Reply to DC is getting a C+ in Advanced Calculus

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "DC is getting a C+ in Advanced Calculus "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most kids in NYC who enter SHSAT schools (Stuy, Bronx Science, etc.) from public schools end up doing calc as a senior. And these are the best and brightest.

The take calc early phenomenon is dumb. It is not proving anything.[/quote]

Stuy is THE best STEM magnet school in the country, yet fcps moms say they are very behind.[/quote]

Exactly. That is why I mentioned this. I live in NYC and have friends with kids at allegedly top suburban schools in VA, NC and MD who are obsessed with pushing their kids ahead and think it shows that their kids are so brilliant and their schools are so great. It really doesn't. But they are in their little bubble.

I have also heard that [b]these kids who place into super advanced math sometimes end up struggling if they end up at top colleges because they aren't as prepared as they think they are[/b].[/quote]

I’ve heard quite a few cases where public school students failed miserably in college calculus class.  The AP classes or whatever more advanced math courses offered in these public schools are not well taught.  The foundation is just not there.[/quote]

I think this applies more to kids who try to get into third semester or more advanced calc where they were expected to have learned calculus really well in high school. Kids who take Math 1 or Math 2 in college don't have this issue as much.

I told my kid to basically start over in most areas if possible when they got to college (Ivy+). They went to a great HS with excellent teachers but still better to refresh the material at college with the professors there, unless it meant stepping way back and being totally bored. College is hard enough as it is. No need to rush through.

Relatedly, these issues particularly apply to kids who take APs classes early in HS, then haven't really thought about the topic in a few years then have to start again in college, and at a higher level.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics