<p>Hi! I was wondering if was better for me to go the AB/BC calc route (junior/senior year) or the BC/Multivariable Calc Route for math the next two years.
I just don't want to be overly stressed out with college apps, ECs, etc.</p>
<p>Junior year: 2 other APs and 4 other honors classes</p>
<p>Senior year: 4-5 other APs and 1 other honors class</p>
<p>What would you guys recommend? Thanks! :)</p>
<p>Depends on who you are. Are you good at math? Are you good at science? Or do you struggle with math? Do you like math at all? It’s hard to give you advice when we don’t know you. But if you’re fairly good with math and are looking to go into a STEM major, then you would want to take the BC/Multivariate route. BC covers all of AB and some more (equivalent to Calc 1 and Calc 2). And then with multivariate, you would be done with the standard calculus sequence. Once you get to college, you would be able to place into linear algebra and differential equations to finish your math if you wanted to do engineering (provided you have the scores to do so).</p>
<p>I am good at math and science, and I have always liked math. I have gotten good grades in it, since middle school. I do want to enter a STEM major. Last year though, in pre-cal, I felt like I wasn’t doing as well as usual: barely getting an A. Multivariable is a difficult class, and I don’t want to take too much on plate with college apps and the like in senior year, with several other aps.</p>
<p>It’s all your choice. You have to decide if you’re up to the challenge and colleges will definitely like that if you finish with a strong work load. It just shows that you can handle the science/engineering curriculum which is pretty intensive at most schools. I’ve heard that of the calc sequence, Calc 2 is the hardest. So the last part of BC will be the hardest, not multivariable. I’ve only taken Calc 1 though and looked into some Calc 2. Calc 1 is pretty simple but Calc 2 takes a big leap from there.</p>