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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That is crazy!  Make sure she takes calculus by 12th grade, unless she wants to be an engineer. -- mother of two, one of whom is at HYP and the other at a top-20 university.[/quote]

I don't know anyone who has a Bachelor's that didn't take Calculus before their senior year of high school. But I know plenty of people who took Calculus their sophomore or junior years who don't have a Bachelor's Degree.[/quote]

Then you know very, very few people or the people you know are all so burned out that they gave up (or you are not sampling US colleges). I know plenty of successful people with graduate degrees who did not take Calculus until college (or in some cases, at all). I went to a top 25 college on full academic scholarship with 12th grade calculus-- AB.  dThese days, a kid planning to attend a selective college probably should aim for Calculus.  And maybe potential engineering and math majors should look at accelerating a year beyond that. But stop the insanity. Your average Doctor/lawyer/MBA/psychologist PHd, etc does not need linear algebra and Multivariable calculus in high school to get into and succeed at a top tier college. Signed, a successful lawyer who has looked at a differential equation since HS. Calculus has no relevance for 90+% of real life "successful" jobs. [/quote]

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