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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, what did your school say when you mentioned this "plan" to them? What did your child say? [/quote]
DC is in accelerated mathematics at the moment and requested this while planning for future courses. DH and I were not part of the planning process, nor did we come up with this. Currently doing some research. I understand that my mentioning one class made people fixated on this, but mathematics is not the only course in question. My question is also general. Whether he should take it is not my question. If it works out, great. If not, that's fine too. If anyone knows of places that take rising sophomores rather than juniors, I'd appreciate it. If no one knows, that's totally fine. [/quote]

Algebra 2 in 10th is standard for the advanced track in public. I don't see how any college would offer it at anything other than a very remedial level [/quote]

Algebra 2 in 9th grade is accelerated in private, so in 10th grader is totally normal. [/quote]

Who cares whether Algebra II is normal for a 10th grader or not. It's ok that she wants her kid to take Algebra II.  What's "not okay" is thinking that the place to take it would be a selective university. Algebra II is perfectly fine for her kid. But Algebra II will either NOT be offered at a selective university (because while it's good for a 10th grader, it's very low for a college Freshman) or if it is offered, it will be geared to very basics for remedial math student. It will NOT be geared as a prep-course for someone who is likely continuing on to pre-Calc, Calc and potentially more.[/quote]

This. No four year college is going to offer an Algebra II course over the summer, or even in their regular curriculum for that matter. If the kid wants to take it, sign up for a community college course. [/quote]

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