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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not sure how kids not to taking Calc BC going for engineering major.  DD got 5 on Calc BC and SAT math 800 thinks engineering may be to hard for her 🙄[/quote]

.....what[/quote]

Yeah, this person is a bit naive.  Plenty of kids become engineers without having ever taken AP calc in HS, because AP classes were not as readily available.   Just think back to when we were in HS.  In my HS class of 500, there were 13 of us in regular Calculus.  AP calc wasn't a thing.  Yet somehow many of my HS class went on to become engineers/doctors/STEM PHDs/StEM majors who did not even have Calculus in HS.

Plenty of kids attend STEM Schools (WPI/Colorado school of mines are just a few I can think of, there are plenty more), who start in Calc 1 (which means then did not score a 4 or 5 on AP Calc AB or BC) and go on to be successful engineers. AP classes cover college material---many kids are not ready for the material until they are at college and that is really just fine[/quote]

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