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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter is also leaving for boarding school  as a 11th grader. She is also taking classes out of sequence in both math and science. She  didn't do so great on her math placement test so she will also be taking Geometry with 10th graders.  That being said, I'm not too worried about it. I'm sure college admission offices have seen this before with kids switching schools mid HS.

We did consider having her repeat 10th grade. The reason being is that she is very young for her class. But my daughter DID NOT want to add another year of HS!

Good luck. I hope both our daughters love their new schools! [/quote]

OP here—-my daughter has an August bday so she’s always been one of the youngest in her grade.  I suspect that she doesn’t want to add a year of HS but she does want to go into engineering in college.  What I don’t know is how much it would hurt her options if she applies without calculus.

I’ve already spoken with the math chair and Precalc in summer school next year is not an option.

Best of luck to your daughter.  I hope she loves her school and the experience.[/quote]

I think even back in my day, most students who want to go into Engineering or the hard sciences would have had some Calc in high school. I assume that applies today as well. I would speak to the academic dean or math chair at your daughter's new school to see if anything can be done to fast track her, if she's serious about pursuing engineering and a more advanced math track is something she is motivated to do. They need to know this is her goal. Even if your school doesn't offer it, there are summer online courses offered through other places that she could take that could help her catch up in math and pass the assessment into the next course. There is CTY, AOPS, and even Khan, which is free, could be useful. [/quote]

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