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<p>Then and now, the high school that I attended had what I assumed as a fairly normal sequence starting in ninth grade:</p>
<p>Algebra I, Geometry<em>, Algebra II</em>, Precalculus* (* = honors course available)</p>
<p>Good-in-math students typically started Algebra I in eighth grade and reach Calculus in twelfth grade (BC only when I was in school, but now there are non-AP, AB, and BC options).</p>
<p>Great-in-math students started Algebra I in seventh grade and completed Calculus in eleventh grade (I would assume that all or almost all such students choose BC). There was maybe one every few years back when I was in high school, but there appear to be more now, as the “two years ahead” math schedule is listed in the curriculum guide.</p>