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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Half of Ivy League math majors took MV Calc and Linear Algebra in high school.

This usually means AP Calculus BC in sophomore year, but sometimes means junior year.

https://math.mit.edu/wim/2019/03/10/national-mathematics-survey/

This is a huge difference from just 20 years ago. [/quote]

Anyone else remember the thread where someone asked about math courses to prep for MIT, and a poster took the OP to task for assuming anything beyond Calculus was required. OK, maybe not required per se, but these results show who’s being accepted.[/quote]

yes indeed. Just having one at an ivy in a stem field and seeing the very large percent of students who have 1-2 years past Calc BC in high school has been quite eye opening. The vast variance in the quality of the AP and the post-AP math has most ivies running placement testing to get the students starting at the level for which they  are ready, which for most ends up being repeat MVC or LA but the vast majority (at ivies anyway) who ended with BC or higher in high school do not repeat BC. The MV and LA syllabi at these top colleges incorporates so much more than even a phD-taught top high school /top DE version can cover.  [/quote]

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