Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Identification, Testing & Assessment Explore waiting................

I know it's not even been four weeks yet but I'm tired of waiting!!!!!

I'm really not a patient person... grumble grumble... but DS said he'd be happy to take the ACT next, so this should be his last Explore and my last long wait.

It doesn't help that I'm also waiting for a bunch of other things -- unrelated of course, but every day that I don't get interesting mail feels like a conspiracy!

Step away from the thread Dottie...LOL!

This year has been much easier for us than the long wait last year. For once, our school situation is great and DD loves the challenge. We are in the planning process for middle school and the Explore may be helpful for that.

I hope I will just forget about the test until I casually notice the envelope in the mailbox... yeah right...

Dottie, congrats to DD for being nominated! Since this is our last Explore, I think, I want to see if there is any progress esp. after the grade skips this year. We'll also do SCAT soon and then our school district does some testing for middle school. I think Otis-Lennon and Standford? Of course the year the testing isn't as important, we have tons of it...

Jen

Cool that she was nominated!! That's a fun envelope to open anyway! We had a big envelope this week but it was something to do with being a stockholder in something or other... probably one of DH's former employers. I'm not looking at anything to do with stocks until at least 2015.

The scores don't make a bit of difference here either... I just enjoy the overanalysis to which they lend themselves. I would say I need a hobby, but I think I've got one! It just doesn't come around but once a year.... LOL

We are also waiting...although I have to say that D seems to have forgotten about it. This was her second and last time with the Explore. I am not expecting ceiling scores, but she has always surprised me so far
With Ghost's HS course selection we have plenty of other things to 'worry" about

Soo...when should we have them?

Depends on who you ask.... our talent search website (Northwestern) says "4-5 weeks", but last year was more like 6-8 I think....

I've never been the first person to get them (I guess since we don't live anywhere near Iowa! LOL) and I've not seen any posts of other people getting them yet, so I'm not really holding my breath.... well maybe a little.

NOOOOOOOO! We have hit the 4 week mark, and I was sure that we would get them this week. There is no way I would last another 4 weeks.

LOL -- I'm optomistic every single day until about, uh, 1pm when the mail comes and it's not there. Again. grrrrrr.... Not like I don't have plenty of other things to keep me occupied, I just hate having this "loose end" hanging out there! Here's hoping they're on their way!

This is me, except my hope is dashed around 11:00am. It didn't come today, maybe tomorrow. (Two more days and it will be past 5 weeks.)

I was avoiding the boards the past couple weeks for a variety of reasons Time being one, extreme frustration with DS the other.

But like the rest of you - still waiting...

I hope you like your new Job Dottie