<p>I never reached calculus in school. When I emigrated to the US, our math system in my home country was pretty advanced; however, the ambiguity prevented the new school from matching me with an appropriate class in their system. I had to go over everything from the beginning and they made me start from Algebra I (although I thought It was extremely easy). At this moment, although I made it to AP statistics I still take ADv. Algebra II to satisfy the course requirements. The old counselor did not want to jump me over something and although the new one is a better one (she let me jump over requirements to take AP Stats where I have and A !!!) now it is too late to switch.</p>
<p>How important do you think is calculus if you are not going for any math related major or school? if the rest of the transcript looks good will they take it too seriously?</p>
<p>I would say it won't affect you very much, especially considering the fact that your situation would not ALLOW you to take the course. Don't worry yourself about it!</p>
<p>Calculus is very important but because of your special situation I think you will be fine. As long as your grades are solid in the other math classes you have taken and you tell them why you have not taken calculus it should not count against you at all.</p>
<p>I dont think my new counselor explained that in her letter. I am wondering how would it be better to notify the admissions office. Should I write a brief letter?</p>
<p>I think it would be better if your counselor wrote the letter. It would probably be better because when a student writes a letter to a college for circumstances like that, there is a fine line between writing an insightful letter and sounding as if you are trying to make excuses. That's just my personal take on it. I just prefer to stick to my counselor because that's what they're there for, to help colleges see past the letter grades and course names and find out who you really are as a student! Best of luck.</p>
<p>Hmm I'm missing calculus on my transcript for a different reason.</p>
<p>I think I have a pretty strong math record in high school... I had the top score in my area in a local math league, and I have A's and a few A+'s in math up to precalc, computer science, physics 1, AP physics C, and statistics. But I was impatient (read: bored out of my skull) with my school's math curriculum and I wanted room for more classes in my schedule, so I took BC Calculus over the summer before my senior year through CTY Online. I got an A and mentioned the course on my application but I didn't get school credit or anything.</p>
<p>Then I realized a bit too late, oops, there's no calculus on my transcript. Will it look like taking the easy way out of a course that's known to be really difficult? (I'm hoping the A+ in physics C senior year will give me some credibility, but they don't know that the grade means something since most of my class has a B or C...)</p>