<p>I'm beginning my senior year of high school this year and preparing for college applications this fall.</p>
<p>I had originally signed up to take AP calculus AB at my high school, but over the course of this summer I've decided to drop the class and take Calculus I at the local community college during the fall (of this year) instead. (My high school does not offer Calculus BC so I'm hoping to take Calculus I in the fall then Calculus II in the spring)</p>
<p>So I'm a bit confused regarding the UC application process... I know that the UC's require a community college transcript submission of all the academic courses haven been taken by the student. But since I am taking the class (calc I) during the fall, the final grades of the course would not be out and listed in my college transcript until the end of the semester in mid-December, which is way past the deadline of when the UC applications should have been submitted. I have also heard that only the community college courses taken from the summer after freshman year to the summer after junior year are included in your UC GPA calculation?</p>
<p>So does this mean that the colleges (UC) I apply to will not even take into consideration that I am taking calculus I at the cc? Will the colleges even know that I took Calculus or will my highest math be the last HS math course I took at my HS? I'm concerned because I would like colleges to know that Calculus is the highest math course I will take. Is there a way to list the college course that you are currently taking during the fall, and will take in the spring on the UC application?</p>
<p>I would like to major in engineering in college. Considering the competitiveness of applying to this major I would like to take the highest math course I possibly can (which is why I'm trying to finish Calc II be this year) But if colleges don't even recognize that I am or will have taken Calculus I/II because it is not listed on my transcript, am I better off just taking AP Calculus AB at my HS?</p>