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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Colleges typically want you to retake Calculus I, anyway. Every school thinks that their version Calculus is more rigorous and special.
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That is true, especially if you are a STEM major. Many look down on HS calculus and unless you  have a 5 on the AP... don't bother. Non-STEM majors have it a bit easier, IMO.[/quote]

Not really our son's experience where the strongest STEM students moved right into proof-based calculus (after having completed at least BC AP calc and often multivariable already -- but, of course, these are kids who all get 5's easily).  The best reason to try to get as much math in in high school is because often the high school teachers are better teachers than the profs at universities -- the kids can learn it better.  I Have heard, however, that in general many of the students elect to repeat math courses they have had in high school  This is not b/c schools require it, but so the students feel more confident doing well. The problem this has created at some schools is that the curve in math classes can be very tough for a kid learning a class for the first time b/c so many kids are repeating it -- just focussing on picking up the nuances b/c they already have the basics.  [/quote]

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