<p>My school doesn't let most people take AP Calculus BC until senior year.
This is the Honors Track
Freshman - Geometry
Sophomore - Algebra II/Trig.
Junior - AP Statistics and/or PreCalculus
Senior - Finite/Discrete Math and/or AP Calculus BC</p>
<p>Will this seriously hurt my chances for a top technical college like CIT and MIT?
What can I do? Take precalculus and calculus at a community college?</p>
<p>Thanks for all your help</p>
<p>No, believe or not, your track is common for ‘advanced’ students. I know many people who got into MIT on that track.</p>
<p>Just having Calc BC will never, ever be a reason to deny an applicant, especially if it is the highest math the school offers.</p>
<p>Not getting into AP Calculus until senior year will not hurt your chances of getting into MIT. You should instead be worrying about how many hours of community service you put in, your achievements, essays (if required), and your GPA. One class is never going to be the reason for not getting into a university.</p>
<p>Your math track is the most common for ‘advanced’ students. I had the exact same track (Honors Geometry 9 // Honors Algebra II 10 // Honors Precalculus 11 // AP Calculus AB 12) and did wonderfully with my college acceptances and scholarships. Don’t worry about it at all (specifically, don’t compare yourself with some of other CCers on here who are on a very accelerated math track; those schedules are very out of the norm).</p>
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<p>Take AP Statistics if your school doesn’t require PreCalculus. Then see if you can take Finite/Discrete Math and AP Calculus BC.</p>
<p>If it is possible for you to take pre-calculus or calculus at a CC (like during the summer) then do so–but only if it’s because you’re interested. I also don’t recommend rushing too much.</p>
<p>I wish my school offered that many math courses.
This is the Honors Track for my school:
9th grade: Geometry Honors
10th grade: Algebra 2 Honors
11th grade: Pre-Calc or Trig (and for 3 people, AP Stats)
12th grade: AP Calc AB and/or AP Stats (this is the first year they offered it)</p>
<p>This is the best math track at my school:</p>
<p>8th Grade: Algebra I
9th Grade: Integrated Math II Honors
10th Grade: Integrated Math III (Year-long)
11th Grade: Discrete Math, Calc I (Dual Enrollment),
12 Grade: Calc II (Dual Enrollment)</p>
<p>(Calc III is only offer in fall, so it’s hard to take)</p>
<p>That’s why I took online classes, Calculus III Junior year FTW!</p>
<p>If you’re worried take AP Calc and AP Stats at the same time. But you’re really fine.</p>
<p>There are several students at my school (15~20) who are a year ahead in math. However, this just means they would finish the math sequence early, as there is no higher level of math at our school. How would this affect me?</p>
<p>MIT wants you to take the hardest schedule available to you, so you won’t be penalized if you do BC in 12th. Personally, I will have completed several post-BC math courses by the time I graduate, but that won’t put me any better off than you schedule wise because we both take the toughest courses available to us.</p>
<p>It is more important that you insure that you take the most difficult course load, but not necessarily unusual to not take Calc until senior year. I’m having issues right now trying to take Calc at all because of my school’s trimester system, but if you take an advanced math class either Stats or Calc, you should be ok. As others have said, one class will never be that serious of an issue.</p>
<p>The most common advanced math track at my school is
Freshman: Algebra II/Honors Algebra II
Sophomore: Precalculus with Trig/Honors
Junior: AP Calculus AB
Senior AP Calculus BC(if the school have enought students)/AP Statistics</p>
<p>cyberchondriac’s school’s math track is followed by the majority of the students at my school, except that senior would take Calculus AB. But since cyber’s school’s math track has Calc BC for senior year, I guess that the track is advance in my book.</p>
<p>There are usually less than four people out of each class at my school that take Calc before senior year…and then they generally blow off math the last year and take a study hall. Don’t worry about it. You’re totally fine.</p>