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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The state of Maryland requires high school students to take 4 years of math, no matter if kids have satisfied math requirements to graduate. Compacted math will have your child take the following math path in high school: 9th-algebra 2 10th- trigonometry 11th- calculus (not sure if this is always an AP class) 12- some other AP math class, possible statistics or economics if offered at your high school [b]People should also beware that many colleges require/strongly encourage 4 years of foreign language DURING high school. So loading up on high school language classes in middle school will no longer free up high school time to take other classes.[/b] [/quote] My DD is in 11th grade this year and the 8 colleges we visited had various requirements for foreign language. None required 4 years in high school. Only 1 required 2 years of a foreign language and they did not specify 2 years in high school. Several said both for math and foreign language, students take placement exams to evaluate their skill level before choosing their courses. If they do not test at the college equivalent of a 200 level of a foreign language course, the student then will have to take a foreign language up to that level as a college graduation requirement. Similarly for math, the placement test determines the student's starting point in college and the student then needs to take up to the level required for his/her major. Also regarding foreign language - larger universities can assess more languages than just Spanish, French and Chinese. So if your child is raised in a bilingual home and can read and write in a second language (or their primary language at home) then a larger institution may be able to evaluate them in that language as well as what they took to fulfill Maryland's high school requirement.[/quote]
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