I would call Baylor and ask. I would think not but it won't hurt to ask.

Usually means Small LAC.

Yeah, and showing that activity level and calorie intake were very similar -- except at the damn lunch. The one that in many cases you can't even pack anymore because the school knows what's best for you.

100% agree with this. If she's just getting into genetics, you might consider getting Call Me Gene for her to read. It's a an introduction for students just at her level. http://www.amazon.com/Call-Me-Gene-Second-Edition/dp/0967381126 Maybe also the cartoon guide to genetics. Again, these are just if she's interested -- if she's not interested I'd let her do as she likes. I used to read genetics textbooks as a child but all of mine were more aimed at animal breeding because that's what I was interested in.

+1 to the placement test. If she places into developmental english, I would definitely consider having her do the course there anyway if she's eligible. Developmental courses don't usually count in the GPA so that's an even better win.

I think not starting high school work early except in plant biology (which she's doing independently) and math (math, only because she'll need some chemistry to continue and she'll need some math to understand that) is fine. She doesn't have to be across-the-board in all subjects. I do think she should be working on some academic writing. It doesn't have to be accelerated, it can be a git-r-done program, but it's the other subject I'd make sure to include.

I think it would be best for him to talk with the professor at the school and ask these questions in detail, including how he thinks it would be viewed by graduate schools, etc. But he should definitely take the advanced courses -- there would be no issue there. They will help him and not hurt him. If the school judges them to not be good enough, they will just say 'take this course over again, but it's great that you have the background from your previous course.' The only question would be whether he would formally take the master's. I'm in math, not physics, so take what follows with a grain of salt. In many cases, more would be expected from a student who already had a master's degree versus a student who had simply completed an unusually challenging bachelor's degree. Many of the other students applying for the very top graduate schools will also have taken graduate coursework in undergrad. A student who began with a master's may have from 1-2 fewer years to finish the PhD (may be an issue if the dissertation goes down the wrong path at first and necessitates a radical change of course) and may need to take qualifying exams earlier. Of course, this depends on the school.

It's totally appropriate to ask. Was he planning on using summers for this? Because there are other things which would give a bigger edge than a master's for admission into graduate school. I'm thinking specifically of undergraduate research experiences, where a student can often get paid to spend their summer doing math and often get a publishable paper or at least a conference presentation as a result. This is an advantage when looking at graduate school admissions. If he can fit it in without using summers, I'd probably go for taking the coursework. Whether or not to actually take the master's degree will be a later decision -- some phd programs treat entering students with a master's differently than entering students with only a bachelor's with respect to time to degree, funding, etc. But he'll have a few more years to make that decision.

I really don't think AOPS pre-algebra will be too boring after SM 5.

Yeah, I would get out of Saxon. The repetition for many gifted and math-intuitive children is pretty frustrating. There are a couple of options. Singapore, Math Mammoth, or MEP are really conceptually strong curricula. With Math Mammoth, you can get the books by grade-level or by topic. Going by topic might be good for someone who's already had some math with a different curriculum -- you can get every single one of the blue series books as a download (print it yourself) for $105 according to her website. That way, you could skip through the book -- for example, if he can do the hard pages at the end of the multiplication book 1, he is obviously beyond the level of that book and should move to the next one, but if he finds it difficult, he should move back within the book a bit.

A general comment on math work: Please make sure that your son knows that '=' should only be written between quantities that are actually equal. It is very common that people will write '=' to mean 'and my next step is', which really hurts when students are required to use the transitive property of equality. To give a very simple example -- make sure that work for 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 isn't shown as something like '1 + 2 = 3 + 3 = 6 + 4 = 10'

To the OP: What is she claiming that she's afraid of in the magic treehouse book?

lol wut? I knew there was a reason I'd never even tried to read this book.

Binip, I think my personal way around this quandary would be: 1) Test the child, but without doing test-specific prep. Continue to enrich. If she makes it, think about your decision then. But if she makes it without prep, she probably should be there. 2) Especially if she does make it in, work hard to make sure that all parents are aware of the multiple opportunities for testing. I assume it doesn't cost anything?

As long as you can test out of all of the above or take them in middle school, I don't see an issue. I would sure have hated to have to spend a year learning how to find information.

Wait, how on earth are you supposed to show work for 9^2 or sqrt 49? Write 9^2 = 9*9 = 81 and sqrt 49 = sqrt (7*7) = sqrt (7^2) = 7? Or are you maybe supposed to draw 9 rows of 9 dots each and flippin' count them? This is ridiculous.

No, but I also don't see a reason for someone who was mistreated to start talking about it to someone who is still mourning their loss. I think it would be an excellent time to talk about other subjects. There are many, many other people to talk to about it who never knew this person.

This. I could see feeling compelled to tell them if the person is still alive and something could be dangerous.

Join Myfitnesspal and start talking to the other people with PCOS there. I have it myself but it's been under control for several years with frequent, vigorous exercise. Honestly, the sheer tedium of tracking food makes me eat less. It also makes me indulge a lot less at buffets when I realize that I'm going to have to figure out how to track it. Also, entering food before I eat it sometimes makes me say 'holy crap! those two little cookies are 260 calories? I think I can handle just one.'

There is nothing mathematically wrong with what he is doing. I tend to subtract left-to-right myself.

Maybe calculus without tears -- http://www.berkeleyscience.com/ I haven't seen the book myself but it sounds like what you're looking for.

A lot of them do require one. You can find out on the websites -- search for the catalog, and look inside there for the general education requirements. You can also search for "advanced placement" and see what credit they give. At my undergraduate, the requirement was Comp I, Comp II which included Lit Analysis, and a sophomore Literature class. You could skip Comp I with a placement test, but you couldn't skip Comp II and the sophomore class except with transfer credit. General elective credit was given for AP English courses. Usually a 3-credit course with a fair amount of work counts as a high school year-long course. Similarly, algebra 1 and algebra 2 will both be semester courses at the cc.

AP Lit is very often only accepted as a general elective -- she'd probably be better off to take Comp AND Lit at the CC. Better chance of the CC lit transferring.

If you have been doing Horizons, I would not skip their pre-algebra. I would go ahead and do the pre-algebra, compacting if necessary. I haven't used Horizons, but when I looked up their course, it looks like there are 160 lessons and tests every ten lessons. I would give your child the tests. If s/he makes an A on the first test, s/he goes directly on to the next test. If s/he makes a B or C, do lessons that include problems like the ones s/he missed. If s/he makes less than a C, do all the lessons covered by that test. In a public schooled environment, skipping a course like pre-algebra may be necessary to ensure an appropriate level of challenge. In a homeschooling environment, where we are not limited to the standard one year per course, I don't see any reason to do so. I would rather complete the pre-algebra course rapidly and then move to the algebra course.

Can you find a tutor to work with him with the BJU, since it was working before? Maybe another mom who needs some babysitting or something so you wouldn't be shelling out cash?