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[quote=Anonymous][quote]6th grade honors puts him in Algebra in 7th, Honors Geometry in 8th, requiring his first period to be at the high school and then ends up in 12th with duel college enrollment because he takes AP Calculus as a junior.

As crazy as it sounds we have to make the decision this week on his math placement (he could always try testing out again, but it seems better to get on this track younger). He is an excellent math student, 100s across the board, 99th percentile, blah, blah. Of course 2458430956 different things could happen. But from veteran parents - is it worth going for 6th grade honors next year based on the end result or is he fine with Calculus in 12th grade?[/quote]

It just depends on how much he likes math.  My son is in 8th and wants to be either a math professor or an electrical engineer.  He is currently completing Algebra II, and will take pre-calc as a 9th grader.  So he will potentially have completed BC Calc by the end of sophomore year.  But if he had different interests/career goals, this would not have been the ideal track for him, since he and his school will have to figure out other options for him junior and senior year.  I am hoping enough other students are interested in taking higher level courses such that they can be offered through his high school (vs. at a college), but am unsure if that will be the case.  He is not interested in taking AP stats at his high school, and would rather wait for the version offered at a future college.[/quote]

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