<p>I have been wondering this for a while but whenever I see someone post their schedule, they are already in Calculus in the 9th or 10th grade. How do you even pull that off?! If you are farther ahead at my school you can still only take Algebra I in the 8th grade. that's what I did. How are you already in Calc?</p>
<p>Because they’re better at math than you?</p>
<p>I’m going to take AP Calc next year, but I’ll be junior. It’s typically a senior class, but its’ because I took Accel Math 1 (which is mostly Algebra and some geometry) in the 8th grade. That counted towards my math credit so i didn’t have to take it Freshman year. That’s the only class I’m ahead of though and it sounds like you’re in the same boat as me. I honestly do not know how you take AP Calc your freshman year. I guess you have to be really smart!</p>
<p>At my school, kids take geometry during 8th grade and algebra II over the summer. That’s how kids take precalc in 9th grade and eventually calculus in 10th grade. However a freshman in calculus is very rare at my school. I wish I knew that I could have done this at the time.</p>
<p>7th grade: alg I
8th grade: geometry
9th grade: algebra II/trig
10th grade: math analysis/ap calc A</p>
<p>thats how i did it</p>
<p>8th: Algebra I
summer: Alg II, Geo, Precalc, Trig, Calc
9th: diff. equations, calc 3, etc.</p>
<p>average CCer</p>
<p>Because they get accelerated in late elementary or early middle school. I was allowed to take Algebra I in 6th, so I’m going to pre-calc for 9th and Calc for 10th.</p>
<p>You test out of classes. Sometimes you ask guidance for special permission to skip stuff.
I took Algebra I in 9th grade and now I’m a junior in Calculus BC. I took Geometry and Algebra II in tenth grade, then at the end of tenth grade I took the trig/pre-calc and regular calculus finals without taking the classes.</p>
<p>Usually you have benchmark tests in elementary school which place you in classes.</p>
<p>@halcyon:
I wish I could do that more than anything in the entire world. I can self-study all I please, but it won’t make a damn of a difference since testing out of classes goes against district policies for reasons I simply can’t understand.</p>
<p>It depends on said person’s school…at my school, highest you can be in as a freshman is Algebra II, because in 6th grade, the highest is Pre-Algebra. As other people have noted, they’ve been in more advanced classes earlier in their school career, but that’s because their school allows that.</p>
<p>You take a class at your local community college in the summer so you don’t have to in the school years :)</p>
<p>For us, it went like this:</p>
<p>6th: Algebra 1
7th: Geometry
8th: Algebra 2
So precal in 9th, and calc in 10th. This was for about 20ish students in our district.
Our 6th grade teacher helped us to test out of pre-algebra.</p>
<p>Where do you guys take classes during the summer? My school doesn’t offer summer classes. I am not near any community college. I would like to take Algebra 2 in summer and take Precalc in 10th grade.</p>
<p>It depends on each school (like a bunch of other things). It’s not that they’re “better” at math than you; some schools just offer more advanced tracks. Some schools let you take them over the summer and others don’t. I also see a lot of math classes offered as a semester class, but my school doesn’t do that. It’s almost entirely based on your school.</p>
<p>@199844, if we’re not near a college, either we do gifted programs (CTY, TIP) or online courses. Your district may have a Virtual High School, but there are also other programs, such as Stanford’s EPGY. The cost can vary. I think school district-run programs usually less than $100, and residential courses can cost thousands.</p>
<p>I don’t know of anyone that has gotten into Calc sophomore year. Then again, no one takes summer courses here. Not like there’s anything after the AP Calc BC/Calc 3 course anyway… unless you want to take AP Stat I guess.</p>
<p>Take calculus 3, differential equations, cryptography, linear algebra, number theory, combinatorics</p>
<p>They recognized my talents. I already skipped a grade, but then the school allowed me to commute to the local junior high in 6th to take Algebra 1; I was 10 at the time. Success in those classes eventually led me to take Calc BC in 10th grade.</p>