<p>Im currently a junior in high school. I took calculus AB last year however am not taking BC this year. In fact, I am not taking any math class. </p>
<p>I will still be taking Calculus BC but online/a community college by the end of 2013, but dont think it will appear on the transcript. How much does this hurt in terms of chances to getting into an Ivy? I already have 3 years of math; I took two math classes sophomore year?</p>
<p>Take BC next year at your high school, and Ap stats if offered. If you got A (not A-s) in those classes, I think you will be fine, I had a friend who was a beast at math (ranked statewide) and stopped at BC sophmore year without taking stats, and still got into Uchicago, MIT and Caltech.</p>
<p>Thanks! I already took stats sophomore year. Would taking BC online/at a community college not be valid?</p>
<p>There are plenty of people at Penn who haven’t even taken calc and/or BC…you’ll be fine. I would try the community college thing and place out of math through placement test if you are unable to take the AP test to get credit.</p>
<p>I was in a similar situation to yours. I took AP calc AB my sophomore year, and my school doesn’t offer BC. I ended up going on with calculus at my local university, though a community college would work as well. I just took up through calc iii, and it worked out well enough.</p>
<p>I would take it at the community college. I think Stoneherring’s path is a wise one to take.</p>
<p>I don’t think any college is going to disqualify you if you have taken all the math your school offers. But I think it would be a big plus for you with elite colleges – even if you are really more of a humanities person – if you were able to show you had gone above and beyond to keep learning in math even after you exhausted what your school offered. If you are NOT a humanities person, not doing something systematic to pursue math for two years would raise a lot of questions.</p>