How much Math ?

calmom
Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:44:35 +0000

My daughter did a foreign exchange and not only missed math for that year, but was unable to get into a math class the following year – so she graduated high school with 2 years of math credit, 3 years of high school math (since like your son, she took geometry in 9th grade).

Definitely not ideal. She was accepted at U. of Chicago, NYU & Barnard. Basically the foreign exchange + language skills probably outweighted the lack of math, for a prospective humanities/liberal arts major.

While I don’t think that is the best course of action, it obviously did not hurt in college admissions.

I think the best advice is for your son to do what is reasonably possible without feeling that he needs to make major sacrfices. If he has math through pre-calc, most colleges will accept that.