How importance in calculus in high school?

MomofWildChild
Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:15:53 +0000

My kids are not in love with math. My daughter took calc in high school and wanted to drop it. I wouldn’t let her, she pitched a fit, but got a 5 in the AP exam. She told me later that she was SO glad she took it in high school because the kids taking it at her college thought is was MUCH harder than in high school. (she didn’t have to take it in college) My son also took it in hs but not AP. He had to take 2 semesters (I think) in college and both courses moved really fast and were very hard. The average grade on the tests was in the 60s (for the whole class). He did fine, but needed a tutor. (that was at Penn) Just be prepared- get help if you need it because, as has been noted, the classes move really fast.