How many people actually take multivariable calc in high school?

baileyj57
Tue, 21 Jan 2014 18:10:37 +0000

I pretty much agree with everything halcyonheather said. It’s rare enough for students to get to Calculus BC - and the vast majority of those students are seniors. MV Calculus is really not a common math course in high school. I would be surprised if 1% of seniors made it to MV Calculus - and that’s a fairly liberal estimate.

The math curriculum really not should NOT advance much further in high schools. There are few too many students that struggle with basic algebra - there is no reason for students to move onto calculus when they don’t understand more basic stuff.