Does anyone else have a 2025 athlete? I feel like my 2023 (non-athlete) finished her college search not that long ago (starting second semester freshman year already!) and now little sis is right on her heels! No rest for the weary? (Wicked?) lol
My d25 chose to not do a team but instead wants to stay active and explore.
Good luck with recruiting!
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Yes! We rolled right in from 22 onto 24 and the school already kicked off things with 25. The burn out is real.
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@2plustrio We’re also trying to avoid suitcase schools, and aside from asking the tour guides while we’re visiting, I’ve been using Naviance for clues. Specifically, the percent of in-state residents (I assume those go home on weekends), whether freshmen are required to live on campus, the percent of undergrads who live on campus (when they don’t provide that data point I find it telling). I’m making a lot of assumptions here but it’s the best I have to go on. When a school has a good percentage of out-of-state residents but not a large bed capacity, I’m assuming those kids are living off-campus and the low% of on-campus students doesn’t indicate it’s a suitcase school.
Looking at Adelphi, since you specifically named that school:
90% in-state students
1,260 housing capacity
freshmen not required to live on campus
no data provided for percent living on campus (on Naviance)
5,391 Undergrad students/2,712 Grad students (in 2022)
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Wouldn’t that eliminate essentially every public university in the country?
(Also, I don’t think that the underlying assumption is warranted.)
This is to evaluate smaller private universities, and try to discern if they’re suitcase schools. I don’t think any state flagship is a suitcase school. Directionals are more likely suitcase (at least in my state.)
My assumptions are not perfect but they’re all I have to go on in the absence of planting my feet on campus.
Yes my child is T&F.
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Crowd sourcing thoughts: D25 did Spanish immersion starting in K. She placed into AP Span Lang at her HS in 9th grade. She took a DE Span Lit class in 10th and is taking another DE Span Lit class in 11th. At this point she has maxed out her Spanish options at the community college and her high school. I had concluded that she could be done after this year. But then people on another thread included a link for foreign language expectations at various colleges…and some say 4. I had thought that this was more about level achieved, but the YCBK podcast stated that they thought for highly rejective schools you needed at least 3 years of language in HS, regardless of where you started.
So now I’m fussing: does she need to find another Spanish class somewhere else next year? Does she need to do another language for a year? Or can we say she did two years beyond AP Span Lang and move on?
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I think she’s fine. 4 years are recommended at very few colleges and they’re really thinking about students who started at Spanish 1 in 9th grade, that’s why it’s just a recommendation.
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Awesome! Are they committed at a school yet? @murray93
I have the exact same situation with my D25 and that same episode of YCBK has me worried. Did Spanish immersion 1st through 6th and took Spanish culture class (also immersion) in 8th. She took AP Spanish in 9th - got a 5 on the exam. The only other Spanish available at the school is IB which they won’t let you take until 11th grade (taking it now). She has taken the most advanced available at school and is taking a 5th year of science and AP calculus next year, so I’d hate for her to have to take a college Spanish course too. She is way more fluent than a kid who took 4 years of HS Spanish. So I’m just deciding it is fine. 
There is only so much I can worry about.
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No, we are waiting to see what his times are like this spring. Most sprinters don’t commit until fall before senior year at the earliest. It’s very late compared to other sports! How about your child?
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I would say if she has maxed out all the Spanish, taken two AP Spanish, you’ve checked the world language box! But to be extra safe, she can reach out to her admissions officer at whichever schools she intends to apply and ask them.
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I can’t imagine she’d have a problem. My d25 will only have max 3 years of Spanish (if she can fit in in next year) but will possible skip year 3. You can only do what your school offers and you’ve already gone above that with community college!
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2nd semester starts tomorrow but D25 has another snow day. So 5 day weekend here. I’m a bit annoyed that school is closed again, just for cold this time. It doesn’t seem cold enough to me to cancel but ah well. Her APUSH teacher still hasn’t graded her final (taken before Christmas!) but she should end up with all A’s. She’s starting to burn out majorly. If she can just get through this semester…
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Thanks, @Izzy74 , @UTmeritseeker , @curiousme2 , and @chicagoshannon for the reassurance. I feel better.
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She’s talking to her #1 today, and she’s hot to trot to commit. But I’m a little worried that the financials won’t be where we need them to be and I’d like to see her take her time and check out some other schools more throughly? That being said, I do love this school and I’d be thrilled if it all worked out in the long run. I just want to make sure she has all the info and makes a good solid decision, not just what sounds exciting right now. And who knows! Maybe she won’t get the offer? 
Normally I would say you should have 4 years (in HS) for very selective schools, but you have maxed out options. That should be fine anywhere from what I understand!
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No school expects a student to take classes that aren’t available to them. IMO it’s fine as long as she uses that slot in another academic class.
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I’d amend that to say just “…in another class.”
F’rex, fine arts classes aren’t usually considered “academic”, but would be, I think, quite acceptable in that slot.
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