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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, that's right. A couple of this year's Ivy League-bound seniors took AP Calculus AB in 8th grade and BC in 9th grade.  They scored high.
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[b]The regular trajectory at Basis is calculus in 9th grade, right? [/b] My 7th grader has algebra this year, I think pre-calc in 8th and then calc in 9th?  Which still seems crazy early to me (back in the dinosaur late 80s I took calc in 12th grade  - and that was the advanced track).[/quote]

Wrong. The regular trajectory is Calculus AB in 10th grade. Very advanced students can do it in 9th, but it is rare to get that placement, and Basis is very upfront about that. They also have a slower track that will have you do Calculus AB in 11th grade.[/quote]

It's interesting that they super accelerate only to split calculus into two years. At most of the NYC magnets, kids do either AB Calculus or BC Calculus... a advanced math student would never do both. There is roughly a 50% overlap between the two curriculums and you can easily skip right to BC Calc with a strong foundation. (In fact, the BC Calculus AP test gives a subscore for AB Calc.) So I find it an interesting decision to super accelerate math but then drag calculus out. If you're a math kid who is more interested in a facet of math other than calculus (number theory, discrete math, abstract algebra, stats, formal logic), it seems a particularly weird choice (although I've admittedly never understood the absolute obsession with calculus in HS given that engineering, comp sci, etc are actually more discrete math heavy).[/quote]

You don't have to take AB and BC Calc -- you just have to take 1 AP Calc course. I know in the past they offered Game Theory and Linear Algebra, but not sure if they are going forward. It probably depends on staffing, and how many people are taking these classes.[/quote]

Is AP Calc mandatory?[/quote]

AP Calc AB is mandatory. [/quote]

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