PP and the original comment said ANY kid taking doesn't belong at TJ. Your own argument refutes that. And further not that they can't "hack" BC just want to defer - my kid took AB soph year, BC junior and Multi-Var senior year. Graduated from a T10 with a math minor, biology major. |
PP. I didn't post the original comment and clearly don't agree with it. The "DP" tag should have indicated that I wasn't the quoted PP. |
TJ is so much harder than base HS. It's not comparable. |
I call bull spit |
Kid didn't earn the spot. Equity admissions process offered it. And equity idiots are convincing the kid to stay there at the bottom of the class with mostly Cs and occasional B-. But only the misfit kid and their family know the misery of not being able to keep up with TJ rigor. |
Math is the basic foundation for STE of STEM. |
Many take it the 2nd year. Or, maybe TJ students did this before the admissions standards were lowered. |
+1 |
FYI - even before the changes, a good 40-50% of the kids were struggling on the grades. This is not a new phenomenon. |
I thought AP Calculus AB/BC needs Algebra 1/2/Geometry and Precalculus, that's 4 years of math starting at 7th. How could anyone get AP Calc at 10th grade? |
One way is to test out of a class, or take a version of it during the summer. This seems to be common with geometry. |
Exactly. So to take Calculus as a Sophomore ( pls stop saying its 2nd year!!) You woul need to have completed Algebra 2 Homs in Middle School. Taken M4 and M5 as a freshman or over summer. Not many folks do this. PP is probably just extrapolating off his own kid ( good for him, hopefully) or not well informed. Cal A/B or B/C in Jr year is the most common sequence |
Take algebra 1 in 6th grade, or summer geometry. Stone Hill Middle has 50 kids taking algebra 2 in 8th grade. Those who do not go to AOS/AET can take AP Calc in 10th. |
Once you accelerate in math, you can not turn back even if you have lousy grades. Better to go slower with good grades. |
Fake news! TJ selection is stronger than ever now especially since they weeded out the kids who only got in because of test buying. |