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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Calc BC by sophomore year.  Multi, linear equations and diff equations by senior year.  Also, don't wait for AP Stats but start now at your community college with the goal that you complete the Data Science courses offered.

Take intro to coding at your local community college ASAP, something like Intro to Python, Prgramming Fundamentals, etc.

By senior year, complete the community college's CS sequence.  That's why it's important to have Calc BC by sophomore year so that you can take upper level courses like optimisation algorithms, etc.

Get a 1530+ on SAT with 780+ on Math portion.

Do this and you have an okay shot at gaining acceptance.[/quote]

How does the Math path work from MS to get to Calc BC in sophomore year? [/quote]
DP.. here's what my kid did:

H Alg 7th
H Geom 8th
H Alg2/Trig 9th
IB Precalc 10th
AP BC Calc 11th
MVC 12th[/quote]

The AP BC Calc is in Junior year, not Sophomore?

What choice do we have if our MS doesn't offer Honors Algebra?[/quote]
Your choices in MS are to either just take the most rigorous classes your school offers, or get permission to take H Alg in HS.

IMO, you don't need to take BC calc sophomore year to get get direct admit to UMD CS.  Most HS in MCPS don't even have MVC, so your kid is fine with the math path I described above, or even ending up with AP BC cal senior year if your HS doesn't offer anything more.  Or, they can take MVC at MoCo college.

I would not worry about not being able to take harder math classes compared to other students from other HS.  They will look at your HS and whether you took the most rigorous classes there, and you also want a high AP calc and math SAT score.[/quote]

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