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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My engineering majors chose to start in Calc 2 and Physics 1 despite having taken MV and both physics at the highschool AP level. I have two engineers at different colleges and both schools cautioned that it was better to “repeat” some of these foundational classes at the college level because they are more in depth than the HS version and you don’t want knowledge gaps as you take the upper level courses. Both found them challenging despite some of the material being a “repeat”. Unless you’re really trying to save $ by advancing quickly and graduating early, I would not try to skip the foundation classes.  [/quote]

Thanks. I think he should take other electives in HS and leave the foundation classes to college. DS disagrees.[/quote]

If he wants to apply to a selective school, math beyond AP Calc BC is important. Four years of math is also important — kids which did electives instead of math at our school got scr*wed in college admissions. Please be careful! [/quote]

MCPS requires students to take a math class every year they are enrolled.[/quote]

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