Can choose AP Chemistry course directly at TJ at 10th grade?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is a freshman now. Because the Chemistry honor course is automatically chosen in the 10th grade elected courses list at TJ. My kid would like to take the AP chemistry course in 10th grade .
Can my kid ask for the counselor to change Chemistry honor into AP Chemistry without taking the Chemistry honor course at TJ in summer because my kid need to take PE course online in this summer. Please give some advices! I will be appreciated for any advices!

Why need to take PE online?

If your kid has time to study Honors chem this year, ask for a placement test. TJ lovea Tiger moms trying to push their kids on top of other students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is a freshman now. Because the Chemistry honor course is automatically chosen in the 10th grade elected courses list at TJ. My kid would like to take the AP chemistry course in 10th grade .
Can my kid ask for the counselor to change Chemistry honor into AP Chemistry without taking the Chemistry honor course at TJ in summer because my kid need to take PE course online in this summer. Please give some advices! I will be appreciated for any advices!

Why need to take PE online?

If your kid has time to study Honors chem this year, ask for a placement test. TJ lovea Tiger moms trying to push their kids on top of other students.

You sound like the salvation army bell ringer outside the grocery store.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is a freshman now. Because the Chemistry honor course is automatically chosen in the 10th grade elected courses list at TJ. My kid would like to take the AP chemistry course in 10th grade .
Can my kid ask for the counselor to change Chemistry honor into AP Chemistry without taking the Chemistry honor course at TJ in summer because my kid need to take PE course online in this summer. Please give some advices! I will be appreciated for any advices!

Why need to take PE online?

If your kid has time to study Honors chem this year, ask for a placement test. TJ lovea Tiger moms trying to push their kids on top of other students.

Zero chance you have a kid at TJ. Tons of them do summer PE. It's extremely common and a great way to free up a slot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is a freshman now. Because the Chemistry honor course is automatically chosen in the 10th grade elected courses list at TJ. My kid would like to take the AP chemistry course in 10th grade .
Can my kid ask for the counselor to change Chemistry honor into AP Chemistry without taking the Chemistry honor course at TJ in summer because my kid need to take PE course online in this summer. Please give some advices! I will be appreciated for any advices!

Why need to take PE online?

If your kid has time to study Honors chem this year, ask for a placement test. TJ lovea Tiger moms trying to push their kids on top of other students.

what do you call your own mom - a sheep mom?

[Anonymous]

What textbooks are used for TJ Chemistry and AP chemistry?

[Anonymous]

When you take summer PE, do you choose Pass/Fail or 4.0?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When you take summer PE, do you choose Pass/Fail or 4.0?

PE is an easy A. However, since it is not weighted, PE taken for letter grade can hurt overall weighted GPA but help unweighted GPA. Depends on what kind of grades your student expects at TJ. If student expects all As then go with pass/fail, so as to not drag down the overall weighted GPA. If student expects to receive a C or a B (anything other than A) on any one other course, then taking PE for letter grade would help bring up the overall unweighted GPA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When you take summer PE, do you choose Pass/Fail or 4.0?

PE is an easy A. However, since it is not weighted, PE taken for letter grade can hurt overall weighted GPA but help unweighted GPA. Depends on what kind of grades your student expects at TJ. If student expects all As then go with pass/fail, so as to not drag down the overall weighted GPA. If student expects to receive a C or a B (anything other than A) on any one other course, then taking PE for letter grade would help bring up the overall unweighted GPA.

This makes sense. Thanks a lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Another option could be to self study for the AP exam during the honors course.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is a freshman now. Because the Chemistry honor course is automatically chosen in the 10th grade elected courses list at TJ. My kid would like to take the AP chemistry course in 10th grade .
Can my kid ask for the counselor to change Chemistry honor into AP Chemistry without taking the Chemistry honor course at TJ in summer because my kid need to take PE course online in this summer. Please give some advices! I will be appreciated for any advices!

you can try, but you may want to first come up with a formidable reason

DP .. OP I am genuinely curious to understand why your child would want to do that ? Is there any advantage ?

Same reason for taking honors chem over regular chem or TJ over the home school. Or maybe they want to prepare for USChO, and AP would do a better job than honors.

USAChO is self prep. School class is irrelevant. If you need a school class, USAChO isn't relevant to you.

And you know this how?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Another option could be to self study for the AP exam during the honors course.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is a freshman now. Because the Chemistry honor course is automatically chosen in the 10th grade elected courses list at TJ. My kid would like to take the AP chemistry course in 10th grade .
Can my kid ask for the counselor to change Chemistry honor into AP Chemistry without taking the Chemistry honor course at TJ in summer because my kid need to take PE course online in this summer. Please give some advices! I will be appreciated for any advices!

you can try, but you may want to first come up with a formidable reason

DP .. OP I am genuinely curious to understand why your child would want to do that ? Is there any advantage ?

Same reason for taking honors chem over regular chem or TJ over the home school. Or maybe they want to prepare for USChO, and AP would do a better job than honors.

USAChO is self prep. School class is irrelevant. If you need a school class, USAChO isn't relevant to you.

Well if they have to take one fewer course, that's more time to study. Also the first round is about the difficulty of the AP exam if not slightly easier.