<p>Hello, I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice. I decided to take AP BC Calculus as my math class for my senior year. I tend to struggle with math but I figured I would give it a shot. I've been in there for 2 weeks and am way out of my league. I haven't understood a thing so far and it's just review of Pre-Calc (I didn't have the best Pre-Calc teacher). Should I stay in the class and hope for the best or would it be better to get out now? I want to major in either business or economics once I enter college and have recieved brochures from several Ivy League schools encouraging me to apply. Would not taking AP BC Calculus look bad on my application and hinder my chances of getting in?</p>
<p>Do you have an opportunity to get a lot of extra help …like tutoring or extra help with your current teacher ? Are you willing to give 110 per cent effort? Calculus BC can be very difficult and has a low e enrollment rate and a low rate of success in the AP exam. I am sure there are a good percent of students admitted to top schools without Calculus bc. Have you taken Calc AB?<br>
You need to assess your ability to do well and obtain assistance against the risk of not being able to do well and getting a not so good grade. Talk it over with your teacher perhaps . Also keep in mind Economics is an area that you could face more Calculus. You have a difficult decision and one which a lot of students have faced!</p>
<p>I wanna say to stay in it for now. I’m not sure how your school schedules, but a popular thing that a lot of students do at my school is drop the class after fall semester to go into Calc AB, which ends up being pretty easy for them. Not sure how that would reflect. Still I would assume most people going into ivies would have taken BC.</p>
<p>You should stay in it for now. The basic knowledge of trigonometry (i.e. identities, functions etc.) is by far the only thing you need to know. If you don’t, it’s not hard to learn. </p>
<p>Most or all Economics B.S./B.A. programs require at least one semester of Calculus. That is, Calculus I (Limits, Differentiation and Integration). AP Calculus BC covers this in the first semester, but the curriculum is kind of all over the place. For example, you’d have to take an Econometrics course in college which would require Calculus I (e.g. optimization etc.). Taking BC would therefore make you look a lot stonger in math than others.</p>