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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What math courses do kids take if they take algebra I in 6th grade?[/quote]

7th: Geometry Honors
8th Algebra II Honors
9th Precalc Honors
10th AP Calc BC
11th Multivacalc and Matrix Algebra
12th AP Statistics

Unless they go to TJ or NOVA for more math options in 11/12th grade. [/quote]

This doesn't get you anywhere new.  My DC took Algebra I Honors in 7th and took AP Stats as an elective sophomore year and will take Multi and Matrix his senrio year.  So taking Algebra I in 6th doesn't buy you anything but bragging rights.  He is not unusual.[/quote]

It does. You can't take AP Physics C in Junior year without having done Calc in Sophomore.[/quote]

Not true.  AP Physics C needs AP Calc [i]concurrently[/i]. Plus, you need Physics Honors or AP Physics I as a prerequisite and that is not available until junior year. (Not talking about TJ)  So, in reality you can only take AP Physics C senior year and can take BC Calc senior year- concurrently. You don't have to take Algebra I Honrs in 7th grade to be able to take AP Physics C in HS.  Oldest did it last year.  [/quote]

You need two laboratory science courses as the prerequisite. It is strongly recommended you already have Calculus to take AP Physics C. Only a very small number of students take AP Physics C in Junior year. Chances are most of them finish Algebra II in middle school. Your kid is not in this [b]small pool of students, who are aiming for the likes of MIT and CalTech[/b].
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You said it yourself: the pool of students who are aiming for MIT and Caltech is very small. Even among the most elite of students, [b]the pool of those aiming for MIT and Caltech is small.[/b] The notion that all students are competing with this small pool is perfectly ridiculous.

If you think your 7th grader could be headed for MIT (and I'd submit that by this age, you know if you have a truly gifted math student), it might make sense to worry about when he/she will take calculus so that he/she can take AP Physics C. If not, relax.[/quote]

The pool of students at any college is small these days. Seriously, most people who were overachievers in school still usually end up working in McDonald's.[/quote]

Seriously, you are full of shit.[/quote]

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