Testing out of Algebra possible?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In FCPS, thousands of students are done with Geometry in 8th grade. However, students interested in STEM complete Algebra 2 by 8th, is what we u understood from our counselor.

If you complete Geometry in 8th you can still be on track to take multivariable calculus (calc III)/linear algebra in 12th, which is perfectly fine for most STEM programs.

Thanks for your input, but we'll get advice from our counselor on accelerated math.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In FCPS, thousands of students are done with Geometry in 8th grade. However, students interested in STEM complete Algebra 2 by 8th, is what we u understood from our counselor.

Very few kids take Algebra 2 in 8th grade and most of the ones that do take geometry in the summer. There are college level math classes offered at all of the high schools, AP/IB Calc is offered in 11th grade to kids who take geometry in 8th grade. Multi-Variate Calc and Linear Algebra are available senior year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In FCPS, thousands of students are done with Geometry in 8th grade. However, students interested in STEM complete Algebra 2 by 8th, is what we u understood from our counselor.

If you complete Geometry in 8th you can still be on track to take multivariable calculus (calc III)/linear algebra in 12th, which is perfectly fine for most STEM programs.

Thanks for your input, but we'll get advice from our counselor on accelerated math.

The problem is your counselor is wrong.

[Anonymous]

We just went through all this on

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1203114.page

[Anonymous]

Sounds like you should homeschool your child so you can provide them with year round school and acceleration at your pace.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In FCPS, thousands of students are done with Geometry in 8th grade. However, students interested in STEM complete Algebra 2 by 8th, is what we u understood from our counselor.

If you complete Geometry in 8th you can still be on track to take multivariable calculus (calc III)/linear algebra in 12th, which is perfectly fine for most STEM programs.

Thanks for your input, but we'll get advice from our counselor on accelerated math.

That's weird considering that the majority of TJHSST students have always been kids that took geometry in 8th grade. Perhaps he overstated or you misunderstood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In FCPS, thousands of students are done with Geometry in 8th grade. However, students interested in STEM complete Algebra 2 by 8th, is what we u understood from our counselor.

If you complete Geometry in 8th you can still be on track to take multivariable calculus (calc III)/linear algebra in 12th, which is perfectly fine for most STEM programs.

Thanks for your input, but we'll get advice from our counselor on accelerated math.

The problem is your counselor is wrong.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In FCPS, thousands of students are done with Geometry in 8th grade. However, students interested in STEM complete Algebra 2 by 8th, is what we u understood from our counselor.

If you complete Geometry in 8th you can still be on track to take multivariable calculus (calc III)/linear algebra in 12th, which is perfectly fine for most STEM programs.

Thanks for your input, but we'll get advice from our counselor on accelerated math.

The problem is your counselor is wrong.

+1. Is this the RSM teacher you mentioned above or an actual school guidance counselor?

It's 100% normal to finish only AP Calculus BC in high school and STILL go on to a STEM career.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC is slated to take pre-Algebra in 6th. Wondering if it might be possible for them to take pre-Algebra this summer and fall and Algebra next winter/spring and summer so that DC test out of Algebra and take Geometry in 7th. Just talked to an RSM instructor and DC is being placed in the pre-Algebra honors prep summer course. Is this possible? Anyone have experience doing this with RSM, AOPS or another program?

AOPS, RSM booster strikes again.

[Anonymous]

If your child is that advanced, then why not just skip a grade? There is already an accelerated pathway. If you want to go deeper, then by all means take summer classes but there is no need to rush math. Summer school is never a substitute for a full year of instruction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In FCPS, thousands of students are done with Geometry in 8th grade. However, students interested in STEM complete Algebra 2 by 8th, is what we u understood from our counselor.

Very few kids take Algebra 2 in 8th grade and most of the ones that do take geometry in the summer. There are college level math classes offered at all of the high schools, AP/IB Calc is offered in 11th grade to kids who take geometry in 8th grade. Multi-Variate Calc and Linear Algebra are available senior year.

Benefit of being done with Algbera 1 in 6th is no summer math is ever needed, the natural progression takes student to multivariable in junior or senior year as well as statistics by senior year. Basically spend all of high school, that's full four years mastering calculus. Let's student pick whatever stem major they choose at whatever college they prefer. College admissions prefer to see such advanced math commitment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In FCPS, thousands of students are done with Geometry in 8th grade. However, students interested in STEM complete Algebra 2 by 8th, is what we u understood from our counselor.

If you complete Geometry in 8th you can still be on track to take multivariable calculus (calc III)/linear algebra in 12th, which is perfectly fine for most STEM programs.

Thanks for your input, but we'll get advice from our counselor on accelerated math.

That's weird considering that the majority of TJHSST students have always been kids that took geometry in 8th grade. Perhaps he overstated or you misunderstood.

According to the Fairfax County Association for the Gifted, under a hundred freshman TJ kids enter having completed Algebra 2, about three hundred with Geometry, and since the 2021 admissions change about 160+ are admitted with Algebra 1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC is slated to take pre-Algebra in 6th. Wondering if it might be possible for them to take pre-Algebra this summer and fall and Algebra next winter/spring and summer so that DC test out of Algebra and take Geometry in 7th. Just talked to an RSM instructor and DC is being placed in the pre-Algebra honors prep summer course. Is this possible? Anyone have experience doing this with RSM, AOPS or another program?

AOPS, RSM booster strikes again.

LOL I am the poster you call the AoPS/RSM booster and not the OP in this thread. I actually posted that there were college level classes available for kids who complete geometry in 8th grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In FCPS, thousands of students are done with Geometry in 8th grade. However, students interested in STEM complete Algebra 2 by 8th, is what we u understood from our counselor.

Very few kids take Algebra 2 in 8th grade and most of the ones that do take geometry in the summer. There are college level math classes offered at all of the high schools, AP/IB Calc is offered in 11th grade to kids who take geometry in 8th grade. Multi-Variate Calc and Linear Algebra are available senior year.

Benefit of being done with Algbera 1 in 6th is no summer math is ever needed, the natural progression takes student to multivariable in junior or senior year as well as statistics by senior year. Basically spend all of high school, that's full four years mastering calculus. Let's student pick whatever stem major they choose at whatever college they prefer. College admissions prefer to see such advanced math commitment.

Colleges know that very few kids in the US are taking Algebra in 6th grade and are not looking for kids who have 3 years of Calculus level/type classes applying to their school. This is not something that colleges are actively pushing parents for. Colleges are well aware of the normal path and are happy to accept kids who are"only" accelerated to Algebra 1 in 8th grade for Engineering programs and the like. I udnerstand that there are some people in this area that think that is slow but it is actually pretty close to average in the US now with Algebra 1 in 7th grade being considered accelerated.

[Anonymous]

Not sure about UVA or Virginia tech, but Christopher Newport admits into few Stem majors with just precalculus. Great school.