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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is interesting how some of these people say how Alg 1 in middle school and honor track put you in certain tracks to go to top schools. I was a math major at a top 50 school (when I went there, lowered to top 75 now)-- Me or my twin brother who also was a math major was on any honor track. We did take AP Cal by 12th grade but we did not pass. OH, and My brother went on to get an MS in Mathematics and I in Data Science so your kid is okay.

This is from a successful math major who was not on an honor track.  [/quote]

My HS had 13 of us in Regular Calculus.  That was it.  Nobody else out of 450 seniors was even in Calculus.  There was no AP calc at our school.  Yet somehow, I have a BS in CS and an MS in CS/EE.  And of my HS classmates, there are 3 who are doctors (not in the calc class), 2 who have PHD in Engineering (neither in calculus with me) and 2 more with PHD in Sciences/Math (not in my calculus class).  Yet the HS 8 miles away had Calc AB and BC offered to their students.  
I went to a T10 university without AP Calc.  I even took the placement test and passed out of Calc 1 without even studying for it (done during new student week before we signed up for classes).

Just like people went into STEM 20-30 years ago without calculus in HS, it still happens now.  Not at T25 schools, but outside of T25-50 it happens ALL the time.  Kids who were not on track to be advanced math in MS (you know the time when many boys are severely lacking in EF and desire to stay focused) come out of their shell by time college rolls around and they love STEM.  Those kids still get to go into STEM and succeed. [/quote]

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