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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid took calc in 11th after taking precalc in 10th. Went on to do statistics in 12th and is on full scholarship for STEM course in college. Tested out of calc in college, but took it again, because of the one year gap.[/quote]

How does this relate to kids that are on track to take calc in 12th?  Are you trying to suggest that calc in 12th is better so that there is no gap before college math?[/quote]

Not really. I am trying to say that my kid felt the need to retake Calc because there was a nervousness of feeling that some calc knowledge was lost in the gap year, as well as some trepidation about the college experience and expectation itself.

I do feel that we as parents do tend to overthink things. If you have a great GPA and stellar SAT- the colleges will take you, because they know that you can easily take or retake calc in college. My son have peers who are doing pre-calc  in college and they were not dinged for it.   Colleges want strong students who can handle the rigor of their program. However, they do not want kids who are experts in their subject when they go to college - that would make college redundant, don't you think?  [/quote]

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