Multi variable for math [in calculus BC now, prospective humanities major]

NiceUnparticularMan
Wed, 04 Mar 2026 17:11:47 +0000

Just one school, but my S24 went to a HS with a strong reputation for STEM, and where a decent percentage of kids (including my S24) did BC as juniors and MVC, Diffy Q, and/or LA as seniors. A few kids (not my S24) were even more advanced than that and started on Proofs.

I think it is fair to say the kids who ended up specifically going to a place like MIT, CMU for CS, and so on, ended up being drawn from the most advanced couple groups of math kids. But otherwise, the kids going to Ivies and Ivy+, the most selective few LACs, and so on included plenty of kids who did not go beyond Calc.

Of course they usually had other things that stood out, including some recruited athletes and legacies, but also outstanding visual and/or performing artists, and so on. But they were not all in the most advanced math classes, and definitely not all the advanced math class kids went to such colleges.