“Idon’t know whether our school will permit or not.” Nor do we. Nor does anyone on CC, unless they know your high school.
Research your hs, your district, online. Call or email your guidance counselor.
She doesn’t need honors bio or chem, to later take AP. Some hs don’t offer honors, but kids go on to AP and can do very well. But YES, of course, she needs to take the first course before jumping to advanced.
I agree, Jayku, that you are unusually focused on this. Most times, we suggest parents of 8th graders wait until hs starts, the student has experienced the next level of academics.
Just going on our own assessment of talent? We all think our kids are special. That’s not enough. Nor is playing with SAT practice tests.
Because she has to decide what class she has in comming Feb for 9th grade.Her half sister(we don’t meet for nany reasons so I can’t ask anything about her experiences) was in IB class and she got all 5 of AP and she got perfect score in one Ap which was posted in internet news She is now in top college and she was also NMSQT finalist. My daughter is smater than her until now. ( she is veryacademically strong )My husband says both of them are his daughters so my daughter can follow sister"s step.
But your step daughter didn’t take AP classes freshman year.
The Ap classes super competitive high schools allow for freshmen tend to be AP Human Geography and, even more rarely, AP CS Principles. Sometimes they can be on a track with World History 1 Pre-AP, followed sophomore year by AP World History.
IB starts in 11th grade and is not necessary to attend a top college. (Also, there are dozens and dozens of top colleges in the US. Most people only know colleges nearby but a far away college can be extremely prestigious nevertheless, you wouldn’t have heard of it because it’s not in your circle. Have you heard of Middlebury? Carleton? Bryn Mawr? Vanderbilt? Emory? Can you compare Villanova to Creighton academically? )
Don’t try to one-up your step daughter through your daughter. Sure, she is allowed and able to follow in her sister’s footstep, but for her emotional well-being she should be her own person, not a mini-stepdaughter.
Please read post #2 that lists challenging classes for an academically strong/gifted 9th grader.
If the selection is in February, start thinking about it in January.
What you CAN do now is help your daughter find all kinds of activities of interest.
And if you’re really, really anxious, read the high school’s website to see what classes are offered 9th graders, then come back to ask questions.
No formula, though. Pushing because a parent “thinks” there’s an “advantageous way,” is fraught with risks. We posters have no idea of her real strengths, just what Mom thinks-- and what Mom wants (eg, the comment about AP Engl in 9th.)
“Because she has to decide what class she has in comming Feb for 9th grade.” *February. * Not October. You don’t know, have not researched, have no idea what the rules are, or the offerings. All you know is some vague idea what a rarely seen step sibling did.
Somehow, you want us to tell you what to do.
I’m saying: do some starter research for your hs, your district.
And I’ll bet Feb is only when they’ll start to discuss 9th.
**Myos and I cross posted, but I was going to say January, too. She’s not the first kid to plan for 9th, the district already has standards and guidelines in place.
Thank you . I assumeed that IB class also starts AP at 11th but I was confused really because when I asked one ( she was attended in Troy: it is top IB school in CA) , she told she had all AP from 9 th( She didn’t take SAT but 33 at ACT. Finally she was accepted only uci) and she says that she will graduate very early because she took so many AP classes in high school. Very good advantage is to save tuition. Some say my D is young but some kids have excellent skill for sports or game or speech or academic. Most parents support for their talents but specifically many parents blame one who supports for own child’s academic progress. They say ‘‘don’t push’’ but it is not push, it is,also support for child’s talent as LIKE sports or art.
@Jayku
Every high school has its own set of rules. You need to find out how your high school works. If they don’t allow freshmen in AP English, it does not matter if you want to push your child or not. Sometimes they have a process, a petition or whatever. You will need to find out the rules and follow through. If you ask in this forum people can not tell you as they have NO knowledge of the particular high school you D attends.
Outside the high school setting you are free to do as you wish by choosing academic activities that you think match your child’s intellect. Inside the high school though there is a specific process.
On a personal level- my half-sister resents me and my parents because she felt like she was always being compared to me. We now don’t have a relationship in adulthood because of it (and this wasn’t even real- it was all in her mind).
Doing well on the SAT is irrelevant to what English class they will be allowed to take. My son got permission to take AP Comp Sci after making an appointment to talk to the teacher and go over what he already knew. As far as I know he was the first freshman allowed to take AP anything. In our school you can take AP English language in 11th grade and AP English Lit in 12th grade. Period. Most of the science and math APs have prerequisites (ie. a year of high school bio, chemistry or physics before taking the AP.) Though I’m guessing they will let you take the new physics AP since they used to let you do Physics B without prior physics courses.
@romanigypsyeyes. No. I never compare of them. Mydaughter is more excellent but I am worried what is good for her. My husband says that older daughter is some kind of success at academic though she is not better than my own daughter ( compare is not good I know) that encourages me. My owndaughter is gifed and talent student, never failed, never disappointe us until now. I understand many opinions.Only one my anxiety is that AP CHEM or AP Bio is how much harder than honor ones.
Maybe you don’tunderstand. Because I can’t express everything with English. She can do that but we don’t have any experience then her sister (not live together) is to be role model. She is super smart I want to support her ,then I want to get information from here. But some criticism hurt my feeling with my wrong expression( I can’t speak fluently English.) I can’t acquire correct information. Idon’t know why it is hard or why she must start not AP class. That isn’t answering for my questioning I wanted.
Your daughter does NOT have to take a bunch of AP classes in 9th grade.
Your daughter does NOT have to enroll in an IB program.
There are many successful students who get accepted to fine colleges…who don’t take AP courses in 9th grade, or IB diplomas.
You are not understanding because you are not hearing what you want to hear. There is seldom 100% agree,want here…but in this thread…everyone is telling you…relax. Your daughter will be fine. You don’t need to do 9th grade course selection thinking until January at least.
Ok. Your comment is simple to understand but you don’t also understand what I find. IB or 9th grade AP might not affect to be accepted college that is not my problem which class interests her which class fits her that is point. I think she is same level to 11th grade and she can take AP history or AP geo and AP environment , AP literature but Idon’t know
about AP,chem AP Bio.She was in science olympiad team, now she quitted because she want to take a leader ship class. Science Olympiad teacher suggests her to do again that she thinks she has an ability of science. She is interested Chem Bio last year class and say she learnt so many bio. But this experience can not support her enough I think. Many kids in our school take AP bio or AP Chem at 10th without taking level1 I don’t know how they get grade but really want to hear how much hard it is. My D is very challenging and has curiosity about everything which made her strong.
@thumper1 Yes I questioned that if our school not allowed her to take AP class what is good for her. If IB class provides ALL AP CLASS from 9th, I will take it for my D. So I asked when IB class start AP course and how hard they are. One more ,UC top schools accept by students SAT and grades first. Uc does not accept student who doesn’t take Ap and AP course affects student’s acceptance.
UCs don’t even consider freshman year grades, unless something has changed.
Your child is going to get information about the specific courses open to HER in HER high school. None of us can tell you whether or not she is able to take AP classes from freshman year in HER high school.
You’re not listening to anyone on here. I’m assuming you came from a country where scores were everything in college admission. That’s not the way it works in the US.
