<p>Now, at my school, there are freshmen and sophomores taking calc BC. I still remember when you were considered smart when you took calc as a senior! We now offer calc III, what. Anyone else's school seems to be rising in standards?</p>
<p>Not really. We had a rise and dip. Class of 2012 were so smart. One of my friends took AB sophomore year (which is huge here) and a bunch took it junior year. Class of 13 had one person take it junior year. 2014 has none. Our class 2015 will have 9 (me) people taking AB next year. It has a lot to do with what was available to each class though.</p>
<p>Yes! I know freshmen in IB HL math year one and AB or BC calc. It’s ridiculous that taking IB HL as a junior I feel behind these kids.</p>
<p>Yeah, a lot of students are taking Calculus III now. It’s amazing.</p>
<p>I agree with you on this.
When I started out in high school, being two years ahead in math was considered SMART.
Our school resisted students who tried to get ahead and wouldn’t allow anyone to double up on classes if they already were a year or two ahead and wouldn’t allow students to be more than two years ahead.
Now they’re FINALLY letting up and it’s far, far, FAR too late for the rest of us and we have freshmen and sophomores who are three, four, five even SIX years ahead in math than the rest of the school.
And I’m just a puny two years ahead and there’s nothing I can do about it.</p>
<p>At my school, ~30 of 500 seniors take calc. 10 take AP. My school’s standards haven’t changed much. Most kids stop at Alg 2 (if they make it there. A lot take remedial math. I don’t really know what that’s called.)</p>
<p>Not sure about Calc III, but AP Calc AB/BC is being taken by juniors and seniors. I feel so behind though because I’m a junior taking Algebra 2/Trig.</p>
<p>Not really. We only have one regular non-honors non-AP calculus class.</p>
<p>I don’t even know the math classes offered at my high school…</p>
<p>There was a 7th grader at my school last year taking alg2/trig… He’ll be done with calc before I am…</p>
<p>Half the middle school come to the high school to take classes.</p>
<p>And you know… most of them are really stupid… </p>
<p>Thank goodness they haven’t reached AP calc AB this year.</p>
<p>I know of maybe one or two sophomores taking Calc I and that<code>s because they</code>re in a special gifted program. There are some Juniors who take Calc, and then Seniors. And the occasional junior taking AP Calc.</p>
<p>To be perfectly honest, the idea of being “behind” because you’re not in Calc I/II/III/AB/BC /IB Math HL/SL at grade X is really pointless. Does it help and look nice? It does. Does it set you back? Hardly. For example at my Uni, there are people who’ve gone up to Analysis I and II, and people who’ve taken multivar. We still start at the same place, we’ll still end up needing similar requirements.</p>
<p>To add on what MIT Hopeful said,</p>
<p>A public High near here brags how around 3% of their Students take Linear Algebra every year. I think they have around 15% of Seniors taking BC, CC math, and Linear. However, almost 3/4ths of all college bound seniors (other words Top 40%) have to remidal maths in college</p>
<p>About 40 of 580 seniors in my class are in Calc BC/Multivariable Calc this year (start with BC topics like parametrics, polar, and series, and go into topics like partial derivatives and double/triple integrals). So about 6% or 7% of the class is on the most advanced track the school offers.
So about that many people took Calc AB junior year as well… that’s two years of calculus going into high school. Still no linear algebra or differential equations though. I kind of wish they made Calc BC a whole year class and Multivariable Calculus a whole year (maybe with some differential equations)… but oh well.</p>
<p>Our school doesn’t have much of an advanced selection. For AP we have statistics, Calculas 2, and Math, and I think only one class is held in each. Our class sizes are from around 275 - 450 students. I guess there is a big difference in all the schools. I’m not too bad in math but not great either. Now, I do have a cousin (my dad’s cousin actually) who is really good at math. He is a professor and has a part of algebra named after him.</p>
<p>I know! I’m taking Calc as a senior and it makes me feel kind of stupid to see people taking Pre-calc during their freshmen year. Our school JUST got Calc BC this year. I’m not even taking AP Calc (just regular Calc) and it’s like… damn.</p>
<p>wait, is it not normal to take take calc before senior year?
everyone at my school takes it sophomore or junior year.
except if you’re really dumb, then you take like intermediate algebra or liberal arts math or some bs</p>
<p>True, I am taking the dual-enrollment Calc series up to Multivariate but will still have to take it all over again.</p>
<p>Pre-cal is more normal for senior year than Cal. Because I know my schools and other in this state follow this format:
Algebra-9th Grade
Geometry- 10th Grade
Algebra 2- 11th Grade
Pre-Cal- 12th Grade
Sometime students take Geometry and Algebra 2 at the same time so they can graduate.</p>
<p>If you’re honor:<br>
H Algebra - 8th grade
H Geometry- 9th/10th grade
H Algebra 2- 10th/11th grade
H Pre-Cal- 11th/12th
AP Cal- 12th (I never heard of any non-seniors taking AP Cal.)</p>