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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UVA and the Ivies all want to see four years of foreign language, AP if offered.[/quote]

AP classes are offered but not everyone can take them. If my kid starts 9th grade taking Spanish 1, he can’t take AP Spanish. He would get to Spanish 4 by senior year. [/quote]

The top colleges don’t give you slack for that. That’s like saying that Ap Calc Bc is offered but because you took Algebra 1 in 9th, you can’t take it. You will still be penalized if it is offered AT ALL, to someone, and you aren’t on track to take it. Same goes for other subjects. Maybe if you put something in the special information section that you came from a ms where hs level FL wasn’t offered, but otherwise you can’t pull a fast one. 
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No wonder there are so many crazy parents and students out there. You would have to be on this track starting in 4th or 5th grade in order to get to the highest math in many high schools. My kids private school requires everyone who wants to test out of algebra 1, 2 and geometry as well as their FL to take a placement test before 9th grade. The tests are hard! I only know one kid (a member of Mensa) to test out of algebra 1 and 2. He took geometry the summer before his freshman year. The only kid I know why texted out of the first level of his language was a native Spanish speaker. [/quote]

[b]Pretty much every area (public schools) starts tracking kids for math by 6th grade. I don’t mean this to be rude, but aside from sports recruits top colleges are meant for “the really smart kids” in the class. You all knew who they were in high school.[/b] And testing out of Alg 2?? So the kid can take precalc in 9th grade? That is way beyond what I was referring to re: rigor. And “the tests are hard” are you implying that honors hs math in public schools is a walk in the park?[/quote]

+1  This is not a new thing. Yes, to get to AP Calculus, if it's offered, you need to take Algebra in middle school.  This is not new.  I took Algebra 1 in 8th grade in the mid-80s and AP Calculus senior year (at a regular public school).  Only difference now is a lot more kids take Algebra 1 and, in some places, Geometry, in middle school.  [/quote]

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