<p>Well, I turned in my course selection sheet in February, but I really regret the classes I picked. Back then, I didn't have the right mindset. Now, I know I should push myself to my limits :)</p>
<p>A while ago, I realized that I picked terrible classes for my freshman year. I picked 3 social studies my first semester and theater my second, even though I'm bad at acting. I'm trying to get my high school to let me change the classes I picked, and I'll be calling them tomorrow. Algebra 2 is NOT offered to freshman at my school though. Honors Geometry is the hardest math class freshmen can take. In the end it works out; if you take Honors Geometry in 9th grade you can take AP Calc BC in 12th, but I want to go a step ahead. Math is my strongest subject, so I am confident I will do well. On the Terra Nova (nationwide, but a lot of people I know haven't ever heard of it xD) standardized test we have to take in my town, I got in the 99th percentile for math.</p>
<p>How do you think I should approach them about this? I really want to take Algebra 2 as a freshman, and I think I would be the only one. Geometry and Algebra 2 really aren't related either, so it's not like I'll be lost. Do you think I should have a parent call the school, instead of doing it myself? Because if I do it, it shows I'm taking the initiative, but if a parent does it, they'll know I have their consent. This doesn't happen at all at my school, so I'd need to be very lucky. My school doesn't accept online classes either, and the good ones are too expensive anyway :/ The main reason of the call is going to be to change the classes I picked, but if I could get Algebra 2 in there, it would be really nice.</p>
<p>Thanks!!! :D</p>
<p>You’d be surprised how related Geo and AlgII are. It’s not a unique occurrence, a quarter of my grade level takes Algebra 2 on the freshman level, and are doing well. I personally don’t think you’ll have trouble with it if you’re good at math, I took it in eighth grade and did just fine.</p>
<p>You should be calling. Heck, if you can, you should go talk to your counselor face-to-face.
Taking both at the same time isn’t that difficult since most of their material is disjoint. </p>
<p>You should call them, and you can have your parents talk to them if they want. It shouldn’t be a big deal.</p>
<p>I think, to get the best results, you should have your parents call the guidance counselor and set up a meeting. The guidance counselor will ask you about if it’s something you really want to do, she will say it is abnormal, she will basically go around the mulberry bush with you until you don’t give in. The reason you want your parents to make the call and be there in the meeting is because they have a lot more weight than you when it comes to administrative decisions. Your a kid and can’t do much, so they will give you the run-around, but they know they aren’t going to get away with that stuff with parents so it usually makes it much easier if you have your parents do most of the meetings and stuff. Its good to be able to set up meetings on your own and to have initiative, but at your age your parents just have so much more weight than you that it would almost be a crime not to use it.</p>
<p>P.S. I know you’re going to try and self-study 2-3 APs freshman year (from past posts in AP forum). Try not to get burnt out right out the gate. High school is one hell of a marathon and to go out in the first leg of the race is a recipe for disaster.</p>
<p>P.S.S. The geometry only path is the most common math curriculum and is not a bad option to be on. Do you want to take higher level math senior year like Calc 3 and Differential Equations? If you don’t want to major in a math-heavy field this may be unnecessary.</p>
<p>P.S.S.S. Changing the schedule shouldn’t be a problem and should only affect your place in line to get into those classes. The Algebra 2 thing is where you’re going to see push back.</p>