<p>Weren’t you the same kid who said you were a rising JUNIOR and was a three sport athlete?</p>
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<p>Hey man, he already said his math is a bit off. 1st year of high school, 3rd year of high school, what’s the difference?</p>
<p>Alright, truth be told, I was lying so that people would take me seriously. If I said that I was a freshman, no one would answer my question. If I told them what I wanted to do, they would say don’t worry until your a junior. So I lied, and they gave me real information. </p>
<p>Sorry, but you should treat it the same!</p>
<p>Haha, but really, I hope all of you guys don’t feel violated or something :D</p>
<p>*I hope none of you feel violated or something.</p>
<p>My S took Calc AB senior year and was admitted to engineering. You definitely need to get up to Calc if you want to apply to engineering. Our school doesn’t offer calc BC, but if yours does, it would be beneficial if you were able to take it. (You don’t get any credit for AP Calc AB in engineering.)</p>
<p>What do you mean you don’t get any credit? And I am going to try to take AB junior year and BC Senior year. Thanks</p>
<p>I’m talking about once you’re admitted now, not for admissions. </p>
<p>Often when you take an AP class and score well, you can get credit for an equivalent class at your college. But for engineers, Calc AB doesn’t cover everything in the first year engineering calculus class, it isn’t equivalent to anything engineers need to take, so you don’t get any transfer credit for having taken it. If you get a 5 of Calc BC you can get credit for the first engineering calculus class and then start with the next class.</p>
<p>Right, I knew that 
I will try to take BC, like I said.</p>
<p>Once you get to high school talk to your math teacher or math department head or guidance counselor about what options you might have to get to Math BC senior year. But it’s not the end of the world if you don’t.</p>
<p>“I didn’t even apply to Cornell, but taking AP Calc AB as a senior is not pathetic at all… If you’re REALLY good at math, you may even be able to self study it seeing as it’s only about 5 additional topics from AB”</p>
<p>This. If your school doesn’t offer Calc BC and you’re good enough at math to be an engineer, self-study shouldn’t be a problem, regardless of what a complacent kid from a bigger school tells you.</p>
<p>Right, I will. Thanks for the advice!</p>