<p>We didn’t quite say that.</p>
<p>If you want to go to MIT, well…frankly, yes, it would. But there are lots and lots of universities and colleges that would accept you for engineering if you’re ready to take calculus when you get to college.</p>
<p>RE: your post #5, above. You absolutely cannot skip out of Algebra I into a later math class. You need to know some algebra to do what we teach in high-school geometry, and even though Algebra II begins with a quick review of Algebra I topics, you really need to know Algebra I and some geometry in order to do what we teach in Algebra II. During the school year, you might be able to get moved to a higher level (e.g., honors) of the same course.</p>
<p>You might, however, be able to study over the summer and get a grade level ahead in high school, as teskeyben suggested.</p>