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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Go ahead and have her take geometry in the summer if that’s what she’d like to do, but do know that taking geometry in 9th still puts you on track for Calculus in 12th (whether that’s standard level, AP AB, or AP BC - or whatever advanced versions the HS offers) and that’s plenty of rigor. Post-calculus math in HS is not required. [/quote]

This is the answer. Geometry in 9th grade is fine, everywhere. [/quote]

It's "fine" if you aren't worried about college prestige. Remember there are a lot of public school kids taking accelerated math tracks. My kid is one of them, taking AP Calc BC in 10th grade, then multivariable with different equations, then probably calculus 3. The OP is right that colleges consider "highest rigor" as checked by the counselor. If her kid isn't at the top of her class in her high school and doesn't have a hook, that will have repercussions for admissions, since there are soft quotas in all schools.

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Students are only compared against their school peers and what the school offers. It doesn’t matter what the AP arms race public schools are doing. [/quote]

It does, because quotas for privates will slowly get smaller. [/quote]

Lol—is that what you public school parents are telling yourselves now? With the economic landscape colleges are facing now (eg, federal funding cuts, targeting international students who are cash cows, etc) being a full-pay independent school student will become an even stronger hook. [/quote]

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