<p>Ditto to Post #9 “And this will sound really snobby, so I know it don’t slam me for it: in our area community colleges do not attract the most talented students and the AP math classes do. This is important from the perspective of having like-minded students around to discuss class topics.”</p>
<p>Classes don’t just teach subject matter; students learn ways of thinking from other students. The conversations and life assumptions surrounding the subject matter in a highly geared AP Calc B/C class will be very different from the chit-chat of students in a terminal math class at a community college. </p>
<p>Consider social environment and peers as well as subject matter.</p>