<p>Calculus BC: do most of the new Caltech undergrads have this class already completed in their high school years? Is one less likely to get into Caltech if he/she did not take calculus in high school?</p>
<p>It's been mentioned on the boards that the majority of Caltech students have completed a calculus class by the time they arrive, and that a significant portion have completed math at a level one to two years beyond calculus. I have a friend who is a sophomore right now taking graduate math classes.</p>
<p>I hardly doubt Caltech will fault you if your school didn't offer the course, but if it was offered, I think they'd wonder why you opted out of it. Math is a strict part of the core, and no matter what you major in, you're going to be using a lot of it. Even the economics at Caltech is highly quantitative.</p>
<p>If you cannot take Calc BC (because of scheduling, or whatever) but you take something comparable, you're good. If you could have taken it but decided not to, that looks kind of questionable. Olo's right on the money. (Want my job, Timur? ;-)</p>
<p>Hehe, naw, I'm busy enough as it is... but y'know, if someone asks a question to which I know the answer, why not be polite and respond? ;-)</p>
<p><3 Ben</p>
<p>Ben's job seems pretty nice though. :] yea heh now that we're accepted we feel more confident about our answers to the caltech application... maybe. :P</p>
<p>True, but he's also a full-time student. At Caltech.</p>
<p>Honestly? I think he found a way to bend time around himself so that he has enough time to study and frequent these boards.</p>