<p>I was done with my school's math curriculum by my junior year.</p>
<p>I took ap stats and ap calc bc.</p>
<p>So as a senior, i'm currently taking differential equations in the community college.</p>
<p>I applied to penn ED for CAS.</p>
<p>How much of a plus is it if i'm taking diff eq right now?</p>
<p>My teachers definitely mentioned this on their letters of rec.</p>
<p>I know i’m getting an A in that class.</p>
<p>I’ve aced all the tests and the homeworks so i’m not doing bad or anything in the class.</p>
<p>bumpp…</p>
<p>diff eq is really tough but um… I guess Penn already assumes all its math majors have the caliber to take diff eq?</p>
<p>I’m going to major in physics btw.</p>
<p>i think it’s very impressive and shows some dedication to academics beyond curriculum but…if a physics major can’t handle dfq it doesn’t look good on penn. Also I don’t find dfq or linear algebra any harder than calc bc, so it won’t make u stand out as an academic superstar in math.</p>
<p>If you got an A, report it (enthusiastically too). If you didn’t, don’t tell them =p</p>
<p>it might help you a bit,but not too much i guess…</p>
<p>bump…</p>
<p>If you do well in the class, it obviously won’t hurt you. It shows you are good at math which is definitely a plus for a physics major.</p>
<p>why community college?
I took BC calc sophomore year but our high school didn’t let me go take a higher math. So i’m stuck with Compsci 
lucky you</p>
<p>not that much</p>
<p>so you guys are saying the rigor of the classes I take doesn’t really help me at all?</p>
<p>it won’t help, math is gh3y.</p>
<p>not going to help taht much…course rigor is not that important</p>
<p>It may give u a lil boost, but nothing that will clearly separate you from everyone else.<br>
The fact that you need to go to college for math is impressive, but not overly so.</p>
<p>“course rigor is not that important”</p>
<p>It’s hard to tell if you were being sarcastic or not but assuming you were serious, course rigor is extremely important. If your school offers challenging classes and you choose not to take them, then you will not get into a school like Penn. You need to take rigorous classes and excel in them. This math class is just another rigorous class. I don’t think the admissions people will look at it much different than if your school offered it and you took it in school.</p>
<p>^what i mean is, it won’t make a huge difference
some schools offer nothing, others offer too much. technically if u want to satisfy that part, just go to a very underrepresented nation with a school that offers very little. Then, you will look good. Course rigor available is function of the school’s wealth, and that isn’t supposed to be that important anyways…</p>
<p>In the grand scheme of things, especially given such low chances everyone has at these top tier schools, the effect of course rigor is reduced…</p>
<p>To OP, don’t get discouraged…the fact that you are taking diff eq might not help… (since there are many, including me, who choose to not take college math before college for some reaons). But the fact that you CAN take diff eq in high school…that’s pretty pro man. I wish Penn has more math whiz like you.</p>
<p>No you don’t. Curve killers.</p>
<p>bump…</p>