<p>^ Umm not really. Calc knowledge would be great for parts of Lin. Alg., but you could easily take it before Calculus. In fact, Lin. Alg first and calc second would probably be a better sequence if college/hs’s didn’t overemphasize Calculus.</p>
<p>At my school the most advanced is:</p>
<p>Freshman: Alg 2
Sophomore: Pre-Cal
Junior: Cal AB
Senior: 1st S: Multivarible Cal; 2nd S: Differential Equations</p>
<p>It’s set up where you can take Cal AB & Multi/Diffy Q the same year (one person did it that way the year before). The first semester begins with all the non-cal stuff first in each section and then goes back and does the material that requires calculus.</p>
<p>It helps that there was only 2 people in the class though.</p>
<p>Well my school did it this way</p>
<p>9th grade: Precalc
10th grade: AP Calc BC
11th grade: IB Math 3
12th grade IB Math 4</p>
<p>in 10th grade I went into Homeschool so that I could take Multi, LA, DE my junior year, and not sure what I should take senior year.</p>
<p>for class of 2010 at my school
9th- algebra II
10th - precalc
11th- AP calc BC
12th - multivariable calc</p>
<p>however theres some kids in the class of 2011 and with an even more advanced path…
9th - pre calc
10th - analysis I (more proof based version of AP calc BC)
11th - analysis II ( more proof based version of multivar calc)
12th- analysis III? no idea</p>
<p>My school actually has two accelerated tracks that kind of overlap, starting in 7th grade.</p>
<p>Grade 7: Pre-Algebra, Algebra I
Grade 8: Algebra I, Geometry (Honors only)
Grade 9: Geometry (Honors), Algebra II (Honors and non-honors)
Grade 10: Algebra II Honors, Precalc (Honors and non-honors)
Grade 11: Precalc Honors, CP Calc, AP Calc BC
Grade 12: AP Calc BC, Multivariable Calc</p>
<p>There are essentially two chances to enter an accelerated track (Algebra I in 7th and Geometry Honors in 9th). I took Algebra in 7th grade, Geometry in 8th, non-Honors Algebra II freshman year, non-honors Precalc sophomore year, CP Calc junior year, and now AP Calc BC senior year.</p>
<p>Most kids are a year ahead, but a few are two years ahead. So:</p>
<p>Freshman / sophomore: Honors Algebra II and Trigonometry
Sophomore / junior: AP Calculus AB
Junior / senior:: AP Calculus BC or AP Statistics
yeah… my school isn’t the bestest</p>
<p>8th- Algebra I
9th- Algebra II
10th- Geometry
11th- Honors Pre Calc
12th- College Credit Calculus</p>
<p>No AP! Isn’t that jank?</p>
<p>7th - Algebra I Accel
8th - Geometry Accel
9th - Algebra II Accel
10th - Precalculus Accel (includes trigonometry)
11th - BC Calculus
12th - Multivariable Calculus (peer group for this one is about 20 people/year)</p>
<p>AP Stats can be taken any time after Algebra II Accel; this is the so-called double-accelerated path, so people on the single-accelerated path do the same thing but one year later (with the added option of AB Calc instead of BC) and forgo multivariable. No diff eq or linalg to speak of here.</p>
<p>7th - Algebra I
8th - Algebra I, continued
9th - Geometry Accel
10th - Algebra II Accel
11th - PreCalc Accel - includes trig
12th - BC calculus</p>
<p>that’s typical. A handful of students each year will take each course a year early, and thus take BC calc in 11th grade and then either AP stats or Calc 3 senior year.</p>
<p>9th: Honors Alg 2
10th: Honors Geometry
11th: Honors Precalculus with Trigonometry
12th: AP Calculus AB/AP Statistics</p>
<p>^I didn’t really follow this path (I’m sort of skipping around some classes). Aw, I wish my school had multivariable/diff. eqs.</p>
<ol>
<li>Geometry</li>
<li>Algebra II</li>
<li>Pre-Cal and/or Ap Stats</li>
<li>Calculus AB or Calculus BC or Stats</li>
</ol>
<p>in our district you are tested in the 6th grade for what sequence you are in. if you place in the 99th percentile of the cogat i believe you are placed in double accelerated math so your schedule would look like
7th grade: algebra I
8th grade: geometry I
9th grade: algebra II
10th grade: pre-calculus and trigonometry
11th grade: AP Calc AB
12th grade: AP Calc BC ( our school treats AB and BC as a series for whatever reason)</p>
