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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid’s math teacher is apoplectic about AP Pre Calc - it is not a college class.  College-bound students should have taken pre-calculus, at a minimum, during high school.

My kid’s HS says 3 APs TOTAL is average on college profile, though anecdotally his friends all have several more.  My kid has 6 classes and has taken/will take 7 exams.  All 5s on the exams so far.  He applied to top 20 school ED (not Ivy).

Although, once he knows where he is going, he will confirm the college accepts AP credit.  His ED does (gets you out of core requirements).  But, if he ends up elsewhere and they don’t accept, he isn’t going to sit for spring AP exams.  [/quote]

I think most colleges actually do teach precalc now, as a practical matter. Even T20s. Because they all use in-house placement tests (actually mostly ALEKS) and they can’t kick out a new freshman for failing the placement test.

But the other reason the College Board is doing it is because having AP Stats and not AP Precalc creates a counterproductive incentive for kids to take AP Stats instead of AP Precalc after Alg2. Also, this will allow kids who take Precalc as juniors to have a score available to submit to the “test blind” UC Schools. [/quote]

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