<p>The only school (that I know of) in my area that offers Multivariable Calculus and above is a school that specializes in STEM studies, [Thomas</a> Jefferson High School for Science and Technology](<a href=“http://www.tjhsst.edu/]Thomas”>http://www.tjhsst.edu/).</p>
<p>Many schools simply offer the option to complete an accelerated Math Track.
Example:
-7th Grade: Algebra I (fall)/Geometry (spring)
-8th Grade: Pre-AP Mathematical Analysis with Trigonometry [Algebra II (fall)/Pre-Calculus with Trigonometry (spring)]
-9th Grade: AP Calculus ABC (AB in the fall; BC in the spring)
-10th Grade: Multivariable Calculus (fall)/Linear Algebra (spring)
-11th Grade: Differential Equations (fall)/Complex Analysis (spring)
-12th Grade: Abstract Mathematics (fall)/AP Statistics (spring)</p>
<p>If someone is brave enough to complete all of these courses, I commend you!
Just completing up to AP Calculus BC is an achievement. I suggest that if your good in math and you have the option to go above Calc BC, do it because not many people can. :)</p>
<p>@Jwen556
“MVC at my school is like some extremely elite class. Everyone who takes is gets into HYPS(mostly S)M. Correlation, not causation ofc.”</p>
<p>–I agree, I know not a single person that has done MVC before college that has not gone to HYSP.</p>
<p>The people who do MVC at my school (and i emphasize at my school) are the same ones who are Intel STS/nationally recognized musicians/USAMO qualifiers/you get the point.
MVC started at my school 3 years ago and only ~15 people have taken it so sample size is really small.</p>
<p>I have never heard of Multivariable calculus until around this year, never heard of anyone taking it. I know maybe 3 juniors at my school taking Calculus BC, none of them seem to be thinking about taking MVC.</p>
<p>In my school about 10-15 people take DE by senior year. These people were three years advanced since about 6 grade, and they took alg 2 as eighth graders and so on. Since DE is offered in my high school ( and weighted as a AP course) no one really has any trouble if they are qualifies and want to take it.</p>
<p>However the class of 2017 at my school has decided to take it one step further. A bunch of kids decided to take pre calc the summer before freshman year at the local cc. They took AP calc ab as freshman! So, if they want to continue math through senior year, they will have to take a cc class again.</p>
<p>LOL yall who want to accelerate the math curriculum for everyone are living in a bubble. You realize that there are a lot of districts having a hard time getting everyone to pass alg 2, right? I took geometry over the summer, there were at least 5 incoming seniors in my class! And there were multiple classes. Heck the majority of the people in the class had failed the first time around. I agree that the math curriculum could use some tweaking, but people one cc could realize that not everyone is like us, and needs to take calc in high school. Heck, not everyone needs to take clac period!</p>
<p>A lot do at my school, which is full of crazy STEM people who are forcing things they don’t do. They go to NC State University nearby and take MVC and Differential Equations as a yearlong course, sometimes as juniors or even sophomores. Then, they wind up incapable of writing anything or performing critical thought outside of math because they think math is the only thing that actually matters. For example, our valedictorian (who took MVC/DiffEq as well as higher math courses, even) got a 36 on the ACT but a 7 on the essay section. I’d say do it, and it is impressive, but I’d much rather have, say, AP English and Economics than Calc 3 and DiffEq because the former shows better well-roundedness. Besides, most schools don’t offer the courses, and adcoms may not even know they were offered at your school, thus not counting against you.</p>
<p>In his defense, the ACT essay is a canned five-paragraph piece of trash you write under duress in half an hour after your brain has been numbed by several hundred multiple-choice questions. It doesn’t reflect how anyone writes (or should write) in real life. Developing a good argument often requires time to reflect, write a draft, revise, etc.</p>
<p>I didnt know this was a ‘thing’, but yes I am taking it currently, along with differential equations and a whole lot of other stuff (my classes aren’t separated by topics, but instead units where we cover a range of topics over the year)</p>
<p>My daughter took multivariable at a local college. Perhaps 1-2 kids per year at her large-ish high school arrange to do this. I’m curious whether any public high schools other than magnet programs are able to offer this. Our school is large and has some advanced STEM students but we simply don’t have the student body (would need at least 10 kids to offer the class) necessary to offer something like this. Not sure the administration would be willing to do it even if we did have the required number of kids. They don’t teach Physics C, and we do have the kids for that.</p>
