im currently a senior and im not taking calculus in school because it didn’t fit in my schedule since i made the conscious decision last year to take ap art over calc :/// in hindsight, it might not have been the best decision college-decision wise. I took pre-calculus last year though and did very well.
instead, i am taking ap calc bc online with CTY… since college decision time is nearing im really growing quite paranoid on if not taking calc in school but taking it online instead would hurt my application significantly – i know calc is a very integral subject – my potential major to most schools is history, but i often put neuroscience/cogsci as a 2nd major of interest, which involves calculus. so how much do you think this decision will hurt me in the college process if im looking at many of the nation’s top universities (ivies and other great schools?) Please help, ive been worrying and ruminating a lotttt lately.
Do the colleges know you are taking calc?
@evergreen5 I listed it in my courses list on the common app, but im not sure if taking it online will hurt me
It will not hurt you.
Zip. Zero. Zilch. Nada.
Very very few colleges require, or even recommend, calculus in HS. You’re fine.
Did you say calc is an integral subject as a pun?