Reply to Deferring Chemistry until 12th grade

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "Deferring Chemistry until 12th grade"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]Our DC struggles in math and science due to mild LDs. He's in 10th grade at the moment and planning his schedule for 11th grade, and is considering waiting to take Chemistry until Sr. year and taking something less rigorous in 11th, maybe Astronomy?

Honestly, if he were a stronger student I'd advise against this plan as colleges want to see a rigorous courseload junior year. At this point, though, I think it would benefit him to concentrate on his strengths, which are in the humanities, especially since he'll still need to struggle through Algebra II next year. The goal is to help him get his GPA up over a 3.0 so that college will be a realistic possibility. He's not aiming for a top school given his academic struggles, so my thinking is maybe his plan for next year makes some sense.

Anybody have thoughts about this? I'd especially be interested in hearing from parents of children with profiles similar to my DC (i.e., not the strongest students but college-bound). Thanks.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics