<p>Well I'm a Senior and my School Offers Pre-Calc, but since I am in Full-IB I really don't have time to take Calc, with all my other classes and electives. I've taken 4 years of math from 8th-grade to 11th, last year was IB Math, but was wondering if not taking Calc would hurt my chances of getting into a SChool</p>
<p>… well calc is pretty important</p>
<p>but if you just don’t have time for it, i think it should be alright… i’m not sure</p>
<p>What is IB math… do you not learn precalc?</p>
<p>If you don’t take Calc in high school you fail at life.</p>
<p>It isn’t essential to take Calculus in high school if you will not be going into a heavily math or science related major.</p>
<p>I think calc is really important and you should take it because it will also help you freshman year in college</p>
<p>Math is important in college, regardless of your major being math/science-heavy or not. I personally would never go a year in HS without taking math, no matter how far ahead I am or what I have already done. Can you take something like college algebra? At my school, some seniors take CA after pre-calc, while ambitious high achievers go for AP Calc. I’m a junior in AP Calc AB and I plan on taking BC next year, even though it is well beyond normal expectations/requirements in HS.</p>
<p>Calculus in HS will make it easier in college; if you’re good at math (and considering your math background, you ought to be…), you might as well go for it!</p>