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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd suggest non AP calculus for the above student. Even without going into a STEM field, he/she will probably need the "humanities majors version" of calculus (which was VERY different from the engineers & science majors version of calculus). That is how it was at my college at least 20 years ago.

Non AP Calculus is still going to help give him/her a foundation for a college course.

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To clarify, the "above student" would have already taken AP Calculus BC junior year.  The question is what to take for senior year.  Just because the kid isn't going into STEM doesn't mean that high-level math in high school is not good brain training for the kid, so the kid is taking the most rigorous course load available during high school.  This has so far been easy for the kid (in Honors Pre Calc now), but unsure whether the next two years would be significantly different -- meaning AP Calc BC and then Linear or Multivariable Calculus.  [/quote]

I'd recommend linear algebra, it's the sort of subject that if you know it, you may put it to use.  Calculus, the basic concepts are already in place after BC, and the techniques of multivariable aren't of much use outside technical fields.  But talk to counseling, and also try to find out which teacher/class is better at your school. [/quote]

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