HS math pathways / AP classes
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Anonymous
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Can parents of HS students please post their DC's math courses for grades 9-12? How much wiggle room is there for the suggested pathways?
Also, while I've got you: How many AP classes do your kids or other kids you know typically take in HS? Thanks! |
Anonymous
| Once your child gets to Algebra there is very little wiggle room in the pathways unless you do summer school. I have one that did 9th grade Geometry and one that will do 9th grade Algebra II |
Anonymous
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HS son graduated 2013
8th grade Honors Geometry 9th grade Honors Algebra 2 10th Grade Pre Calc AP NSL AP Music Theory 11th Grade AP Calc AB AP Modern World History AP English Comp AP Art Studio (photography) 12th Grade AP Calc BC AP Psych AP English Lit total of 9. Very easily done- not a lot of homework in the AP math- no more so than a regular math class. Also true of English AP's- you have to read the books and write the essays anyway, you might as well get credit for it. The killer for homework was the history class, but it was at most 3-5 hours a week. Notice there were no hard sciences. I have heard those are the worst. Son scored 1950 on the SAT's and 31 on the ACT (one sitting each.) He got into VA Tech engineering, College Park business (limited enrollment) and scholars (lower than honors) and got in state tuition at U of South Carolina. Full ride at Towson including books and housing fees. He had what I consider to be mediocre grades. 3.3 unweighted GPA, 4.0 weighted. Most non AP's were honors classes. Very heavy in after school activities. Middle of the road teacher reccs and essays. He only went 1/2 a day senior year and took two classes at MC. His AP scores were middle of the road as well (all 3-4, no 5) and he entered as a freshman with 36 credits. If you are not shooting for an IVY or a top 20 school it's not as bad as people make it out to be. Many, many kids are starting with community college. That opens the slots for other kids. Apply early. Be aware that it's better to take obscure classes and the basics, like music theory, photography, the math, the history and the english- and NOT science, as many kids who do the sciences are interested in science but most universities do not offer AP credits for the science classes. They want the science for science majors to be taught at the college level. Most schools do give credit for the arts, english, math and history. Hope that helps. Good luck and enjoy your kids high school years- it flies by fast! |
Anonymous
| Thanks so much, PP! |
Anonymous
| Not sure if your are asking in reference to a younger child, but what is available for current elementary school age students. The current 5th grade class were the first affected. |
Anonymous
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8th H Geo,
9th H Alg 2, 10th, pre-Calc and Ap Stat, 11th AP Cal BC, and 12th IB HL math. |
Anonymous
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Mine came from private middle school, and math is not a strength, so was behind MCPS peers:
8th - Alg 1 (not in MCPS) 9th - Honors Geo 10th - Honors Alg 2 11th - Honors Pre Calc 12th - AP AB Calc Overall took 10 APs. Got 4s and 5s on all. Got a year of college credit for the APs and ability to take upper level classes in several subjects. |
Anonymous
Thanks for the details! Great to hear about the possibility of full rides. I would love to know what high school your DC graduated from. |
Anonymous
| Rockville HS |
Anonymous
| Great to know, thanks! |
Anonymous
| Where are the science AP's? |
Anonymous
| Did you read the above? |
Anonymous
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That is my feeling too. Take APs that colleges of your choice take.
It make no sense to take AP in Computer Science, if you plan for that major. Also many technical colleges will require for their program one American History or Government, but not both. So why take both AP and suffer? You have to chose APs according to your plans, not according to somebody's else plan who thinks about business major at IVY. |
Anonymous
Disagree. You should take classes that interest you and challenge you and not worry about college credit unless there is strong financial need to graduate in less than 4 years. My kid took 10 APs and did not suffer - they were good challenging classes. DC happened to get college credit for all of them but also cosidered colleges that would not have taken all the credits. It really wasn't a factor as DC does not plan to graduate early. It did allow DC to take upper level classes as a freshman, which was a plus. |
Anonymous
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Why take AP Calc AB and BC? I thought Calc BC covered the whole landscape of calc.
I am asking b/c DC is faced with scheduling for next year. Here are the classes already taken 8th -- geometry 9th -- Algebra II 10 -- Precalc 11 -- plans to take AP BC calc other APs include AP World AP Spanish AP French Considering during junior and senior years: AP Lang, AP Lit, AP Environmental Science, AP gov/AP Comp Gov (or AP psych) |