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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^To PP, my 7th grader taking Algebra ll/Geometry will likely take some form of Pre-Calculus in 8th grade.  (We don’t know which yet; depends on an upcoming exams among other factors.)

But this sequence is not typical.
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Are you the OP? Can you please confirm that your school is actually combining Algebra II and *Geometry*, not Trig? This is baffling to me and I’m 99% certain you are just making a mistake in what you type, and it’s very hard to take seriously. It is unheard of for a school to combine those two. [/quote]

It's certainly impossible to teach both those classes together and do it well, so if that's the class that OP's child is indeed taking, it proves that acceleration often comes at the expense of actually learning.[/quote]

Actually it’s not unheard of and definitely not impossible to do.  I’m fact I would argue a standard 1 1/2 - 2yr combined Alg2 and Geometry class would actually be better because the students wouldn’t go an entire year without having Algebra.  Many an engineer agrees.[/quote]

It would make sense to combine them and teach them over two years or some schools I've heard do Algebra 1 and 2 and then geometry, which also makes sense.  It is hard to do the algebra-geometry-algebra sequence without review.[/quote]
Honestly, it’s best to take geometry over the summer after 8th or 9th grade.  It is an excellent and manageable standalone math class. And many kids who find algebra tedious do well in geometry because of their leaning towards spatial relations or visual learning. [/quote]

There is no reason for any child to take math over the summer to "get ahead." None.[/quote]

Agree 1000%.  How warped is a previous parent who says "It's best for a kid to HAVE to take a summer math class."  Best for who?
It's just so f-ing messed up.  
I've had kids in both public and private high schools.  My current private school kid can get into the same colleges as my public school kid and friends did without this who acceleration mess. 
They can cap out in Calculus and then go on to a top 20 schools.  No rushing and taking summers and double classes and 1, 2, 3 years of math post Calculus.  STOP THIS INSANITY!

At our Big3 there are kids who don't even take Calculus.  And you know what?  I personally know 3 who GOT INTO TOP 20 COLLEGES THIS YEAR after maxing out in pre-calculus. 
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How does your Big 3 counselor tick the box that the student has taken the most challenging courses when they didn't take calc? [/quote]

There’s no rule that colleges have to care about that box on the common app, or that schools have to answer that question for any of their students. UVA seems to care a lot, at least for public school students applying from NOVA, but it’s not a universal law. It’s just a box on a third-party form. Colleges can even pick and choose which questions they download, and may never see your counselor’s answer (or non-answer) to that question. [/quote]

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