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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your post is giving me anxiety, my kids are in elementary. So are you saying that we should invest in math tutors?[/quote]

The one piece of solid advice I can offer is that A kid who is not at least  in pre-algebra in seventh grade is going to have a hard time with college admissions.  Most competitive schools want to see calculus on  the transcript. There are 4  classes between calculus and pre-algebra algebra, geometry, algebra-2and  pre-calculus. Once you’re off that track it’s pretty hard.[/quote]

That kid won't have "a hard time with college admissions."  They'll have a hard time getting into highly competitive schools, for sure. Like the vast majority of applicants.

But there are way more schools out there than the 50 or so highly competitive ones that people on DCUM think are the only ones that exist.

Most kids are not headed toward the most highly selective schools and that's okay.[/quote]

DP.  I did not grow up on the East Coast or go to school on the East Coast and I think the obsession on DCUM with Ivies and top elite schools is silly.  But any decent college, anywhere in the country, wants to see calculus on the HS transcript.  The new AP Precalc class isn't fooling anyone.

Are classes past calculus needed (or a good idea)? No.  But calculus is.[/quote]

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