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Old 03-26-2011, 10:42 AM
 
Location: Reston
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I took a summer school class at a community college when I was in high school and it was a good experience. He'll still have plenty of time to veg out and sleep in. So if he's open to it, I'd encourage it. It will get him back on the track that admissions people expect, which can't hurt him.

I took calculus in high school and college and it was significantly harder in college -- in part because the professors were not the best teachers.
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Old 03-26-2011, 12:55 PM
 
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I think it depends on whether he plans to major in a STEM program of study in college.

If he plans to go into the humanities, he may not need calculus whatsoever. If he plans to major in any form of a STEM program (or maybe just might major in STEM), he needs calculus in high school. (Without question.)
In 9th grade he may not yet know what he wants to do in college. So why not have him take Calculus in case he does want to go into a math, science or engineering program? If he later decides on humanities, no harm done but it doesn't work the other way.
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Old 03-26-2011, 01:23 PM
 
Location: Chapel Hill, NC, formerly NoVA and Phila
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Let him take it in high school. Tell him that the college-aged him with thank the high-school aged him that he was smart enough to take it when he was less busy, there were fewer distractions, and his other classes weren't as hard. Then he can come on here and thank all of us on city-data for pushing him to take it. ;-)
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Old 03-26-2011, 08:02 PM
 
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As far as his summer being messed up, what exactly does that mean? What would he do in the summer if he did not take the math course? If it means not being able to sleep in every morning, and spending a little less time hanging with his friends at the pool and playing video games, then I think he'd be better off taking the math course.
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Old 03-27-2011, 04:26 AM
 
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As far as his summer being messed up, what exactly does that mean? What would he do in the summer if he did not take the math course? If it means not being able to sleep in every morning, and spending a little less time hanging with his friends at the pool and playing video games, then I think he'd be better off taking the math course.
You've got it. Exactly. It means that he can't sleep in and play his games. It will ruin his trip to see his grandparents over July 4th (they usually have a big family party out near Chincoteague) but that's certainly no deal breaker. He's a real smart boy but we do struggle with his lazy side.
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Old 03-27-2011, 12:07 PM
 
Location: Northern Virginia
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You've got it. Exactly. It means that he can't sleep in and play his games. It will ruin his trip to see his grandparents over July 4th (they usually have a big family party out near Chincoteague) but that's certainly no deal breaker. He's a real smart boy but we do struggle with his lazy side.
Surely NoVA offers afternoon or evening classes? Then he could still sleep in--it'd just be a couple hours a day in class. And he could still go out to Chincoteague on July 4th--there won't be classes over the holiday weekend!

I took a math class online through NoVA last summer to get some silly pre-req out of the way for a masters program. It didn't interrupt my summer at all. (It required a lot of self-motivation though).
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Old 03-27-2011, 01:01 PM
 
Location: Huntersville/Charlotte, NC and Washington, DC
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If he's gonna be in engineering, IT, science, or another major that is similar, he needs calculus and any advanced math he can get his hands on. If he's going into something like Business Management or Sociology even Accounting Algebra II would probably suffice.
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Old 03-27-2011, 01:18 PM
 
Location: Northern Virginia
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If he's gonna be in engineering, IT, science, or another major that is similar, he needs calculus and any advanced math he can get his hands on. If he's going into something like Business Management or Sociology even Accounting Algebra II would probably suffice.
Calculus was a requirement for my business degree, actually.
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Old 03-27-2011, 01:37 PM
 
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You don't really need to know much of Calculus to succeed in great many engineering fields, I don't have statistics, but great many real life engineers never use anything more advanced than multiplication & such in their every day work. Just let your son know
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Old 03-27-2011, 01:53 PM
 
Location: Northern Virginia
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You don't really need to know much of Calculus to succeed in great many engineering fields, I don't have statistics, but great many real life engineers never use anything more advanced than multiplication & such in their every day work. Just let your son know
That may be true, but every engineering field requires calculus in college, regardless of daily use after graduation.
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