The Marketing degree would be very different from the Economics degree as Econ will require much more math. Quantitative Analysis though will be one that it does require. Quantitative Analysis is math modeling usually used in business to predict outcomes of business decisions. It applies Probability and Statistics, Finite, graphing equations, and other math tools, so you'll want her to have a background in all of these core areas that are often missed in the Algebra to Calc math track. You may want to consider dual credit Stats and Finite courses at the CC even if it's at the expense of calculus. Calc can wait until college while Stats and Finite will give her a math skills that she'll use even at the higher levels in college. Honestly, most of the time, Calc is taken and forgotten unless it is actually used and most people don't use it. Some people on this forum have considered Finite remedial, but it really isn't. It covers topics that most Algebra curricula don't cover. It could be taken fairly early on because it only really requires Algebra I knowledge. Probability and Stats could be taken after some Algebra II depending on when you cover equations for curved lines and areas beneath the curve. Most colleges, even CCs, will have the student test in to make sure that they're ready for any given math course, so you'll know what your daughter is ready for.

Are you considering making this 9th grade instead of just a trial run? The reason I ask is because you are going to need to show some of these courses on a high school transcript. Although you can list high school courses take prior to 9th grade on a transcript, that won't reduce the number of credits that needs to be taken of each subject during high school. Your plan looks like 9+ credits to me, thus It might be a bit heavy. That depends, of course, on what your son can handle. You could reduce this by just using Notgrass for History and Literature/Composition and drop the other literature and composition. We found that doing the same time period for both subjects concurrently really deepened our kids understanding as did selecting essay topics that covered some aspect of history & literature. Also, if your son develops vocabulary through reading (most kids do), then you probably won't need vocabulary as a separate subject. In addition, maybe just one of the computer electives this year and save the other for next year. When I look at your plan, my concern is that it might spread him too thin so that he won't be able to go deep into any subject. Again, that does depend on your son. Usually 6 credits per year is enough for high school though. Some kids take 7 and very few take 8.

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You'll have 5 credits of core basics that any college is going to want to see plus some electives. History - 1 Literature/Composition - 1 Math - 1 Biology - 1 Foreign Language/German - 1 Electives: Braille, Bible, Art and maybe PE 6 credits per year is pretty standard though some kids can do more. Your core courses look fine, but once you add the electives it may be a heavy schedule depending on whether you are going for .5 or 1 credit for each of these this year. You could give PE credit this year for weight & agility training but only if there is more to it, for example learning proper methods, than going to the gym. And even then, you should only give .5 credits and only do this once - after that, it's an extra-curricular. Extra-curricular sports/activities are more helpful on a transcript than giving credit for every year of participation. During the 4 years of highschool, depending on the college that your student wants to attend, you're going to need to cover the following: 3 - 4 credits math 3 - 4 credits lab science 4 credits English including composition and literature 4 credits social science including World History, US history, US Government & Economics 2 - 3 credits foreign language 1 credit in the arts 20 - 24 total credits depending on state requirements. It looks to me like you're off to a good start.

Economics requires quite a bit of math so, like STEM programs, higher level math will be desirable on the high school transcript. You might want to consider statistics for one your math classes. I would do that after Algebra II if you're wanting it to be rigorous. Also, taking an A/P Economics course wouldn't hurt. Very often, the credit given at the college for A/P is a non-major introduction course - a different course is required for a major in that subject. Most colleges publish their A/P credit information so you can check that out at your colleges of interest. For a social science student, A/P Human Geography is a really good first A/P course. It ties in well with economics and can be done as early as 9th grade.

FWIW, I'm sharing what we did just to give you some ideas of a possible approach. We did 1/2 credit of composition every year through high school with essay subjects focused on literature, history, humanities, etc. rather than trying to get a whole credit of stand-alone composition done in one year. Both of my kids ended up to be college level writers before they graduated from high school according to the college professors who evaluated their work. Maybe all you need is another essay or two this year depending on how long they take, how well they are written and whether you have him revise his essays after you've evaluated them. IMO, the revision/edit process is the best way to become a better writer. I figure it takes 2 to 3 hours a page to create an "A" grade edited/revised essay - that's what my professors considered normal when I was working on my masters degree in liberal studies. My kids had about 60 hours of essay writing per year plus additional time with short responses that I didn't count straight towards composition credits but counted towards the subject at hand given writing skills are expected in the production of lab reports, written responses, etc.

