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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems the majority of freshmen at the top schools- Ivy, Ivy plus and engineering focused schools- have already completed MVC in high school.

The big debate seems to be if you should retake it in college to develop a better foundation.[/quote]

Do you have stats to back up this assertion?  I'm guessing no way it's the "majority".  [/quote]

DP. It would generally be true for engineering majors. If that's the intended major, you really should take the highest level math available at your high school. If you don't, you are going to have a tough time with admissions. And again, once you get into the intro classes where most others will have taken MV. The curve on weed out classes in engineering can be pretty tough. And any student that maxed out with calculus AB is going to be at a serious disadvantage in engineering. [/quote]

Are you saying a kid that has A's in both Calc AB and BC is going to have a tough time with admissions to top schools because they didn't take MV?  Because I can tell you for a fact that is not true.  Every candidate is going to be different. Like I said, they need to be well rounded in all aspects in HS.  That is the most important.[/quote]

Generally that's true. But I believe this topic was about engineering. And that's the most competitive major there is. It's also different schools that these students are interested in. Harvard and Yale, for instance, aren't really where these students want to go. It's an entirely different group of schools. But whether it's MIT or Georgia Tech, flaking on math senior year is going to hurt an app for engineering. Someone choosing stats over MV is pretty much dooming their application for a strong engineering program. Which I think was the original question.  [/quote]

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