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There some posters on this thread who don't realize how the college admissions landscape has changed, and who don't understand that there are certain cut-off points in life that you don't want to miss.

So then these posters resort to name-calling and pushing logic to the extreme, pretending we're saying that OP's kid is going to end up on the street. Of course he's not.

But generally, yes, students need to be in advanced tracks by middle school to give themselves the best chance of success in high school, which ramps up rigor and workload significantly. This should NOT come as a surprise. It's why there are so many tracks in middle school.
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Stop with that.  It’s this attitude that’s pushing kids ahead too fast.  Slowing down and having a strong foundation is the best thing you can do for your kid.  There are thousands of schools other than the few at the very top that are basically a lottery anyway.  That’s how it’s changed.  Your kid can take calc in 10th grade and still not be guaranteed admission.

I’m a math teacher and have plenty of juniors in Alg 2.  I write lots of college recommendations every year and they go to solid schools.  Not MIT but some even get into VT.  The worst is when you have a 9th or 10th grader sitting in Alg 2 who has no concept of the basics but they were quickly pushed along.  [/quote]

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