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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the kid's next class is Alg 2, having successfully completed Geometry, she should absolutely continue on that path.

[b]The part people are rolling their eyes over is connecting that generally wise decision to optimizing chances for a "top 30" college for an 8th grader.[/b]

OP - tell her she is a strong student who needs to continue to take math at her level, regardless of what field or discipline she may pursue later. You have control over her course selection for a while longer.

Just please leave any college admissions rationale out of the discussion. You could, however, have her research the reasons to learn calculus -- the skills taught and applicability to various fields, STEM and non-STEM.[/quote]

I don't see what is wrong with this.

Getting into a top 30 college has never been more competitive than it is now.

You need to plan ahead! You actually need to get all As in the hardest course load available to you. And even then it'll be a crap shoot for the ivies and other elite top 20 schools.[/quote]

Sure if you want a kid with an anxiety disorder and seeing a psychiatrist (where they will see many of their friends in the waiting room) kick off the college admissions process with your 13 yo.

Or you encourage your kid to take the hardest classes (that they can handle) so they can learn as much as they can and keep challenging themselves. And enroll them on the Calculus math track.

Once settled into high school, the competition and frenzy will start. [b]But if you set a 'top 30' as a goal for a kid to focus on for 4-5 years, knowing full well that it is a crapshoot, you are doing parenting wrong.[/b]
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It's not necessarily that you're setting top 30 as a goal.  It's that you don't want to eliminate top 30 as being an option. [/quote]

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