Freshman year dilemma

chrysalism
Tue, 10 Apr 2018 23:58:52 +0000

What’s done is done, and you probably shouldn’t be worried. Compared to students outside your school you really aren’t behind in math at all - at my school the average track is to take geometry as a freshman and alg2 as a sophomore, and at a lot of other schools most kids are taking alg1 as freshmen. As long as you have calculus by the time you graduate (which you will on your current track) and keep A’s in all your math courses, I really don’t think it will make or break a college acceptance.

If you’re considering it, I really wouldn’t advise taking alg2 online unless you have outside help and are amazing at math - it’s cumulative and if the online course doesn’t teach the same thing or in the same depth as your school course then you could be in trouble the year after when you’re expected to know things you weren’t taught. You’re doing fine; there are plenty of other ways to make yourself stand out than one advanced math course.