<p>Which, in your opinion is better? I'm a 9th grader in Honors Integrated Algebra, and want to advance, perhaps by taking geometry this summer, and entering Algebra 2/Trig, with a commitment to take the Geometry Regents in January as proof (ALEKS would provide an accurate, official transcript, but AofPS is better- recommended). Moreover, How can I present my case to the administration so they will move me up?</p>
<p>Which is better?</p>
<p>AoPS is at a more advanced level and has a teacher and “classroom discussions”. However, I’m not sure it would be comprehensive enough - it wouldn’t give complete coverage. This is partly because it is only once a week for an hour or two, and partly because I don’t think it’s their mission to give a complete classroom replacement. It also, at least a few years ago, didn’t give any kind of transcript at all. </p>
<p>Aleks is dry and you are entirely on your own, but it would give complete coverage of the body of study you expect from it. Its official transcript isn’t accredited or anything, but it is very detailed.</p>
<p>I would recommend Aleks for a class replacement and AoPS for enrichment. Since you are interested in replacement, I would think Aleks would be better. It would certainly be improved by a matching AoPS, though.</p>
<p>How do I present my case?</p>
<p>I’m a little confused here. Have you made the committment to do the January Regents or is this just your suggestion to us that you hope to sell to your school? Assuming this is the case, I would take the Aleks free trial test and print out your personalized assessment if you can do that with the free trial, or print a sample assessment if you can’t get one with the free trial. Take it to your school to show them the comprehensiveness of the program, and tell them what you hope to do and what evidence you will have of your success. </p>
<p>Be aware that this will require a substantial time commitment for over the summer; if they ask, you want to be able to say you expect to spend 9 hours a week all summer (or whatever you think it will take) in order to accomplish your goal. I think you will be convincing them of your maturity as well as your math ability, so the more prepared you can be, the better.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Great answer! Thank you very much!</p>
<p>Please let us know how it works out!</p>
<p>I’m not sure how AoPS correlates with the regents test/your schools curriculum but they have a ‘table of contents’ for each course so you could see if they will cover everything you need to know. I haven’t used either ALEKS or AoPS so I can’t give you a review on either. </p>
<p>I think you need to contact both your current school and the school you’re hoping to transfer to because even if your current school will accept regents the other may not so make sure you check with both!</p>
<p>I second GeekMom though - let us know how it goes! :)</p>
<p>Well guys, I’m rather frustrated at this point. I’ve spoken with the main math coordinator and school admin. The conversation truly disappointed me, and furthered my desire to switch schools already. Primarily, albeit my grades in Honors algebra range from 92-100, and I maintain a steady 97 average, the coordinator “did not see how it could happen”. I was practically begging, claiming my profound love for math, beyond the rote HS curricula. He heard me out, and asked, " Is there anyone in our school that know who has done this? "…I considered his question, and played devil’s advocate even though I did know of someone. He took my silence as a “no”, and thus continued in an endless stream of lies how “impossible” and “inconceivable” my plan is. Then, I mentioned the name of the kid in my school who HAD accelerate himself , and the coordinator skipped a beat, and said, “Ah, well he was exceptional”. Exceptional. Really. You don’t have to be “exceptional” to move forward a year! If one loves math they should be able to pursue a furthering in education! And haven’t our nation’s educators re-evaluated what “education” means?! I’m really so fed up. Any advice?</p>
<p>Um, all I can think of was a similar conversation I had at work once. I ended up quitting.</p>
<p>You say you want to transfer - maybe you should talk to your destination school and see how they feel about the transfer and how they feel about the math acceleration. They may shut you down too, or they may be impressed that you would want to do it (and may even consider you “exceptional” for thinking about it!).</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot. As for my profound passion for math, I can pursue that without credit, need it come to that. As long as I retain the knowledge, I guess I’ll be happy.</p>
<p>I still stand by you asking the school you want to transfer to. Credit at your current school is useless to you if you transfer anyway. Even if that school won’t give you credit for it but will let you skip that class into the next one or test into it, any college can see you could have passed the class.</p>
<p>Prove your math coordinator wrong! :)</p>
<p>Lol thanks! I truly appreciate the motivation…I contacted the school about 2 days ago, waiting for a response…if all is well, I may veritably transfer in junior year…</p>
<p>A big ole hug for ya! We had all sorts of problems getting appropriate math for my kid (minor brag - junior in high school, just aced honors linear algebra). Some thoughts - talk to the kid who did it (and his parents) - find out what worked. Try to present things so that it doesn’t require work from the school. Consider getting involved in math competitions as a way to feed your flame. Don’t sweat over credit too much - if you transfer , you’ll have to take a placement test.</p>
<p>Ahah. I understand. The kid who did it claims that the math coordinator said no, but then the kid went behind his back and took a Calc AB final without any previous exposure to it, and got the highest score in the grade. Lol. There perhaps, I can understand the “exceptional”. But I’m willing to devote a full summer!</p>
<p>damn!!! I was reading this, fell upon this by accident, and was wondering why it sounded so similar…lol, and yes JacobTess LOOOVES the AopS curriculum (im his friend, and doing world online olympiad training myself at aops)</p>
<p>My son homeschooled all the way through, and self studied from Geometry through Calculus. He also did some enrichment through AoPS, but at the time, they did not have classes that align with the high school curriculum. So he did Woot (3 times, but twice was free, because he was a Mopper) and a couple of other courses.</p>
<p>I think for someone who truly loves math, AoPS would be better than Aleks. In the past couple of years, Ruczyk has tried to create a curriculum that is in tune with the standards. OTOH, if your school needs something more to prove you took the class, have you considered EPGY or CTY?</p>
<p>He’s already doing AopS and it’s working out, though he has done EPGY and considered CTY as well, but those two programs just don’t compare to the quality of AoPS from the instructors, to the price (Moppers being free, although a new [Online</a> Math Circle | The World’s First Online Math Circle](<a href=“http://onlinemathcircle.com/]Online”>http://onlinemathcircle.com/) is being created, for even cheaper (free) resources in response to AoPS pricing,)</p>
<p>Plus the community of kids on AoPS just doesn’t compare,</p>