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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, college admissions-wise it basically just frees up an additional class slot in 12th grade (everything else is just shifted forward 1 year). If you're going to take an additional AP class in 12th, technically that could increase GPA some tiny fraction by adding an additional 5 into the mix (rather than a 4 or more likely a 4.5) but since it's 12th it won't have much impact before decisions are made. And you want to ensure that class in 12th is something that supports the "took the most rigorous course load possible" narrative. But really, we're talking pretty negligible delta here, this isn't going to be the thing that tips the scales for a kid to get admit vs. WL/reject.

I'd focus more on the school/academic experience. If your kid is really sooooooo bored in class that it's diminishing their interest in math AND you think that one academic year speedup is the silver bullet to resolve this concern, I suppose, go ahead... but with the caveat that you're aware of the warnings that plenty of kids who do this who end up in a bad spot later on in advanced math (when their fundamentals aren't as strong as they should be). Just because a kid "can" handle it right now doesn't mean they "should".[/quote]

+1 lots of accelerated math students start hating math when it gets too hard too fast.  Be careful because it backfires for many.[/quote]

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DS took geometry over the summer .. dropped the class after he found it to be hard. Now he HATES geometry. Please think twice before enrolling [/quote]

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