<p>Dear All,</p>
<p>I am an 8th grader and I am planning to skip geometry in high school by taking the CTY: Geometry Honors course during the summer after 8th grade. The other thing in my mind is skipping algebra 2 honors in the summer after 9th grade(and take geometry honors in 9th grade at school).</p>
<p>Can any one tell me which course should I skip?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance</p>
<p>If you’re skipping these classes just to get ahead, don’t. But, if you aren’t, I would recommend that you don’t skip Algebra II. Algebra II gives you the foundation for higher level math. In Pre-Calculus, it’s just advanced Algebra II, and when you’re in Calculus, you use many skills that you learned in Algebra II.</p>
<p>I am actually planning to skip geometry honors because I want to fit in more ap courses…this is my planned schedule for math(if I skip geometry honors)…
9th grade- Algebra 2 Honors
10th grade- Pre-Calculus Honors
11th grade- AP Calculus BC
12th grade- AP Statistics</p>
<p>I would say skip alg 2 'cause pre-calc is basically alg 2 at a more in depth level. However, with that being said, it might be harder for you to get an A depending on what teacher you get.</p>
<p>Completely disagree with OP. Pre-calc is extremely hard if you don’t do well/have a great foundation in Algebra 2. My friends who were pulling Bs and Cs in Algebra 2 are now pulling Cs and Ds in pre-calc. That being said don’t skip, it is not worth it. It would be better to do something along the likes of taking pre-calc and AP stats the same year (or AP Calc and AP stats).</p>
<p>I don’t know about how difficult your alg 2 class is in comparison to your pre calc. I took alg 2 at my old school and it covered trig with trig graphing, so pre calc is easy for me this year, it’s just a review. I personally enjoyed Geometry, though I don’t think it is as relevent as alg 2 is to calc ab and bc. My older sister skipped geo and she needed to do extra studying on the geo portion of Sat math, it’s not that much extra studying though. She did fine in the calc ab too.</p>
<p>Geometry always amazes me, it is actually the only one math course that I have taken so far that requires a different type of thinking (please note that this still depends on your teacher though). A lot of students hated Geometry so much that when they hear the word proof, they start to whine. I knew some students who did very well in alg 1 did poorly in geometry; though, again, this will depend on your teacher. Geometry is just very different from the math that we have seen for most of time at school and sometimes students just can’t get used to it. Honestly,I didn’t see an equation or any problems that require calculations until the end of second semester.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t skip algebra II. Good algebra skills are essential in higher math, as well as physics, chemistry, statistics, and pretty much every other science.</p>
<p>Geometry, on the other hand, I’m a little unsure. I’m not a big fan of the standard geometry curriculum, since it doesn’t go in-depth enough with proofs (and other reasons). I don’t know if it’s worth a whole year in school – if I had to pick between taking geometry and alg II over the summer, I would pick geometry.</p>
<p>I’d say skip geometry. It’s kinda an unimportant course. Triangle ratios and trig functions are the only things you’ll use in higher level math.</p>
<p>How long are the Algebra II and Precalc courses? If they’re one semester each (like they are at my school) I would recommend taking Geometry as a freshman and taking both sophomore year.</p>
<p>First of all, definitely take Geometry over the summer. I took it this past summer to be able to take Precalc this year and I’m so glad I did. In my opinion, it’s so much easier to learn on your own than Algebra 2.
Please please please take my advice: Don’t pay the 700 dollars it costs for the CTY course. If you want the same video lectures, you can go to thinkwell.com and pay about 150 dollars for the EXACT same ones. I’m not even kidding. CTY uses Thinkwell videos for its Honors Geometry course. The only other thing you would need would be a Geometry textbook, like the one that CTY requires you to buy and costs about 50 dollars. Honestly, that’s all I used. I did pay the full amount for the CTY course but was so disappointed in the value. I definitely think you should do Geometry over the summer, but please don’t pay for the CTY. Seriously. Just don’t. You will get literally the same value as the CTY course for a lot less money if you just do what I suggest, and it will only cost about 200 dollars max. I wish someone would have told me all this before I did it!</p>
<p>Oh, and I completed the entire CTY H. Geometry course in one month easily.</p>
<p>I took geometry the summer after 8th grade, and now I’m in algebra2/Trig with an A so… I’d take geo over the summer definetly over alg2</p>
<p>You aren’t really skipping either one. Other than possibly running out of math classes, there’s no downside to self-studying both over the summer.</p>
<p>The downside to a fast-paced geometry class is that you tend not to memorize the theorems by virtue of extended use, and there’s less emphasis on writing proofs. The downside to a fast-paced algebra class is that you need that foundation to be good for trig and calc.</p>
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<p>As someone who’s in college multivariable calculus, my advice is to skip geometry because 90% of what you learn will not be used in any classes after that. There’s only a small amount of concepts that you’ll need to know, but it’s such a small amount that you could easily learn it from the internet in a few days.</p>
<p>I didn’t read all of the posts, just the OP’s, but here’s my two cents:</p>
<p>If you skip anything, skip geometry. Although it is preferred for trigonometry, it’s easy to self teach geometry. Algebra 2 contains a lot of very important topics that you should definitely not skip out on. You’ll use algebra 2 concepts for all of the higher math courses beyond it.</p>