MerissaAndMomLoveDis
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- Sep 16, 2008
Thanks! I found a few discussions on College Confidential. I looks at his score closer. He got 5 more correct math questions but his score dropped 10 points.
My daughter told me that she has 5 friends in her summer Research program that took the June SAT, and every single one of those high-achieving really smart kids got a lower score on Math than their prior tests. They all also got more correct but had lower scores. Lots of disappointment there, as they all felt they had scored better. Something seems out of whack???
Congrats to all the kiddos on their AP test scores!!! Way to go!! My DD got AP scores back too—4s on both AP Lang and AP US History. I was so happy (considering the teaching situation last year) but I know she is kind of beating herself up for choosing to take the May dual credit mini-mester which started right before AP testing week and was so time intensive that she felt she did not get to focus on the AP tests the way she should have. She is so hard on herself sometimes!!!
And good luck to all who are taking the ACT tomorrow!!!!! Sincerely hoping this goes well for all of our kiddos. I hate early mornings and I especially hate them on weekend morning lol, but I’m going to try to be a nice mom and get up by 6:00 to cook DD some protein for breakfast to keep her going tomorrow through the test. LOL!!! Her bag is packed and by the front door with all she needs for tomorrow, because she is not a morning person either. Haha
And finally, in further news from my DD constantly frustrating school (1 more year, deep breaths), it seems like every few days we hear that another good or great teacher at DD high school is not coming back next year. It is getting bad. Basically the only academic department that has mostly experienced teachers and their business together is the history program. Got an email yesterday from the new principal introducing himself—4th principal in 5 years. Hard to keep good teachers when the admin team is constantly a revolving door. But sure is tough on the students to have first year brand new out of college teachers trying to teach AP classes who have NO CLUE how to teach for the Tests. DD is totally rethinking her schedule now for next year and will maybe take more dual credit than AP, since at this point we don’t know who will be teaching most of the AP classes she planned on for her Senior schedule. I got the feeling last school year they the new principal last year wanted to push out AP classes and have the kids focus more on dual-credit—maybe this is how they are doing it—by putting teachers in who have no experience teaching, much less any experience with the AP curriculum or how to teach toward taking the test.
I am really enjoying reading about all of your campus visit and summer activities. Thanks for posting about them!