Define "crap grades" |
Both my kids took Alg in 7th grade. They both were in compacted math in ES. Both my kids took Calc in 11th grade (one too Calc App and the other took BC calc). This was when Jack Smith was superintendent. |
Updated Jan 2025 - there are only 3 tracks listed. https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/curriculum/math/montgomery-county-public-schools_-prek-12-mathematics-program---google-docs.pdf One of the pathways is Math 6+ > Math 7+ > Algebra -- > Calc in 12th grade -- on track The advanced track is Prealg 6 > Alg 7 > Geometry 8th --> Calc in 11th grade On track (the left most column) is Math 8 in 8th grade --> Precalc in 12th grade |
Sorry "On track (the left most column) is Math 8 in 8th grade --> Precalc in 12th grade" should read "Slower track.. Precalc in 12th grade". |
Towson, UMBC, St. Mary's, Frostburg, and a few others |
There is flexibility in the schools. Super advanced at some schools start in 6th, some schools even offer Algebra in 5th. Kids will also do summer school to accelerate. |
| Reminder - math discussion move to this thread. https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/15/1295718.page |
| I think Frostburg may be the most likely admit for the 4-year college kids with less than stellar grades. |
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Folks following this thread might find some of the data from UMD interesting.
https://irpa.umd.edu/CampusCounts/ - has a variety of yearly reports regarding enrollment and graduation. https://irpa.umd.edu/CampusCounts/Admissions/apps_ug.pdf https://irpa.umd.edu/CampusCounts/Retention/ug_retcomp.pdf https://irpa.umd.edu/CampusCounts/Retention/ug_degree_summ.pdf I first found these when my oldest enrolled at UMD in 2018. I was surprised to see that ~25% of degrees awarded are to students who transferred in. I think that is a good thing - it allows more focus at UMD on the upper level courses and has students sort themselves out in 1st year courses and Gen Eds at the community colleges. Another set of interesting data is at: https://reports.umd.edu/ https://reports.umd.edu/tableaupublic/1824 - shows enrollment by county. There is so much hand-wringing and perceptions that MCPS is somehow being treated unfairly in admissions. But the fact is that MoCo ~17% of Maryland's population, but has 37.5% of the UMD undergraduate enrollment. I did a rough average of county enrollment per public high school (an over estimate) and Montgomery County has an average of ~88 students per public high school. Next highest is Howard, with ~61 per public high school. The state average is 17 per public high school. High schools in MoCo enroll 5 times more students than the MD average. (Yes, our schools are very large, but even accounting for total student population, MoCo is over represented proportionally at UMD.) |
Plenty of good Maryland schools: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Maryland I think the most popular in the University System of Maryland are: https://www.umbc.edu/ http://www.towson.edu/ https://www.morgan.edu/ https://www.bowiestate.edu/ http://www.salisbury.edu/ https://www.frostburg.edu/ http://www.smcm.edu/ There are plenty of good students at these schools who just weren't in the tippy-top of their graduating class, as well as students who have mixed grades but are ready for college. |
I'm not the PP, but I'll own a MAGA position. Slots in our universities, subsidized by our taxpayers, should go to our students. UMD should establish a cut-off score and all Maryland students above that cut-off should be admitted. And yes, H1B visas are subject to massive abuse. I know at least three strong CS graduates from this spring who have not found jobs, yet the industry continues to cry out for visas... https://www.finalroundai.com/blog/computer-science-graduates-face-worst-job-market-in-decades#:~:text=Some%20other%20factors%20contributing%20to%20the%20job,this%20field%20because%20you%20enjoy%20solving%20problems |
FYI - entry level CS jobs have been offshored for over 10 years. Even if they gut H1s, those entry level jobs aren't coming back. -someone who's been in tech for over 20 years and has a DC in CS |
AWS employee here… we hire L4 interns and grads all the time |
So why didn't you convince your child to do something else? |
They don't have ED.(??) |