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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is this ninth grade? And is the question ability vs grit?

If the issue is ability and all the stress that comes with that - feeling overwhelmed: not doing as well as peers no matter the effort - would totally step down and find a more appropriate progression of math classes.

If it's lack of effort, that's different. The student needs a reality check about college admissions. Maryland and Virginia are not happening without higher level math classes. You need to be a really special person - rich, connected, URM, recruited scholarship athlete, tuba player - to get into a top 40 school without calculus by senior year.

But maybe that doesn't matter in this situation. Regardless, would use this moment to give the student a heads up. College admissions is incredibly competitive these days. [b]Not taking the more advanced math classes dramatically reduces the potential college list.[/b] And a good foundation is the basis for so many careers - engineering, finance, medicine, consulting etc etc. You don't want to close doors at 14/15 if you don't have to.   [/quote]

Do colleges really toss applicants aside if they haven’t taken Calc BC? Even if a student isn’t interesting in engineering/CS? My kid is a good (not great) math student, but has found these upper level math classes really difficult.  My thinking is it’s better to drop down a level, so she can do better in her other advanced classes. So for example, she would do Cal AB junior year and AP Stats senior year. Does that foreclose opportunities?[/quote]

This track is fine for non-engineering. The schools want to see Calculus and Calc AB is fine for non-stem kids.[/quote]

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