<p>wherenext
Here is my opinion.
I’d say it depends on the colleges you’re aiming for. Top schools (top 25 US News list), you are much better having 4 years of math no matter the major of interest. Below the top, I think you are ok to not have 4 years math. It would also depend on the senior schedule as a whole – If the math slot is taken by another core academic class versus a light elective.</p>
<p>D’13 visited Stetson U on Monday, the school is nice enough but the open house really did not offer a lot of information. Stetson would be a super safety and she is undecided if she will apply.</p>
<p>Ds and I talked about his schedule for next year. He’s come up with something new: I think he’s going to take guitar! That’s totally out of left field, but I approve. 
Doesn’t every guy need to know guitar?</p>
<p>OH I almost forgot, the school district came out with the 2012-2013 Calendar. Last Day for seniors May 22, 2013 and graduation will either be May 31 or June 1!!</p>
<p>Thank you all so much for the replies. I know that I have too much anxiety about this stuff. </p>
<p>HN is what signifies honors courses in our high school. D will have taken four years of english by the time she graduates. She took honors in 9 and 10, regular in 11. The class for next year would be AP Lit. The high school does weight AP and H courses. I think she <em>can</em> do the homework, wanting to do it may be another thing. </p>
<p>D will need to be in a small LAC, she needs to have the interaction with her teachers. She has never been dianosed with a LD, but has a large discrepancy between her verbal and performance IQ, more than 20 pts. During her testing(7th grade) where we discovered she has ADD she was above college level in her verbal/reading/vocab levels, and right at or a little below on all of the math. Needless to say, D will never be a math major;) We are looking at schools with as few as possible gen ed requirements because she wants to be an english or history major, and won’t need calculus, etc. </p>
<p>Her PSAT scores were 71CR/51M/64W. She should be getting her ACT scores back in a few days.</p>
<p>I think what bothers me the most about her current class and her teacher’s comments is that she is not in a class with other students with her similar ability. She is always telling me that she was the only one who knew this or that in class. The main reason that she is in there is because she can turn in work late, not allowed in AP or Honors. The reason her current teacher did not recommend it is because she is not very organized, not because of her capability, and it may be true but it rubbed me the wrong way, I admit. </p>
<p>She is looking at Earlham, Beloit, Lawrance, Kalamazoo, Denison, Coe, Cornell College, St. Olaf, Gustavus, Macalaster, maybe Knox and Truman because it is closer. Her total dream school is Smith. </p>
<p>She felt more confident about her decision today when she came home from school, I was happy to see that. I think her counselor will touch base with her tomorrow before everything is finalized, just to make sure. </p>
<p>Thanks again, I appreciate it!</p>
<p>Macalester is going to be a stretch for her, especially if she hasn’t had many AP classes and their facilities for kids with ADD or LD’s are going to be limited. Is she going to “want” to do homework in college? If not, Cornell sounds like a good option for her with their block schedule.</p>
<p>MidwestMom2013:</p>
<p>Truman requires all students to have a math class and a stats class. She should be able to handle it though…I think it is probably college algebra or pre-calc. </p>
<p>S has his schedule set for next year:
Honors Am Lit
AP Calc AB…we are a bit worried about this as his math grades are typically B’s but his teacher says he should be able to handle it.
