Does not taking Math 55 preclude someone from studying pure maths at top grad school?

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<p>[Harvard</a> Mathematics Department : Courses in Mathematics (2013-2014)](<a href=“http://www.math.harvard.edu/pamphlets/courses.html]Harvard”>http://www.math.harvard.edu/pamphlets/courses.html)</p>

<p>"Meanwhile Math 55 should be taken only by students with extensive college level math backgrounds. "</p>

<p>The expectation that most entering Harvard students have extensive college level math backgrounds is silly.</p>