Sorry about the Baylor scholarship @S18D20mom
Sorry about the scholarship, @S18D20mom.
I’m interested to see what your son picks, @LOUKYDAD!
S18 is calling College Board tomorrow before the 3/1 deadline (for homeschool students). They will need to assign his a test coordinator and find him a testing site. His online courses do not require the AP Test as part of the course. He says he hates to waste money if he doesn’t do well, but I’d like him to see what he can do. It’s up to him though. There are pluses to taking intro courses, as you learn how to college, too. He is taking AP Physics and AP Calculus and has As in both. He finds Calculus easier. He definitely wants to take the calculus test, but he’s not sure about the Physics test yet.
@apraxiamom, I don’t understand. Is this the deadline for signing up for AP tests for homeschoolers? I just shelled out $400 for AP tests for D, with no idea whether D will get credit for any of them even if she gets all 5s. Annoying.
@S18D20mom, I’m so sorry about the scholarship news. That’s really tough when it knocks #1 out of contention. How is he doing?
D interviewed for a sort of honors program at ND last week. I have no idea how it went (it was kind of a weird process) and there’s only money for a summer of research associated with it (and maybe some other perks that come with added responsibilities) so it really is not a factor in her decision either way, but it was nice that she was invited to interview.
I’m totally ready for the Good News Train to start rolling here in March! In the meantime, the cabana boys are here to serve drinks to one and all.
Feels like the calm before the storm…
@DiotimaDM LOL about the obsessive ELKS MVS checking, right there with you…I probably kept it under 20 times today.
Several texts from D16 who is pre-med at Ole Miss stressing out about the MCAT and med school apps when those are a year away. I wonder if there is a CC thread for parents of stressed out pre-med students?
Big scholarship interview weekend at Tennessee Fri/Sat for D18 with results announced Sunday, so we may have a final decision in 6 days.
Good luck to everyone in the coming days / weeks! Idk about you all, but I can’t concentrate on anything right now!
@suzy100 he is at work tonight and doesn’t know yet 
I know he will be disappointed but he won’t let it linger. DH and I will have a harder time getting over it than DS, which is good (I guess).
Ugh. So sorry, @S18D20mom. My older D was admitted to a school that was a top contender (she always refused to rank them) whose FA turned it into a NFW school and I know that was disappointing for her. I don’t know if she would have ended up choosing that school in the end - I don’t think she would have, honestly - but to have that choice taken away was not easy. Hugs to all of you.
Just paid $518 for the AP testing bill & that’s with a 20% multi-test discount. Oh well, that’s the last AP bill for us $-)
@S18D20mom how nice that your S gets over things quickly. What a wonderful personality trait to have.
S18 was accepted to Sacred Heart with a merit scholarship and invite to Honors College. Still waiting to hear from top choices but nice to have another good option.
It came with a letter where they want him to sign and “acknowledge” the scholarship so they don’t give the merit to someone else - but it says this is not an acceptance of the school. What is the point of this? He is not ready to commit but would not want to lose the merit money. Why would they care about signing a nonbinding offer?
Also, for Honors College it says he has to maintain a 3.4 GPA - does that seem high?
Just checking in…have been reading along but too busy to post.
I agree …feels like the calm before the storm…so much potential elation and possible disappointment are just around the corner. I am just ready to get the last 4 decisions in so we can move on…have a feeling they will be negative if not admission wise than money wise and I feel we are hanging here.
To keep busy until the end of March we are moving forward with what we have and she is filling out scholarship apps. Last weekend we traveled (from New England) to Chicago to visit two admits and one still pending. She crossed an admit off the list and moved one up so I felt that was progress. Next week she and I are flying south for another admitted student visit and at the end of March we are driving to one about six hours away. I would say out of the 7 admits we have a solid top three…just working on the money and seeing how she feels directly comparing each. All three are very different.
Also this month she has started rehearsals for her production and in two weeks will be starting her internship so only will have classes 4 days a week. Last night she told me she is on the senior night committee…planning the event…I almost forgot that the graduation train has been coming down the track we have been so focused on college we are missing senior year.
Anyone else just ready for the calendar to flip to March yet?! Just want it to be “that month” of decisions! I think D has one coming March 16, two on March 28, one could be as late as March 30, based on past years.
This afternoon D has a call w/ a volleyball coach at whose D3 program D has been invited to join preseason conditioning and can try out for the team if she ends up at this school (vague!). She’s had several coach calls/meetings already at various schools (some contenders, some dropped interest in her, some she dropped the interest) and she’s had 3 alumni interviews by phone or in person… so she should be well equipped to talk to this coach, but this one is making me nervous because I think this school, where she’s been accepted, and this volleyball program could be IT. Don’t want her to blow it. But don’t want to make her nervous either by asking, “Do you have a quiet place to talk to her today?” and “Have you printed out your questions?” I mean, I have already asked both, but just need to refrain from nagging as she leaves for school today. It’s her deal!! Have to keep reminding myself of that.
I babble… thanks for listening.
This is a silly post, but if people think it’s slow in here…I know a lot are waiting for decisions to come in, but this involves roommate selection.
