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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DS went to public school (Fairfax County) through 8th grade and took Algebra 1 in 8th grade.  When he took the math placement test for his private high school, he was placed into Algebra Honors.  I heard of parents pushing back on their child's placement but we did not.  He was in honors all throughout high school in math (Algebra 1 Honors, Geometry Honors, Algebra 2 Honors, Pre Calc Honors and also took AP Statistics) and had an A in every math class.  In hindsight, he probably could have taken Geometry in 9th and been ok.  When I asked him if he wished he had gone straight to Geometry in 9th, he said he really liked having the strong math foundation.  [b]He just graduated from college - and majored in math[/b].[/quote]

New poster - not to derail, but curious what your son is doing with a math major post college.  I have a rising college senior math major.

For OP, in general, I think it’s better to be solid in math skills than over accelerate and have big gaps.  However for college admissions I think it could limit some options. My kid placed into Algebra 1 in 9th at private school after taking it in 8th.  They got a high A in 9th grade Algebra 1 and was offered the opportunity to take Geometry the summer after 9th grade at the school.  Being in Honors Algebra 2 and Honors Chem in 10th kept them on the Honors/AP track for Math and Science.  From a weighted GPA standpoint that helped them because the top students at the school were taking all honors and APs. I can tell you know without it they wouldn’t have had the weighted GPA to be in the running to get an offer at our state flagship. Also, while my kid ended up majoring in math, they didn’t know that going in and was mostly focused on liberal arts colleges. If they had listed math as their intended major, for some schools that may have made it harder to get in because they wouldn’t have stacked up as well against kids at their schools with BC Calc and beyond especially if they had taken pre-calc in 12th.[/quote]

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