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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is tough in the DMV where so many kids are done with AP Calculus in 11th grade. My kid is on the lowest Math track in a Science and math magnet and won’t finish Calculus until 12th grade   So his college application won’t have an AP calculus exam result (most kids in his program  self study for AP calc BC in 11th grade). There is little we can do about this. My hope is that getting As in all math classes and hopefully scoring low to mid 700s in SAT math and mid to high 700s in SAT reading will compensate for not being on the highest/most rigorous math track offered in his program . It might shut him out of some of his college picks but in the long run I hope he will benefit from learning Math at a slower pace and under less pressure. It should not be a race especially for such a foundational subject [/quote]

This is the most well rounded and reasonable response in here. Most of you sound like you’re burning your child out and sending them straight to a freshman year anxiety attack. PP it sounds like you are raising a well balanced kid. Kudos!

I think it’s unfair to put so much pressure on a child. If it’s self imposed pressure, it’s unfair to validate how they feel. Your child will be just fine in their top 10 college or a top 200 college. [/quote]
Thanks. Must admit I didn’t realize until this thread that this might shut him out of the top 20 schools he is interested in and I am sad about that but I think/hope we would have the same attitude regardless.   He actually enjoys his math class and doesn’t find it stressful and I think that is more conducive to learning a subject like math[/quote]

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