Private High School Parents - do your children get the classes they need for college?

[Anonymous]

My child is on the "wait list" for a science class they need for their planned major for college. In the spring when they registered, they did not realized they needed this science class and selected a different science class.

They recognized their error in early May as they started looking more at colleges and have been on the wait list since then.

The school has a waitlist of at least 10 students for this class. I was hoping the school would create another section - but as of now, they are telling the students to find an online class and take it and drop a class from their schedule.

Is this typical? I would expect this from DCPS - but surprised it is coming from a Private HS

[Anonymous]

You need a science class for a possible planned major? What major and what college?

[Anonymous]

Never heard of such a thing at our school. So to answer your question- yes my kids get all the classes they need and all the classes they want. One of my kids got a class they didn't want (art) but it turned out she loved it. She had the option to switch, but chose to stick with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You need a science class for a possible planned major? What major and what college?

My child needs physics for a nursing major - the school sequence was thrown off as they took AP Chem jr year on the advice of a classmate

[Anonymous]

AP Physics for nursing? Otherwise, why can’t DD take physics in college. A regular old physics class will not count towards major in college unless it is an AP class. And even then, some schools don’t give AP credit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:AP Physics for nursing? Otherwise, why can’t DD take physics in college. A regular old physics class will not count towards major in college unless it is an AP class. And even then, some schools don’t give AP credit.

The college "highly encourages" completion of physics for competitive candidates.
It is not about AP credit - it is about taking physics

[Anonymous]

Nope. Courses needed for college are freely available but some are restricted by performance in lower level classes. If you get below an A, you can’t take the next level AP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nope. Courses needed for college are freely available but some are restricted by performance in lower level classes. If you get below an A, you can’t take the next level AP.

That's applies for most schools. The specific letter grades may vary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child is on the "wait list" for a science class they need for their planned major for college. In the spring when they registered, they did not realized they needed this science class and selected a different science class.

They recognized their error in early May as they started looking more at colleges and have been on the wait list since then.

The school has a waitlist of at least 10 students for this class. I was hoping the school would create another section - but as of now, they are telling the students to find an online class and take it and drop a class from their schedule.

Is this typical? I would expect this from DCPS - but surprised it is coming from a Private HS

You are kidding right?

Private HS are no where near as academic as public. Most do not have even close to the same offerings.

[Anonymous]

Physics is required in my kids' high school and everyone takes it the same year. It's impossible not to take it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child is on the "wait list" for a science class they need for their planned major for college. In the spring when they registered, they did not realized they needed this science class and selected a different science class.

They recognized their error in early May as they started looking more at colleges and have been on the wait list since then.

The school has a waitlist of at least 10 students for this class. I was hoping the school would create another section - but as of now, they are telling the students to find an online class and take it and drop a class from their schedule.

Is this typical? I would expect this from DCPS - but surprised it is coming from a Private HS

You are kidding right?

Private HS are no where near as academic as public. Most do not have even close to the same offerings.

[Anonymous]

How did your DD avoid taking physics? Usually everybody in private required to take it at some point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How did your DD avoid taking physics? Usually everybody in private required to take it at some point.

It is not required - which was part of the problem for why we are here now.

[Anonymous]

Self-study for the AP exam.

[Anonymous]

At our school the juniors have their first meetings with college counseling in the winter and course selection is a big part of that. This would have been caught there if a kid said their potential major was nursing.

But by May, sectioning (the process by which a school decides how many sections of each class they will offer and who will teach them) is done. Schedules are built based on those decisions, and hiring decisions have been made. It’s not easy or straightforward to add an extra section of a class at that point.

Did your kid get any advice before choosing AP Chem? At our high school, kids have advisors and science teachers who would have offered guidance on this. I am curious how she was making decisions based only on advice from peers.