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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD barely has a B in Hon Alg 2 with tons of support. She’s considering stats for next year. Should she stick with pre-calc?  Other options? Thanks[/quote]

Barley a B, try switching to 2-yr Alg2, 
OR add Aalgebra 180 / Algebra support class
OR intensive tutoring to find and close the gaps.

Need to figure out why she's missing what she's missing, and if she to slow down, or needs to fill a gap, or has a major math disability that isn't going away. 
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Barely a B is not failing and doesn’t warrant dropping down two levels.
OP’s kid should switch to regular Algebra 2 for semester B.

Then some options most to least rigorous:
11th - regular precalc; 12th - Calc with/Apps or AP Statistics or regular Statistics 
11th - AP Statistics or Statistics; 12th - Financial math or AP Statistics [/quote]

What is Financial Math? Should Financial Math be taken concurrently with Stats (Honors or AP) or another Math class?

Or is taking only Financial Math also " okay" for rigor, college purposes and to fufill requirement of math each year of high school?[/quote]

It is at some schools but you need to see if it fills the graduation requirements.  Its not for college rigor, its for graduation.

If you are worried about college rigor, you want a minimum of precalc, but if your child is struggling in math precalc is a hard class, even with a tutor.  Some of it depends on the major in college.  For humanities/arts, etc. precalc or even algebra is ok, depending on the school.  If you want stem, you want to go to the max your school has to offer, which is usually some form of calc and that better prepares you as most stem is heavy math and science.[/quote]

"STEM" is pretty wide. Nursing? Psychology? Sociology? BA in Economics? Poly Sci? Field Biology? Forest Ranger? [/quote]

For a scientist like me, STEM realm includes math (including statistics), physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, computer science, and any inter-disciplinary majors building upon them (e.g., material science, information science). I wouldn't consider any major you mentioned as STEM-centered.[/quote]

For Biology, nursing, and economics, its a good idea to have Calc, but for sociology, psychology, forest ranger, poly science, not so much.  [/quote]

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