<p>I was just wondering if not taking Calculus in high school will hurt my chances at highly ranked schools such as NYU or JHU....or is it okay if i take precalculus and get good SAT and SAT II scores....Plezz REPLY!!!!!</p>
<p>If it is offered, then it might hurt.</p>
<p>ya, it hurts</p>
<p>If it's not offered at your school it won't hurt. If it is it will =]</p>
<p>Is AP Stats offered? That could be your fourth year of math, esp. if you are not interested in science majors.</p>
<p>how much will it hurt....if i get good SAT scores and SAT II scores..will they forget about it or is it almost impossible to get accepted...</p>
<p>I know of a few people who are at NYU who never took calculus.. I don't think it hurts too much.. as long as you have a busy schedule!</p>
<p>What are you planning to major in? Are you really into the Humanities and Arts?</p>
<p>If you want to do something in science or anything like that, you should definitely take Calc. My teacher told us if we were interested in the Humanities, business, etc. to take Stat. So I'd say it all depends on what your prospective major is.</p>
<p>I read the Gatekeepers last night and the book states for Wesleyan, the student file will have the following code:
4-year language as LANG,
Calculus as CALC
Physics,Bio,Chemistry as TRIO(?)</p>
<p>Those codes make it easier for Adcom to see immediately that the student is a strong academic. The book states other colleges have similar scheme. So yes, it helps, not sure if it will hurt. I know my D does not have Physics, she has 4-year of science without Physics.</p>
<p>Same here, I have 4 years of science including 1.5 years of chem and 2.5 years of bio (with AP Bio). Will it hurt me if I dont have physics?</p>
<p>^^HS counselor said no, but I'll know for sure next year.:)</p>
<p>It absolutely hurts. Every college and our college counselor have consistantly told us this. Many, many kids applying to top colleges have gone way past calc. My daughter is not a strong math applicant to Wharton with only AP calc.</p>
<p>Toorich, was your counselor talking about less competitive schools maybe? Also, to have taken the toughest load, which top colleges expect, physics need to be there.</p>
<p>I only suggest this because of your screen name, but if your daughter is to be a senior and you can afford it, you may want a private college counselor to make sure her schedule next year will keep her competitive.</p>
<p>UCGrad,
D was only thinking of the top UCs in California for D when I asked the counselor, her school sends more than 50% to UCs. Even for private schools D was not looking for Ivies either, but I would like my D to have some options. I know it may hurt her, but she is more of a humanities person with an undeclared major so I think leave out physics may not hurt her that much. Engineer/CS/hard science majors are out of the question for her. In addition, she wants to take this class in her senior year, kind of like an EC for her, she has no room for Physics, I think this EC means a lot to her, so I did not feel I should force her to take Physics. Plus, I don't think it's a good idea to load up 2 science classes and 1 AP Calculus for a humanities girl(more label I'm sure :)). I think her counselor also would consider her to be taking the most rigorous course and she is in the top 10% of a very competitive high school.</p>
<p>Furthermore, I'm her private counselor because I have been reading this website for a long time:). I know what she should take, but whether she wants to take it is another matter.</p>
<p>As with my 17 year old daughter! However, I have had a counselor (private) tell her the realities because it's hard for kids to understand the very real consequences of their decisions. My DDs senior year schedule changed completely when the counselor talked to her for 1 hour. I could talk until I'm blue!</p>
<p>I think the top UCs care a lot about strength of course load. I have seen kids with higher than their average SAT scores get turned down again and again because of high GPA/weak classes.</p>
<p>I have a similar concern. Only AP calc (or consumer math) is left for math at my D's school. One of only three AP's, all for seniors only. She's asked for AP Gov/econ along with 2 honors classes, but it looks like she won't be "chosen" for gov. She'd probably prefer to use that "elective" for her 6th year in the choir, and I can't see making ANYBODY take AP calc if they don't want to.</p>
<p>well, i was thinking about going to Arts and Science school beacuse i want to go to medical school after college. </p>
<p>I would double up in math in my senior year if i could but i cant. I go to a MAGNET school and we go to a community college for our senior year.</p>
<p>Do you think going to community college for senior year will have any impact on the admission process..</p>
<p>I really want to go to NYU or Johns Hopkins. Hopefully not being able to take Calculus wont destroy my chances...</p>
<p>what about this..i moved frmo state to state and therefore my counselor made me take a lower math because she didn't know what my skills were or what i already learned, so now i am unable to take calc..should i just add a post it?</p>
<p>i got a similar problem to post #18...i moved from upper NJ to lower NJ and I ended up getting screwed in placement for higher classes. does that count as taking the hardest courseload? I did online courses and placed higher as a result, but it doesn't look as good as someone who always had the best classes...</p>
<p>omg i also read the gatekeepers yesterday.. </p>
<p>to the OP... whats the highest math uve gone up to? going up to precalc is very diff. than only getting up to algebra 2</p>
<p>what else are u takign next year? for myself, i'm taking ap chem and a really intensive language class (plus 6 other classes) and i realistically know tht if i took calc, i would bring down all of my other grades.(since ive been working my *** off to get an 85 this year in pre-calc)... plus i pretty much hate math</p>
<p>so for me.. i decided that my senior year happiness, my gpa and my life as it is outweighed the small blight that not taking calculus would be.</p>
<p>you need to think about ur other classes in tha past few years, next years classes and ur ideas for a major and be really honest with urself.</p>