<p>My senior year schedule doesn't include a calculus. I already had my math credits so I just took AP stats for fun, figuring I could do Calc 1 in college. But after looking around here, I'm worried that colleges will think I'm not challenging myself due to my course rigor this year. Is that going to hurt me a lot in the applications process?</p>
<p>My senior schedule, for reference:
AP Stats
Field Biology/Forensics
AP Spanish
Sch. English
AP Government
Ap Economics</p>
<p>I'm worried that I've shot myself in the foot first wih the scholarship English, and now without taking calculus. Any advice would be appreciated. </p>
<p>I think it will depend upon what type of schools you are applying to and what is your intended major? If you plan to go into a STEM major, it could hurt you but if you plan to go into business or humanities major, then you can take Calculus in college. </p>
<p>@Gumbymom I am applying to places like Tulane, OSU, WashU, and then some super reaches for fun. My interest areas I listed are economics and literature. </p>
<p>Calculus is becoming more common among applicants, not only to those who apply to engineering schools, but liberal arts schools as well. You would have a slight disadvantage at Tulane and Wustl, but if your overall class rigor proves otherwise, adcoms might let it slip.</p>
<p>Whatever you choose to do is up to you, and if you can explain well why you couldn’t take calculus and chose a humanities pathway instead, you should not have much of an issue applying to top colleges.</p>
<p>I think that was a good switch. When you take calculus in college, most students already had it in HS s. My S didn’t take calculus in HS (for similar scheduling reasons) and ended up really struggling through it in college because of this (he regretted his decision not to take it in HS). </p>