Can I get into Berkeley without taking Calculus in high school?

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<p>I go to a challenging private school. I had a 3.3 at the end of freshman year. My grades aren't great, but they're moving up at the moment. Here's what I've taken.</p>

<p>Freshman year:
Spanish II
Geometry
World History
Biology
English </p>

<p>Sophomore year:
Honors Spanish III
Algebra II
US History
Honors Chemistry
English </p>

<p>Next year (junior): </p>

<p>AP Spanish 4
Functions and Statistics
Genocide
English
Physics </p>

<p>I was not recommended for honors physics and I really want to take AP Biology, but I'm sure there's an online course I can do. </p>

<p>I'm looking at:
University of Wisconsin- Madison
UNC at Chapel Hill
UCLA
NYU
Berkeley </p>

<p>I want to go to Berkeley so bad. I want to major in biochemical engineering. Will I get in if I don't take calculus senior year?</p>

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<p>Genocide???</p>

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<p>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I want to know what school you go to XD</p>

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<p>It isn’t a requirement, so yes you can. Are you instate? Is there some reason you don’t want to take calculus? Why aren’t you taking precalculus? You should at least take that. </p>

<p>Are your parents okay with your paying OOS tuition for those out of state colleges? I think UW is $44k. UNC is hard to get into.OOS.</p>

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<p>What is “functions and statistics”?</p>

<p>If you do not take a precalculus and trigonometry course in high school, then you will not be prepared for calculus as a first semester frosh in college. Because engineering majors everywhere assume that you will be taking calculus at that time (or a more advanced course if you place into it after taking calculus in high school), you will not be able to graduate on schedule as an engineering major if you are not prepared for calculus when you enter college.</p>

<p>If you want to major in engineering at any college, why not just take trigonometry and precalculus in 11th grade, then calculus in 12th grade if it is available?</p>

<p>A 3.3 GPA probably makes all of the schools you list reaches or super-reaches for admissions, and if you are not from a wealthy family, they are all likely to be financial reaches or out-of-reach unless you are in-state for the public ones.</p>

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<p>Turns out, I’m taking Pre-Calc next year. And I live in Ohio, so I’m not in-state. OSU is a good school, but I want to get out of Ohio if possible. Money isn’t an issue with my family. My brother and I have always gone to private school without a scholarship.</p>

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<p>Also, the UC gpa only takes into account grades from 10th grade and 11th grade.</p>