AP Econ
Physics
AP US History
a couple of trimester long geography/social studies seminars on world conflict and international relations.</p>
<p>Youdon’tsay, appreciate the visit reports. After D received a mailing from Harvey Mudd, and I told her it was probably not the college she would most like out of the 5, Pomona is suddenly on the consideration list! Ugh!</p>
<p>We looked at Amherst and Wesleyan over the weekend. She liked Wesleyan better than Amherst. Hard to determine exactly why - she is very sensitive to the feel of her surroundings. The larger size/population of Wesleyan was probably a factor, although she also likes Swarthmore, which has fewer students. I’m just happy to have any schools drop off her list, even if her reasons seem odd to me.</p>
<p>Haystack–is that stats class while at Truman or for acceptance to Truman? Truman is on the list of possibles for our D but she won’t have taken “stats” in high school but will have 5 years of high school math on her transcript through AP Calc BC.</p>
<p>Schedule next year:</p>
<p>AP Calc BC
AP Physics
AP Lit (which ever lit they don’t have this year)
AP Psych
Honors Econ
College Spanish V (taking that through the University)
Band</p>
<p>Question about Wesleyan, I’ve seen this school show up several times. There are many across the nation, are they all related? Which one are y’all talking about?</p>
<p>Thanks Longhaul,</p>
<p>Does having Geometry in the 8th grade count or it has to be 4 years in high school? </p>
<p>Her schedule so far will be:</p>
<p>AP Lit
Honors Spanish 4
Ap Studio Art
American Gov/Econ
Creative Writing
physics (instead of math?)</p>
<p>wherenext-depends on how your high school reports that geometry class on a transcript. Some high schools will include that, stating that it was in 8th grade and while it doesn’t “count” on your credits or GPA, it shows you have taken that class. Our high school doesn’t count middle school classes but with some of the advanced middle school classes you can take a higher level class as a freshman, foreign languages being the most common. Our kids had 2 years of middle school Spanish and were able to sign up for Spanish II as freshman. By doing that it allows them to take AP Spanish in 11th grade and a Spanish V class at the university (the class is actually taught at the high school because the U prof lives near our town and it’s easier for him to teach the classes here vs driving back and forth).</p>
<p>For math, our kids will show 5 years math on their transcripts because the school knows that lots of math gets the attention of admissions counselors so most of the college bound kids take Algebra I in 9th grade, take geometry over the summer and Algebra II in 10th grade then pre-calc in 11th grade and AP Calc either AB or BC as seniors. These are all honors classes so that helps too. Their transcripts look like they took 2 math classes in 9th grade.</p>
<p>SteveMA:</p>
<p>Math and Stats while at Truman St. Although, AP credit in either would work also.</p>
<p>AP Calculus AB = MATH 198 Analytic Geometry & Calculus I </p>
<p>AP Statistics = STAT 190 Basic Statistics</p>
<p>wherenext – my kids also took Geometry in 8th grade. Our district will show high school-level classes taken in middle school on the HS transcript **as long **as those classes were taught by a teacher certified to teach high school.</p>
<p>Thanks Haystack. D won’t be able to take Stats in high school (no room in her schedule) so I wanted to clarify so we didn’t spend time visiting if she couldn’t get in because of that .</p>
<p>A few of you have mentioned visiting colleges over the weekends. If there are no information sessions offered on those days, what are your suggestions for the best way to get to know the school/campus?</p>
<p>Steve, I assume this Wesleyan: [Welcome</a> to Wesleyan University ? Middletown, Connecticut](<a href=“http://www.wesleyan.edu/]Welcome”>http://www.wesleyan.edu/)</p>
<p>All we have done are weekend visits because of my work schedule. Many schools have regularly scheduled Saturday group information sessions/visits. Others allow individuals to schedule a vist and meet with admissions, take a tour, whatever else you might want to do.</p>
<p>Thanks, ohiobassmom, that is the Wesleyan I was referring to. </p>
<p>I know there are a lot of Wesleyans - growing up in Ohio, there was Ohio Wesleyan, and I know some people who attended West Virginia Wesleyan. I believe they were all founded as religious institutions, while many are still Christian colleges, the Wesleyan in CT is not.</p>
<p>Mumto3, not this trip but in the past, an admissions rep we contacted arranged a private tour for us on a Sunday. It was as valuable as an info session and group tour, in my opinion. We saw Wesleyan on President’s Day, which was quite crowded.</p>
<p>All have Methodist roots…named after John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist movement. Many schools have Wesley Centers for students of the Methodist faith.</p>