be the kicker. My S had the same ACT and a 1550 SAT and I am suggesting he only send ACT in most cases (partly because he only took the essay on the ACT though).
Actually everything I’ve seen equates 1560 SAT with 35 ACT. I only know that data point because my son has a 1560 SAT and a 34 ACT, and the 34 isn’t quite as good as the 1560 according to the concordance tables I’ve seen, or according to my son’s GC.
Yes. S18 took ACT is apr 2016. SAT in apr 2017. I remember reading about the inconsistencies in the essay portion of ACT. Didn’t know that they switched back to 12 pt system. If he submits both the scores wouldn’t that give him a leg up since he has done well in both format of the tests. His GPA is not stellar. 3.7 Although he has reasonable AP scores (four 5’s and one 4). We are trying for mostly midwest schools such as Michigan Wisconsin and Urbana Champaign. They are all not easy to get into. That’s why I wonder if we should submit both scores.
@ak200008, in my S’s case where the GC acknowledged the 34 wasn’t quite as good as the 1560, she still advised submitting both scores because they are both excellent and are close enough. You should ask your S’s GC but I imagine you’d get the same advice since the scores are equivalent.
Edit to add: either or both are well within the range to get into any college in the country. It really doesn’t matter which you choose, or if you submit both.
Well D came home today and said she was going to go job shadow a PT in another week. She has been planning on nursing with ultimate goal of NP. My SIL just married an orthopedic surgeon so D has already watched several surgeries and I think she really would like to do that, but just doesn’t like school that much. I’ve never really thought she was sold on the nursing route and of course when I mentioned PT a few years ago she was never interested. I’m not super surprised she could be changing her mind and I’m good with whatever. I think she will end up in a medical field of some sort, but guess we will have to wait and see. If she does want PT I think she shoudl go with a 3+3 program, but shoot they are all so expensive and not too many options.
@vistajay Unfortunately, DD did not like USCe, at all, and has decided it is a no for her. She simply did not “connect” with the campus. She said she felt it wasn’t urban enough for an urban school and it felt closed off. I think if I pushed her to be more descriptive she might have pin pointed that the campus seemed tired and in need of some renovations. IMO the campus is nice enough.
The tour guide was friendly and the information supplied was useful and thorough. I appreciate that USCe owned right up front that you would be in large 200+ classes for many of the core carolina courses (we all know that is true at large publics but, schools never seems to want to openly admit it!) and that you would just be another face to your professor unless you take the time to go in and see them during office hours, that the responsibility to make a connection rests with the student. It was honest and refreshing. All in all, there just was nothing ‘special’ about USCe and nothing to compel her to choose it over any of her other school choices. DD said if given the choice between USCe and LSU she would choose LSU. So much for having already a submitted the application to USCe, lol.
About 15 minutes into the tour DD leaned in and whisper ed “I don’t think I like it”. Ultimately DD said “I really just don’t like it. I wanted too, but, I think I would just be depressed here.”. Sigh, so goodbye to The University of South Carolina for us.
Good luck and I hope you have a positive feeling about the school after your visit!
S18 has now taken and selected his senior pics. It still doesn’t quite seem real, but it’s gettting more real with each step. S15 had kinda skipped some of these steps because he decided to graduate early. It feels weird having a “normal” process to follow. I’ve never been good at coloring inside the lines
Not a lot of progress on the application front this week. DS got a big chunk of the essays written last weekend but not to completion. And he hasn’t had time to work on them since. Summer band is in full swing and he’s still trying to work. I haven’t seen him for longer than passing him in the hall in days. sigh
However, we begin work on painting his senior parking space this weekend. So there’s some quality time to be had together melting in the sun! Does anyone else do senior parking spaces?
At our school parking is tight, Junior’s can only park on campus two thirds of the school year and seniors can park year round. Senior permits are $150 for the year. Junior permits are $50 per term, Juniors may select 2 terms. The senior parking lots are closer to the buildings. They don’t paint them here.
S18’s school is a mid city area and whole campus is only about 2 city blocks. No on campus parking for students. They park in the surrounding residential area on the street. S18 likes to leave the house at 6:15am to get a close parking space and then do some work. Students would pay big $$ for a senior parking space, LOL! And I love the idea of painting it.
@crazy4info It is pretty cool and a huge fundraiser for the senior class. It’s $100 for the year and it is his parking space for the year (x 100 spaces available=$$$$ for the class). His school has plenty of parking but the senior spots that can be “bought” are prime spots at the front. With almost 4000 students you can end up pretty far back in the parking lot if you are running late. Not having to look for a space cannot be overstated. And with the main hall at 1/3 of a mile long every step saved is helpful!
Designs have to be submitted and approved to keep kids from painting inappropriate stuff. We are going with a bird from Finding Nemo… “mine, mine, mine” stenciled around the bird. Figured it was fitting with it being HIS space. :))
Sending D17 off to school (UChicago) in a few short weeks and can’t believe we are diving into the process again with D18. Arghh! D18 is ultimately interested in PharmD program so preferred pathway would be some of the direct entry programs where she would earn bachelors and PharmD in 6-7 years. Pitt, Northeastern, UConn are high on her list. UNC Chapel Hill would be a dream come true, but her NMF, high stats, involved in everything sister got waitlisted so she’s got a good sense of how rigorous the OOS admissions process is there. Looking forward to going through this process with everyone. If anybody has suggestions for a budding pharmacist, please share!
Student parking here is like Thunderdome. They haven’t painted the lines in forever. The kids are lucky it’s (more or less) kind of paved. It’s cheap though - $36 for the year - and as long as you have a license you can park. No reserved spaces unless you are student of the month.
@RelocatedYankee look at Ohio Northern University - they have a six year, direct entry pharmacy school. It’s in the middle of nowhere but it’s a lovely campus. My DD is applying for nursing.
We are going with a bird from Finding Nemo… “mine, mine, mine” stenciled around the bird. Figured it was fitting with it being HIS space. :))