<p>Hi Guys, I'm a freshman in HS and lately, my favorite subject has become math and bio, albeit is used to be English (Slight preference for math over bio). I'm in all honors courses, and plan on taking the most AP's and electives possible over the course of high sschool. However, one mistake which I enormously regret is not taking the Math 9 advanced class in 8th grade. Now I'm learning algebra which is very easy, but I hear from my fellow peers in advanced math (geometry; they took algebra regents already), that geometry isn't too much of a challenge. I wish I was in that accelerated course, but I recently heard of a possibilty of learning geometry during the summer (3 hours a day), and then taking the Regents in August. Is this possible (assuming my school will give credit) from a state/legal point of view? Will I be able to take the Regents in August? How hard can it be to teach myself Geometry in 50 days? Is it worthwhile? If so, how can I teach myself (which books, what topics etc.) Please, I need counsel, and I beg of you not to poke fun, this is a serious question.</p>
<p>Are you in New York? I think that’s the only state with Regents. I cannot tell you anything about receiving in state credit. Check with your current school about your options. They will be able to advise you on how to proceed. Try checking with artofproblemsolving.com (AoPS), though there are several online geometry classes/options, but none may meet the state requirements.</p>
<p>I was just going to recommend Art of Problem Solving also. Like the previous poster I don’t know if their online courses would be accepted by your state or not. Also, if you want to do self-study you can just buy their books without taking the online course. Their books are terrific.</p>
<p>A few other options that come to mind are seeing if there is a high school in your area which has a summer school geometry class, seeing if there is a community college nearby which might be offering one or taking a geometry class online through Brigham Young University. I don’t have any personal knowledge of BYU’s online high school classes but have read of CC posters taking them. The general consensus seems to be that BYU is cheaper than some of the other online sites. I’m guessing they might offer a geometry class, but don’t know that for sure; you would need to check it out. I looked once and remember they had a wide range of online classes for high school students.</p>
<p>If it works for your school district, I’d personally opt for AoPS.</p>