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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The majority of private schools in the DC area can and do offer Algebra 1 in 7th grade. The difference is that public schools, which are larger and therefore can offer and staff for more classes and tracks, can accelerate even further. Very, very few privates can accommodate precalc by 9th, for example. Publics can. But I really don’t see the need for kids to get more than a year or two beyond Calculus in HS - if they even get beyond Calculus in HS. That’s what college is *for*.[/quote] My thinking has changed on this after talking to a student who took differential equations or whatever the class is after Calculus B/C. Kid was at a competitive engineering program and came in w/ tons of AP credits overall, but the program required retaking that class for anyone who took it as a high school class. All to say, it probably helped with admission but that’s probably it. [/quote]
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