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[quote=Anonymous]The common path if you take compacted math is to do Algebra 1 in 7th and Geometry in 8th.  Geometry takes some spacial thinking and reasoning and is kind of a "readiness" course.  (Every kid will find it hard to envision what a 'plane' is, etc. at a certain age and that age varies by kid.  That means you don't want to take it before you're "ready.")

If you take Geometry in 8th, you take Alg II in 9th, pre-calc (honors pre-calc) in 10th and are ready for calculus in 11th.  Lots of different choices and directions at that point, but those aren't really relevant for your decision.

If you don't take compacted math, you're typically a year behind that.  You can still take calc in 12th if you want it.

One other consideration might be what the rest of your kid's cohort does.  It shouldn't matter, technically, but it kind of does if you don't want to "feel" behind.  My kid was on the bubble and then we found out that 60% of kids at her school were taking compacted so we opted in (and it worked splendidly-- she's fantastic in HS math).

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