<p>I'm a confused parent. Things have changed from my day...</p>
<p>What is the Norm for HS Math Sequence?</p>
<p>Where does Trig come in -- my son's HS doesn't have a class named "Trig" - is this now called Aleg. II?</p>
<p>How do HS students find time to take AP Math? Is it being taken AFTER Calc or in place of a regular Calc class?</p>
<p>At my school…</p>
<p>It depends on what you do during the middle school and summers.</p>
<p>Most people who don’t have interest in math are doing pre-alg in middle school. Therefore (in order from freshman year to senior) it is Algebra I -> Geometry -> Algebra II -> Trig or Pre-Calc.</p>
<p>However, many others do a Algebra I in middle school. So, it goes like Geometry -> Alg 2 -> Pre-cal -> AP calc (or high school calc, lolz).</p>
<p>Of course, you may do a math class or two during the summer and maybe more than one per school year. That can get you into more advanced maths. Not many people do that at my school.</p>
<p>My IB school:</p>
<p>non-IB kids: Alg 1 -> Geo -> Alg 2 -> Precalc/stats/Integrated math</p>
<p>Lowest for IB kids: Geo H-> Alg2 H-> IB Math Studies/Methods 1 - IB Math Studies/Methods 2 SL</p>
<p>Middle IB Students: Alg 2H-> IB Math Methods 1-> IB Math Methods 2 SL-> AP Calc AB/IB Math HL</p>
<p>Highest IB students: Precalc H-> AP Calc AB-> Calc2/3/IB MathSL-> DiffEq/Marix Theory/IB Math HL</p>
<p>There’s jumping around and you can take multiple math classes. I’ve taken the Highest math track along with AP Stats, Dicrete Math, and Graphy theory, BUT thts cuz I ove math and want to major in it.</p>
<p>For people who took Algebra 1 in 8th grade or just completely skipped it[like me]:
Geometry -> Algebra II -> PreCalc -> Calculus</p>
<p>For people who took connections in 8th grade and have somewhat of an interest in math:
Algebra I -> Geometry and Algebra II in the same year -> PreCalc -> Calculus</p>
<p>For people who took connections in 8th grade have no interest in math:
Algebra I -> Geometry -> Algebra II -> PreCalc</p>
<p>For people who took PreAlgebra in 8th grade:
Algebra Ia -> Algebra 1b -> Geometry -> Algebra II</p>
<p>The sequence, as math, the subjects in general, is probably something like this:</p>
<p>1) Pre-Algebra
2) Algebra I
3) Geometry
4) Algebra II (possible addition of trig)
5) Pre-Calculus (sometimes called math analysis)
6) Calculus</p>
<p>Most schools, I think calculus is the highest.</p>
<p>For people that took Algebra 1 in 7th grade</p>
<p>Alg II –> Precalc/trig/Math Analysis –> AP Calc –> MV calc or Diff Eqs or Linear Algebra or Statistics</p>
<p>I took Algebra in 7th grade and Honors Geometry in 8th, so my math sequence for high school (an IB high school) is: </p>
<p>H. Algebra II (grade 9) -> H. Precalculus (grade 10) -> AP Calculus BC (grade 11) -> IB Math HL (grade 12).</p>
<p>My school isn’t magnet, but most people at my school are somewhat accelerated in math. The track I’m on is the most advanced, but backing everything up a year (beginning Algebra I in 8th grade), here’s what the high school math would look like.</p>
<p>(H.) Geometry -> (H.) Algebra II -> (H.) Precalc -> AP Calculus (AB or BC) [or for IB kids, IB Math SL]</p>
<p>^ These two are the tracks the majority of the kids at my school are on. I would say these sequences account for about 80% of students.</p>
<p>The traditional sequence, though, would be:</p>
<p>Algebra I -> (H.) Geometry -> (H.) Algebra II -> (H.) Precalc.</p>
<p>Algebra II does not cover any trig at my school, but Precalc and trigonometry are synonomous (precalc is all trig). </p>
<p>There are two kinds of AP math offered – AP Statistics and AP Calculus. AP Calculus (AB or BC) is taken as the math course after precalc; it doesn’t ordinarily come after “regular calculus”. AP Stats can be taken as an elective or an alternative to calculus.</p>
<p>High school math sequence…well, I think for most people on here it’d probably at least start with geometry then. I was referring to the subjects in general.</p>
<p>For 4 years, I heard/read somewhere that the national average was Algebra I in 9th grade, but I think nowadays and from what I’ve seen most are at Geometry/Algebra II/trig in 9th.</p>
<p>Thanks all! You answered my biggest question - no such thing as Trig as a stand alone class</p>
<p>My son had:</p>
<p>7th grade - Alg I
8th grade - Geometry</p>
<p>this year - Alg II</p>
<p>The CC normal math sequence.
9th. Precalc or Calc 1 and II
10th.Calc 1 and II or Calc III
11th. Calc III or/and Linear alg/differential equations.
12th. Partial differential equations and/or Complex analysis</p>
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<p>Nope, wrong. I don’t follow the “CC normal” math sequence. Instead it was:
Alg 1 -> Geometry -> AlgII/Trig -> Pre-Cal </p>
<p>Which were honor courses, the lowest possible math sequence you can take at my school is:
Alg 1 -> Geometry -> AlgII -> Trig</p>
<p>Our school goes</p>
<p>Geometry -> Alg II -> Trig Analysis -> Calc/Stats</p>
<p>For a typical "good’ student, the sequence would be:</p>
<p>8th grade Algebra 1
Geometry -> Algebra 2 -> Trig/Pre-calc/Analysis/whatever the hell else it tends to be called -> Calc AB or BC. </p>
<p>A very good student may learn Alegbra 2 on their own the summer after their Freshman year, and the sequence becomes Geometry -> Trig/Pre-calc/… -> Calc BC, Calc III/Diff. Eq. or Calc III/Linear Algebra.</p>
<p>^^Yes, that’s how it is at my school as well, although we have AP Calc AB and then AP Calc BC.</p>
<p>^^Is it weird for a person to skip Trig?</p>
<p>Are you talking to me fairy? haha
I wouldn’t say it’s weird, but most people usually skip (take summer classes for) geometry or Algebra 2. Then again, I know some people who have just taken trig over the summer and they seemed to do fine:)</p>
<p>The “normal” schedule is like this:</p>
<p>Prealgebra -> Algebra I -> Geometry -> Algebra II -> Precalc w/Trig -> AP Calc AB -> AP Calc BC</p>
<p>AP Stats can fit in anywhere because it is a very light workload.</p>
<p>My shot at it is this:</p>
<p>96th Percentile Reach AP Calculus AB or Calculus I by Senior year
99th Percentile Reach AP Calculus BC or Calculus II by Senior year
99.99th Percentile Reach Calculus III or Above by Senior Year</p>
<p>I would say AP Calculus AB is CC’s 25th Percentile, BC Calculus is CC’s 75th Percentile, and Calculus III/Differential Equations is it’s 95th Percentile. This is mostly because of limitations in math advancement and the fact that nothing above Calculus III/Differential Equations is typically offered in a student’s area.</p>
<p>No fairy.
No to 95th percentile.
We must first take the top 10% of CC visitors and then take the percentile of that.
This accounts for the general population visitors who are not actual active users nor CC-stereotyped people.</p>
<p>For accelerated kids at my school, it’s
Algebra 1 (7th grade) Algebra 2 (8th), Honors Geometry, Trig, PreCalc, AP Calc</p>