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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Or Discrete Math. Sadly, the top universities want to see calculus finished and with an A too, before appication whic means by end of jr. year. DC did that and is now taking college chemistry so to hit the chemistry subject matter test hard in the fall. It's a brutal college app. world out there.[/quote]

It's only brutal if that's the path you take.  There are plenty of good universities, or colleges and majors within certain universities, which are perfectly fine with completion of pre-calculus before college. Unless your DC is applying for engineering at a Top 10-15 school, they can probably do just fine if they take Algebra I in 8th grade.  My DD took Algebra I in 8th grade, didn't take honors math at all, has never gotten an A in a math course, and is not taking calculus in high school (although she will take AP Stats as a senior).  As tragic as this is, I fully expect her to be able to attend a decent school.

[/quote]Not a tragedy and your expectations of DD attending a decent school are not unreasonable.  My DC has taken Algebra, Geometry, Advanced Math, and Calculus.  The science courses are honors and AP.  At our private school, it is rare when you are allowed to deviate from the track.  I have spoken to all of DC's interested schools and every one has said the math track will not keep DC from being competitive.  Our private is well known and the counselors have said the same thing because the colleges are familiar with the intensity of the courses.

I get a lot of great information from DCUM but I would never count as [b]gospel[/b] anything in a thread that has to do with college admissions.  That lies in the hands of the admissions staff.[/quote]

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