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To: XBob
I had a girl who in 11th grade had completed 2nd year chemistry, 2nd year biology, 2nd year calculus, and 2nd year physics (don't know if high schools even offer these courses today)

Some of them are offered at better public high schools still. It often depends on the size of the school. My HS offered them, but it was a "science and technology" school with 3,000 students (largest in MD). Alot of how far a student can go depends on the middle school, though. My middle school only offered algebra, so I was "trapped" in how far I could go. I had to take Geometery, Alg-II/Trig, and Pre-Cal my first three years of HS. My senior year I opted for Stat instead of Calc (Both were AP classes) There was one girl at my hs who took geometery in middle school, then took math classes over one or two summers. She ended up taking Chaos Theory or something similar her senior year at Maryland-College Park. With Chem, my HS offered Chem, AP Chem, and Organic. I took Chem and AP Chem, and that earned me credit for Chem 103/113 at Maryland. I regret not taking more AP classes now.

Smaller schools simply don't have enough students willing to take advanced classes to offer them. Another hs (actually, my neighborhood hs), a mile away, sat mostly empty with 800 students and a poor record, despite being in a not-so-bad neighborhood. (Most of the good students went to my hs on transfer.)

19 posted on 08/14/2002 9:19:58 AM PDT by jae471
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To: jae471
My son is basically skipping high school. We enrolled him at the local University as a non-degree seeking student. He is only taking 1 course at the high school and will "drop out" when he turns 16. He will then take the GED and reapply at the U as a degree seeking student. There should not be any problem; he took the ACT when he was 14 and scored well. As long as he gets a descent score on his GED he should be fine.
21 posted on 08/14/2002 9:41:59 AM PDT by vandy
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