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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not OP.

[b]So taking 3 levels of math above calculus (and doing well) has no value in college admissions over a kid who takes precalculus or calculus as a senior?[/b]
I don't think I've seen that play out in my limited experience.

I know a few kids who were on this track (calc in 9th or 10th followed by 2-3 years of post-calc math) and they were among the few in their class who were accepted to very top universities (Stanford last year, Cornell this year among my very small circle of friends with older kids).

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If they’re going for math, yes. If they’re going for literally any other major, it’s probably not worth it to be that far ahead unless the student just genuinely enjoys it and getting As in those classes comes easily. [/quote]

immediate pp here, and I should add that there is a big difference between precalc and calc as a senior. Calc is the norm for college bound seniors in the dc area. [/quote]
The student has to do something with it to be really impressive.  A guy I graduated from high school with solved a proof in fewer steps than had been done previously. It was published.  He won a major math award that usually went to full professors.  He got into Harvard, Stanford and Yale.

You need to show you can apply the knowledge.  Join FIRST robotics and demonstrate leadership.  Do research with a professor and get published.  Start a business and sell a product.  Invent something and file for a patent.  Etc.  [/quote]

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