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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, what’s the senior kid who took Calculus BC junior year supposed to take to look good to colleges then?  Personally, I don’t think the answer depends on whether you are a STEM kid.  I don’t consider these things substitutes for college courses, it’s just basic knowledge and thinking skills. [/quote]

At that point, take multi.

The issue I have is this is getting pretty deep into what ought to be college material, and ideally should all be retaken later.  Then, if it is retaken, will the student just breeze through saying I already know all this, or will they slow down and notice the subtle things that were left out or mis-stated in HS.  The HS math teachers my kids have had are good, the one's I had were good, but there are things that just aren't taught well in HS.  E.g., pet peeve, when to use a counter example.  HS teachers tend to be bad at this. In college you won't find instructors who fumble around trying to prove a negative algebraically.  HS teachers are good at computational calculus, but there's more to learn.[/quote]

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