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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I got into aim but i don't know if it would be harder like I might do some 7th grade math but i am not 100% sure.[/quote]
AIM will cover content of both 7th and 8th grade math, which finish up the important foundational Math concepts before taking Algebra.  You'd take that the following year (7th grade), as long as you & your teacher felt you had progressed well in AIM.

You don't need to get As in every quarter or on all your tests, but you should feel comfortable with the material after the class has covered it.  If not, you might take Math 8 in 7th grade, allowing you to cover the material again to get to that comfort level before taking Algebra in 8th.

That said, because it covers two grades of material in one year, AIM will be harder than the other typical 6th-grade options for someone like you who has been suggested for AIM.  Those would be AMP 6+ or Math 7, depending on whether you are coming from Math 5 or Math 5/6.  If you took Math 5, AMP 6+ would cover all of the 6th grade material and half of the 7th, leading to AMP 7+, which covers the other half of 7th plus 8th.  If tou took Math 5/6, Math 7 in 6th grade still would leave you a year ahead of grade-level Math, leading to Math 8 in 7th grade, but with a single year's material to cover each year.  Either way would have you taking Algebra in 8th grade.

Whatever year you take Algebra, you'll take the MD state test for that subject.  Passing that is, in essence, required to graduate from high school.  The typical sequence of courses after Algebra is Geometry and then Algebra 2, followed by Pre-Calculus and then, often, Calculus (AP for college credit or otherwise), although Statistics (also available as an AP class) might be chosen.

If you end up going with AIM -&gt; Algebra -&gt; Geometry in middle school, you'd probably be taking that Calculus course in your Junior year of high school.  Since the state requires you to take a full credit of math in each year your enrolled, that means in your Senior year you'd choose from a second Calculus course (you can stretch that out over two years, essentially), the Statistics mentioned above or a more advanced college-level course.

There are other options, but these are the most common.  As far as your decision right now, I wouldn't worry too much about effect during high school.  Instead, ask yourself:

&quot;Do I enjoy Math?&quot; (as a subject -- not necessarily whether you liked your Math class this year, since that can be different based on your experience with your 5th-grade teacher or if you felt things went too slowly)

&quot;Do I feel comfortable with the Math material I just learned during 5th grade?&quot;

&quot;Would I prefer more of a challenge (or to continue the challenge, if you enjoyed the pace of Math 4/5 & 5/6)?&quot;

Even, &quot;Do I want to keep learning with friends/classmates who also are going to take AIM?&quot;

If you answer yes to some or all of these, you might want to take AIM.  Be sure to discuss with your family, and you can always ask your teacher for their thoughts, too.  Hope you enjoy whichever you choose![/quote]

The problem is they didn’t create a path that kept a similar pacing as compacted for those students. Instead they further accelerated them by taking all of 7th and 8th in a single year. Unfortunately this is not leading to a solid foundation for most and kids are struggling when they get to upper level math.  Should have gone:
• 6th grade - All of Math 7 and 1/2 Math 8
•7th grade - 1/2 Math 8 and a Spiral of Alg 1/Geometry 
•8th grade - Continue Spiral of Alg 1 / Geometry.  Take Alg 1 exam.

This would ensure the kids have a good foundation for Honors Alg2.
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Interesting thought.  They'd have to procure or create a curriculum that supported that path, and have it cleared with the state (or have state statute altered).  MD requires taking the Algebra exam in the year Algebra is taken; they'd have to allow for it to be the year that Algebra content is [i]completed[/i].  It also requires a year of aligned Geometry; they'd have to allow for that content to be split over two years.

For the student with the question, there aren't these options, though -- that would be years away -- so the questions posed previously are probably the relevant ones to ask.[/quote]

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