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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For engineering, from a high school where many kids take MV, you have to take MV. [/quote]

This!  And yes, you will have to retake in College.  Where your kid will help set the curve (and annoy those who only took Calc BC and are seeing MV for first time).  My kid's school had many kids doing this.  50%+ of their Calc 3 were kids who already learned the material previously.  [/quote]

You sound as if you know this to be fact. Is your kid still in high school or is he now admitted to college.  If so, what engineering school were they accepted to? [/quote]

Yes my kid is in an engineering school.  And yes at their school it was facts for mvc and orgo (for freshman).  Over 50% of those in the classes freshman year had already taken the course in HS.  
U Rochester [/quote]
To me, that's the best reason to take the class in high school even if you'll have to repeat it in college.  I'd much rather be a part of the 50% who have already had significant exposure to the material and not part of the 50% seeing it for the first time.  [/quote]

Yes, especially if you plan to be an engineering major or STEM major that will require beyond calc 2.  My kid didn't have MVC at their HS, and at ours, you take Calc AB then BC, so you'd have to be a full 3 years ahead to get to MVC at the CC.  It worked out just fine for my kid.  But yes, those B+'s would have been easy A's had they already learned 90% of the coursework.

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