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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You will have to wait and see if the kids who passed on math acceleration get in.  I suspect kids who did advanced math will on average do slightly better on recommendations, interviews, and ultimately admissions.  Skipping the more advanced middle math path is likely to long-term hold most students back (no Algebra in 8th means no calculus before college).[/quote]

It’s going to kill your SAT math score. I mean you’ll spend thousands just trying to teach your kid enough calculus for a so so score. [/quote]

The SAT only goes up to Geometry and coordinate Geometry, so has algebra, arithmetic, probability, too. No calculus or trigonometry, unless it's drastically changed since I was a SAT (and GRE) tutor.

Accelerating too fast actually results in kids being too far out from Geometry and Algebra when they take the SAT (like a kid who take calc in 10th or even 11th), so they need to relearn that stuff before the SAT. [/quote]

You’re right. It was recommended to me by multiple college counselors to ensure my kids were taking precalc by sophomore year.

But pushing my kid into a regular Math class at a mediocre school like Stuart Hobson - you won’t have been taught all of the concepts in time for the SAT. you’ll be taking algebra 2 as a senior.  [/quote]

It's absolutely essential for a college bound kid to take Algebra by 8th grade so they can take geometry and algebra 2 before their PSAT and SAT. I'm not sure if the specifics of the SH kids, but I would absolutely not recommend taking the "regular" math sequence if that doesn't result in algebra by 8th, even if that means they are getting As.[/quote]

This is not true at all. The PSAT is designed to be taken by a student just starting Algebra 2. [/quote]

But taking the weak track will make you take algebra 2 as a senior [/quote]

No, it won’t. At every school I know of, the standard track takes Algebra I no later than 9th grade. In DCPS specifically, you cannot become a 10th grader without passing Algebra I: you will repeat 9th grade until you pass. 10th graders take Geometry and 11th graders take Algebra II. [/quote]

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