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[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]
NP here. Honors Precalculus is where students first start to encounter a lot of abstract thinking in math. Also, ages 12-15 is a big shift in adolescent brain development where they shift from very concrete, literal thinking to more abstract reasoning. Your son may simply have outpaced his brain’s development. Assure him that a slowdown right now doesn’t mean he can’t still be on the long term path he’s aiming for.

My suggestion is to take regular Precalc right now, and then Honors Precalc in the summer. And then continue with AB Calculus next fall.[/quote]

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