Gumbymom, I think what’s so punishing about SFUSD’s math pathway regime–which is, as predicted, now being phased out and middle school acceleration options returning–is that some students ARE able to access the workarounds. (Even at his small school some doubled up in 10th but he chose to take AP Spanish lit having been an immersion student to finish the pathway. The scheduling capacity wouldn’t allow more change and our community college concurrent program purposefully blocks kids from taking math to get around the district before 11th.) so it’s hard to predict what UCs will regard as possible or even baseline. Our high schools have very inequitable offerings and pathways built in, it seems.