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[quote=Anonymous]When my oldest was in middle school, he had a rough time with math, and we bumped him down a level in 7th grade. We didn't realize that would knock him off track for math (bad advice from his tutor, who was an MCPS teacher but unfamiliar with the changing curriculum.) He's now a HS junior who's taking Algebra 2 (honors) this year and we're wondering whether he should do precalc during the summer so that he'd be on level when he applies to college in the fall. He's a straight A math student, with a lot of support and work.

His HS counselor suggested to try to the summer precalc and then do Calculus with Applications, since that's less intense than AP Calc. Does this make sense? Is there some different sequencing that makes sense or should he not bother trying to 'fix' his math deficit at this stage? Parents are math idiots and generally clueless about the math curriculum as evidenced by the 7th grade screwup.

Fwiw he's interested in history and languages and won't be applying for anything STEM-related. UW GPA is 3.8 at a good MCPS HS, probably 6 APs by the time he graduates. He's hoping for a SLAC but we know he's not competitive for highly selective schools no matter what he does for math. [/quote]

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