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[quote=Anonymous]Agreed Years ago, I earned a STEM degree from a well known regional public university. Calc 101 (differential) had 45 students in my section. 43/45 had taken 1 full year of HS Calculus. Of the 43, 30/45 had taken either AP Calc AB or AP Calc BC. So the course (and also Calc 102 - integral) was paced rapidly -- more like review than de novo instruction. Like many STEM classes, it was graded on a bell curve (with the median set to 3.1 in that class). The 2/45 of us without a full year of HS Calculus (Calc was not offered at our different HSs) were in a deep hole before first day of class. The curve and the lack of prior exposure meant we were always in the bottom half of the class -- even though we were diligent with homework, diligent with study, and we also camped out at office hours.[/quote]
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