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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IMO (and based on college office guidance), AB Calc is fine for non-math major, particularly if he will get a better grade and AP score. [/quote]

I agree, and regret our older (a social sciences oriented kid) having taken BC in 11th- he got a B and a 4 on the exam and I think that affected his college chances much more than if he had taken AB and gotten and A and a 5 on the exam (his BC subscore for AB was a 5). [/quote]

You have absolutely no idea if that's true, and I seriously doubt that it was.[/quote]

My kid got a 5 and a B+ and I think it is a definitely limiting.[/quote]

This jibes with what our private counselor has told us. [/quote]

Appreciate the insight.  It is such a bummer.  He attends a DC private with not a lot of grade inflation and took Calc BC as a junior (skipped AB bc grades were so high previously).  And he got a 5 on the test so he knew his stuff.  The tests in class were a lot harder than the AP exam.

He really wanted to take the class, but I wish I would have put my foot down rather than follow his lead bc a B+ junior year feels like it took him out of the running for several schools he really liked as that is a big hit to GPA.  And he doesn't even want to major in STEM.  He is a good kid and will be fine, but as a parent, you always want your kid to have the options they have worked hard for.[/quote]

If he's at a top DC private, a single B+ isn't going to change anything.  
I'm confused how you don't know that. [/quote]

I’m confused as how you know it won’t, lol.  We were told junior year grades should be pretty close to perfect.[/quote]

Is your kid at a Big3?
(Sidwell, GDS, STA)[/quote]

Yep (though I hate using that term).  Kid was told that schools want to see progression, so lower grades earlier in HS were okay but is a red flag to have done so well previously and then dropped to a B+.  My guess is he would have done well in AB.  Kid wont be STEM major, so probably should have stayed in his lane, hindsight being 20/20.  [/quote]

But they also want to see rigor. Taking the most rigorous possible math class junior year and getting a B+ is not what’s going to keep your kid from getting into any school. Come on.[/quote]

I am happy to be wrong :)  just going by some info that was conveyed to me and my kid.  (And BC Calc is not most rigorous math class at kid’s school.  But also, I think AB Calc is considered rigorous too.)[/quote]

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