Post calculus classes in HS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those whose children took multivariable, linear eq and diff eq, what were their math SAT score?

The reason I ask is because it is incredibly rare to have math beyond Calc BC where I am from!

My kid who took all three had a 770.

And, it is very very rare for kids in the DMV to take MVC, LA, and DE in high school. Don’t get the wrong impression from this thread.

MVC is more common but it is much less common to do the other two.

Agreed. My senior currently taking MVC is one of maybe 10 in the graduating class of 500. Might do linear algebra in the spring; TBD.

[Anonymous]

When he gets to college he’ll take a placement test, and can try a class and swap after a few weeks if he wants. It’s not that deep.

Colleges have honors Calc / LA classes that are a good option kids who took the AP / community college version in HS and didn’t go deep.

What’s great about college is that to add another class if one class is very light, and you can no do that if one class is very hard like a double class.

[Anonymous]

And same goes for physics.

[Anonymous]

UMD offers credit by exam at all the MCPS schools that teach MV Calc / Diff Equ / Linear Algebra

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those whose children took multivariable, linear eq and diff eq, what were their math SAT score?

The reason I ask is because it is incredibly rare to have math beyond Calc BC where I am from!

My kid who took all three had a 770.

And, it is very very rare for kids in the DMV to take MVC, LA, and DE in high school. Don’t get the wrong impression from this thread.

MVC is more common but it is much less common to do the other two.

Isn’t MVC+DE a paired 2 semester course?
https://coursebulletin.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/publications/HSCourseBulletin2026.pdf

https://coursebulletin.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/CourseDetails/Index/MAT2038B

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those whose children took multivariable, linear eq and diff eq, what were their math SAT score?

The reason I ask is because it is incredibly rare to have math beyond Calc BC where I am from!

My kid who took all three had a 770.

And, it is very very rare for kids in the DMV to take MVC, LA, and DE in high school. Don’t get the wrong impression from this thread.

MVC is more common but it is much less common to do the other two.

My child and at least 2 dozen of his class mates have all completed MVC, LA, and DE in high school. It is hardly rare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those whose children took multivariable, linear eq and diff eq, what were their math SAT score?

The reason I ask is because it is incredibly rare to have math beyond Calc BC where I am from!

My kid who took all three had a 770.

And, it is very very rare for kids in the DMV to take MVC, LA, and DE in high school. Don’t get the wrong impression from this thread.

MVC is more common but it is much less common to do the other two.

My child and at least 2 dozen of his class mates have all completed MVC, LA, and DE in high school. It is hardly rare.

Ok, let’s say there are 200,000 HS students in the DMV, or 50,000 graduating seniors. How many do you think will have taken all three of those classes before they graduate? Half? 5,000? 500? 150?

[Anonymous]

Son is a freshmen at UMD this year, graduated high school with an associates from local community college. UMD took all of his credits so he is starting off with DiffEq for math, which has been challenging, but doable. His friends who are taking Calc 3 at UMD are actually struggling more than the higher level math.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those whose children took multivariable, linear eq and diff eq, what were their math SAT score?

The reason I ask is because it is incredibly rare to have math beyond Calc BC where I am from!

My kid who took all three had a 770.

And, it is very very rare for kids in the DMV to take MVC, LA, and DE in high school. Don’t get the wrong impression from this thread.

MVC is more common but it is much less common to do the other two.

My child and at least 2 dozen of his class mates have all completed MVC, LA, and DE in high school. It is hardly rare.

Sampling bias at work. :D

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those whose children took multivariable, linear eq and diff eq, what were their math SAT score?

The reason I ask is because it is incredibly rare to have math beyond Calc BC where I am from!

800 SAT in math beginning of junior year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those whose children took multivariable, linear eq and diff eq, what were their math SAT score?

The reason I ask is because it is incredibly rare to have math beyond Calc BC where I am from!

My kid who took all three had a 770.

And, it is very very rare for kids in the DMV to take MVC, LA, and DE in high school. Don’t get the wrong impression from this thread.

MVC is more common but it is much less common to do the other two.

My child and at least 2 dozen of his class mates have all completed MVC, LA, and DE in high school. It is hardly rare.

It's rare in the US. Not at your high school. Look at demographics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those whose children took multivariable, linear eq and diff eq, what were their math SAT score?

The reason I ask is because it is incredibly rare to have math beyond Calc BC where I am from!

My kid who took all three had a 770.

And, it is very very rare for kids in the DMV to take MVC, LA, and DE in high school. Don’t get the wrong impression from this thread.

MVC is more common but it is much less common to do the other two.

My child and at least 2 dozen of his class mates have all completed MVC, LA, and DE in high school. It is hardly rare.

Ok, let’s say there are 200,000 HS students in the DMV, or 50,000 graduating seniors. How many do you think will have taken all three of those classes before they graduate? Half? 5,000? 500? 150?

I find it kind of interesting that a very small number of kids take these super advanced math classes yet apparently a huge percentage of the parents of these kids waste their days posting here. One would think that such smart parents could be using their time more productively (obviously including myself in this group of those who are wasting their time).

DCUM - home of the humblebrag.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those whose children took multivariable, linear eq and diff eq, what were their math SAT score?

The reason I ask is because it is incredibly rare to have math beyond Calc BC where I am from!

My kid who took all three had a 770.

And, it is very very rare for kids in the DMV to take MVC, LA, and DE in high school. Don’t get the wrong impression from this thread.

MVC is more common but it is much less common to do the other two.

My child and at least 2 dozen of his class mates have all completed MVC, LA, and DE in high school. It is hardly rare.

Ok, let’s say there are 200,000 HS students in the DMV, or 50,000 graduating seniors. How many do you think will have taken all three of those classes before they graduate? Half? 5,000? 500? 150?

I find it kind of interesting that a very small number of kids take these super advanced math classes yet apparently a huge percentage of the parents of these kids waste their days posting here. One would think that such smart parents could be using their time more productively (obviously including myself in this group of those who are wasting their time).

DCUM - home of the humblebrag.

What a weird thing to write. People come here because they have some free time. It's not that strange that high achieving parents would be visiting a parenting/education forum. And given that the DMV is a high achieving area in general, it's not that weird that there would be a fair number kids who take post calc math. And not surprising their parents find it useful to ask about this kind of stuff in a big forum where they find advice from people with that kind of experience than they would asking around at their local high school.

Maybe look at your own insecurities and why you feel that asking about post-calc math is bragging when people are just trying to share facts and advice.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those whose children took multivariable, linear eq and diff eq, what were their math SAT score?

The reason I ask is because it is incredibly rare to have math beyond Calc BC where I am from![/quote]

My kid who took all three had a 770.

And, it is very very rare for kids in the DMV to take MVC, LA, and DE in high school. Don’t get the wrong impression from this thread.

MVC is more common but it is much less common to do the other two.[/quote]

Agreed. My senior currently taking MVC is one of maybe 10 in the graduating class of 500. Might do linear algebra in the spring; TBD. [/quote]

And those 10 are most likely to go to elite/ivy/CMU/ucb types of schools
My kids magnet in the region has 14 kids out of hundreds; the unhooked ivy/mit admits most commonly come from that group. Fastforward to kids ivy, which has a placement test, and the most common calc class that freshman take in fall correlates to BC calc. A very close second is MVC. For those in kid’s engineering track MVC is slightly more common than the correlative to BC. The class that corresponds closest to AB calc is the third most common for freshman, and the one below that is quite rare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It depends on the university. My current 1st year engineering student at UMD will not have to repeat MVC or physics.

It’s not about “have to.” People are saying it’s a good idea to repeat.