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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I also have a TJ sophomore. And the 1510 SAT is not unusual.  My kid is middle of the pack, and has an SAT score in that range.  And ai could see my kid coming up with something like this.  It’s a bad idea, because some select colleges will not take GEDs.  Because bringing academically ready for college and emotionally ready are different things. And because even assuming the math is there to move on, the junior and senior level history and English classes are necessary.

Some ideas:

A base school never killed anyone.

It is a tough time of the year ay TJ, especially if there are APs.  Things will probably look a lot better next fall.  The recent suicide is not helping this situation for many kids.

TJ is a special sort of stressful.  But a good college is also going to be academically stressful.  If you don’t address the underlying issue, you are just going to end up with a kid who is unhappy in college.

You need to talk to the guidance office. My understanding is that there is a way to take a break from TJ and come back under certain circumstances.  It might also help if she lightens her load. No APs next year (except AB Calc), add in a fine arts class like art or drama and make sure she is really interested in the lab pre-recs.

A schedule with:

An online FCPS class, like psychology
Humanities 2 w/o APUSH
Physics (not AP)
AB Calc
oceanography (as a pre-rec) and anthropology 
drama or art

For example a lot different than cramming in 4 APs, with AP BC Calc, APUSH, AP Physics, etc.  you can work with her guidance counselor to make her junior academic load reasonable.  Senior year, she can do an mentorship plus online English 12 and be off campus most of the day, 2 days a week.  If she has made it this far, explore the options before bailing.

She can also homeschool.  But she would need to get the basic VA requirements in.

Also, get her to a psychologist. Wanting out of TJ is normal. Wanting out of school altogether in 10th grade is a problem.

There are good colleges that will consider kids for admission after 11th grade— although most say only if you have exhausted your HSs offerings.

Mary Baldwin does have a program where girls can start college after 10th grade.

Whatever she ends up doing, a gap year sounds like a good idea.

But a GED after 10th grade severely limits her college options and does nothing to solve the I hate school problem.  She would be bored to death in a community college, and still hate doing the work in a strong college.  So that would be a no go for us.

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OP, there's a lot of wisdom in this post. [/quote]

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