How impressive are these classes to colleges?

Applying to College
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<p>I'm dual enrolling in a lot of math classes while in high school. My plan is to, at minimum, take:
AP Calculus BC
Calculus 3
Differential Equations
Partial Differential Equations
Linear Algebra
Although, if my schedule allows, I'll have also taken:
Intro to higher mathematics (a proof teaching class)
Real Analysis 1
Real Analysis 2
Complex Analysis
I know this is way more math than most high school students (or most people in general) will take, but I want to know how impressive colleges will think it is and how significant a role it would play in admissions.
I'm planning on majoring in math, btw.</p>

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<p>Having lots of advanced college courses will certainly help if you do well in them.</p>

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<p>The kids I’ve known who have gotten to the bottom part of your list have gotten into some pretty impressive schools: Stanford, MIT, Chicago, WashU, USC. Interestingly enough, no Harvard, Yale, or Princeton. Don’t know if they didn’t get in or didn’t apply because they weren’t interested.</p>

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<p>The last three would really help you get into the accelerated math programs at HarveyMudd and Northwestern.</p>

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<p>Taking extremely advanced math classes will definitely help -contingent on you getting As in the classes. I’d also recommend competing in Math Olympiad and other math competitions to boost your math cred. All said and done very few high schoolers reach that level of math and that, to just about everyone, is impressive.
Keep in mind however that you shouldn’t focus so much on math that you let your grades in other classes slip. I know a few kids who’ve reached your level -or close to your level- of math in high school, but got Bs and Cs in humanities classes and were rejected from their schools of choice. </p>

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<p>I don’t see it that way at Mudd. This student MAY test out of some of the intro classes at Mudd by doing this (they won’t accept the transfer credits, I think). But they will still have to take placement tests to skip out of any math classes, I don’t think there is some special “accelerated math program” there. And if they tank in non-math classes or have a terrible CR score, they won’t get in at all. Mudd for one does not want a completely lopsided student.</p>

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<p>^it was something they discussed on a page for math students concerned there isn’t enough math for them at HMC, because they (students) were so advanced.
I agree that HarveyMudd would not admit a student who is not interested in and good at humanities and social sciences in high school.</p>

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<p>Re: Harvey Mudd and humanities and social studies</p>

<p>Note that Harvey Mudd does require 11 humanities, social studies, and arts courses as graduation requirements.
<a href=“https://www.hmc.edu/hsa/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2013/12/Concept-Map-of-HSA-Curriculum-Fall-2010.pdf”>https://www.hmc.edu/hsa/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2013/12/Concept-Map-of-HSA-Curriculum-Fall-2010.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>A student as advanced in math as the OP entering Harvey Mudd would likely need individual placement testing, since its usual math placement guidelines do not take into account students who have taken real analysis.
<a href=“http://www.math.hmc.edu/program/placement/”>http://www.math.hmc.edu/program/placement/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>High schools also offer AP Statistics… Maybe having more AP math classes will help</p>

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<p>^I’m planning on majoring in mathematics, and I think most statistics classes required for a degree are calculus-based rather than algebraic (like AP Statistics). Besides, I’m sure real/complex analysis would look waaay more impressive than AP stats, considering they’re upper level undergrad math classes.</p>

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<p>Brandon, you’re right. Many college seniors don’t even take real analysis. :slight_smile:
Can’t be compared to AP Stats :smiley: indeed.
You’ll have to apply to some specific colleges being that advanced in math - probably universities with graduate math programs.</p>

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<p>I’m planning on going to grad school after college (a long way away, I know)… Do you know how much grad schools take into consideration what school you studied at for undergraduate work? I’ve considered just continuing my undergrad studies at the college I’m dual enrolling in. I’m afraid if I try to go anywhere else then none of my classes will transfer and I’ll end up retaking most of the math courses, and with the amount of AP/Dual Enrollment courses I’m taking, it would only take a year or two to get a bachelor’s degree, so then I could apply somewhere more specific once I’m done with that.</p>