<p>When I was in high school, this wasn't too common (I think there were 3 freshmen in AP calc). It's becoming more "normal" in this district, but how do they get in? I don't ever remember there being any open opportunities to get more than a year ahead. My sister is just entering middle school and it's the same. </p>
<p>Over achievers these days. I swear, in 5 years, Calculus will be taught in 7th grade.</p>
<p>Not even possible unless you take courses of the summer. My middle school was the only one in the area that even taught Geometry in 8th grade, allowing you to get to Calculus as a Sophomore (Algebra II freshman year, Precal in the fall, Calc in the spring).</p>
<p>How they get in is a function of what is available at the elementary and middle schools.</p>
<p>Way back when I was is high school, I had to double up on Algebra 2 and pre-calculus my junior year to fit in calculus during my senior year. I’d moved from a poor rural district to a wealthy urban district between my freshman and sophomore years - the rural district didn’t even offer calculus! My junior year was he’ll, because those are two math classes that shouldn’t be taken at the same time.</p>
<p>My two kids have been in our small school district since kindergarten. Their grade school was K-8, so the opportunities to accelerate in math were easier, since all of the math teachers through 8th grade were in the same building.</p>
<p>My oldest, currently a sophomore at the high school, took algebra in 5th, which lead to algebra 2 in 7th and pre-calc in 8th. So for 7th and 8th he headed to the high school for math, and ended up in calculus his freshman year (he’s taking differential equations this term at the local college).</p>
<p>My youngest is a bit younger, even though they are only one grade apart. He wasn’t ready for geometry until 7th grade (he did an independent study advanced algebra for 6th), so he only went to the high school for algebra 2 in 8th and will take calculus as a sophomore.</p>
<p>Those paths are still outliers here in our district. Our high school only offers advanced calculus (equivalent to Calc AB). It isn’t easy to choose to go beyond the normal pace because we are still scrambling each term to make the oldest’s schedule work with his college class (college semesters versus high school quarters = big pain). I’m grateful that I only have to deal with the schedule arranging for two years for the youngest.</p>
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<p>Holy cow! I wish that stuff was available to me, math was a bore until I hit Algebra in 7th grade. I’ve literally never even heard of that in my life. Sounds like a logistical nightmare though. </p>