Half days in 12th grade

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 11th grader will only need 1 math credit and 1 English credit next year to graduate. He’s not a grinder and is not really interested in taking a bunch of extra classes if he doesn’t need to. He’s college bound but not targeting top 50 schools. Including 12th grade he will likely have 6 APs. I’ve heard that you can do a half day of courses and a half day internship. Is that true and if so, is it up to the student to find the internship or is there some kind of program to enroll in?

Also, any thoughts on how this would look on college apps (especially in the interest is related to what he might want to a study in college)?

Thanks!

Yes, Jul, yes your little Larlo can do that

[Anonymous]

So my son only needs English to graduate. Can’t he take it over the summer and be done?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So my son only needs English to graduate. Can’t he take it over the summer and be done?

Talk to his counselor

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So my son only needs English to graduate. Can’t he take it over the summer and be done?

Yes. And if you move on it quickly, he can at least get one semester knocked out with OPTG.

However, forms need to be signed and a plan created so you need to immediately contact the guidance counselor to put things in motion.

However- does your son want this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would a college care? They only look through junior year for classes and GPA. For senior year they only look to make sure you have met the requirements for graduation and passed.

Colleges ask you to report what you'll be taking senior year and the top ones expect you to contact them to correct the record if you change your schedule. My kid was admitted ED and I suggested she change her spring schedule and she declined because of the need to update the university and that it would "look bad". They *do* care about senior year schedule. And they want you to take a rigorous schedule. But I also am wondering how an internship looks as part of that schedule. My kid (at Churchill) said the school is really encouraging it and telling them it will differentiate them from the pack. I'm not so sure. If I were a college, I'd want a full schedule (or maybe one period off) and ALSO an internship, not a half-day schedule with internship. But then, I'm not an admissions officer so kind of groping in the dark.

No, they don’t care about your senior second semester schedule if they admitted you ED. An internship looks fine, good even if it is not rocket science but you can connect it to a stated goal - I worked in a doctor’s office as a receptionist is fine if say you want to be a doctor. I worked at Safeway to earn money for college is also going to be fine, even if you’re not demonstrably poor. Parents consistently push their kids to get insane grades and SATs when it would be just as useful if not more to feed their interests, and by interests I don’t mean mainstream sports.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 11th grader will only need 1 math credit and 1 English credit next year to graduate. He’s not a grinder and is not really interested in taking a bunch of extra classes if he doesn’t need to. He’s college bound but not targeting top 50 schools. Including 12th grade he will likely have 6 APs. I’ve heard that you can do a half day of courses and a half day internship. Is that true and if so, is it up to the student to find the internship or is there some kind of program to enroll in?

Also, any thoughts on how this would look on college apps (especially in the interest is related to what he might want to a study in college)?

Thanks!

Your son could also just do his senior year full time at MC. He would have to take English and math, but those credits would be transferrable to most public universities. Then he could take one or two other courses each semester- either worthy of satisfying university gen eds or to explore career interests.

[Anonymous]

Seniors love being Seniors. Most do. And they've earned it. Why not enjoy his friends and enjoy his current high school. He will grow socially. He might shine is ways that haven't occurred to you.

[Anonymous]

My daughter did three classes in the morning and an internship in the afternoon - related to what she wants to do in the future. It was great and really helped keep her busy in a productive, non-academic way. There is usually an internship coordinator at the high school but much is up to the student.