AP Calculus BC at TJ

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Anonymous wrote:Do they take Calc BC in 11th grade in order for it to show up on the college application? I don't think getting an A in senior year mattered?

Many take it the 2nd year. Or, maybe TJ students did this before the admissions standards were lowered.

I thought AP Calculus AB/BC needs Algebra 1/2/Geometry and Precalculus, that's 4 years of math starting at 7th. How could anyone get AP Calc at 10th grade?

Exactly.

So to take Calculus as a Sophomore ( pls stop saying its 2nd year!!) You woul need to have completed Algebra 2 Homs in Middle School. Taken M4 and M5 as a freshman or over summer.

Not many folks do this. PP is probably just extrapolating off his own kid ( good for him, hopefully) or not well informed.

Cal A/B or B/C in Jr year is the most common sequence

Low class barrons call it 2nd year. Higher ranks peerage exclusively use Sophomore!

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Anonymous wrote:A kid who can't manage to get a good grade in Calc BC, by 12th grade, has no business taking a spot at TJ.

Kid didn't earn the spot. Equity admissions process offered it. And equity idiots are convincing the kid to stay there at the bottom of the class with mostly Cs and occasional B-. But only the misfit kid and their family know the misery of not being able to keep up with TJ rigor.

FYI - even before the changes, a good 40-50% of the kids were struggling on the grades. This is not a new phenomenon.

fact check: 4 to 5% struggled before admission changes, now a solid 40 to 50% struggle after essay aka lottery admission was put in place