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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a child at UVA and from what I’ve seen, they admit students who took calculus (either AB or BC) senior year in the Arts & Sciences college.  Your child can take precalculus at community college perhaps. I think summer is a good time to take a hard math class because they can focus on just one subject although it will move fast.  [/quote]
Are you trying to say that UVA denies students who did not have calculus in high school?[/quote]
[b]Competitive schools look at transcripts to see if students took the most challenging courses[/b].  If most of her classmates are a math course ahead, then she's going to be disadvantaged.  It doesn't mean she can't overcome that issue, but she'll need something else to offset her lower math track. [/quote]

This.  UVA is looking for students who exhausted the resources given to them. The term is "most rigorous" courses offered.  Most high schools offer calculus (and beyond) so if you do not take it when offered, you will be judged against students who have taken it in your high school[/quote]

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