Please help my daughter

My daughter is taking the following courses in the 9th grade, she wants to do engineering, please let me know if this is the way, my advance thanks :slight_smile:

  1. Hons English 1-2

  2. Spanish 3-4-5

  3. Biology 1-Chem1- Chem 2

  4. Math 2b-3A-3B & Precalc 1 concurrent.

5.ENS 1 -2-3

Please advice if I need to alter her course or if I am making a mistake.

Thank you

What did her high school counselor say?
Each high school has their course requirements needed to graduate and receive a diploma.

Each university has their admissions requirements posted on their websites.
If she’s majoring in engineering that does not mean that you avoid the humanities courses at the high school.
She has to take English, foreign language, sciences with labs, math and history.
Each university system will have required courses and recommended years of coursework.
For instance, the public universities, in California, also require a year of visual and performing arts coursework, so it really depends on where she hopes to apply for engineering.
Research the university “prospective student” admissions requirements.

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This is her 9th grade course plan.
She will take humanities hons in 10th grade.

Thank you!

Then, I would suggest following the recommended course plan recommended by the counselor.

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First, don’t panic.

Definitely have her take as much math as she can. Her performance in math will go a long way in predicting her future performance in engineering. Engineering uses a lot of math, at least in college but not always in every aspect of engineering, so she needs it.

Physics is also quite useful, especially the AP version which is calculus based. This would be later in high school.

Go online and see what some of the top engineering colleges require for high school classes. Her high school graduation requirements may not always line up the same. Especially check your instate schools. CA engineering colleges, as noted above, will require an additional art class!!!

FYI, my daughter took the additional art class at a community college as her high school program didn’t really leave space for it. She ended up going to college out of state. She was able to transfer that credit to her college as it was not used to fulfill any high school requirement or a college prerequisite.

What is ENS?

A few things.

  1. Your daughter needs to take the courses required by her high school and state so she will graduate from high school.

  2. As noted by others…many colleges expect four years of social studies, sciences, English, Math, and foreign language. And many states also have an arts requirement.

  3. Where is physical education and health? Is this required by your state?

  4. You have five courses listed. How many class periods are there in the school day?

  5. I think it’s a little too early to hone in on college majors. Your kid might change their mind about engineering (sample of one…my kid has a bachelors in engineering…and will never be an engineer…not her thing…she actually picked up a second major in college).

  6. The schedule you have is fine…but at my kids’ high school, a social studies course (history, civic, etc) would have been in the 9th grade schedule.