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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No rush. As a 6th grader with a MAP math score 300+, an AIME qualifier, and an AMC 10 HR, my DC is sitting comfortably in a pre-alegrba class. There's plenty of time. If your child finished Calculus BC in 9th grade, what will they do next?[/quote]
Calc 3 or stats or multivariable calculus or linear algebra or discrete math? There are tons of options.

Your kid must be incredibly bored in math class. How does he productively pass the time?[/quote]

My kid was bored in math, still is in Geometry. A1H was not an option at his ES, they didn't discuss it with us even with perfect SOL scores and 99th percentile iReadys. He was doing the math competition class with RSM and had been moved up a grade level in the regular class at RSM. We told him that the math at school was good practice for him to make sure he had a strong understanding of the concepts hat are the underpinning of advanced math. He needed to treat the class as practice and repetition, which would help him solve problems quickly and accurately in higher level classes.

[b]Most colleges are not going to accept multivarite Calculus and Linear Algebra coming from the HS[/b], we know kids who took the classes and had to retake them in college. Tossing in another year of DE classes that many STEM based schools will not accept isn't necessarily all that helpful. [/quote]
They accept, and are given full college credit. No need to retake in college.  UVA, VT, UMD College park have accepted DE Multivariable and Linear Algebra completed in FCPS high school.  Saves a ton on tuition fee and helps with early graduation.[/quote]

It depends on the teacher now. Schools that don't have a teacher with a Masters in Math do not get the DE credit and most high schools don't have teachers with a Masters in Math. this changed a few years back. I know kids who are at college who had multivariate calculus and linear algebra in HS and had to retake the class in college. Their colleges were not willing to accept that the HS class was rigorous enough for their Engineering program.

Plenty of people attend colleges that are not UVA, VT, and UMD. This isnot different then the IB folks who say that there was no issue with their kid getting credit for college classes off of IB when they are attending one of the colleges that FCPS list that accept those classes. Plenty of other kids have to fight for college credit from IB classes and tests. The DE classes are the same, it is not a guarentee that the school your kid goes to will accept the credit.

My kid will take both classes. If his college accepts them, awesome. If htey don't, he has a head start on the material and it should be easier for him to get an A in those classes.

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