Calculus can be a miserable slog for many high schoolers. It’s estimated that 20 percent of students (about 800,000 a year) take the subject, generally when they are seniors. I was surprised to learn ...

No parent, teacher, adviser, or other responsible educator would ever recommend, much less require, a student to take a course they had only a 20% chance of passing. But that is exactly the new policy ...

High school students in a calculus class. A 2024 survey of college admissions officers shows that many give extra weight to applicants with calculus on their transcripts. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston ...