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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The more important question is will the student be prepared for college without pre-calc. Any stem or business field is going to build upon calc, so entering college without having pre-calc would be detrimental. [b]Even a humanities or art student will need to take a general college level math course[/b]. The bottom line is not taking pre-calc in high school is setting up for math failure in college. [/quote]

Yes, I agree that if they are going into STEM, some aspects of Business (though marketing and the like at a non-selective school isn't going to build on calc) or many Social Sciences (Econ, Psych, Sociology all have quant focus in their research) or if they are going to a selective school. But for a general math credit,  they can take statistics or something like that and usually schools have options for pass/fail in a non-major math class.  Once you step outside of the selective college realm, there's a lot more options.  I would still encourage a kid to take Pre-Calc (Calc actually too!), but she's not doomed if she doesn't.
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My kid’s statistics class used a fair amount of calculus.  It wasn’t technically required, but it was clearly how the prof’s mind worked because the explanations of lessons that relied on calculus were clear, but the “non-calc” alternatives were really hard to follow.  I know b/c DC asked me to explain a lot of the material that he wasn’t understanding. [/quote]

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