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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My humanities kid never bothered with Calculus at all and I'm glad.  They were busy with AP classes in all their other subjects and Calculus was totally unnecessary for their college plans.  Had no problem at all with college admissions.[/quote]

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English major niece took four years of math ending with pre-calculus but took AP elsewhere and it didn't matter; got into her top (selective but not an Ivy) choice[/quote]

Just bumping this thread because we're making course decisions for a rising 9th grader. Our school is known for notoriously hard AP math classes, and we're weighing the time spent studying for math vs using that time for other things. DC will not be a STEM major. For these posters whose kids were fine with college admission without calculus, can you share which colleges?

FWIW, we have older kids at the same school so we are familiar with the math curriculum and how difficult it is. It makes me sad actually bc I took AP Calc with no issues in HS and would have wanted our kids (who are bright) to have a successful math experience. Older DC was accepted early to HYPS without Calc but had other compelling factors, so I think it's true that colleges looks at applications holistically. But still...would like feedback from other families who have made similar choices. [/quote]

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