Ugh! My daughter has been able to see fellow ED future classmates through Facebook. I’m embarrassed, but she and I and my younger daughter (who is 13!) have been sizing them up for potential roommates. It is basically, full-on “judge a book by its cover” or a really bad episode of The Bachelor! She has had a “top contender,” but kept saying,”Mom, I’m afraid to reach out to her… I don’t want to seem like a weirdo/psycho, etc…” I kept encouraging her, because someone may have already reached out to her and then my daughter would need to move on. She finally got up the courage to last night, sensing that time is racing by and decided to message her on Facebook. My daughter is well-spoken and going to be an English major, for goodness sake! She quickly rattled off A PORTION of a message that had a ton of grammatical errors, that made no sense and accidentally hit “send” mid-thought. It literally read as if my daughter was from ANOTHER PLANET! We were half horrified/giggling like crazy, but mostly horrified! My daughter was able to try and remedy her error and the girl was very nice about it and they had a nice exchange. Unfortunately, the girl already has a roommate (of course, darn it!) or she was runnin’ for the hills!!!
Here’s where it gets even more psychotic… I am completely bummed! I had already completely pictured my daughter rooming with her and the four of us having dinner together with her and her family after moving the girls in together. I.NEED.TO.GET.A.GRIP!
We are going back to the pits of basically “on-line dating” for a roommate. Stay tuned for a future episode…!
So much going on here. I just completed D’s cost analysis for Pitt - I’m still hoping for that to be an affordable option for D. And still waiting (today or tomorrow?) to hear about the Chancellor’s scholarship invite there.
We had a good visit to UCF - key takeaway, I would be happy to see D attend if that is her choice. It is definitely the most financially attractive at this point. Still pondering if we should visit UNM, as it would be similar financially.
And in sad/frustrating/upsetting news - D’s school was marked up with graffiti threatening a school shooting on Monday. Most kids turned and left for the day, including D. They returned yesterday with strong police presence on campus. D seems resigned about it, but told me she wrote her one-act play for drama class about school shootings.
@2018/2022mom Will you be MY roommate?!?! Pretty sure we have a lot in common in regard to GETTING A GRIP!!
@2018/2022mom. Thanks for the visual and the morning laugh! I’m sure we could all see ourselves doing this!
I also paid for AP tests last night, $345 for four exams. S decided he doesn’t want to take the Calc BC exam, so he will sit for Stats, Bio, Gov, and Macroeconomics. No matter what AP credit a student has, all UTD incoming freshmen must take the ALEKS math placement exam and that alone decides what math they can start with. So the BC exam won’t help him, and he already got a 5 on the AB exam last year.
It will be interesting to see how he does on ALEKS. He is unfortunately caught in a transition year in his math class. The school used to follow an AB-to-BC progression model such that BC involved a very brief review of the AB concepts with lots of time at the end of the year to go beyond the BC material. When my son took AB last year it was fast-paced and they got into some BC material in preparation for the fast-paced BC class. At the same time, last year precalc was beefed up and now the school has moved to either/or AB/BC model. Unfortunately they decided it would be fine to mix the students who took the supercharged AB with students who were coming in straight from precalc, and the BC class was paced for the precalc students. S was bored silly for almost the whole first semester, as you would expect. It’s better now that they’re finally into new material, but he’s really disappointed that the school didn’t do a better job with the math transition. Obviously there’s nothing wrong with the either/or AB/BC model but for this first year they should have had a better plan for the students who were prepared for the old fast-paced BC class. For the first month or so of school the teacher regularly excused the AB students from class (made them leave the room and everything) so she could teach the precalc kids concepts that the AB kids had already mastered. Even when she stopped sending them away the AB students found the pace to be very slow.
I’m sure S will do just fine on ALEKS, but I’m interested to see how this transitional year of BC will place him for college math. Personally I’m not confident that the class is going to be well-prepared for the BC exam this year, since it’s just the first year in which they’re covering the full AB/BC curriculum. From what S told me it sounded as if the teacher had to spend more time than anticipated on the AB topics, which means that some of the BC topics are going to be rushed. I know they’ll get it all sorted out in a year or two but it is never ideal to be the guinea pig. No worries in our house though, since I’d already been advocating for S to start no higher than Calc 2 in college.
@2018/2022mom - yikes, but it was sort of amusing. Sorry it didn’t work out. I can’t wait to hear how it works out
DD2016 went with the school assigned random roomie and was extremely lucky. They very close. I think DD2018 is going to go the random route too, she is hoping for a single in a suite. I don’t want her to have a single because I think the whole living with a roommate is an important part of the college experience, however she has a boyfriend who I think will visit reasonably often and I don’t want that to be an issue with a roommate. Several threds here on CC have lead us to believe that most people are very adamant about not wanting overnight guests, particularly of the opposite sex (not just because of the whole intimacy issue). A former HS 2017 classmate texted the other day and wanted to know if DD wanted to live off campus in an apartment with her, which would have been a solution because she knows the BF and is ok with it, but DD wants to live on campus the first year. BF’s cousin is going to be attending TAMU this Fall has also offered to share an apartment off campus, but I said no, god forbid DD & BF breakup…how awkward would that be?
I hate the whole roommate process every year. It is like a bad version of a John Hughes 80’s movie or “mean girls” and finding a place at a lunch table!
@20182022mom thank you for the morning laugh! I am excited that I will have you on future threads since we are both mother’s of 2022 kids. The entertainment value of my ‘friends’ on cc is a wonderful distraction from all the college stress.
@2018/2022mom and @MomOutWest I can totally relate to both of you!
D has an interview this afternoon, I know, I thought they would be all done by now. Anyway I was suggesting some things about the university last night. This morning I was about to open my mouth to remind her to find time to prepare for it and I just closed my mouth and thought ‘let it go’. I feel like I have nagged her enough along the way.
As for roommate situation that will be our spring and summer interest in all likelihood. Hopefully I will be able to just sit back for that part.