My son will be entering middle school in NC this year. We may have the opportunity for him to independently take the required high-school math courses in middle school but when he enters high school he would still be required to take 4 years of math courses.
He would be left taking much higher level math classes than others which potentially could negatively impact his GPA. I had not thought of this but the school warned us of this potential issue.
I want him to be challenged and learn but do not want to put him at a disadvantage because we do not know how to play the "game" for college admissions. Has anyone else dealt with this type of situation and if so could you let me know your thought process, what you chose and if you would do anything different...I understand colleges want to see that you have taken the most challenging courses available but for our school district, no one else would be in this situation which is great if he does well but could be negative if he does not.
My general feeling is that he likes to be challenged in math and I see no reason that he would not do very well in the higher level courses in high school. He is quite young though and I hate to make choices now that could be problematic in the future.
My choices seem to be to have him take the required tests and accelerate through the high-school math courses or instead he may be allowed to work independently during math classes on courses I purchase for him through EPGY, AoPS, etc but take the end of grade tests on grade level and not be accelerated.
