Get into a Ivy/Top College with only Trig?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Here's my story: I suffer from geographical mobility. I've moved alot since elementary school, from city to city, state to state, country to country (and no, I'm not an military brat)</p>

<p>Because of this, in my first year in high school, they automatically placed in Alegebra I.
This is the normal math placings for the top kids at my school:
9th - Geometry Honors
10th - Adv. Algebra/ w Trig
11th - Precalculus
12th - AP Calculus</p>

<p>This is my placing:
9th - Algebra I
10th - Algebra II
11th - Geometry Honors
12th - Trigonometry Honors</p>

<p>Now I know most admits to top colleges have already taken Calculus, most by their junior year. But unfortunately I don't fall under that category. But it's my dream to go to Columbia, and I'm apply to other schools such as Yale, UPenn, Dartmouth, Brown, Cornell, Wesleyan, Johns Hopkins, and Northwestern.</p>

<p>Do you think I still have a chance or does my placement in Math negatively affect me?
If so, how can I justify myself? As anyone had a problem similar to this and still got accepted to top school?</p>

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<p>I’ll say right off the bat I am probably not the best person to give advice in this concern as I don’t really know the Ivy admissions process (who’s does) but did you take any Math Subject tests?</p>

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<p>Do you guys thinK I can redeem myself by taking higher level math classes at my local community college?</p>

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<p>If you can, try to take Calculus at the Community College: it shows that you’re taking proactive steps to educate yourself instead of wining about how your situation sucks. It’s not going to be easy AT ALL (I took multivariable/ calc III at the local CC and it was HELL) but it shows the effort and passion for learning that those Ivies really love.
Plus your constant moving will probably make a good admissions essay topic</p>

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