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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish it didn’t matter, but I have toured over 15 colleges with my junior, from JMU to Tufts, and almost everywhere has mentioned wanting to see calculus in high school. Most engineering programs require it. And every admissions director has said that your course load is more important than everything else.

As a non- math person who never went beyond trig in high school myself,  I would love to agree with the posters that say it doesn’t matter for college admissions, but it’s simply not true. It won’t necessarily alter the course of your career plans, but it most definitely alters the colleges and programs you have access to. [/quote]

I have two kids attending excellent colleges (ones that even the DCUM snobs rave about).  Neither took calculus in high school.  Neither is majoring in a STEM field.  They had no problem at all with college acceptances.

Yes, of course students need to take calculus if they're applying for engineering programs or perhaps some STEM fields.  Humanities majors do not require calculus.  [/quote]

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