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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Multiple kids in my 12th graders' FCPS AB Calc class going to Ivys.  And I mean about five kids going to top Ivys. So I kind of think the math acceleration thing is BS. (My own DC going to a perfectly fine college, we were not playing the Ivys game). Just noting that after going through college admissions with my 12th grader, you can really see it is a crap shoot. Just take plenty of APs and get great grades and great SATs.  But you do not have to be in a super accelerated math class, that is now clear.[/quote]

Thank you for sharing this. We don't have kids in college yet but math track is something we are constantly talking about. Husband was one of those kids who took Calc as a 9th grader and is pretty strongly against accelerating the kids. He grinded throughout HS and went to HYP and is now a lawyer. He doesn't see the point of spending his early years doing so much math when his true interests were elsewhere. I took Calc BC as a senior, went off to college and got my butt kicked in MV. Wow, I realised how I truly BS'd my way into getting a 5 on the BC AP exam.

Our kids are good at math but we see stronger natural interest in the humanities, history. Our oldest is on track to finish with AP Calc AB so we'll see where he lands. Our others have the opportunity to accelerate to take Calc in 10th but we decided to keep them on the "regular" "accelerated track"... Calc in 11th. [/quote]

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