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yayamama
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Posted: Wed Jun 6th, 2007 01:54 pm |
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HIMom, it sounds like the early CC option will be excellent for your D. I hope that new treatments help her as well, but I think you were both wise to look into taking community college courses with their more flexible schedule.
Let us know how she likes it!
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CarolynLawrence
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Posted: Thu Jun 7th, 2007 05:18 am |
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HiMom,
I'm sorry to hear that your daughter's health problems are flaring, but I am happy to hear that you've found a solution. My daughter had a friend who, for a variety of reasons, opted to do her last year of high school at a local community college. It worked out very well for her, and I hope it will for your daughter as well!
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HImom
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Posted: Thu Jun 7th, 2007 06:06 am |
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We're pretty sure things will work better for her at the community college where she has more control over her start time & load than at her ubercompetitive HS. She's a bit sad to be missing the fun & excitement of senior year with her buddies, but hopefully they will remember her & invite her to join them in as many activities as possible.
She's opted to take driver's ed this summer & also the GED prep course + the GED course so she will just skip senior year entirely & be an entering freshman in the fall at the local community college. Looks like it should work fine.
The HS has tried & even gave us a full refund of the deposit we made toward senior year as well as a full refund of summer school tuition, since she's opted to take driver's ed at the public HS instead. We feel this is the best option for D, us & the HS. Hope the doc has some good diagnosis & treatment ideas when we see her this week.
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scoop
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Posted: Thu Jun 7th, 2007 10:39 am |
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Himom,
Having a child with medical problems myself, I admire your daughter for understanding and finding a way to meet her needs. I wish her lots of luck.
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CalifCarolyn
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Posted: Thu Jun 7th, 2007 07:06 pm |
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HIMom-it sounds like your daughter has found the "right fit" for continuing her education.
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jrmom
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Posted: Sat Jun 16th, 2007 01:00 am |
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Another side of community college admissions-
(I'd love some advice here!)
I am advising a student who is international but resident in the USA. She has been in the USA high school system for 18 months. She is already getting A+'s - in AP Physics and AP Calc (we are in a newsweek ranked high school, most go to college, many to Ivy's). Amazing student. She had a 3.78 her first semester in the US, and now has a 4.2 as a junior. But because of language difficulties/handicap, her SAT practice tests are in the 480-550 range (first try).
She has the option of not going into senior year next year, but staying a junior for another year (to get more language experience). That would give her time to get her SAT's up with more practice. And not try to do this while simultaneously trying to complete college applications.
Another option is to go into senior year next year with her age-mates, but apply to community college for the following year, get stellar grades there and then try to transfer to an Ivy. She is definitely Ivy material, which is good because they would have the need=blind admissions for internationals which she will need. EFC is about zero.
Anyone have advice for me to give to her?
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