<p>I ask this question, because math is pretty important to almost all majors.
I finished precalculus very well junior year, but as a senior I was unable to take any math class let alone calculus due to uncontrollable circumstances like class number limits and requirements (humanities electives).
Do you think colleges would look at this negatively?
Will they just put me into a remedial course or figure I can handle college math even though I may have forgotten something over senior year?</p>
<p>From what I've heard from others on this board: Colleges don't care if you have a good reason, they expect the most demanding courses. Period. If you can't get the most demanding course/have some extraordinary reason, take it at community college.</p>
<p>That's what I'm doing; I was unable to take science this year and am going to make it up at community college over the summer.</p>
<p>What kind of schools are you applying to? I chose to not take a math class my senior year simply because I wasn't interested in doing so, but then again I'm going for music schools where it isn't as significant. If you're looking at ivys or something, then that's probably not a great thing to do.</p>
<p>^^ is correct. Approxiimately 3,000 four-year colleges won't care at all, but there is ~20 that probably will care, a lot.</p>
<p>Um... What if I had finished all the Math courses available at my school, and am unable to take any courses at any of the local community colleges? (There's a stupid age limit, and they won't give me an exception because I'm not applying to their school... Geez). I'm doing a lot of self-study work, using MIT OpenCourseWare, but nothing official. I'm also working on a bunch of projects, like Science Fairs and Math competitions, but will my lack of a Math course this year affect me? I am taking the most demanding courseload in the history of the school :</p>
<p>Azarion, if you have finished the math sequence available at your school--especially if that includes Calculus--you should be fine. Make sure that your other math activites are noted somewhere.</p>
<p>All right, thanks for the consolation, Consolation. Yes, I have finished Calculus at my school, took the AB exam, and am planning on taking the BC exam this year (I meant to take it last year... but my school signed me up for the wrong one -_- I couldn't believe it, but it happened).</p>
<p>@Raelah The college I go to will accept me before the summer between high school and college so taking a community college course is like a remedial course I guess, but it seems like a good idea.</p>
<p>I didn't apply to any Ivies, only: Macaulay Honors at Brooklyn College (CUNY), NYU, Pace, and LIU.</p>
<p>My daughter has been accepted to UW Madison (not an Ivy but pretty high end) with no math her senior year. She has taken up through precalculus by her junior year. She hate math. She did one of her two essays about <em>why</em> she chose her senior courses the way she did (she wants to be an art/psychology major) and the importance of what she is taking in her career goals. She also has huge support and encouragement form her teacher recs who undersatnd her thinking.</p>
<p>Of course it would help in <em>some</em> cases, but I would not say it is a requirement either. If she can get into UW Madison, I would say that about 90% + of other schools would have lower standards. It probably helps that she has a 3.85 GPA and 28ACT too. She will have taken every art & art history type class by the time she graduates.</p>
<p>Take Care,</p>
<p>DJD</p>