<p>Part of learning a new language is memorization, but a huge part of learning languages is oral skills, which you're not going to learn from a computer program, which won't have the conversational and oral aspects of a regular class, languages are more than just a list of words to memorize.</p>
<p>yeaa im also thinking of doing a summer class for a language</p>
<p>Saer,</p>
<p>My son is in a similar situation. He is doing a program called ALEKS that relies on artificial intelligence and is self paced. The website is aleks.com and I believe there is a free trial. We paid 100.00 for 6 months and you can just keep going as far as you want to. (If you can learn geomety all the way to AP Calculus in 6 months, you can do it). You can print out the concepts covered and how they align to your state standards. The school MAY let you earn credit by examination if you can show the ALEKS report of the course taken and get at least an 85 on the regents test. </p>
<p>Check it out. It's relatively inexpensive and is good if you are a good self-studier. It might fit the bill.</p>
<p>Hmm. I think I've got this figured out- If I'm accepted to boarding school, I'll be attending our summer school through IHS ( a high school) and getting a job. Self-study and online courses aren't recognized by our inept guidance department, so I wouldn't get the regents credit needed for my transcript out of New York.</p>
<p>The online course that was recommended by my school was from an online college. It was a "traditional" 8 month course with a professor and exams and such.(Except it was compacted to a 4 month summer period)
I also got recommendations from students at my school that did the same... If there are cheaper options then you might take them.
The book that the home school kids use rocks... Like the AP stat book that the home schoolers use has a chart of random numbers so that you can get a list of random numbers to work problems(no computer needed). Also they have alot of the math done... Like Z values and standarized curves... Basically 3 days of classroom graphs that are your "tools" are done for you.</p>
<p>community college is pretty cheap</p>
<p>One thing you might consider is that you will be given a placement test from the bs before the end of the school year. This test will determine what math course you are placed in next year. Any math you take over the summer therefore won't be taken into consideration for your initial placement. However, if you exhibit a high level of understanding in your first term course you will be accelerated for the second term. Also depending on the bs you end up attending the math isn't necessarily divided into algebra geo, and alg 2.</p>
<p>are you serious? i maybe taking a math course for nothing? i dont really like the idea of placing people in math classes based on math ability, it should be on what classes you've taken cause i suck at math, literally. i didnt exactly pay attention in pre-algebra, which is like the foundation of algebra 1 and 2.</p>
<p>One of the whole points of baording school is that it's based on ability, not credits or whatever.</p>
<p>but dont they do credits? phillip exeter definitely does, i think.</p>
<p>There are credits, but you enter classes based on ability (from what I hear)... Saying you want everythign based on curriculum and regulations is opposite from the meritocracy that most boarding schools strive to perfect.,
Correct me if I'm wrong.</p>
<p>I think, but I could be wrong, that most schools give a placement test regardless of the credits. Like Saer said, the placement by ability is what makes boarding school so appealing, especially to those stuck in the lock-step policies of public schools where the prevailing philosophy seems to be to hold kids back as much as possible.</p>
<p>It's exactly why I'm getting out ;)</p>
<p>Public schools have an assembly line/Henry Ford attitude when it comes to students, unfortunate as it may be. As someone who attended a Montessori school for six years, I was very startled when I started at a public middle school in 7th grade. </p>
<p>I would have to say it's deff. the biggest appeal of a boarding school education.</p>
<p>I only have experience with Exeter but they sent out a placement exam for math and one for foreign language and then placed the students off the exam - it didn't matter what they had taken before, other than the fact that there were several levels of the math exam so if you had completed say, calculus, you may be asked to take the highest placement exam. But then this process also ensures that you are not placed over your head and end up getting lost in your math or language class.</p>
<p>And then (especially for you Saer), the first term you are placed in a transitions class with only new students, no matter the grade, in order to introduce you to doing math on the Harkness table. At the end of the first term you are re-evaluated and may be accelerated at that point and then placed into the appropriate math class which may have kids from other grades in it. Saer, I wouldn't worry about being placed with preps in math, there are going to be other kids in your grade with similar experiences as you.</p>
<p>I hope so... I'm just afraid that the majority of my peers will be a year ahead, and see me as the odd ne out. :/</p>
<p>I would just say that you should self-study or do an online course. ALEKS isn't bad and is very cheap. The courses through JHU/CTY are more expensive, but quite good. Don't worry about credit - you will need to take a placement test for any private school and that will be all that matters in terms of placement. You might contact whatever school you will be attending - ask what book they use for algebra 2 and use that one.</p>
<p>When do the schools notify you of your placement in math?</p>
<p>With Exeter it wasn't until September when the class listings were up.</p>