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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is a math major at an Elite school. In HS they stopped at BC and instead took AP stats for "fun". They haven't had any trouble keeping up to date. Let your kids be themselves.[/quote]

Had you taken Calculus BC freshman year of HS could you see that 4 years later that might had been to much of a gap in time to apply that to otter classes?[/quote]

Maybe if they had just taken BC early and then stopped Math. I don't think that would have worked at their school, kids are expected to take a course in each core area every term.

The kid is very smart, grades were never an issue. They focused on taking a regular load of classes each year with the most difficult rigor available at the school for their pace. They finished with 14 APs, a very high GPA and time for solid ECs and starting on a team that was ranked 8th in the country.

They are a Math major at a school that parents on this board dream of daily and they don't feel at like they are at any disadvantage in terms of keeping up. One of their teammates (a year older) basically followed the same path and they are a math major at U Chicago, also no challenges.

I don't think that acceleration beyond BC is necessary for success as a Math major at any of these schools but that just comes from watching a couple of very successful kids who stopped at BC. [/quote]

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