<p>Because of my circumstances, I'll be self studying for the Calc AB exam my Junior year and the Calc BC exam my Senior year. </p>
<p>My Junior year, I'll be in pre-Calc. My Senior year, AP Stats. I'll have taken all of the math classes my school offers. </p>
<p>Would MIT look at if I've completed the Math sequence at my school - which includes the class Calc AB - and see that I've not finished the math sequence classes but that I've taken all of the tests for the classes I've not taken? Would they count that against me?</p>
<p>The obvious answer is no, but it's always good to double/triple/quadruple/quintuple check.</p>
<p>You’ll be able to mention on your application that you’ve self-studied the AB and BC exams, and you can explain your reasoning. MIT generally looks favorably on self-studying academic material – it shows initiative on your part.</p>
<p>AP exam is generally much much easier than AP classes.
Even you missed 1/3 questions in the AP exams, you still can get the perfect score 5.
In the year-round AP classes, you may learn teamwork and the teachers may teach the materials much beyond the AP exams.</p>
<p>^The Calc teacher also teaches my current Adv Alg w/Trig class. While he is the best school math teacher I’ve ever had, my Dad is better. There is basically no teamwork in Gilligan’s class and my Dad knows more Calc than him. It’s just the way it is; the teacher’s stop at Calc and focus on teacher, but my Dad went through ALL of the College math classes. </p>
<p>According to my Dad, Calc was one of the easiest Maths he took, and he doesn’t think I’ll have any problems learning it, especially from him. </p>
<p>I just don’t see the point of taking the class if I’m confident I know the material. Unless, of course, colleges would rather see the test and the class than just the test.</p>
<p>Here’s another question, which my Counselor brought up:</p>
<p>Should I take the Calc AB class just for the credit, even if I’ve already taken the test?
My Guidance counselor is telling me that I should, because colleges want to see the credit, even if I’ve taken the test already. MIT says, on its website, that it wants admits to complete their High School math sequence up to Calculus. Does that mean that I should take the class or what? Any advice is appreciated.</p>
<p>^ In many high-schools in my area, “pre-calc” covers the AB calculus content. Thus, it would be a compete waste of time to follow pre-calc with calc AB. Is your high school different?</p>
<p>Completely. Pre-Calc = Algebra in my school. My school, put simply, sucks, so I’m going to have my Dad teach me Calc over the summer. I have nothing to do, so if all goes well, I’ll know everything for both Calcs and also finish a few programming projects. Assume, if you choose to give advice, that my Dad is capable of teaching me Calc.</p>
<p>I think, even though not ideal, this can work very well in your favor. Your goal should be to self-study all of BC your junior year (trust me, it’s not too hard) and then do multivariate calc and diffyq your senior year. If you can figure out a way to get credit for this self-study, beyond an AP test score, that would be ideal. IDK if your school can put a note on your transcript, or you can do it a a local community college. Also, note that MIT app will have a spot where you can explain this.</p>