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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SSSAS is also weirdly restrictive about BC calc. I was told that everyone who took the exam last year got a 5. That COULD mean the preparation is out of this world (and it is probably very good) but more likely, everyone who might score a 4 is just being filtered down to AB.

That's not necessarily a bad philosophy, but it might differ from Flint Hill's. Worth asking about at both schools.[/quote]

WHAT?? This is the silliest thing I've ever heard. They don't filter out kids they THINK will get 4s on BC Calc exams so they can keep their numbers up? Those aren't reportable anyway.

SSSAS math has multiple tiers and tracks  They have a really good flow chart you can ask to see which explains which math classes put you into which tracks. Kids move in and out of these tracks as their grades necessitate. A very simplistic way of looking at it is this: Geometry (9), Alg 2/Trig (10), Pre-Calc (11) and Calc (12). There are many levels within each of these, and we have known some kids who have started 9th grade at Alg 1 and others who took Geometry in 8th and went straight into Alg 2/Trig. They work with your student. [/quote]

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