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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Or Discrete Math. Sadly, the top universities want to see calculus finished and with an A too, before appication whic means by end of jr. year. DC did that and is now taking college chemistry so to hit the chemistry subject matter test hard in the fall. It's a brutal college app. world out there.[/quote]

It's only brutal if that's the path you take.  There are plenty of good universities, or colleges and majors within certain universities, which are perfectly fine with completion of pre-calculus before college. [b]Unless your DC is applying for engineering at a Top 10-15 school, [/b]they can probably do just fine if they take Algebra I in 8th grade.  My DD took Algebra I in 8th grade, didn't take honors math at all, has never gotten an A in a math course, and is not taking calculus in high school (although she will take AP Stats as a senior).  As tragic as this is, I fully expect her to be able to attend a decent school.

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He is.  Va Tech said they want to see calculus finished by end of jr. year.  Yale and Princeton want four subject matter tests, one of which has to be math.  I'm not justifying the system - I think it's broken - but this is what the schools want to see.  And four years of language.  And preferably a second language, and on and on.[/quote]

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