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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You need to make sure to explain the math issue in his personal statements or get your guidance counselor to do it. No math since sophomore year topping out at a 3 in BC Calc is absolutely going to raise red flags at some of the schools named in this thread. I think not having him do online math junior year was a huge mistake.[/quote]

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This is acceleration that is detrimental.  What was the point? In a hyper competitive school to keep up with his peers?  I have to say the great majority of sophomore's taking calc bc will be at the top of their math class and easily score high on both sections of the SAT. And no math junior or senior year?[/quote]

And he didn’t take any math Junior and senior year (online) because of his extracurricular commitments? First and foremost, colleges are looking at your transcript and the classes you took. This was a huge mistake. He should’ve dropped an extracurricular and taken an online math class or move down a level in ninth grade so that he could take math all four years[/quote]

It’s too late now but for others reading in the same situation, he could have dropped a class, taken a study hall and taken a virtual asynchronous math class at a community college those years to work on during the day.  That would have been much better. [/quote]

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