How many freshman take AP Gov or History?

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Anonymous wrote:It's getting crazy. Kids who by all reasonable metrics are not ready for APUSH in 9th grade are pushing to join because "that's what smart kids do".

The lack of pre-AP standardized assessments in social studies is no doubt part of the problem. In math, kids know what they know and don't know relatively clearly.

Spot on. Also to the tutor above, I have an ADHD kid with at 504 plan. He is very smart but struggles with executive function. I did not put him in APUSH as a freshman due what I heard was the workload. He learned plenty in his Honors US History class and did not require a tutor to help him with all the assignments like I saw with many other kids. In fact maybe he learned more . Of course everyone is welcome to do what they want but I think many parents are looking ahead and thinking that their kids need to be in every single hard class to get into a "top" college. My kid will not be gunning for these schools most likely and that is OK.

It’s completely fine as long as the student isn’t applying to competitive colleges.

Ivy league, I'd agree. But you're saying a Math, Engineering or Science school cares?

What's your evidence for this statement?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's a strategy to think about.

Some engineering colleges will only accept two AP courses for credit. APUSH and APGov normally are the two that satisfy the base History credit.

Why not:
9/10-AP Gov and H WH
11/12-AP USH

By 11th grade, the student is more mature and capable of handling higher reading workloads. If you're worried the student doesn't like History that much, you can ask to push APUSH to 12th grade, where the student's workload is most likely lower so it doesn't count against GPA when applying to colleges.

Anyone see issues with this?

Yes. My kid is at Blair. The 9th grade options are ONLY honors US history or APUSH. You can not defer the US History you 11th or 12th.