<p>I signed up for AP Calculus at my high school, but was placed in regular calculus. Even the book is different and the class is going really slow through review material.</p>
<p>So today I went and signed up for "Analytic Geometry and Calculus I" at a nearby community college. Its a bit late but the instructor told me I haven't missed anything important.</p>
<p>My primary objective is maximizing my potential for college acceptance at a good college. If I end up taking Calculus I and II at the JC, do the colleges see this favorably- as opposed to a year of high school calculus? Or should I fight to get transferred to AP Calc (which is doubtful but I could try)? I've already done AP Stats and AP Econ.</p>
<p>I'm good at math and I like the idea of a challenge for calculus- but I'm not going for an engineering or math major. (But... still waffling on the major/minor, have a little more time to decide. I could end up with a science in my minor.)</p>
<p>I'm in California if it makes a diff.</p>
<p>In California, you may want to check on [Welcome</a> to ASSIST](<a href=“http://www.assist.org%5DWelcome”>http://www.assist.org) whether the CC course articulates to a calculus course for math and engineering majors or a (less rigorous) calculus course for business majors at UCs and CSUs*. If you do complete a CC calculus course that articulates to one applicable to your major in college, then that is certainly helpful (no AP test needed). However, if you will be pre-med or pre-law, be aware that the grade in the CC course will count for your pre-med or pre-law GPA (high school grades and AP scores do not count).</p>
<p>I have a hard time imagining what a non-AP high school calculus course is at a high school which also offers AP calculus. High schools that need to offer a less rigorous calculus course can just offer AP calculus AB, which covers about a semester’s worth of college frosh calculus over a year. Presumably, a non-AP high school calculus course at a school which also offers AP calculus is even less rigorous than AP calculus AB.</p>
<p>*Example: Berkeley Math 1A and 1B are for math and engineering majors, while Berkeley Math 16A and 16B are for business majors.</p>