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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If a student takes honors precalculus in 10th grade, what do they take in 11th?  I had assumed calc but that isn’t offered to 11th graders.  So do they have to take statistics in 11th and then calc in 12th?  [/quote]

Where are you that calc isn't offered to 11th graders but pre-calc is offered to a 10th grader?  If that's the only option then stats junior year and calc senior is better than the other way round.  Colleges do like to see the hardest course senior year and AP Stats is more qualitative than quantitative and more of an elective than a core math class--at best it looks like taking the foot of the gas senior year at worst it indicates a math deficiency.

But MCPS has three calc classes: Calc with applications, AP Calc AB, and AP Calc BC.  Students can get credit for all three.  If math isn't the focus, Calc with Apps junior year followed by AP Calc AB, will provide a slower intro to the topic while keeping skills honed.  Even strong math students do well to take both Calc AB and Calc BC.  Some schools have Multivariable, in which case a really strong student would take Calc BC then Multi.[/quote]

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