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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is one topic that parents/students don't realize as they begin to take HS level mathematics courses in middle school (and earlier).  Colleges want to see 4 years of mathematics taken in high school.  Unfortunately, families don't understand this as they begin accelerating in mathematics and it hurts many students in their future academic years.[/quote]

I agree.

I am the person who posted about the 2 siblings with nearly identical stats and activities.

The one who was more advanced in math and finished calculus junior year was my first.  I had no idea that my oldest would be penalized for taking econ instead of math.  I just assumed that because they were a year ahead in math compared to most of their graduating class, and because they had great stats and were going into humanities that they would be well set up for successful applications.  We were so wrong.

I wished the counselor would have told us directly that because their stats put them in range for more competitive achools, that they must take math senior year, even if it meant repeating calculus via BC or multivariable.

We did not make that mistake with our second kid.[/quote]

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