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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1/4 of Harvard students take beyond Calc BC, more than 1/4 of Princeton students take beyond Calc BC.

It is not unreasonable for seniors applying to UVA to have taken Calculus beyond Calc BC.

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It is over half of entering freshman in Engineering and other stem majors at Princeton who have taken post-BC calc , same with Penn. 
Most of them took it as a part of the normal high school curriculum. That is a widely taken path at top public and private day and boarding schools in NY NJ MA , and additionally very common for internationals (a large segment of engineering at these two schools). Thus these students are not taking random CC classes to get to post- BC: they are just taking the highest math path offered at their high school. It is in Virginia too as a normal path, but seems to be offered at only a few scattered schools. No college expects students to take rigor not offered at the high school: completely unnecessary. [/quote]

The acceptance rate for top public and independent schools into Ivies far exceeds that of public schools.  It is not even close.  Why is it okay for these students to take post-BC math but not a lowly regular public school attendee??

It seems to be a great equalizer, no?  A typical public school ends math at Calc BC  The exceptional students who want to take Multi/Linear Alg/Diff Equations and does so at the local community college are somehow going to be harmed by that?  No, quite the contrary.  They will benefit by it.  [/quote] of course they are not harmed! It just is not necessary because the colleges will not expect ot like they do from a school where ot is offered. Yes absolutely an exceptional math student should do it if they can because once they are at the ivy/+ they will realize they are on par with others rather than behind a large chunk[/quote]

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