[WalterBright]

Calculus was required in pretty much all of the freshmen classes. There was no possibility of deferring that in order to learn calculus - it should have been done before the fall. Remedial classes were not offered.

As far as I recall, I was the only freshman who did not know calculus. I can only infer from that that I did not get the message, or ignored it. I certainly received no useful guidance from high school.