So I have taken geometry regents in 9th grade and now they are forcing the geometry common core regents on me in 11th grade. My guidance councilor said I only had to “sit for it”.
Will it be fine to purposely get 0 on the test? I have 88 on the geometry regents, what would colleges think if they see 88 and a 0 on geometry?
I’m also taking the CC geometry on Friday, and It’s best if you don’t bs it. Because the CC Geometry is known to be harder and more challenging so if colleges see that you received an extremely low score it can be unattractive.
My daughter took both versions last year and scored the same. That was what some other people we know did as well when taking both versions of geometry (more people scored higher on the old version for algebra 1 than the CC version). If you review it, you might score about the same anyway.
Personally, l wouldn’t purposefully take a zero. I think that would be worse than taking it and just getting a passing grade.
Regents scores likely won’t matter to colleges outside of NY. They may or may not matter to those in NY. I don’t think anyone here can say for sure either way.
what the heck are Regents? I never heard of that.
anyway, If colleges are going to see it, then don’t get a 0. It will bring you down. do what you did last time (whatever that was).
The reason why I’m saying this is cause I don’t think I can pass something I have almost no memory of. Does it matter if I fail? I don’t understand why I should take this again when I haven’t been taught about it the same year.
Have your parents contact the school. I don’t think you should have to take it either. Last year you would have had to take the geometry one (if you were taking geometry at the time), although your district could have allowed you to take both the common core and the older version and just used whichever grade was higher. Two years ago, when you were in 9th grade, that same rule applied to those taking algebra 1. This year, it applies to those taking algebra 2.
I wonder if someone in your school isn’t understanding and basing the decision on your graduation year instead of when you began algebra 1? Unless you took a math in the summer or doubled up? If you took one math per year, you began math instruction with algebra 1 in September 2012, right? If so, you should not be taking it. If you began later, and are at the point you are because you either doubled up maths or took some to get ahead in summer school, that could be the problem.
(All this assuming I am understanding the NY state requirements) http://www.p12.nysed.gov/part100/pages/1005.html#CCTMath
I am a parent of a dyscalculic young man who is class of 17. My suburban NY district offered both the common coare and the regular regents for this year’s cohort only. For the poster who asked, Regents exams are end of course tests that are given in certain subjects in NYS and are required for graduation. In terms of geometry, my son struggled all year with common core so I had him tutored in real geometry, about 5 sessions, since he had to take both. I tried to opt him out of the common core test but was told that he would fail the course and not be allowed to sit for the real regents if he didn’t take the common core test. He got a 46 on the common core but a 71 on the real one! The saddest part to me is that he told me that he LOVED the real geometry that he did and wished he could have taken an actual class in it, the common core was garbage. Our district reports only the higher grade on the transcript, regardless of which test it was achieved on.
In your situation, OP, I would check with the guidance counselor to see if you can opt out because you already have a regents score. If not, I agree that deliberately bombing the test is not a good idea UNLESS your district, like mine, only reports the higher score and you are happy with an 88.