Universities/colleges (preferably local nova) where rising 10th graders can take courses

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Anonymous wrote:Algebra II seems sort of low to be taking at a 4 year college. Why not just take it at your local community college? Or at a local private school that offers summer math.

It'd be different if they were taking a higher level math, like Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, or even Calc.

He will be taking at least 4-5 APs in 10th grade and would like the option to skip some mathematics. Taking some of the courses over the summer will be helpful. Not really interested if anyone thinks something is low level. Asking if someone knows any that take rising 10th graders.

Who takes 4-5 APs in 10th grade??!!

Which boarding school is this that still offers APs?

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Anonymous wrote:If you have a 10th grader in Algebra II, he is not a preternatural math genius, and if he is not a preternatural math genius, for the love of God, please do not have him try to take an ultra-condensed Summer course. Either it will be pitched too high, and he will collapse, or it will be pitched too low, towards now-college aged kids who didn't understand high school math, and he will miss great swaths of material.

I agree with you about summer math, but I wouldn’t assume much about a kid’s math acumen based on class placement in private school. A lot of it has to do with whether you are coming from an accelerated math program in public school prior to attending the school. My kid is in Algebra II in 10th (Catholic HS) and, suprisingly, it is not the norm. Class is primarily 11th grade students. Yes, some kids that came from public are a year ahead of my DC (ie, precalculus in 10th), but most students are in Geometry in 10th.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you have a 10th grader in Algebra II, he is not a preternatural math genius, and if he is not a preternatural math genius, for the love of God, please do not have him try to take an ultra-condensed Summer course. Either it will be pitched too high, and he will collapse, or it will be pitched too low, towards now-college aged kids who didn't understand high school math, and he will miss great swaths of material.

What school?
I agree with you about summer math, but I wouldn’t assume much about a kid’s math acumen based on class placement in private school. A lot of it has to do with whether you are coming from an accelerated math program in public school prior to attending the school. My kid is in Algebra II in 10th (Catholic HS) and, suprisingly, it is not the norm. Class is primarily 11th grade students. Yes, some kids that came from public are a year ahead of my DC (ie, precalculus in 10th), but most students are in Geometry in 10th.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you have a 10th grader in Algebra II, he is not a preternatural math genius, and if he is not a preternatural math genius, for the love of God, please do not have him try to take an ultra-condensed Summer course. Either it will be pitched too high, and he will collapse, or it will be pitched too low, towards now-college aged kids who didn't understand high school math, and he will miss great swaths of material.

I agree with you about summer math, but I wouldn’t assume much about a kid’s math acumen based on class placement in private school. A lot of it has to do with whether you are coming from an accelerated math program in public school prior to attending the school. My kid is in Algebra II in 10th (Catholic HS) and, suprisingly, it is not the norm. Class is primarily 11th grade students. Yes, some kids that came from public are a year ahead of my DC (ie, precalculus in 10th), but most students are in Geometry in 10th.

What school?

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Would you consider taking it at your zoned public high school? As it's not a college level class, I think you'll have a hard time finding it offered at a college. Not even at a community college. But your public high school or a nearby private might offer it. Our private offers geometry and pre-calc in the summer (though I have no idea if they'd let a non-enrolled student take it).

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OP, what did your school say when you mentioned this "plan" to them? What did your child say?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Algebra II seems sort of low to be taking at a 4 year college. Why not just take it at your local community college? Or at a local private school that offers summer math.

It'd be different if they were taking a higher level math, like Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, or even Calc.

He will be taking at least 4-5 APs in 10th grade and would like the option to skip some mathematics. Taking some of the courses over the summer will be helpful. Not really interested if anyone thinks something is low level. Asking if someone knows any that take rising 10th graders.

Who takes 4-5 APs in 10th grade??!!

Which boarding school is this that still offers APs?

