Anonymous
08/02/2025 11:16
Subject: No rigorous high school science program - help!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Calm down. She hasn’t even started high school yet. You have a long time to go. Get through 9th grade and see where she’s at. My senior didn’t even take any calculus class and has many colleges to pick from.
Not in engineering.
That’s correct. My kid has no desire to be an engineer and is not applying for that. Since you brought it up, I actually did go to school for engineering so I know exactly what it entails. Still, I stick to the point that OP should not be freaking out over anything when her daughter had not had her first day of 9th day yet. She has no idea what path she will end up taking.
If you have a senior, you know there will be options later for academics outside of traditional school and that your kids will surprise you in many ways over the next few years (both good and bad) in ways you never expected, in many areas of life.
Anonymous
08/02/2025 07:54
Subject: No rigorous high school science program - help!
My kid just graduated from HS that offered no AP science and math only up to Calc AB. His sr yr he took AP Chem and Calc BC on line.
I actually think this helped him in college admissions bc it showed the lengths to which he would go to get more rigorous education. (DE was not an option. Additionally the classes he took at community college in the past were not well taught.)
I actually think this helped him in college admissions bc it showed the lengths to which he would go to get more rigorous education. (DE was not an option. Additionally the classes he took at community college in the past were not well taught.)
Anonymous
08/02/2025 07:40
Subject: No rigorous high school science program - help!
OP why do you live somewhere that doesn't value education? That's the sob story you need to put into the essay
Anonymous
08/02/2025 07:14
Subject: No rigorous high school science program - help!
Also OP, look at the f=ma exam for a way to demonstrate excellence in physics. Calculus isn't required, although it can help. A good book to study would be University Physics or the blue mechanics book by morin.
You don't need anything besides algebra 1 to understand basic calculus: https://www.3blue1brown.com/lessons/essence-of-calculus
A good book on calculus is the self teaching guide by Kleppner
You don't need anything besides algebra 1 to understand basic calculus: https://www.3blue1brown.com/lessons/essence-of-calculus
A good book on calculus is the self teaching guide by Kleppner
Anonymous
08/02/2025 07:10
Subject: No rigorous high school science program - help!
They should have physics for scientists and engineers. What's the course description for each of the CC's calculus courses?Anonymous wrote:Right now she's enrolled in honors bio and honors geometry, so her track is honors bio > honors chemistry > honors physics and honors geometry, honors algebra 2, honors pre-calc, AP Calc AB. It's the last year of science we're struggling with. The community college an hour away tops out at "integral calculus."