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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP back. He is in 9th. 8th grade MapM was 282. I am honestly in a new territory here because I have never had to worry about anything school related. We have always been very hands off with school with all of our kids. Older sibling took regular precalculus in 10th but in a different district. Never had any tutors for math or any of the AP courses. Older sibling is in an engineering program at UMD. This DS, middle child, also wants to be a physicist. He is worried that moving down to regular precalculus will be counted against him during college admissions. He wanted to take Calculus AB in 10th, BC in 11th and AP stats in 12th. He took Algebra 1 in 6th during COVID years but did AoPS Algebra 1 concurrently, so if he has gaps they have to be from Algebra 2. I will try to persuade him to take regular precalculus. [/quote]

While it's great to have a plan, I wouldn't want one of my students to risk being unhappy and stressed in Honors PC on the belief that he wants to be physicist major 4 years from now.  It's quite possible that his interests may change.  (He hasn't even had high school physics yet.)  On the other hand, if hard work and a tutor can help him persevere without ill effect, then Honors PC could work out fine.

I do question a year of AB followed by a year of BC.  Except for a few objectives, BC is the same course as AB for 8 units before the 2 units that are exclusive to BC.  In other words, he would get the entire AB course all over again while in BC.  Not a tragedy, but a better path might be AB or BC, then multivariable, then AP Stat.  A good thing to discuss with a counselor.[/quote]

There is nothing wrong with doing AB followed by BC. It's not uncommon and will build a strong foundation for someone who wants to major in physics.[/quote]

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