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DE for student headed into engineering?
MarkT replied to teachermom2834's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
1) Suggest take Calc 1 and 2 during HS years. Start at Calc 2 for college. (our current plan) - assuming strong in math 2) Don't assume that your student can pad the GPA with gen eds in college - they are harder than you think - I would go for the transfer credit -
The Great Courses TGC sale ends midnight
MarkT replied to mirabillis's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
for those not taking AP Macro class warning several reviews mention this edition is 10 years old before the crash -
the Wikipedia is somewhat historical - Khan is expanding his mission https://www.khanacademy.org/about
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Any Online AP French classes?
MarkT replied to momacacia's topic in General Education Discussion Board
you may want cross post on the HS forum -
Master list of on-line classes...
MarkT replied to OneStepAtATime's topic in General Education Discussion Board
this seems like affordable option: http://academy.brightideaspress.com/classes/self-paced-classes/ -
Annual AP exam commiseration thread, 2017 edition
MarkT replied to Luckymama's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
that would not work they would have to create multiple copies of the exam - cheating is too easy these days everyone takes it the same day is the best -
Has anyone gone here? National Youth Science Camp http://www.nysf.com/w/programs/nysc/ Is it free?
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https://www.finaid.ucsb.edu/fafsasimplification/
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Which edition of Foersters would I want?
MarkT replied to Janeway's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
The 2nd to 3rd editions were minor changes when the changed publishers. I think they re-arranged some chapters. I would look for the solutions manual and maybe base it on that. We used 3rd because I found a solutions manual. -
Physics Sequence and AP Physics
MarkT replied to Aras's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
I totally disagree with skipping conceptual physics. You should look at a "conceptual physics plus" course such as Jetta's for 9th grade or take a regular conceptual physics in 8th . You could borrow material from the AP Physics 1 and 2. Too many students learn Physics as give me the equations and I will bang out the answer without really understanding it. Take the AP Physics C Senior year after the Calculus AB AP (or equivalent) taken Junior year. ================================== My DS is taking AP Physics 1 this year as a Junior concurrent with Chemistry and AP Physics 2 next year as a Senior only because that is all the AP Physics his B&M school offers, We are skipping those AP exams.He took the conceptual physics course in 9th. We may also look into self-study for the AP Physics C Mechanics exam for his Senior year. -
Master list of on-line classes...
MarkT replied to OneStepAtATime's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
Looks good! Suggestion have folks PM you with additional providers so the thread is less messy. The reviews could then naturally follow the first post and just could be links to previous WTM posts. I would not try to link the review posts in the main post - it will become unwieldy over time. On the the High School and Middle School forums, a pinned link pointing to the General Ed thread would be useful (after the dust settles). Maybe add a "$", "$$", "$$$" , etc notation on the Master list to show relative cost (like restaurants). -
AP or CC..... pros and cons
MarkT replied to Murrayshire's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
In this particular case, the CC route sounds like the better plan. High AP scores are helpful in getting admitted to competitive colleges or getting merit aid at state U. -
FAFSA EFC vs. CSS EFC
MarkT replied to Sunshine State Sue's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
that's discussed here quite often http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/forum/17-the-college-board/ -
Foerster Precalculus Resources
MarkT replied to jnkrim's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
Kendall Hunt https://k12.kendallhunt.com/subject/high-school-math see https://mathwithoutborders.com/precalculus always up to date on Foerster- 1 reply
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this blog mentions a few FLVS APs http://blog.prepscholar.com/best-online-ap-courses-reviewed
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1) Being from NZ should help with the "lottery" schools - I doubt they get many applicants from there 2) Try doing virtual tours on the internet to help down-select - you could Google Earth their campus to see them 3) Since you have a specific major in mind, Math - rank the schools by that (not the easiest task)
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AP Physics 1&2 and AP European History at PAH
MarkT replied to mjbucks1's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
there is a statement of the differences here: http://www.physics-prep.com/ -
checking: AP micro & AP macro at the same time?
MarkT replied to AEC's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
Is this the Steven Tomlinson course? (appears to be produced around 2000) Does your student enjoy the lectures? -
Since your student is quite accelerated I would also visit: http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/forum/7-accelerated-learner-board/