Testing out of Algebra possible?

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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.

I have an advanced STEM degree and have never taken stats. Not required. A kid done with Algebra II and Trig in 8th would naturally move on to differential equations and complex analysis in 12th (at least on the dual enrollment with GMU track).

[Anonymous]

FCPS bumps kids into Algebra in 6th or even 5th grade when appropriate. There is no system to skip or test out of any class beyond 6th grade math. Every kid on the accelerated track must take a full year of AAP 6th grade math when in 4th or 5th grade, pass the IAAT and SOL.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What is the rush? What is the advantage of taking geometry in 7th grade?

You can then take Algebra II in 8th grade and in HS you are ready to take any of the many courses that have Algebra II as a prerequisite in 9th grade: AP CS, AP Stats, Physics I, AP Chem, for instance, and many others. If you delay Geometry, you're pushing those courses into your sophomore year or later, which in turn pushes back courses like AP Physics C, leaving you no room to take actual university courses in your junior/senior year.

Again, WHAT IS THE RUSH!?

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the rush? What is the advantage of taking geometry in 7th grade?

You can then take Algebra II in 8th grade and in HS you are ready to take any of the many courses that have Algebra II as a prerequisite in 9th grade: AP CS, AP Stats, Physics I, AP Chem, for instance, and many others. If you delay Geometry, you're pushing those courses into your sophomore year or later, which in turn pushes back courses like AP Physics C, leaving you no room to take actual university courses in your junior/senior year.

Again, WHAT IS THE RUSH!?

Profile for admission to elite colleges.

Or stressed out student on anti-depressant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the rush? What is the advantage of taking geometry in 7th grade?

You can then take Algebra II in 8th grade and in HS you are ready to take any of the many courses that have Algebra II as a prerequisite in 9th grade: AP CS, AP Stats, Physics I, AP Chem, for instance, and many others. If you delay Geometry, you're pushing those courses into your sophomore year or later, which in turn pushes back courses like AP Physics C, leaving you no room to take actual university courses in your junior/senior year.

Again, WHAT IS THE RUSH!?

Profile for admission to elite colleges.

Or stressed out student on anti-depressant.

That's what we're trying to avoid by putting our kids in classes that aren't mind numbingly boring.

[Anonymous]

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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.

A school counselor told you this? I find that very hard to believe. It's not true.

Of course, our school counselor informed and approved our child to take to accelerated math. The counselor enrolled our child to into the advanced math course, not the parent. How else does this work? It's not like parent can go and approve their child's course enrollment.

[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.

A school counselor told you this? I find that very hard to believe. It's not true.

Of course, our school counselor informed and approved our child to take to accelerated math. The counselor enrolled our child to into the advanced math course, not the parent. How else does this work? It's not like parent can go and approve their child's course enrollment.

Not in FCPS. Nope.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Before 2021, even more of the entering class took geometry in the 8th grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the rush? What is the advantage of taking geometry in 7th grade?

You can then take Algebra II in 8th grade and in HS you are ready to take any of the many courses that have Algebra II as a prerequisite in 9th grade: AP CS, AP Stats, Physics I, AP Chem, for instance, and many others. If you delay Geometry, you're pushing those courses into your sophomore year or later, which in turn pushes back courses like AP Physics C, leaving you no room to take actual university courses in your junior/senior year.

Again, WHAT IS THE RUSH!?

Profile for admission to elite colleges.

Or stressed out student on anti-depressant.

That's what we're trying to avoid by putting our kids in classes that aren't mind numbingly boring.

Disengaged and learning to dislike school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the rush? What is the advantage of taking geometry in 7th grade?

You can then take Algebra II in 8th grade and in HS you are ready to take any of the many courses that have Algebra II as a prerequisite in 9th grade: AP CS, AP Stats, Physics I, AP Chem, for instance, and many others. If you delay Geometry, you're pushing those courses into your sophomore year or later, which in turn pushes back courses like AP Physics C, leaving you no room to take actual university courses in your junior/senior year.

Again, WHAT IS THE RUSH!?

Profile for admission to elite colleges.

Or stressed out student on anti-depressant.

That's what we're trying to avoid by putting our kids in classes that aren't mind numbingly boring.

Disengaged and learning to dislike school.

Skipping Algebra I and/or taking it over the summer is not a solution to that. Nor do any public schools allow that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the rush? What is the advantage of taking geometry in 7th grade?

You can then take Algebra II in 8th grade and in HS you are ready to take any of the many courses that have Algebra II as a prerequisite in 9th grade: AP CS, AP Stats, Physics I, AP Chem, for instance, and many others. If you delay Geometry, you're pushing those courses into your sophomore year or later, which in turn pushes back courses like AP Physics C, leaving you no room to take actual university courses in your junior/senior year.

Again, WHAT IS THE RUSH!?

Profile for admission to elite colleges.

Or stressed out student on anti-depressant.

That's what we're trying to avoid by putting our kids in classes that aren't mind numbingly boring.

Disengaged and learning to dislike school.

Skipping Algebra I and/or taking it over the summer is not a solution to that. Nor do any public schools allow that.

They're not talking about skipping algebra, they are talking about taking it early.
Every kid should be challenged at school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the rush? What is the advantage of taking geometry in 7th grade?

You can then take Algebra II in 8th grade and in HS you are ready to take any of the many courses that have Algebra II as a prerequisite in 9th grade: AP CS, AP Stats, Physics I, AP Chem, for instance, and many others. If you delay Geometry, you're pushing those courses into your sophomore year or later, which in turn pushes back courses like AP Physics C, leaving you no room to take actual university courses in your junior/senior year.

Again, WHAT IS THE RUSH!?

Profile for admission to elite colleges.

Or stressed out student on anti-depressant.

That's what we're trying to avoid by putting our kids in classes that aren't mind numbingly boring.

Disengaged and learning to dislike school.

Skipping Algebra I and/or taking it over the summer is not a solution to that. Nor do any public schools allow that.

Not in DC area anymore, but our public school does. There is a standard state test you can take if you want to test out. I will say, I haven’t heard of anyone asking for it bc most kids in our district can’t even pass grade level math. But our principal said it was an option for us when it was clear my child already knew all the material.