So my teacher recommended that I double up on geometry and algebra 2 my sophomore year of high school (next year) since algebra 1 was really easy for me. I want to, but I was just wondering if anyone else has done this before and if it was easy/worth it? What are the advantages of doing this? The only thing I can think of is I will end high school taking Calculus instead of pre-calc, does that look better for colleges?
Also, if I doubled up I would have to drop one of my two electives and I was thinking of maybe dropping Spanish 3 (I really hate Spanish a lot) since I already have two years of Spanish done with and that’s all I need to graduate. The only problem is I know colleges prefer 3-4 years of a language but I really don’t want to take a year off of Spanish and then go back in it because I know I’ll forget everything. But I also don’t want to take two math classes + honors English, history, biology, and Spanish 3, that seems like too much work! What are your guys’ opinions on this?
I did’t double up, but I know people who did, and they didn’t have any problems. I was in the same year as a girl who was already a year ahead (started Geometry as a freshman) and doubled up freshman year so she could take Calc BC senior year. She said she ended up regretting it, though.
I honestly think you’ll be okay with the challenging schedule. Colleges really do like to see higher-level foreign language classes. If anything, look at is as a chance to learn time management skills before junior year, which really kills some people.
Good luck!
I took honors geometry/algebra 2 sophomore year, and it wasn’t bad. This isn’t even the most advanced track at my school. I ended with a high A, but I am a math person. We moved really fast, much faster than pre-calculus, but if you have a good teacher, you’ll be fine. I didn’t even have that good of a teacher, and I was okay. I think this is a good idea.
I doubled up on Geo and Alg 2 (both honors) last year as an 8th grader. The situation wasn’t ideal (both teachers were really bad; I ended up self-studying Geo and crammed it into one semester), but I didn’t find it too difficult. Really, the only thing you need to know for Geo is how to do a proof, the rest is memorization of vocab and theorems/postulates. There is relatively no cross over between the two classes; I think we did maybe one algebraic proof in Algebra and that was it.
If you’re a strong math student, I think you can pull it off.