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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What did others at the school do? And how early could she have started it but didn’t? Is it honors or regular algebra, if your school has a choice n[/quote]

This is OP. That’s the problem, I’d say more than half of the school took Geometry. She is at a Private so they don’t do honors and only offer a handful of APs.[/quote]

I don’t know. In my mind, math is one case where this doesn’t make as much sense. The decision to approve kids to take algebra in 7th happens in 6th grade! Are they really saying that anyone who didn’t make that cut as a 11 year old and then didn’t choose to accelerate by taking a summer class is at a huge disadvantage? I am sure they are at the very best engineering schools. But I really don’t see even top 30 schools caring that much. I don’t have data on this, but it just doesn’t make sense to me at all that someone would get such a bump by being a year ahead in math.

People shouldn’t be penalized for something decided so long ago. It’s not the same as choosing to take cal AB vs BC or not taking a science AP when it’s offered. [/quote]

Agree. My younger kid--10th grade--came home this week and his math teacher wants to put him ahead into Honors Precalc.  He had this teacher last year for Honors Geo, this semester for Honors Alg2-Trig and my son apparently is scoring 100% on everything.  I had zero idea. I thought he was my 'artistic' one :).  Always very into hip-hop, music, visual art, learns languages very quickly, etc.  He also told me this week Chemistry is his other favorite subject.  Meanwhile, my Senior was the kid I always thought had that side--so into Legos, science, programming in late elem-MS and then got to HS and is absolutely fascinated with history/international relations, etc. since Freshmen year.  He can still get As in STEM but has zero desire to go into next year in college.  He's taking AP Calc AB at private and has been told by AOs at T10 that it is more than enough--he has unweighted 4.0 for admission--particularly with 36 in ACT math.

Boys, in particular, can be later bloomers and you can't write them off so early with this tracking stuff.[/quote]

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