<p>Hi there, I'm a sophomore in high school. I went to catholic school all my life, which expects kids to take algebra in 9th grade. But I decided to go to a public high school, where 90% of the students already completed algebra and were in geometry, which puts me a year behind schedule.</p>
<p>So, is there anything I can do at all to catch up so that in senior year, I can do Calculus instead of PreCalc? Or is it not necessary to take Calculus in high school? (Btw, I plan on applying to top colleges, including Ivy League schools and Stanford, etc, and majoring in biomedical sciences)</p>
<p>Okay, great to hear your opinions, but I seriously need an answer to my question instead of focusing on “subpar” Catholic education and if anyone here can help me with that, that would be great. Thanks a bunch :)</p>
<p>I don’t think it would be an issue. I assume that most students don’t take calculus in highschool. But nevertheless, Go for it, talk to your counselor and see if he/she can do something for you.</p>
<p>Reedan, finally someone who actually has some advice rather than racial comments. Thank you, much appreciated :)</p>
<p>Do you think that not being in Calculus though could diminish my chances of getting into a good college, even if I have all the right grades/extracurriculars?</p>
<p>Apathetic, please keep your racial comments to yourself, thanks.
Yes, I have a solid educational background, have 4.0 GPA out of 4.0 (unweighted), and rank in the top 5% of my school, which is one of New York’s Specialized High Schools. So, if you have another comment, please send it to me in a private message rather than here. Here is where I need advice, not comments.</p>
<p>Your welcome :).<br>
I don’t think it would be much of an issue, but it would certainly be better if you do take it. However, your grades, extracurriculars, SAT/ACT scores are far more important.</p>
<p>If you’re going to self study a course, I would recommend self-studying alg2 over pre-calc. The concepts introduced in pre-calc, if not immediately understood, can be pretty hard for some people to grasp.</p>
<p><em>sigh</em> And the prejudiced comments persist.</p>
<p>Thanks, I really hope that it is possible to self-study one of those over the summer and take a summer course and hopefully be able to skip over it, but still take the mandatory state tests (regents exams). Thanks :)</p>
<p>Cackalacky and Apathetic, what is your problem? I am simply asking for advice. There’s nothing “disgusting” about it. If you have a problem with it, then why are you still looking at this thread, hm?</p>
<p>ApatheticLove is a total ■■■■■. A correct ■■■■■, but a ■■■■■ nonetheless Definitely try Summer school. You might be able to take Algebra II over the Summer.</p>
<p>I took algebra II over the summer at a college, and was able to skip ahead a year in math (I’m now done through calc bc and will be taking ap stat my senior year). Just make sure with your high school what college course corresponds to algebra II and the other math classes you want to take.</p>
<p>Okay, I’ll see into taking a summer course or possibly taking geometry and algebra II at the same time. Thanks everyone of you who actually gave me serious advice! Soooo much appreciated; wish me luck!</p>
and you just seriously made me laugh with that last sentence lolz and again, thanks soo much</p>
Definitely try Summer school. You might be able to take Algebra II over the Summer.</p>