<p>Thank you all so much for the input. I know it sounds weird when I said my son is not good in math, but took all the honor classes in math and AP calculus AB in his junior years. Attention Deficit Disorder really affects his math grade once the steps are getting more complex and require longer attention span. He can understand the material very well but still loses 30% of his points to absolute careless mistakes; therefore his math grade is often unpredictable, volatile, and nerve-racking. So far, he has Bs on all the high school math he took, except one C from first semester in his freshmen year due to a six weeks excused absences (teacher would not let him make up his work and tests and gave him zero on them instead), and one A on AP Calculus AB last semester. If he has to take math in senior year, the only two options left will be AP Calculus BC and regular Statistic. His class ranking jump from 260/602 in freshman year to 107/602 in sophomore year and to 8/620 last semester, but because of the bad start, his cumulative class rank is still sitting at 137/620. He didnt want to take classes he is not good at to jeopardize his senior GPA, but I know many colleges he hopes to go to say that they recommend their applicants takes four years of math in high school. I am not sure if they mean all four years of high school need to have math in the schedule, or they want you to have four years of high school math on the transcript. From reading your valuable advices, I think he can benefit from taking Statistic. But since its not an AP or an honor class, would it look like a downgrade? His dream school is Claremont McKenna. I know its a long shot or even out of reach. But I think its good for him to just aim high and does his best. That way, no matter which school he ends up going, there will be no regrets. By the way, he took SAT before entering 10th grade and only got 1800, he knows he has to work hard this summer to reach 2000 in order to have a remote chance for the more selective schools.<br>
Another headache we are having now is that, he took German I and II, but no German III this year because of class conflict. He planned on taking it in senior year, but weve just heard that there might not be enough students for German III next year. I check one hundred miles radius within where I live (near Fullerton, California) and find no German class offered from any colleges during this summer except online high school course offer through Oklahoma State University. If his school fails to offer German III next year, what will be the best way to get his 3rd year of foreign language?</p>