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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was talking with a friend who also has a kid in 9th. DS is taking Calc AB and her kid is in Geometry. She said that too much acceleration is a bad thing, and that we should be careful because it can make kids seem like overachievers and/or gunners. At first I thought it's just jealousy and that she is mad my kid is so advanced, but then I thought there may be some truth to what she is saying. It seems these days, colleges aren't looking for excellence so much as quirkiness and that kids who do well in subjects like math, aren't valued at all. It doesn't help that we're Asian. Anyway. I'm wondering what other people think.

PS. My younger child is in 7th and is not on an accelerated track. Both kids are happy and love school.[/quote]

Unless you want to go to MIT, so what?

For most top colleges,  Calculus AB/BC by 12th grade works.

Most high schools don't even offer Calculus. [/quote]
What year are you in? Most high schools in poor neighborhoods have calculus now. [/quote]

About 50% of high schools offer calculus. As of ~2016, I think it was 38% of Black and Latino-dominant (&gt;75%) schools. I’d guess that rural schools also fare poorly. I’m not aware of any DMV high schools not offering Calculus. [/quote]

People need to get out of their bubbles.

#clueless [/quote]

yup!

I moved a lot as a kid (ES/MS).  I lived in many rural towns in the midwest until I was 12.  I just checked the HS for one of them (and am so glad I moved away---I was already bored in grades 3-5   The top math class at the HS is Precalc, there is regular bio, chem and physics and that is it and a basic CS course.  NO AP courses at all.  Those kids simply have no choice.  There are also no Community colleges nearby (the nearest "town" with an actual mall when I lived there was 50 miles away)---so not a commutable option.  Kids who grow up there don't have choices---Now I understand why I was so bored in 3/4/5th grade already.

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