Expert: Holly - 6/10/2004

Question
My daughter is a sophomore, she is very good at math and chemistry, she will take calculus and AP chemistry in her junior year, she scored 1200 on SAT when she was in 8th grade. She wants to be a math teacher, what would be a good school for her to study to become a math teacher and yet keep her option open for possible chemistry related career? She will also take honor physics, and French 4 in her junior year.
Thanks for the advice in advance.

Answer
Ok, the thing is, math and chemistry are great at a lot of schools, and particularly, it is not hard to find a school that has both a good math and a good chemistry program.  Additionally, as only a sophomore in high school, it is likely that she may change her mind about what she wants to do after school, and should go to a school based more on what she enjoys studying than what she thinks she wants to do afterwards, because there is a close correlation between the two but the latter provides a safer bet for her happiness than the former.

In any case, what I mostly wanted to say was that this really isn't enough information for me to help her figure out what school to go to, because there are SO many schools that are good in those areas.

Good luck, and feel free to ask me if you have more questions,
Holly