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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]11 or 12, does not matter. Whatever works for your kid.

I gather maybe it matters in the suburbs, where everyone is desperately competing for limited seats at the same flagship at the same discounted in-state price. But in DC proper, kids apply to and attend a much wider range of colleges, so there’s a lot less pressure to conform. Just do what works for you. [/quote]

Look, families on here are not shooting for UDC like some kids in DC. They are educated and shooting for competitive colleges.  So no it is not fine to compare to those kids.

You should be shooting for and taking rigorous and advanced courses because your kid hs the aptitude for it and because yes your kid will be competing against the kids in the burbs for the top 20 or 50 schools or whatever.[/quote]
But my kid is already in at a top 20 school despite not taking calculus until senior year. [/quote]

Then your kid must have had other impressive things to recommend them admission because it wasn’t the math that got them in.

Also is your kid a STEM major?[/quote]

Stuff like this I hate, when people spit out 'shit' out of their mouths. My brother and I did not take AP Calculus. But we went to college and majored in Math, and oh, we also got a master's in Math too-- wow. Now, I would like to say that when we took the college placement exam, we were placed in Calculus 1. Oh, and before you come on and say we didn't go to a competitive college, you're mistaken. We didn't go to a top 20 for undergrad-- it was still top 50, and our MS was from a top 20. 
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Sorry but you are clueless.  College admissions these days are nothing like back then.  Nothing.

Go on the college forum and ask about not taking Cal if you want to go to a competitive school and major in math.  You would be decimated and laughed out of the thread.[/quote]

Yes, well, people on the college forum who assert stuff like that so confidently mostly have their heads up their asses.[/quote]

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