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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is OP. I really appreciate everyone’s thoughtful replies. DCUM can be mean - I thought I might get flamed for pushing my kid too hard or told she was stupid because everyone takes Geometry or higher by freshman year. I’ll update the thread when I learn more or make a decision. First step is talking to the school, but I think a private college counselor may be helpful, too. [/quote]

Lots of private schools require incoming freshman to take a test if they want to start in a math class above algebra 1 so not everyone takes starts at geometry or higher. Mine took algebra 1 in public MS (and got As) and then didn't pass the test to test out of it at a private HS. He wasn't the only one! [/quote]

+1 My DS and many of his friends had to retake Algebra 1 in 9th based on the placement test. It is pretty common at Gonzaga. [/quote]

I’m the PP that suggested talking to the guidance counselor because it can be very school specific.  Let’s say, that the school has a lot of VA in-state and many apply to UVA & William and Mary - you don’t know if it’s the top x percent of the class (even if there is no official ranking) where UVA/William and Mary would be a match tended to place out of Algebra 1 or if it’s very common for that that top x percent to have taken Algebra 1 freshman year and take PreCalc senior year. With college admissions nothing is guaranteed but at least having a baseline of what type of academic profile from that school typically would be a match and what things if you don’t have that exact profile typically have helped - is useful to know before senior year when you really can’t adjust much.[/quote]

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