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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The reality is he will be competing with kids with near perfect grades with a similar degree of rigor, so yes, it will matter if he is getting Bs in a core subject of he wants to go to a competitive admit school.

What I find troubling is that your child is clearly strong in math but is turning it into a weakness because he is 15 and doesn’t know better.  I’d give him the ultimatum of getting a tutor or moving down to precalc.[/quote]

This is a bit harsh.  Yes he is competing with kids with perfect grades but you are assuming that puts them ahead of him.  Colleges take a look at the whole person.  Even for a science major at a top 25 that B is just fine if the rest of the record is there to support admission.

He tested out of precalc.  School not likely to move him unless he is failing.  This is not a weakness.[/quote]

It depends on the school. My kids FCPS HS 100 allows some shuffling in math (honors to standard, AP Calc not standard Cal) the first quarter. You need to ask. And explain your rationale in writing. And a committee decides (in our HS). But “I thought I could self study and succeed and I now see I have gaps that need to be filled” is 99% certain to be approved. No school wants a kid on math track where strong students get grades that mess up impressive admissions and get non-passing AP scores.

This is different than, “I don’t like my history teacher” or “HUG isn’t really geography and I was AP Psych instead”. Live with your choices there. This is I have gaps in knowledge that are hurting me now and will likely snowball”. [/quote]

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