Ciara's Ramblings and Whatnot - Latest Comments in Road to College Part 2

Re: Road to College Part 2

ciaraj — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:05:44 -0000

i wish they had this checklist when i went to school many moons ago. haha :) thx for stopping by.

Re: Road to College Part 2

ciaraj — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:49:06 -0000

18 yrs ago i was 25 yrs old & a single parent to my son who is now 22. lol i
do have 2 other kids that came 5&7 yrs later when i married my ex.

Re: Road to College Part 2

Jeve (aka John and Steve) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:49:29 -0000

In a town near San Francisco just about to start highschool. : )

Re: Road to College Part 2

RecycledDad — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:37:16 -0000

Thanks for sharing this checklist. Nice find!

Re: Road to College Part 2

Jeve (aka John and Steve) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:54:44 -0000

This is awesome. Where were you 18 years ago?

Re: Road to College Part 2

ciaraj — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:11:34 -0000

my oldest daughter started 7th grade & youngest in 5th...i can tell you that i am going to be harder on them this year lol

i wish more people would take an interest in this post, but oh well. some readers aren't from u.s. anyways lol

Re: Road to College Part 2

James Goodman — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:58:19 -0000

Great advice, my son is just starting the sixth grade, but these are things we are already contemplating. Thanks for posting this...

Re: Road to College Part 2

ciaraj — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:31:04 -0000

SM i am definitely trying to follow this plan that is outlined in
California. Some high school classes can be considered for college or some
students can take college courses while in high school if they take AP
courses and really work hard. I'm hoping my girls will work hard enough to
at least have all their courses they take from here on in to make the
difference. California is a little tougher with their high school
requirements. It is the one thing I'm grateful for in living here unlike
Las Vegas where teachers worried very little if you'd make it out of high
school or not. :-/

BTW I actually read an article where a boy of around 18 was graduating, in
where i believe, from both high school & college at the same time. I'll
have to look for it.

Re: Road to College Part 2

SurprisedMom — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:24:03 -0000

There are some very valuable points the authors make here. I wonder how much their advice is followed? It seems curriculum choices don't change very much from state to state. And, if you have decided on a few colleges you want to attend, check out their requirements. My daughter took four years of a foreign language in high school and it's paying off big time in college.
Are you following a similiar game plan so your girls get into college?