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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can I share my experience... we were at at NCS/Holton.  We pushed for our daughter to be in Honors Algebra 2/Trigonometry because she came from Honors Geometry in MoCo public and had straight As in all of her classes.  Got to private school and realized that the work is way harder than public - the amount of work is similar in terms of hours but what they expect you to produce is so different.  Our daughter drown in math because it moved quickly and required immediate deep understanding in the honors level... she could not memorize her way through Alg 2/Trig and all the problems on tests were "challenge level" unlike her last school.  Daughter also could not write for beans coming from MoCo public which really screwed her in English and History where these schools have youy kids writing deep analytical essays and research papers during quarter 1.  I can't imagine combing that with what you are describing her sports schedule.  Take prelac as a sophomore, calc as a junior then AP Stats.  She will be fine for college admission as long as you aren't going ivy.[/quote]

Thanks for posting this.  My DC is taking an assesment to determine math placement.  DC is in all honors classes otherwise and is coming from MoCo after taking honors geometry.  I was wondering if we should push for DC to continue on with Alg 2, if DC doesn't place there, but not I'm thinking we should just roll with where DC places.[/quote]

I know at our school there are options for Algebra 2.  There is Alg2/Trig, Alg2/Trig with Data Analysis, and Alg2/Trig with Data Analysis Honors.  I am guessing the testing is for which class, not whether he/she would need to take Geometry over again.  And PP is right.  Honors courses in MCPS are pretty much what non-honors courses are at a big league private.  Honors and AP courses in a big private are extremely fast paced with high expectations.  If your DC gets placed in honors, I would start there but you CAN move down after one quarter or even the semester if they are struggling.  [/quote]

Honors courses in MCPS are nowhere near even "standard" courses in most privates around here, let alone Big 3 or 5. A pp summarized her experience - which matches ours. Our son was in "honors" and scored "above grade level" or "highly proficient" on MSAs. Yet when he moved to a K-8, his writing skills were well below grade level. Took HSPT and only scored in the 37th percentile, yet this was a kid MCPS considered a top performer. Again, PP summed it up - lots of rote memorization in MCPS and oh, let's not forget the multiple choice worksheets and exams. We thought son would be top in math after having taken IM in 7th grade in Bethesda. Ha. Not at all. I wish our publics were better.
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