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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You want him to develop a good foundation. This is not the end of the line. It's about making sure he has everything he needs to be successful in math.[b] My husband had an A average in his electrical engineering major[/b]. I was more advanced than he was in math-he was not accelerated at all. It's a marathon, not a race. Nobody cares, but a few competitive parents whether your kid is in honors in middle school. If he wants to do STEM, what matters is he knows the material well and enjoys what he does so he can be in it for the long haul.[/quote]

If dropping out of honors means he ends up a year or two behind by high school (in FCPS, the top 15-20% will be taking algebra II as freshman, the majority will be taking geometry and the non-honors in 7th will be taking algebra) he would never have a change to get into that a major that competitive [/quote]

True. OP’s son isn’t getting into MIT or a top 25 college.  He also is unlikely to go into a STEM career, but it is possible.  There are many pathways to success.  I get that it is disappointing as a parent, OP.  I would feel the same.  But you have to support him where he is, right now.  Not where you want him to be.  Maybe have him take a math class over the summer so he can at least be in Alg I when he enters 8th grade. [/quote]

Why wouldn't he go to a top 25 college? You know this in 7th grade? Um.[/quote]

+ 1  My 2021 grad got into a T25 with Geometry Honors in 9th, dropping off the Honors track after that, and taking AP Stats instead of Calculus as a senior.  No hooks, either…white MC girl from FCPS with long term but not notable ECs.

My MIT educated uncles (who are much younger than my mother and therefore not that much older than I am, for comparison) are no more successful  than my husband who went to an engineering school in the 75-100 range.

A kid who takes the time to get a good foundation and works hard will do just fine, T25 or not. [/quote]

Just being realistic.   If your kid is taking Alg I in 9th grade, there is zero chance at a top 25 in today’s college admission world, unless there is something else uniquely phenomenal going on[/quote]

That was the point.  
IT DOES NOT MATTER[/quote][/quote]

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