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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks to all posters. Am not OP, but great to hear many opinions on middle school math tracks.

With much longer view - don't most selective colleges require math/physics/cs/ee majors to start over again from scratch in full-rigor proof-focused calculus?
They did at my undergrad even for those that had done DiffEq in high school. Remember same undergrad policy at grad school institution. Has this changed?
Why the rush to have high school kids speed through advanced mathematics they likely don't understand at a deep level?[/quote]

I have two children currently in college.

Child A took Algebra Honors in 8th grade and took BC Calculus as a senior and scores a 4.  He went to Purdue. They gave him two semesters of calculus for his AP score.  He skipped one and retook the second semester. He said that it was really easy and there was noting that he missed.  He is about to graduate in Computer Engineering and has a job waiting for him.

Child at took Algebra Honors in 7th grade, got a 5 on the BC Calculus test in 11th grade and took Matrix Algebra and Multivariable Calculus and we paid for the GMU credit.  He got three credits of Calculus credited from RPI and started out with Differential equations freshman year.  He is a junior with senior credits.

Both were [i]extremely[/i] well prepared in math and science.  Both get very good grades.  [/quote]

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