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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Half of Ivy League math majors took MV Calc and Linear Algebra in high school.

This usually means AP Calculus BC in sophomore year, but sometimes means junior year.

https://math.mit.edu/wim/2019/03/10/national-mathematics-survey/

This is a huge difference from just 20 years ago. [/quote]

Most people won't go to Ivies or major in mathematics so we are talking about roughly 1350 students each year, probably 350 wouldn't come with such courses because their schools didn't offer these so it goes down to 1000 students.[/quote]

It's not just math majors, though. Engineers, premeds, even social sciences kids at ivies have a surprising% that did post-BC math, typically one year of MV/LA (2yrs is much more rare). The top third of the prep schools and magnets have this as a track, not DE at a CC but a phD who teaches MV and LA , one semester each, to seniors. It is not at all rare here. No unhooked kids in the high school get into ivy/T10 without being in that top math group, and the group is so large that most of them "settle" for a T11-20, along with the ones who finish HS with BC calc, the second highest math group. Ending HS with "only" AB calc is the the second lowest math group. They are below average rigor and go to BC Northeastern and BU, but those are popular as they are regional.  There are over 500 kids who graduate with one post-BC math year from the Boston city and surrounding suburbian schools, not with any summer olympiads or skipping, just a normal progression of the math track[/quote]

Which is why I'm so glad I didn't send my kids to these prep school/magnets that offer MV/LA. Ours only offers up to AP Calc BC and each year we have kids going to Ivies + Stanford + MIT + a ton to our top flagship. Kids who end of AP Calc AB are also in this group.
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Glad your kids learned less?  Okay.[/quote]

Yes, I'm glad my kids are not learning MV and LA in high school. If they went to such prep school then they would have to be in that track to be competitive, even if they have no interest in stem or math. [/quote]

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