<p>So I'm a rising senior, and I was planning on taking AP calc next year. But math is really not my thing. Since I took my first year of high school math in 8th, I do have four years. But my question is would it look bad to schools if I chose not to take a math my senior year?</p>
<p>You’re going to have to take math in college, so you’re best off taking AB Calculus as a senior and then taking calc again as a freshman in college. If you take a year off from math you’re probably still going to start out in calculus in college, and it’ll be a much rougher road when you had pre-cal more than a year before.</p>
<p>^ I agree with spdf. It’s hard taking a year off of math, especially right before entering college.</p>
<p>That is true. Thanks for pointing that out…I could always retake precalc, I had an 85 overall, but there is a ton of stuff I was just lucky on. Though I don’t know if colleges would look at that too favorably either…</p>
<p>You should take another math, but it doesn’t need to be AP. Is there anything else offered at your school, like a non-AP calculus?</p>
<p>It seems as if you are not challenging yourself. Honestly, Calculus is not so bad if you go in head first.</p>
<p>Calculus AB should be a relatively gentle introduction to calculus – it is like a semester of calculus over a whole year. Calculus BC would be the full speed version.</p>
<p>It would probably be a good idea to take at least Calculus AB in your situation.</p>