If you have a child that got accepted to Va Tech Engineering...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, make sure the HS knows exactly what DS's first choice is, and major.

and for the poster who said, "he did not take physics". Did he not take AP Physics, or no physics at all? I think physics is always expected. It was probably this box that wasn't checked and he didn't get in.

Didn't take physics at all. The physics teacher quit the year before and they did not find a replacement so physics wasn't offered. I don't know if the school ever communicated this to Tech, I suspect they didn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP whose nephew did not get in ....

could be because he did not take AP Physics. Parents have been told that is a prerequisite for admission, though no one formally admits it ... it does seem to be a dividing line.

If you find yourself in the situation at the end of the junior year, go to your community college and sign your kid up for the class that is needed or the class that your child needs to do well on for the SAT II test. My DC took College Chemistry at a local college and then took the ACT II test in math I, math II, Chemistry. He had no difficulty getting in to all the top aerospace programs.

Did he take it at a Community College or a local 4 year college? Also, was it an online course or did he take it in the evenings?

[Anonymous]

In 9th grade, #$%#^&! NO! In 10th grade, doubtful. In 11th grade, maybe, but you have to ask is it surrounded by As or Bs in math most of the rest of the semesters.

"Will a "C" in PreCalc for one semester in 9th grade be a big issue?"