<p>I'm about to enter my senior year in an extremely competitive nationally renown high school. I am looking to major in Mechanical / Aerospace Engineering in college.</p>
<p>----My Senior year math and science courses are
AP Calculus AB
(Post-AP Calculus) Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
AP Physics C</p>
<p>----I did not get accepted into AP Calculus BC in my school.</p>
<p>----How much of a difference would not being in AP Calculus BC make in my admissions process to an engineering program?*</p>
<p>It might be helpful to mention that I have taken all honors math and science previous to my senior year.</p>
<p>Thank you for your help!</p>
<p>People get accepted into engineering all the time without Calc BC; not having Calc AB would also not severely impact an otherwise stellar applicant at the vast majority of schools.</p>
<p>Does taking a post-ap calc class help and benefit me in any way?</p>
<p>It might move the needle a tiny bit, but not dramatically.</p>
<p>What is the caliber of schools I can get into with these classes?</p>
<p>That’s an unknown without knowing your full stats.</p>
<p>basic stats </p>
<p>91 avg (8 AP, all honors)
33 ACT
2040 SAT</p>
<p>Math award
Latin Award
2 varsity sports teams
founded and president of a club
National Junior Honors Society
Big Sibs
Intel Research</p>
<p>If you are taking post-AP math courses at a local college, the ones following AP calculus AB are:</p>
<p>calculus 2 (what the AP calculus BC course that is not the AB stuff emulates)
calculus 3 (multivariable calculus)
linear algebra
differential equations</p>
<p>The order of the last three may vary between colleges. All of the above are typically required for engineering majors.</p>
<p>If they are only offered as high school courses (instead of college or dual enrollment courses), then many colleges will not allow them for credit, so you may have to retake them in college.</p>
<p>But I’m asking if it helps in my admissions process for good engineering programs if I didn’t get into AP Calculus BC</p>
<p>It (not taking Calc BC) really will not play a factor in your admissions. Other factors are far more important (GPA, Class Rigor, Test Scores, EC’s, work history, volunteering…etc.). Don’t worry about it. :)</p>
<p>Dude, just chill. There are hundreds of engineering programs out there and there are thousands of engineering students getting ready to graduate with much lower stats. My brother went to engineering at a local state college, and right out of college, he is working with people from MIT. </p>
<p>With your current stat, try Purdue.</p>
<p>you need to take calc 2 before you can take linear and diff eq. I don’t know what place would even left you register for those two without it. Even if they let you register, you won’t have the background to success in the course.Take calc 2 at a community college. It will better serve you for the future.</p>