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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The standard in private school is Algebra 1 in 8th. A few are accelerated to A1 in 7th, but almost none in 6th. Some public school systems are willing to accelerate much more routinely. I'm not sure what the point is -- anyone who needs post-calculus would benefit from taking a more in depth class in college.[/quote]

The obsession with doing post calculus work in HS is silly—I’d argue that’s true even if your kid will likely be a math major (and you’d have to start thinking about that at a very young age which I also think is silly). You will get more in depth post calculus classes in college. [/quote]

You don't get it. It's for college admissions. The arms race for college admissions has never been more cutthroat.

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Well, that doesn't play out in private schools. Kids attending top colleges from our school did not take post calc. It simply is not required.[/quote]

At my kid's private school, the kids who took BC Calc during sophomore year had the best college results (multiple offers in T10). I'm sure their overall applications were strong but academically they were super strong in math. 
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I mean that’s clearly a correlation / causation argument. It was likely they were also just the smartest, most motivated students. They probably would have done well with admissions even if they weren’t 2 years ahead in math[/quote]

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