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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is interesting how some of these people say how Alg 1 in middle school and honor track put you in certain tracks to go to top schools. I was a math major at a top 50 school (when I went there, lowered to top 75 now)-- Me or my twin brother who also was a math major was on any honor track. We did take AP Cal by 12th grade but we did not pass. OH, and My brother went on to get an MS in Mathematics and I in Data Science so your kid is okay.

This is from a successful math major who was not on an honor track.  [/quote]

1) that was a long time ago and college admission preferences have changed a ton
2) OPs son moving out of honors math 7 means (which is pre alg) means he would take pre-alg next yr in 8th, Alg I in 9th and on track for pre-calc in 12th. Definitely not the end of the world and there are many colleges you can go to and still be successful- but it does close some doors to more competitive schools and STEM majors in some colleges [/quote]

Yes, he likely isn't going T25 or any school where CS/Eng is a direct admit in the t50.  Outside of that the world is his oyster.  He can find any of the remaining schools with accredited engineering and/or CS/STEM majors and gain admission and major in whatever he wants.  He can be an engineer, and work alongside kids who graduate from T50 universities (you know the ones who took calc BC Junior/senior year).  He will be an EE just like them, have similar jobs and might even be their boss someday.

The notion that you need to be advanced in math to go into stem is not accurate[/quote]

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