Anonymous wrote:I don’t know the exact answer for your situation but I let (encouraged, in fact) DC drop down when his grade was a hard earned B all year and it was causing him stress (and I was stressed by proxy). He now has a very stable A in math and we are both happy. Not a stem kid as well.

We have a winner!

People worry too much. Remember: C’s earn degrees.

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Anonymous wrote:If the goal is ivy and t20, your DC needs to protect his gpa. A single B basically makes it impossible for any t20, while plenty of kids go to t20 non-stem major without Calc BC or even AB, but with a perfect record and matching ECs.

This. DMV parents are misguided. A non-stem major doesn’t require advanced math at all. The key is to maintain straight As and a niche story if ivy is the goal.

False. Ivy takes 4.0 gpa and maximum rigor-with many took linear algebra and multivariable junior year, and 1550+ high test scores. Even humanities.

Big nope. Absolutely untrue .

Absolutely true. DC’s friends at an ivy, all took either multi variable or linear algebra or both, and aced them in high school. Super common at ivies, feels like everyone

^^^ This is what happens when people study calculus instead of statistics in school.

Exactly, if colleges have remedial math classes, donor kids, athletes and kids from schools where MV calc (around 50% of HS offer Calc) is not even offered, how is every kid at ivy at such a high math level. I know someone in Cornell engineering who has taken only Calc AB and she said she knows others like her and they are doing fine in their classes. Some kids at my kids private school dont take the most rigorous course load and are at Ivies.

My current ivy student dropped down a level in math while in hs. Worked super hard and just oouldn't keep up. Our private school has no test retakes, no extra credit. Kid had other amazing strengths and we focused rigor in those areas. Took regular calc and got an A. Applied for humanities. The kids who took highest level bc were applying for stem majors. Plenty of kids got into ivy and t20 schools with calc ab and even honors calc. Likely hs dependent as well.

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Anonymous wrote:If the goal is ivy and t20, your DC needs to protect his gpa. A single B basically makes it impossible for any t20, while plenty of kids go to t20 non-stem major without Calc BC or even AB, but with a perfect record and matching ECs.

This. DMV parents are misguided. A non-stem major doesn’t require advanced math at all. The key is to maintain straight As and a niche story if ivy is the goal.

False. Ivy takes 4.0 gpa and maximum rigor-with many took linear algebra and multivariable junior year, and 1550+ high test scores. Even humanities.

Big nope. Absolutely untrue .

Absolutely true. DC’s friends at an ivy, all took either multi variable or linear algebra or both, and aced them in high school. Super common at ivies, feels like everyone

^^^ This is what happens when people study calculus instead of statistics in school.

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Anonymous wrote:If the goal is ivy and t20, your DC needs to protect his gpa. A single B basically makes it impossible for any t20, while plenty of kids go to t20 non-stem major without Calc BC or even AB, but with a perfect record and matching ECs.

This. DMV parents are misguided. A non-stem major doesn’t require advanced math at all. The key is to maintain straight As and a niche story if ivy is the goal.

False. Ivy takes 4.0 gpa and maximum rigor-with many took linear algebra and multivariable junior year, and 1550+ high test scores. Even humanities.

Big nope. Absolutely untrue .

Absolutely true. DC’s friends at an ivy, all took either multi variable or linear algebra or both, and aced them in high school. Super common at ivies, feels like everyone

What high school?