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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When comparing Whitman to private high school, specifically for 9th grade entry, if you have already completed algebra and geometry at Pyle, how do privates stack up in terms of comparable math offerings in HS? [/quote]

Math offerings at the big 3 can support advanced math….But you do need to face the reality that even advanced fancy public school math is not on par with the depths of private school math which was a rude awakening for us.  Publics, yes even the best ones around here, tend to move fast but also much more superficial.  [/quote]

Exactly. My DD was in public in compacted math for in 4th grade (so doing 4/5th grade math).  She moved to private school and they had obviously not covered some of what she had already learned; however, they were able to go far more in depth than public school had. After she left and would talk to her public school friends to compare where they were in math, the public school was usually a little further ahead than where she was in private.  [/quote]

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