AS not AP but have the option to take exam.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But OP doesn’t want their child to take math at NOVA or Montgomery College with a bunch of mouth-breathers. They want their child to take a course at William and Mary or Georgetown. Because their child is special.

I mean, you can make this made-up strawman argument, sure. Or you can say if you know that they actually take rising 10th graders like actually asked. Because unlike Georgetown and GWU, W&M actually do. But you go on and keep making assumptions. Hope you at least feel better now that you came and threw some vitriol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would you consider taking it at your zoned public high school? As it's not a college level class, I think you'll have a hard time finding it offered at a college. Not even at a community college. But your public high school or a nearby private might offer it. Our private offers geometry and pre-calc in the summer (though I have no idea if they'd let a non-enrolled student take it).

Yes definitely, looking at all options.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, what did your school say when you mentioned this "plan" to them? What did your child say?

DC is in accelerated mathematics at the moment and requested this while planning for future courses. DH and I were not part of the planning process, nor did we come up with this. Currently doing some research. I understand that my mentioning one class made people fixated on this, but mathematics is not the only course in question. My question is also general. Whether he should take it is not my question. If it works out, great. If not, that's fine too. If anyone knows of places that take rising sophomores rather than juniors, I'd appreciate it. If no one knows, that's totally fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, what did your school say when you mentioned this "plan" to them? What did your child say?

DC is in accelerated mathematics at the moment and requested this while planning for future courses. DH and I were not part of the planning process, nor did we come up with this. Currently doing some research. I understand that my mentioning one class made people fixated on this, but mathematics is not the only course in question. My question is also general. Whether he should take it is not my question. If it works out, great. If not, that's fine too. If anyone knows of places that take rising sophomores rather than juniors, I'd appreciate it. If no one knows, that's totally fine.

Algebra 2 in 10th is standard for the advanced track in public. I don't see how any college would offer it at anything other than a very remedial level

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, what did your school say when you mentioned this "plan" to them? What did your child say?

DC is in accelerated mathematics at the moment and requested this while planning for future courses. DH and I were not part of the planning process, nor did we come up with this. Currently doing some research. I understand that my mentioning one class made people fixated on this, but mathematics is not the only course in question. My question is also general. Whether he should take it is not my question. If it works out, great. If not, that's fine too. If anyone knows of places that take rising sophomores rather than juniors, I'd appreciate it. If no one knows, that's totally fine.

Algebra 2 in 10th is standard for the advanced track in public. I don't see how any college would offer it at anything other than a very remedial level

Algebra 2 in 9th grade is accelerated in private, so in 10th grader is totally normal.

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Of all the options, I'd do another class over the summer. A few privates offer Algebra 2 as do publics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Algebra II seems sort of low to be taking at a 4 year college. Why not just take it at your local community college? Or at a local private school that offers summer math.

It'd be different if they were taking a higher level math, like Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, or even Calc.

Many CC's won't allow a student to take remedial classes, including things like Algebra II, until they are high school graduates. They'll let HS students who are ahead take college level classes, but not the remedial ones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you have a 10th grader in Algebra II, he is not a preternatural math genius, and if he is not a preternatural math genius, for the love of God, please do not have him try to take an ultra-condensed Summer course. Either it will be pitched too high, and he will collapse, or it will be pitched too low, towards now-college aged kids who didn't understand high school math, and he will miss great swaths of material.

I agree with you about summer math, but I wouldn’t assume much about a kid’s math acumen based on class placement in private school. A lot of it has to do with whether you are coming from an accelerated math program in public school prior to attending the school. My kid is in Algebra II in 10th (Catholic HS) and, suprisingly, it is not the norm. Class is primarily 11th grade students. Yes, some kids that came from public are a year ahead of my DC (ie, precalculus in 10th), but most students are in Geometry in 10th.

Normal in public is to start Algebra in 7th for the smart kids (really smart start in 6th but it's not offered everywhere) and average kids start in 8th. Not normal to start Algebra in 9th.