<p>Yes, a lot of posters here seem to have warped notions of what is “normal”, “advanced”, and “very advanced” for math progress for college-bound students. For math progress in the US:</p>
<p>Remedial: did not complete precalculus/trigonometry in high school, or knowledge is too weak to continue to calculus in college
Normal: precalculus/trigonometry in 12th grade (including IB math SL) and ready to take calculus in college
Advanced: calculus in 12th grade (including AP calculus AB or BC, IB math HL)
Very advanced: calculus in 11th grade or earlier, more advanced college math while still in high school</p>
<p>Only a few schools actually require frosh to be advanced in math in high school. And even some super-selective colleges offer remedial math courses for students who have insufficient knowledge of precalculus and trigonometry to take calculus (e.g. [Course</a> MAT100 | Department of Mathematics](<a href=“http://www.math.princeton.edu/undergraduate/course/MAT100]Course”>http://www.math.princeton.edu/undergraduate/course/MAT100) ).</p>