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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PE 
Hon Algebra 2
Hon English
APUSH
AP Physics
AP CS Principles
Hon FL4[/quote]

3 AP classes as a 9th grader is nuts. And I don’t think you can take AP physics without pre-calc at least.[/quote]

It's not nuts. Physics 1 and CS Principles are intro courses designed to replace high school classes. They weren't on the menu when we were kids. Both of them are lower level versions of the main 2nd year AP classes in Physics C  and CS A. [/quote]

People who don’t understand what the AP Physics I content is or about the exam need to stop making these comments.  There have been several threads in recent weeks about AP Physics, look them up.  Better yet, look up the pass rate of the AP Physics I exam.  There is reason many schools are  pulling back on recommending it to 9th or not offering it at all.[/quote]

My kid has friends at two different STEM magnet programs who bombed that exam as freshmen. They had the math, they just weren’t ready for that level of work on top of everything else that year. [/quote]

That’s weird because at the Blair magnet they are specifically told not to take AP physics after magnet physics in 9th but instead to take AP physics C later in high school.[/quote]

Note that they recommend taking AP Physics C later in HS and advised kids to only take AP Physics 1 if beyond Alg 2.[/quote]

At SMACS? Students take Magnet Physics ("Advanced Science") and AP Physics C and Mangent Physics electives, and also take AP Physics 1?
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No they do not take AP physics 1[/quote]

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