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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After AP BC Calculus, there is Multi-variable Calculus and Linear Algebra. (At schools with and IB program, the top HL math class explores a variety of topics.)

In college, it will depend on the college what level students are placed in for math. UMD accepts AP BC Calculus credit with a 4 or 5 score. There is also a process (at least there was in 2019) where students in MVC can take the UMD MVC final in order to earn credit for MVC if they attend UMD. At other colleges, I would just retake whatever the last level you were in as a freshman. It should be an easy A, might fill in any gaps, and have the student better prepared for the next math course at that college.

https://www.transfercredit.umd.edu/plc/APGenEd.pdf 
(non-STEM majors take note - AP AB or BC Calculus credit will satisfy your gen ed math requirements, so it is worth taking the test!)[/quote]

At the school where I teach, we separate credit and placement.  Typically kids from TJ (I've seen several of those, none from Blair) who are far ahead in math get credit from the AP exam for Calc (1 year) and then place into the math class that suits their level. So to meet a math requirement say for engineering (true for all schools for accreditation) they may need to take some other types of math, but as several PPs have mentioned there are many, many options (lin alg, Diff eq, probability, stats, optimization). If the student is a math major, of course this allows them to take lots more math, and if he/she does humanities they may place out of math altogether.
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