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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This makes no sense.  They take precal then calc bc.  [/quote] Not at OP's school, apparently.[/quote]

Yes, at OP’s school. OP doesn’t like the “taking precalc before taking calc bc” requirement. [/quote]

OP here. Should clarify. We're planning on taking precalc also freshman year, including the AP Precalc exam. The idea is to take the AP Precalc and Calc AB exam both May 2026 and then continue with Calc BC in the fall.

To those who have responded about community college options: (a) these are already dual-enrollment classes; (b) the community college (which is part of Virginia's system) requires an exception if freshmen (< 16 years?) take classes there; (c) they don't administer AP exams.  So we don't have the time (or feel the need to) enroll as an external student there for Calc AB.  Although I suppose it would be an option to just show up there?  But politically as fraught.

I understand that this may dismay the school, let's not forget that the teachers  are split on this issue as well (and I can see reasonable points on both sides).  One half of teachers keeps warning about overacceleration - several have told us they discouraged Algebra in 6th, etc.; the other half is respectful of talented and engaged students and assesses them properly and gives them fair chances. Our child excelled in Algebra I in 6th, Geometry in 7th, and Algebra II in 8th.  They've taken Algebra 3 on AoPS and are now 50% through Khan's Calc AB.

Interestingly, despite having a successful cohort of kids accelerated through MS, some HS teachers take the side of slowdown and oppose, for instance, direct precalc to BC advancement. This may be in part because they see a (small?) number of overaccelerated students who shouldn't have taken Algebra in 7, struggled with Geometry in 8th, and then aren't engaged with Algebra II in 9th.

In any event, YOLO.  We don't have the option of doing this twice.  I'm confident that stretching the school calc material over 2 years instead of one year, for a child with a background like ours, is not a wise choice.  So we'll try.
[/quote] If it's DE, then do precalc in the fall and calc 1 in the spring. For a real challenge look at AMC 8 or 10[/quote]

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