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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid’s counselor usually didn’t show up for the quick meeting she was supposed to have with my kid. They try to knock out an entire class of 30 kids in one period at our school. So it’s not something I’d try to do every year, barring particular needs. But if you have an open and good counselor, it’s fine and you might get some insight on teachers, etc. Anything we can help you with? If you’re looking for advice on pathways for college admission, parents here might be just as helpful. [/quote]

Trying to figure out balance of APs vs not APs for DS who will be a junior. Kid had a great freshman year (Honors Alg 2, couldn't take APUSH bc of the program he's in which includes more rigorous humanities classes, Honors Bio, Spanish 3, etc) but is having a difficult time this year: dropped Honors pre-cal to regular Pre-Calc but doing great, struggling in Honors Chem, doing well in Spanish 4, struggling in AP Gov

Next year: don't know if he should take AP Lang or English 11; AP World or something else; AP Calc AB or Calc with applications; Honors Physics or AP Environ Science.

Kid has ADHD and is bright but just not that interested in school. He seems worn down by the grind already, not wanting to put in effort and generally hating academic life right now.  Maybe he's depressed? But he's active and happy in his sport and has a great group of friends that he sees regularly.

I just don't know how to best support and guide him and feel frustrated that there is nobody at his giant MCPS school that can help make some of these decisions.[/quote]

If he might need 504 accommodations, definitely meet with the counselor. And def seek anything mental health support he might need.

Is he gunning for competitive colleges? I’m guessing at least somewhat.

At our school, AP Lang is pretty straight forward and not a lot of work. Much easier than AP Lit, so I’d recommend AP Lang but not Lit senior year (unless he loves literature).

AP World is a fair bit of work so tread carefully. I might skip that one unless he’s excited about it.

Sounds like Spanish 5 is a good choice for him since he’s doing well there.

Honors Pre Calc is harder than AP Calc AB. So he could go for Calc AB with a weekly tutor or for easier path do Calc with Applications junior year and then do either AP Stats or AP Calc AB senior year. Warning that stats draws on reading/logic skills a lot and isn’t just math.

APES is a lot of work. People really underestimate the amount of reading in that class. A lot of kids did poorly. Given ADHD, I’d focus on what he’s most interested in.

Honors Physics is less work than Honors Chem at our school so I’d give it a shot and only drop down if needed.

My two cents. [/quote]

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