Anonymous
Post 12/30/2024 19:52     Subject: What AP classes did your kid take in 10th grade?
Anonymous wrote:My kid took AP Government in tenth grade and then did the full IB diploma. The AP Gov was a lot. There was no other option if she wanted the IB diploma track.

There is no need to push a 15 year old into all these college level classes. College is for college. High school is for teenagers. If your kid is a very, very gifted kid, that’s one thing, but why make them work harder than they ever will in the future, for the most part? In college they take classes several hours a day, in high school it’s classes all day and then the extra hours of work. For what? Take the parent ego out of it and let your kid be a teenager.


Not if they want to be accepted to VT, UVA, W&M, any top private U, and even many SEC colleges now.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2024 14:09     Subject: What AP classes did your kid take in 10th grade?
My kid took AP Government in tenth grade and then did the full IB diploma. The AP Gov was a lot. There was no other option if she wanted the IB diploma track.

There is no need to push a 15 year old into all these college level classes. College is for college. High school is for teenagers. If your kid is a very, very gifted kid, that’s one thing, but why make them work harder than they ever will in the future, for the most part? In college they take classes several hours a day, in high school it’s classes all day and then the extra hours of work. For what? Take the parent ego out of it and let your kid be a teenager.
Anonymous
Post 12/28/2024 09:12     Subject: What AP classes did your kid take in 10th grade?
Anonymous wrote:Kids are stressed out already and DD found AP World History extremely challenging in 11th.

Please just cut your child a little slack for 10th; they can do additional APs later.


This is really good advice. Unless your kid wants to go to a top university. Then you unfortunately it’s bad advice.
Anonymous
Post 12/27/2024 19:19     Subject: Re:What AP classes did your kid take in 10th grade?
Anonymous wrote:None


Same. My current 11th grader still hasn’t taken any AND isn’t planning on taking any his senior year either. For every kid that takes the max there are some that don’t take any. Both have plenty of college options. Not the same options, but plenty of options.
Anonymous
Post 12/27/2024 19:03     Subject: Re:What AP classes did your kid take in 10th grade?
Anonymous wrote:None


This is normal.
Anonymous
Post 12/27/2024 15:30     Subject: What AP classes did your kid take in 10th grade?
My son took AP World, AP CS A, and AP Precalc in 10th grade.
Anonymous
Post 12/27/2024 11:58     Subject: Re:What AP classes did your kid take in 10th grade?
None
Anonymous
Post 12/27/2024 10:26     Subject: What AP classes did your kid take in 10th grade?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Do kids take regular science before AP science or just straight to AP. Ex chem honors, or physics honors before taking AP?


Do NOT start with AP chemistry. Take regular chemistry first.

AP chem is a 2nd level class.


Can you take AP chem without first taking honors chem in fcps?

Ds said he can’t at his school but physics you can only take AP. There is no honors physics?


I would strongly discourage your kid from taking AP chem without honors chem first.

I am not sure if the school would even allow it. Our FCPS requires honors chem as a prerequisit for AP chem.

(All 3 of mine have taken AP chemistry.)
Anonymous
Post 12/27/2024 08:21     Subject: What AP classes did your kid take in 10th grade?
DD did AP CS sophomore year. She was taking normal chem that year and has no interest in that field; Social studies was a mandatory one at her school so no AP for that.

APUSH, AP BC Calc and AP Physics junior year.
Anonymous
Post 12/27/2024 08:06     Subject: What AP classes did your kid take in 10th grade?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Do kids take regular science before AP science or just straight to AP. Ex chem honors, or physics honors before taking AP?


Do NOT start with AP chemistry. Take regular chemistry first.

AP chem is a 2nd level class.


Can you take AP chem without first taking honors chem in fcps?

Ds said he can’t at his school but physics you can only take AP. There is no honors physics?
Anonymous
Post 12/27/2024 00:10     Subject: What AP classes did your kid take in 10th grade?
Anonymous wrote:Do kids take regular science before AP science or just straight to AP. Ex chem honors, or physics honors before taking AP?


Do NOT start with AP chemistry. Take regular chemistry first.

AP chem is a 2nd level class.
Anonymous
Post 12/27/2024 00:09     Subject: What AP classes did your kid take in 10th grade?
Anonymous wrote:APUSH and Physics.


No for sophomores.

Those are junior year classes
Anonymous
Post 12/26/2024 22:01     Subject: What AP classes did your kid take in 10th grade?
Anonymous wrote:AP Precalc and AP World is enough.

You can do 9th - Bio HN, 10th - Chem HN, 11th - AP Physics C (if you already have taken or are taking Calc in 11th)


I started a thread over on the college forum about taking two science classes junior year.

My 10th grader is taking AP Precalc and AP World History currently. I know some kids are also taking AP Seminar, AP Computer Science and AP Human Geography or something like that. There are some kids who seem to solely want to take as many AP classes as possible not really caring about the class.

DS will probably take AP Chem and AP Physics both 11th grade in addition to AP Calc, AP Art and AP US History. I convinced him to keep Spanish over taking another AP class or only taking 1 science class.
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2024 17:10     Subject: What AP classes did your kid take in 10th grade?
AP Precalc and AP World is enough.

You can do 9th - Bio HN, 10th - Chem HN, 11th - AP Physics C (if you already have taken or are taking Calc in 11th)
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2024 15:45     Subject: What AP classes did your kid take in 10th grade?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:APUSH and Physics.


This is insanity. Just, no.


This is what MCPS 9th graders take.