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[b]The top tier colleges are looking for kids who took Calculus, they are not looking for anything beyond that.[/b] FCPS is already an anomaly with 7th grade Algebra, it is just becoming more of one with 6th grade Algebra. The peer group is still going to consist of most kids taking Algebra 1 in 8th grade and a decent number in 9th grade. The kids who are waiting until 7th for Algebra are going to be just fine.[/quote]
I talked to an admissions officer at Virginia Tech, and they told me that if the high school offered post-BC calc courses (such as MV), or Linear Algebra (even if only via the CC route), they expect their STEM applicants to have taken it.
Can't speak to "top tier colleges," but if a lowly state school like Tech expects this, you can extrapolate.

The majority of what you call the "peer group" of students applying to top tier colleges probably takes Algebra I/H before 8th grade, given that nationally close to 40% have taken it by 8th grade. (Back of the envelope calculations: top-tier colleges admit < 100k students/year; there are roughly ~4M per year in the US, 1.6M of which will have taken it by 8th grade, and the "peer group" applying to top-tier college is, you can reliably assume, a small subset of it.)

So yes - if your child doesn't take Algebra I by 7th, they shouldn't consider themselves competitive.[/quote]

This is completely inaccurate. I know several recent STEM admits to VT who took Calculus their senior year.  Stop fear mongering.  [/quote]

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