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Anonymous wrote:It looks like this IM in 6th pathway leads to calculus in 11th grade and then another year of post-calculus math. I guess some kids split up AB/BC (or in our case in BCC they do the other IB courses). But I also see they offer a DE course of multivariable calculus and linear algebra. Is that something a lot of kids do? BCC parents (or parents in other schools that offer it), are you finding that kids are sticking with it all the way through? Since there are quite a number of kids in IM would that mean that 60-70 (or in some schools 100) kids a year are doing those DE courses? Wow.

MCPS does require math every year the child is in high school. However, AP Statistics is an option for students who take AP Calculus BC as a junior and don't want to take multivariable as a senior. The only math MC offers past calculus is multivariable, differential equations, and linear algebra.

You can look at your child's path but in the end, this will depend upon the child's interest and aptitude.

Several parents I know had children take Hon. Algebra I in 8th and then push through Hon. Geometry in the summer after 8th to put their children on a more advanced track. For some, it has been okay (so far). Others are struggling.

We have two children. One child took Calculus AB as a senior. The other child is taking Calculus BC as a sophomore and signed up to take AP Statistics, multivariable, and differential equations as a junior.

So it's fine to look at the tracks but your child doesn't have to be on the fastest track to be successful. Our child who took Calculus AB as a senior was admitted to two top 20 colleges.

What schools offer MV and differential equations? What is your child doing senior year?

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, I meant I wouldn't want my child to commute during junior and senior years but I do realize some children would thrive under more academic rigor.