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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Selingo’s book says calculus is viewed as one of the strongest signals of preparation for an elite college. One of the most prominent college advisors also says that calculus is an important signal and that AP stats is not viewed as favorably (though that this is changing a bit as stats becomes ever more  important).[/quote]

So only applicable if the kid wants to attend a T20 school. Even then, I'm sure there are history majors at Yale who did not take AP Calc---willing to bet some $$ on that. [/quote]

Around I think it was 97% of Harvard students took calculus in high school. But about a third were not AP. I assume that’s some mix of IB, DE, private schools w/o AP, and something akin to Calculus with Applications. The reason this stat was notable was that a good chunk of American high schools don’t offer any version of calculus.[/quote]

Found my source - the Selingo book -
“ In 2019, 67 percent of freshmen at Harvard reported they took AP Calculus in high school, and another 30 percent took some kind of calculus class. That’s all first-year students at Harvard, no matter their major. But consider this: only half of American high schools offer a calculus course.”[/quote]

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