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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You should probably look long term. Algebra in 7th means Calculus in 11th. Which seems crazy to me but lots of top kids around here do that, with the intention of something even harder in 12th and top colleges/STEM majors in college in mind. Does that sound right to your family? 
I personally think math concepts for a bright child track well with brain development when they take algebra in 8th and Calculus in 12th. But depends on your long term goals. [/quote]

Doesn't seem crazy to me. AP Calc BC in 11th and AP stats in 12th seem very helpful to students for college.[/quote]

Can you expand on why AP Stats is helpful for college?  Assuming student is going to a college that does not give credit for AP classes (looks at them for admission but doesn't count toward college credit itself).  I am in the same position as OP; 6th grade DD just started pre-Algebra this year and will be in Algebra in 7th if she continues on this course.  She's good at math but doesn't love it.  She loves ELA/writing/theater/improv/singing. Older DS took Algebra in 8th, as did DH and I.  I took AP Calc BC in 12th.  Except for appearing in a category of the "highest performing math kids" is Stats really helpful?  I'm truly curious to know bc it could be a factor in the decision to keep on the track for DD.[/quote]

Sorry, haven't checked on this thread in a while so am late to respond. Stats to me is one of the most useful classes. I wish I had taken it in high school. I was a social science major but struggled with some of the quant stuff becuase I didn't have the stats background. I ended up taking stats after college (too hard to fit it in with my double major) and ultimately went on to do much more stats/econometrics in grad school. I use stats regularly in my job, and I wish I had had it earlier. We are in MCPS which regularly skips of stats material (because it's not on the MCAP), and I make my kid go back and do it.

She is taking algebra in 7th and is a very mathy kid - and really enjoys math as of now. In MCPS you have to take math every year of HS regardless of when you take Calc. Our plan is for her to take Calc BC junior year if she continues to be successful with math and then AP stats senior year, unless she wants to do multvariate (which I don't think is as helpful as stats).[/quote]

In my view it’s best to take AP Statistics after Algebra 2 then Calculus BC (or AB depending on the likely major) as senior. Statistics is really useful early especially in lab science courses, and the extra year will help with learning algebra concepts in more depth.[/quote]

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