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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guess my main question is, what math is your kid going to take for the next three years? I guess BC, then ... what else?

You'll want to have a plan for him taking DE classes or something else.

Your friend was a little rude -- it's not hurting anyone that he's two or three years ahead in math. [/quote]

NP, but he doesn’t necessarily need to keep taking math every year.  He already has enough math credits to graduate HS. He could take BC in 10th, MV in 11th, and maybe a second AP science classes as a senior, or AP computer science or something else.  [/quote]
This is one thing I would not follow! It is a big detriment to your application if you don’t have core subjects every year. I worked at a t30 admissions office for a few years out of college, and this was the first thing an AO would evaluate.[/quote]

That’s for normal kids, not for kids that have been taking and getting high school credits since 5th grade. OPs kid started high school with 4 credits in math already. Once you’ve taken all the AP classes (and even past AP if offered, such as MV, linear algebra, or discrete math) available for a particular subject you can move on. [/quote]
This is true for all students. You need to be taking math all 4 years or it will be a detriment to your application. [/quote]

15:26 poster, reiterating that there are no such absolutes. While DC took 4 years of math in high school, DC’s 9th grade Calc BC classmate only took 3. Both kids got into the same HYPSM early.[/quote]

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