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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I did not take calc in HS back in 1989. Wasn't 'on track' to do so. Did All Geo, Al 2, PreCalc. HS didn't offer it to most.

Took calc in college but almost everyone else had already taken it! I felt behind.

I'd try going fo it as it's gotten so much more expected since then![/quote]

Same, I did felt behind without calc but it worked out for me at that time.

But today a much larger percent of college bound students have calc and the course structure has been completely rewritten to support that.  E.g. students take algebra younger but it doesn't cover the same topics, many skills are pushed later.  A student today who graduates without calc, is showing deficiency, this isn't because calculus is so all important, it's because the high school sequence has been reworked to make calc the culminating experience.  Anyway, a humanities student with AP credit, may never take another math class in college which is more valuable to someone who dislikes math than it is to a STEM major.  But, yes top schools look for rigor in all core corses and have math requirements once you get there.[/quote]

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