HELP...Is AP calc. crucial for Senior Year?

hollins
Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:35:05 +0000

Thank you so much CalDad3, Mommamt, and Soozievt!! You have each helped so much with yours thoughts and in sharing you experiences…we just don’t want to do the wrong thing!

The only problem I see with my D is that her ACT scores are not as high as we would have hoped, but she will retake that in September. I am thinking about calling a tutor and seeing if they will be able to help her with some test taking skills, since she has never been good at standarized test, yet excells in the classroom.

In reviewing her score sheet from April, it looks like she is just getting really tired at the end of the sections, and she Christmas tree-ed the end of the Math section because she ran out of time (missed like the last 6…not good).

Her composite score is only a 28…she has a

31/11-English/Writing
28-Math
28-Reading
25-Science (ugh…those graphs and charts! :)

Does that change anybody’s mind about the Calc. or does her academic record stand as proof enough? Unfortunetly, we have do decide about the fall classes before she retakes the ACT in September which I hope will be more reflective of her abilities.

Thanks again for the help!