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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But imagine if your son took that calculus class, having never taken calculus in high school? He would really be suffering.  It’s almost like high school calculus is even though AP is just meant to prepare them for college calculus [/quote]

This. Modern college calculus courses at many colleges are paced rapidly on the belief nearly all students had at least 1 year of HS calculus. Students coming into calculus 101/102 de novo are at a huge disadvantage. And those courses commonly are curved, placing those new to calculus at the bottom of the curve. [/quote]

Calc 1,2,3 has been a standard sequence for at least 40 years [/quote]

At some colleges, absolutely.

Many others have increased depth and increased pace during the past 40 or so years as % of freshmen with HS Calculus or more advanced math has increased. [/quote]
My high school calc class used the same text book as my university for Calc 1, 2 and 3.  Perhaps the exams were harder, but the content was largely the same.[/quote]

But high school teaches calc 1 as an AP class over a year, and are largely just teaches to the AP test.  College teaches it over one semester and may cover material more in depth. Same with calc 2 and 3.  [/quote]

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