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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do private school kids catch up in the math sciences when they attend college? Or, do most private schools students mostly move to non STEM subjects?
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great question.

At our K-12 private in DC the "math families" had their kids doing Kumon on the side since 2nd grade and were pushed to join math club early on. [/quote]

As a member of a "math family" that attended privates that did algebra in 8th grade.  We didn't do any tutoring (although I did ask to go to match camp which is super fun, I did an architecture course) or be pushed to join a match club (I did do one of the competition clubs cause it was also fun and I stopped for sports).  My whole family went to great colleges and no one felt behind in math although there were some whizzes who raced through the math levels ahead of us, but those friends weren't necessarily knocking it out of the park in college match either...[/quote]

Huh?

Why would you feel behind in match if you didn’t major in match?

FYI- Algebra I or I or integrated is standard for 7th & 8th grade nowadays for top quartile students.[/quote]

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