I wouldn't drive 9 hours for a test that isn't necessary. Have you considered taking the SAT instead this year. Again, I would only recommend this if the test is given close to your home.

You can check with the various colleges that she is considering and find out which math courses will transfer and also which will cover her gen ed requirements. It's possible that the local junior college will have that information too. My daughter did DE math this year by taking Finite. In our state there are certain core courses that absolutely will transfer to participating colleges within the state - it's called the Transfer Indiana initiative. There is an online site where you can see how a course at one college will transfer (or not) to another participating college. It's really nice because it takes out the guess work. Maybe your state has something like this.

For art, if it meets for 30 weeks, you could give 0.5 credits for the year. It would be good if there was a little more to the course than art techniques though. For example, my daughter has take an art class every year that covers art techniques in class and then the students do art history research around those techniques out of class. So she studies not only the technique, but the art, the artists, the materials and time and place which makes the course a lot beefier. With piano, it depends on what your daughter is going to do in the future. Since my daughter is going to major in vocal performance, I did give her actual credits for voice, music theory and for a study of opera. She is currently taking voice at the college where she will be attending next year so she'll get dual credit for that. But, piano, which she needs to know for her voice major, is an extracurricular along with her volunteer work, theater, dance, etc. activities. Since you have a fine arts credit, what you do for piano will depend on several things. The first being how serious you daughter is about studying it now and in the future. It won't hurt to have more than the require arts credits as long as you still have all of the other necessary core requirements in math, sciences, english, etc. That said, extracurriculars are needed on a transcript to show that your student is balanced and involved with the outside world. Especially if you don't have many of these, then piano might look better as an extracurricular.

Sell it in the classifieds on this web site. I price things such that they are a bit under what people are selling them for used on amazon, ebay or other book selling sites. I figure that I got my moneys worth out of them, so now somebody else can too.

I would consider turning it into a health class. You could add field trips to the grocery store/farmers market and some meal planning/cooking using healthy ingredients as part of the course. Also, along the same lines, you might want to add some research on the ingredients that are allowed in makeup & other personal care products that are very bad for your health. You could use ewg.org's skin deep database. Ewg.org,btw, would be a good resource for looking into food ingredients also.

First of all, I wouldn't do another year of high school because I doubt that would be helpful. My son took a gap year and worked to earn money for college. Colleges looked on this in a positive way so it was not at all detrimental. In addition, he was more mature when he started and much more confident in his dealings with other adults and he was much more focused on his chosen major. So, from my experience, I think a gap year is a good plan B. You might inquire about how many college courses a student can take and still be considered an incoming freshman rather than a transfer student. Some colleges allow up to 9 hours of post high school credits. That may vary from college to college, so find this out by calling the admissions department. Then, your son could take a few transferable courses at the CC during his gap year and still qualify for freshman scholarships.

Looks good. If you find that 7 credits is too heavy, you could dial back on the Spanish by taking 1.5 or even 2 years for a credit instead of the usual 1 year. Just count the credit in the year that he completes it. This works better than stopping a foreign language and then trying to pick it up where you left off after a half year gap.

Very good. Congrats to your daughter. The best curriculum is the one through which your student learns.

There is no asset protection for a dependent student. They will consider 20% of their assets as available to pay for college where only 2% of parental assets are considered as available. For 25+ yo independent college students there is some asset protection.

I agree with the suggestions to just continue the Algebra at whatever pace works. It's more important to understand the basics of Algebra than to get through it in a school year. You can always speed up the pace on math later on as long as she's got the basics. But, if she doesn't get Algebra I, she won't get any math course that requires basic algebra either. My kids never got through their math within the school year. They had a choice of doing it 5 days per week to keep up the pace or just 3 days per week and then finishing it up over the summer. They chose the latter which gave them time for more courses with a little less stress. During the summer, we would get it out of the way first thing in the morning. It actually worked well because we didn't have to spend time reviewing again in the fall.

