<p>Ok so I have a bit of a dilemma. I plan on being an investment banker out of college and realize that I need to go to a top-notch school. I am currently an african-american sophomore in highschool with a 4.0 uw and a 4.16 w. I just took the PSAT and expect to do well because I am very good at standardized testing. The thing I'm worried about in the college admissions is that I am only in Geometry (because I didn't have my head on strait in middle school) and will be on track to take Pre-Calc my senior year. How will this affect my chances on getting into a top school? What can I do about this? Should I load up on electives the rest of the year and then double up on math next year? Any help would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>I would highly recommend taking the next level math over the summer and then taking AP Calc BC your senior year. Make sure your high school school will accept the credit before you enroll at a community college for the summer.</p>
<p>If you really want to, you could take Algebra 2 (I believe that’s what you would take next year) at a local college over the summer so that you can take Pre-Calc as a junior instead</p>
<p>Joshrylin,</p>
<p>Thank you for your recommendation, I think that this would be one of the best options at this point. I have another question though; should I take Calc AB before I take Calc BC? Or do you just got strait from Pre-Calc to BC?</p>
<p>Peppino,</p>
<p>Thank you for the advice, you have reassured me about taking Algebra 2 over the summer.</p>
<p>Calc BC covers everything in AB, and you get an AP score for both BC and AB</p>
<p>While I do strongly recommend taking calc, it is perceivable that you can be accepted to a top school based on your high grades and affirmative action alone, assuming you have solid EC’s</p>
<p>Since I’m assuming you are good at math, you’ll do completely fine going from pre calc to calc BC. After pre calc as a junior at my school, the option is going to AB or BC, so we can’t do AB then BC. but in pre calc honors we learn derivatives and some applications of them like relates rates. In regular pre calc I’m pretty sure they don’t touch on derivatives. If your pre calc course is the latter, then it’ll probably be very fast paced, but nothing you cant handle. I hope this was helpful and good luck!</p>