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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My STEM PhD husband didn't do all the math our daughter is doing in high school, simply because it wasn't offered. You cannot compare generations like this when it comes to education. Decades ago there wasn't all this acceleration available to most kids.

DD is in precalc in 9th, OP. She got there because she tested into algebra 1 in 6th. In 8th grade she was bused to her high school for algebra 2. She will take AP Calc BC next year, and then MVC and another math class. Also AP Physics C, both semesters. She has a list of 14 or so APs that she's working through - she's the competitive type. [/quote]

Ok?   This is not typical and honestly not necessary.   Students like this can have major problems when they’re at MIT or another top university and there are students on her level or higher who went the normal route.  [/quote] A student who went the normal route (precalc in 12th) will have a harder time getting into MIT, and once there will be unlikely to place out of first semester calc, much less MVC or even more advanced math courses.[/quote]

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