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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]About half of humanities admits at Princeton did not take any Calculus.  [/quote]

About half of US high schools don't offer it, though. So the question is whether there is an admissions hit if your HS offers it but you don't take it.[/quote]

It’s what your HS and other HS in the school district offer. You are competing with kids in your region [/quote]

You are competing with the kids in your school much more than the kids in your region. If you’re in the DMV, you’re not penalized for not attending TJ if you live in DC. It’s true that colleges will only take so many kids from a particular region, but that effect matters less than how many they will take from a single school.

Bottom line, if your school offers the harder math class, the ones who take it *and* do well in it will be stronger competitively, but if taking the easier class means your overall average will be high, while the other way will make your average go down, I’d take the easier class.[/quote]

Region is defined as kids in the same school system, in your example, your johnny from FCPS and will be competing with my kid from FCPS[/quote]

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