Any repeat of Calc AB material will benefit her, would benefit anyone. Hope the school allows it somehow as part of taking Calc BC

First, she's going to be fine, she's good at this, just bumping into gatekeeping issues. These are not the people who struggle in college math. How about take MV senior year, and try to take the BC exam at the end of the year. By that point she should be in great shape to self-study for that exam. These also aren't issues that will effect admissions. But if engineering is a goal, she should be keeping those skills up senior year, in which case stats is a bad idea.

At my DC’s private school, you are required to take AB before you can take BC. So your school’s stance really makes little sense. I would fight them on this, OP. Try and get the CCO on your side.

Anonymous wrote:This is a really strange stance from your school. Most kids on an advanced math track (in publics at least) take AB junior year and BC as a senior. AB is calculus I and BC is calculus II. Just look at how colleges assign course credit for each. Sure there is some review, but BC is mostly new material. Same as when one takes calc II in college and reviews material from calc I.

This is not true in FCPS. Most take only one or the other, and the more STEM-y kids take BC then Multivar (no AB at all).

I think taking Calc BC then Multivariable is more common than taking Calc AB (skipping BC) then MV. If school allows it, probably better to take MV than AP stats. How hard would MV be for kids who did well in Calc AB?

So this school gatekeeps BC to 15 kids so they can say x percentage got 5s or something to that effect?

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

Senior year she is allowed to take multivariable or AP stats.

The school won't allow calculus BC after AB as they view it as a review of material and too easy following AB (an easy "A"). They are firm on this. She's doing very well in AB (it's an easy course.)

Clearly she is not aiming for MIT or similar.

AP Calc BC, aka Calc 2, is a prerequisite for any actual college multivariable Calc class. If this is the high school's own multivariate class, the policy does not reflect well on the course.

I would talk to the multivariable teacher and see if they might be an ally to help advocate for your daughter's need to take BC senior year.

If the school does not budge, I would look at dual enrollment Calc 2 over the summer, which is likely to be fine, a doable workload even with a summer job.

Anonymous wrote:do AP stats then.

Wrong. Do multivariable senior year.

Ok well if she can take multivariable calc senior year, then have her take multivariable calc. what's the issue?

and why do you say "clearly" she is not aiming for MIT? there is nothing in your post to indicate she is not a candidate. maybe don't cut her short? let her apply there if she wants

middle ground maybe you guys can find a summer course that does the "c" part of BC calc so she is better prepared for multivariable?

I dont understand how you pay 60K and allow some #%$ to tell you what you can and cannot do-especially something that is so common place and logical..I though you pay for private to have more options , not less....

This is a really strange stance from your school. Most kids on an advanced math track (in publics at least) take AB junior year and BC as a senior. AB is calculus I and BC is calculus II. Just look at how colleges assign course credit for each. Sure there is some review, but BC is mostly new material. Same as when one takes calc II in college and reviews material from calc I.

do AP stats then.