Highest math track- middle school
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Anonymous
Which county) |
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My kid: (including HS for those who asked)
6 - Algebra I Summer - Geometry 7 - Algebra II/Trig 8 - Precalculus 9 - BC 10 - Multi/Linear 11 - Diffy/Complex 12 - AP Stats |
Anonymous
Did his teachers recommend algebra 1 for 6th grade, or did you advocate for him? If the latter, how did you do so? |
Anonymous
They then took 9 - precalc 10 - bc calc 11 - linear/multi 12 - diffE/complex analysis |
Anonymous
Why save the easiest class for last? To balance other APs in 12th? |
Anonymous
So far mine took, 4 - Algebra I 5 - Geometry 6 - Algebra II/Trig 7 - Precalculus 8 - Calc BC |
Anonymous
Is this official enrollment or self study? If the former, how did you get the school to agree to algebra placement in 4th grade? |
Anonymous
Test scores + badgered the admin until they caved |
Anonymous
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Our district tests in 6th grade and those above 90th percentile on MAP are invited to take the ACT or SAT to apply. You have to submit those scores and if high enough, the middle school accelerated program, is basically 2-3 grade levels of acceleration taught at twice the normal pace. They take two courses, combined into one years time. Students are bused to a central location for the problem- they are not at their home middle school
7th grade: alg I and II 8th grade: geo and precalc |
Anonymous
Would you mind sharing the logistics for the 11/12th grade post BC calc courses? Were those dual-enrollment (DE) courses taught by public/private school personnel, or did your child have to attend a local college/university? If the latter, how did you manage this logistically? Did the school support it? Were any of them remote/virtual? Who were their peers in those classes? |
Anonymous
All the classes were offered at HS (TJ). You could get DE credit (iirc multi/linear) at GMU if you paid a fee but we didn’t because of the fee and limited utility of the credit at non VA colleges. There were maybe 20 or more students in the complex class but my kids said it was a tough class because of material and curve. Never a good sign when you go to class and see the school math team there. |
Anonymous
Thanks for the information. You are inviting a follow-up question which is with a lack of DE credit, did it require retaking some of these courses at whichever college/university your child attends/attended? Or was that the plan to begin with, as may be the case when attending an Ivy or MIT? Or did they leave STEM? |
Anonymous
Yes they had to retake linear and diffE but they always had to. Colleges are one of the above you listed. They will not accept DE credit when a) class is not taught by GMU faculty on campus (which is the case with TJ DE), and b) to get credit approved from another college (e.g. GMU) is itself a long process where they have to match what was taught at GMU with the college's version of linear/diffE. Maybe in retrospect we should have taken the DE (but it was like $500 or something like that) - it would've been useful if my kids had gone to VA schools. |
Anonymous
| Did you try to get college credit for the classes taught at TJ? |
Anonymous
| I don't think DE credit is a big deal. Retaking a class is either hard because you need to finish learning it, or easy so you can get a good grade, have a smoother ontamp to college, and optimally take an extra class that semester (at no extra cost at most universities) without overloading yourself (which highly talented high schoolers often do when they underestimate college). |