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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wouldn't it be nice if counselors asked your child where they want to go in 9th grade and helped them get there?  So frustrating that they get to senior year and they are like oh sorry, you didn't take a foreign language senior year so it's not an option for you. [/quote]

I would like to thank DCUM for bringing this topic up on previous threads years ago that I happened to read because my kid placed out of her language after 10th grade (she was in the AP class of that language in 10th, got a 5 on the exam, she was just super good in that language) and her school didn't have a higher level so technically she had placed out. But because I had read about needing 4 years, she now takes a second language (started doubling up in 10th). Otherwise she would have only had 2.

Point is: yeah, counselors really need to get parents and the students involved more in 9th when they're doing the schedules and forecast 4 years out. this was my first kid, I had no clue what I was doing and the counselor was zero help.[/quote]

Yes some are terrible. A friend has a kid applying to UVA and VT who is crazy smart but somehow their public school did not mention physics might be a good choice and let the student skip it. Over half of the honors students take it, the parents just did not know and the counselors let the students pick the classes. The student took bio, chem, and AP comp sci and APES. Now as a senior they are hearing their DC is not going to get in despite being top 10% gpa. [/quote]

I know of several students who did not take physics and were accepted to UVA and VT. For science they took bio, chem, APES. Non-engineering majors, though. [/quote]

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