We are waiting a few more weeks on AP scores. Actually, one of them she will find out on the 5th because her calculus teacher is calling everyone once she finds out the scores. In hindsight, my daughter should have asked her other two teachers if they would do the same. Her bio teacher lives around the corner from us---maybe I can convince my daughter to go take several walks a day by her house to see if she can catch her outside. (jk--that would be kind of creepy stalking her like that). Once she does find out her bio score, if it is good enough, we have to see if she will need to change her schedule. She is registered for bio in college as it is required of her major. I know they encourage pure biology majors to take bio anyhow, regardless of the AP score, but her major is slighly different.
Roommate will be assigned August 1. They do not do a big involved roommate survey, but one of the three questions does involve smoking. That would be a deal breaker for my daughter, too. Basically, in my daughter's school, almost every freshman takes a small seminar class, and they try to pair those people up.
I'm so happy with my daughter's class sizes. Her largest class, bio, is capped at 40. Her seminar is 16 students, her Spanish class is at 10 students right now, and although I forget the number enrolled in her other class, I think the limit is 30. The only negative thing I have to say about her school so far is that they generally only allow you to take 4 classes per semester. You CAN take five twice without permission, but not as a freshman. Anything over twice, you need special permisssion. They *did* tell us this in a round about way, ie you need x number of units to graduate, and each class is a unit, but we never stopped to figure out that this translated to four classes a semester. I just wish there was a little more leeway to take classes just for exploration, kwim? Especially since she is considering double majoring, which would leave her with very few opportunities for electives. I also find it strange that lab classes are weighted exactly the same as classes without a lab.
I'm so happy for her, though, but sad too, as every day brings us closer to her leaving.
Roommate will be assigned August 1. They do not do a big involved roommate survey, but one of the three questions does involve smoking. That would be a deal breaker for my daughter, too. Basically, in my daughter's school, almost every freshman takes a small seminar class, and they try to pair those people up.
I'm so happy with my daughter's class sizes. Her largest class, bio, is capped at 40. Her seminar is 16 students, her Spanish class is at 10 students right now, and although I forget the number enrolled in her other class, I think the limit is 30. The only negative thing I have to say about her school so far is that they generally only allow you to take 4 classes per semester. You CAN take five twice without permission, but not as a freshman. Anything over twice, you need special permisssion. They *did* tell us this in a round about way, ie you need x number of units to graduate, and each class is a unit, but we never stopped to figure out that this translated to four classes a semester. I just wish there was a little more leeway to take classes just for exploration, kwim? Especially since she is considering double majoring, which would leave her with very few opportunities for electives. I also find it strange that lab classes are weighted exactly the same as classes without a lab.
I'm so happy for her, though, but sad too, as every day brings us closer to her leaving.
C&E has no textbook, just classic novels, about 10 of them, so his books should be affordable this semester. I'll probably just order through the school bookstore (which is a Barnes & Noble) because it's the only place I can find the physics lab manual, and the pricing is comparable to all of the other sites I checked- and cheaper in some cases.
