<p>I didn't take math the last two years of high school (and no calc) and it didn't hurt me at 9 out of 10 schools.</p>
<p>brassmonkey - where were you accepted? where were you rejected?</p>
<p>It better not hurt. My school does not offer me the option of taking Calc as I can't reach it.</p>
<p>brassmonkey - where were you accepted? where were you rejected?</p>
<p>Into Pomona, Williams, Vanderbilt, BC, McGill, Miami($$$$), BU ($$$$) and others. Only rejected at Brown (although I think that's because i was outside top 10% at a not-well known rural public school)</p>
<p>I think taking 4 years of math is required for any good school and it is not possible to take 4 years of high school math without taking calculus.</p>
<p>You can take AP Stat but if you are really sincere about good schools then you should take calculus or some type of advance math after pre-calculus.</p>
<p>Not taking Physics will hurt if you want to go to a good school. It might not hurt you too bad if you are applying for humanities but in case there is a choice you may loose to some one who had physics.</p>
<p>I think doing 4 years of sciences leaving any one of the Biology, Physics or Chemistry doesn't look good at all. Most good schools like to see students to study all three first before doing an extra year of sciences. You should not substitute 1 year of extra study of one over not studying one at all.</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 think you are not aware that Calculus is required as a precondition to MCAT. So it will be better to be exposed to it at High School than to struggle with it at the college.</p>
<p>Am I right in observing that most schools offer calculus as AP calculus? I don't think it would be as intimidating if "regular" calculus was offered.</p>
<p>No most schools should offer </p>
<p>regular calculus
AP Calc AB
AP Calc BC
and Advanced Math with or without calculus.</p>
<p>There might be schools that don't offer APs but regular calculus should be offered by every public school</p>
<p>Our school doesn't offer non-AP Calc, but I know of some that do. Another approach could be taking it at a CC like one of my son's friends did (it may be somewhat less rigid than AP) and it didn't hurt the other student's application (accepted to 3 top ten schools).</p>
<p>mcmom: That is strange as the public school by law cannot provide an hons/AP course without access to a regular course. Please confirm with the school adminstration. They should provide at least a comparable option to a regular calculus.</p>
<p>I think you're right POIH, but what they've done is get out of that responsibility by allowing dual-enrollment - which takes the burden off them and gives the student the choice of which one to take (and saves the public school money for one less teacher). The crazy thing is that no matter which one you take there is an AP designation placed on the HS transcript!</p>
<p>Hi, through a lot of persuasion and begging, I got my counselor to let me take precal and AP calc my senior year. However, that means I wouldn't be able to fit AP physics C/AP biology into my schedule. Instead I have to take human anatomy HNS, but I have already completed a year each of HNS biology/chemistry and AP physics B. </p>
<p>My question is, would not taking a AP science course my senior year like bio/physics to take 2 math class look bad on the transcript?</p>
<p>You aren't replacing the AP science course with Introduction to Food Preparation or anything of the sort; you're replacing it with 2 math courses, a bold move in any case. I doubt that colleges will reprimand you based on that decision.</p>
<p>"I think doing 4 years of sciences leaving any one of the Biology, Physics or Chemistry doesn't look good at all. Most good schools like to see students to study all three first before doing an extra year of sciences."</p>
<p>I never took Chemistry either, honestly, its about more than these nitpicky things.</p>
<p>"4 years of math is required for any good school and it is not possible to take 4 years of high school math without taking calculus."</p>
<p>This is obviously false, but I wouldn't recommend doing what I did......I just got lucky.</p>
<p>brassmonkey, what do you think your hook was? that is quite a list of schools and which did you eventually choose?</p>
<p>It'll probably hurt more at JHU than NYU. JHU has (I belive) more competitive admissions and is more math based.</p>
<p>But either way, you know, it just depends on like 99 other factors. It certainly won't help, but I don't think it'll ruin you. Make sure your GPA is strong and you have good scores, extracuriculars, and essays.</p>
<p>Honestly, would not taking physics really affect one's chances if one is focused in the humanities? I have taken biology CP (summer), AP Biology, chemistry CP (summer), and I want to take AP Chemistry next year - should I really change this to Physics? And if so, AP Physics B or AP Physics C?</p>
<p>What if you are taking pre-calc as a senior but all other classes are ap's? I am miserable at math, so does only reaching pre-calc hurt? Should I have taken AP stat instead of pre-calc?</p>
<p>My hook must have been essays. I wrote one sort of 'outline' personal statement, and then for each school, I tailored it to highlight the ways I thought I would be attractive to each school.</p>
<p>Maybe recs also? I never saw them so I'll never know. I'm not a URM, or a legacy at any of the schools I applied to.</p>
<p>I am now at Pomona, and could not have made a better choice!</p>