<p>not a lot of people place into the double accelerated and usually most will start this sequence in 8th grade and end with AP Calc AB senior year</p>
<p>During 6th grade, you are given a test. Those with a certain score are placed into algebra I honors for 7th grade, and those below that score get pre-algebra for 7th grade. However, there are some kids who have been especially gifted at math since elementary school and get to take algebra I in 6th grade. Generally speaking, this is the most advanced track possible:</p>
<p>7th - Algebra I Honors
8th - Geometry Honors
9th - Algebra II Honors
10th - Precalculus Honors
11th - AP Calculus BC
12th - AP Statistics</p>
<p>Most kids don’t skip to BC.</p>
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12th grade: AP Calc BC ( our school treats AB and BC as a series for whatever reason)
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<p>Did you talk to your counselors/math teachers about this? Treating AB//BC as consecutive year-long courses wastes an entire year. You’d be better off taking Stat in one of those years. </p>
<p>@Keasbey Nights: Lol, did they put Stat after BC so that seniors can slack and take it easy? Wish I had that. Also that might cause issues for people who will go into Calc III at college…they’d forget the stuff they learned in BC since its been over a year.</p>
<p>A few of my classmates are on a accelerated schedule.</p>
<p>9th: Accelerated Algebra II and Pre-Calculus (that one sucked…)
10th: AP Calc AB
11th: AP Stats
12th: AP Calc BC</p>
<p>I did not know that people could take AP Calc BC without taking AB. Is this what most of the “good” kids do? Could I have just taken AP Calc BC and skipped AB all together? Did I miss out on taking Calc III or something?</p>
<p>Honors path:</p>
<p>9th: Accelerated Algerba I (Algerba and Geometry)
10th: Accelerated Geometry (Algerba and Geometry)
11th: Accelerated Pre Cal
12th: AP Stats or AP Cal</p>
<p>AxeBack - AP Stat can be taken at any time after algebra II. It’s just where it fits into the schedule for them. Some kids take both calc and stat in the same year.</p>
<p>@AxeBack: It really depends on the composition of the school. Most schools that run AB and then BC as a sequence tend not to just do BC topics prior to the BC exam put delve into some multivariable calculus prior to doing so. Accordingly, a student who signs up for BC at a school that does this would effectively have to study the AB topics independently.</p>
<p>For many schools, especially with a weaker program prior to offering calculus this is a plan that makes some sense. It also makes more sense for schools with later starting dates (for instance, those who start after Labor Day versus those who start in early August). My school, for instance, meets both criteria. Despite this, we offer AB and BC as mutually exclusive courses, but we would benefit from offering them in sequence, IMO.</p>
<p>(It makes me laugh that we offer differential equations, not because we don’t have the really bright and advanced kids who would benefit from such an offering, but because it makes our program look more advanced than it truly is. We currently have a bloated AP program filled with a large percentage of kids who take Calculus because they think it looks good on transcripts (I know – it does), but who also think that even the pace offered in AB is unconscionably fast.)</p>
<p>Well, our “program” is really personal as you are allowed to take basically whatever you qualify for. Most people do this:</p>
<p>9th: Adv/Honors Algebra II
10th: Adv/Honors Precalculus
11th: AP Calculus AB/BC
12th: AP Stat</p>
<p>however, if you get a bad grade in honors precalc, you must take AB - and everyone in advanced precalc must go to AB</p>
<p>some people, choose to take AP Calc and Stat together, and some people take AP calc their sophomore years, because you are allowed to skip precalc and take AP calc if you get a high enough grade in Honors Algebra II</p>
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<p>That’s absolutely ■■■■■■■■. Unless your school teaches all of the trigonometry stuff in algebra II (including identities, polar, and parametric), then you are going to be screwed in calc.</p>