I created an AP recognized Human Geography course for my son. You really don't need to do anything to prepare for this course. It's one of the few AP courses that doesn't have prerequisites so it's a popular 1st AP test. Human Geography isn't about memorizing states and capitals and what is located where. It's about how humans interact with the physical environment, why cities are built how they are, why rural areas develop like they do. The mapping activities are more about using and creating maps to show various types of things from physical features to demographics, etc. It's a very interesting course. I highly recommend it.

I think a gift card to a national chain would be a nice gift. Maybe Target, Starbucks Chipotle, or something like that. Try googling the campus to see what's near there. We live in northern Indiana (about 100 miles from Chicago) but my son is at a southern Indiana campus. Even here, in the lake effect snow belt, the snow is pretty much over. We probably won't have more than and inch on the ground this time of year and the sidewalks will be cleared. My son wears waterproof hiking boots around campus. I do the same here in the north. They're good for every weather occasion until it's time to break out the sandals. If your son is really going to attend college in a region with snowy conditions, they're a good choice of everyday footwear. Living where I do, I have a lot of experience drying shoes out - stuff them wadded up school newspapers and they will dry overnight.

I don't think that will be a problem. You might mention somewhere on the transcript (maybe in an overview of your homeschool) that your daughter wished to graduate high school in three years and how she reached that goal. Or she could include it in an admissions essay. They often ask for an essay with topics like how you overcame something or how you achieved a difficult goal. Colleges like students who are driven to graduate. I think finishing high school in three years would reflect well on your daughter as long as you present it in a positive way. I wouldn't try to hide the fact or let admissions reach their own conclusion.

List any high school level courses that were taken before 9th grade on the transcript. Give the list a title such as "Courses Completed Prior To High School". These courses won't be included in the GPA so there's no need to show grades. Many colleges will use these courses to fulfill admissions requirements in the case that those requirements aren't met by courses taken in high school.

I wouldn't show Fs nor would I lower his semester grade by averaging an A and an F. If he did A level work for a semester, then I would give him an A for 1/2 credit and leave any incomplete work completely off his transcript. It's not unusual at all for a young man to resist his parents for a time. It's part of growing up and claiming independence. Immature, but normal. So you don't have to be mad at him anymore. And yes, there's a good chance that his younger siblings will follow suit. Don't worry though, it's easier the second time around because of BTDT.

With depression, there are things that you have to do for yourself in order to rise above it and/or move to an undepressed state. That can involve medications, counseling and usually involves making yourself do the things that you need to do to heal such as good nutrition, exercise, working toward goals, focusing on helping others, etc. Medications alone aeren't going to fix the problem but they can help you to get started. It has been found via many research studies that one can choose to strengthen the neural paths that reinforce depression or one can choose to build neural paths that are more positive. But, building positive pathways does require intention. Having suffered myself from depression and having seen others suffer from the same, I would not give her a pass to do nothing because that won't help her. If she is depressed, it may help her to work with you or her counselor (and honestly, there are a lot of them that aren't very helpful) to create a plan to get from here to a better place. And consider that maybe college isn't the most important thing right now. Maybe there's something else that she'd like to try even if just as a short term plan. It would be good if she could find something that she likes to do that is healthy for her and that she look forward to doing on a daily basis.

That's a difficult question to answer without knowing your student's math background and future plans. Possibly statistics or linear algebra for business applications would be courses to consider. Also, some states/colleges accept computer science for math credit so that would apply to business also.

My expectations when my son is home over breaks and over the summer are to work and save money and, because he is a part of our family, to help out with the normal functions of a household. I doubt that he will have hired household help once he graduates from college, so doing work such as laundry, house cleaning, cooking, yard maintenance, etc. are just some of the normal responsibilities of the adulthood. In addition, I don't pay for 100% of my son's personal expenses - he pays his own personal expenses. In college those are the easiest ones to control and he can earn enough money over the summer and during school if necessary to pay for these types of things himself. This is how he learns how to budget and also gets the idea of how much work it takes to be able to afford something. He has learned that it takes him 2 to 3 hours of work to buy a pizza which has led him to a realistic understanding that one must forgo certain things in favor of other things.

ASL may count. It depends on the state you are in and the college that he would like to attend. My son is taking ASL in college as his Foreign Language requirement.