<p>I am a sophomore at a boarding school and I have to decide the courses to take next year.
For math, I can take Ap calculus Ab or AP Calculus BC. But I am not very good at math even though I have taken honor Algebra II and Honor Precalculus. And I am thinking about taking AP calculus AB instead of BC. But I am afraid that my admission will get hurt if I do not take the most rigorous math class. So my qustion is "</p>
<p>If you’re not that great at math, there’s no reason you should kill yourself by taking BC. However, the admissions committee will look at your schedule and see that you did not take the most rigorous schedule possible. Will that hurt you? I don’t know. I took AB as a senior (no BC) and was admitted. I’m actually a math major so I don’t think it hurt me at all. There are a lot of other things that must be taken into account.</p>
<p>If you want an idea of what’s in the two courses, BC covers all of the same material as AB plus some extra stuff, namely sequences and series, polar and parametrized curves, and a few other tidbits. I would take whatever makes you feel most comfortable. Ask your guidance counselor, that what they’re there for.</p>