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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I listened to YCBK this morning on my commute and they were basically saying AP precalc is a joke. Ugh. This is the junior year class and AP test my kid did - and we were so psyched w a great score. Doing calc now.

Do other kids applying to CWRU and BC-level colleges have AP Calc done in junior year?[/quote]
Not all AP Precalc courses are alike. The college board curriculum provides 4 units, but only 3 are on the exam.  So the true value of this course will *very much* depend on who it is taught/who is teaching it, even though this difference probably won't be visible on your child's transcript.

For that reason, some FCPS schools offer two versions of AP Precalc: AP Precalc "AB" and "BC", with the latter the version being the one that's more intense and covers all 4 units.  Other districts provide DE/AP Precalculus which extends the CB curriculum with some additional items to match a DE curriculum, though it's not much.

So you need to carefully ask how it's taught. The barebones, 3 units version to just meet the College AP test is more of a joke than a fuller version would be that includes all the material traditionally taught in an honor precalc course, particularly one that prepares student to take Calc BC directly without spending another semester or year on Calc AB.[/quote]

But CWRU isn’t going to know any of this granular detail. People just do the best they can at their high school, and it works itself out. [/quote]
DP. I think they do have access to some of the info, particularly to the course catalog, but I would agree that they aren't paying that close attention. They are reviewing the transcript, and attaching whatever rigor ratings/calculations that they systematically use, in just minutes.[/quote]

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