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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your child is getting to Calc junior year, they are probably a strong student.  I would take B/C and then MV as a senior..or AP stats.  If they are struggling at all in honors pre-calc though..choose A/B.  Also consider possible college majors.  Tech programs will like to see MV.[/quote]

I agree with the advice above -- it's not just about precalc as an indicator of success but about the teacher and program at your kid's HS, plus the factor of distance learning for the remainder of precalc.

My oldest is very, very strong in math. He sailed through all previous math classes, including precalc. Calc BC was a dose of cold water in the face -- he had to work his butt off for a B first semester junior year, his first B ever. He's also had to work his butt off in MV this year. He's at WJHS and the teacher, Mr. Choi, is very good but hard-core. From what my DS reports, the AP BC exam was a piece of cake and most of his classmates got 5s. Don't get me wrong, I thought his having Mr. Choi was a great experience for him, to have that class difficulty approximating a college-level course and to learn the discipline of doing all problem sets on time, every night to keep up. Being a strong math student and having no struggles in pre-calc, however, was not an indication that BC

There's nothing wrong with doing AB junior year and BC senior year; I know plenty of DS' classmates who have gotten into technical and engineering programs without MV. [/quote]

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