AP Physics C without Calc

Applying to College
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<p>Currently I am in my junior year and am taking AP Physics C. There are only four juniors in the class and there are about 40 students, the rest being seniors. Although I am only in Honors Pre-Calc, I'm really good at math and have gotten the top grade on two out of the five tests this year.
I'm doing well mostly because I learned derivatives and integrals on my own, which definitely helped. I got screwed over by my high school because they wouldn't let me skip a math class, even though I've been awarded the top grade in Geometry and Alg2/Trig Acc. in a school that has 3000 students.
Since I have done so well this year in this class even though I am behind in math and took it despite people claiming "I couldn't handle the work," I think I've proved that I can do this class.</p>

<p>My question is, will colleges see this as a bonus on my app next year? Also, I'm applying to summer programs like the ones at Harvard and Brown and plan to get credit for Calculus there.</p>

<p>Thanks for any help!</p>

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<p>AP Physics C is based on calculus. You really need a strong understanding of the math to hope to do well. Fight to get into a calculus class or learn calculus - especially integral calculus - on your own. Things will get very messy in E&M when you have to find the fields of three-dimensional shapes via integration.</p>

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<p>^ I think you didn’t read allii’s post at all… </p>

<p>but thats cool.</p>

<p>That should look good for colleges as long as you mention it.</p>

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<p>Get a rec from either your math or physics teacher and remind him/her of that so that s/he will be sure to mention it. Or bring it up somewhere else in the app.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the advice!</p>