<p>What’s with the “no credit” for AP Calc AB but the opportunity to get credit only if you get a 5 on AP Calc BC? Don’t they know that most kids who have the opportunity to take any AP Calc course in high school take AB, and that each high school tailors their AP Calc policy different? For instance, my high school only has 1 section of BC, and that 1 section is a 2 period class with a lab. Taking BC in my school not only limits other courses you can take, but it seems like a waste of time if all you’re doing is striving for a 5 on a 3 hour test in the end. Seems kinda ridiculous to me… and by me taking a lesser, yet still respectable AP (Calc AB), does that hurt my chances? I should think not…</p>
<p>Penn's introductory calculus class, math 104, is not equivalent to Calc AB in course content. If you go into math 114 (the next course) with just Calc AB, you will probably be quite lost...</p>
<p>taking calc AB won't hurt your chances of getting in to Penn- but a 5 on the AP test will not prepare you adequately to pass over math 104.</p>
<p>look i got a 5 on AB and struggled a lot in 104...it was my hardest class all year last year.</p>
<p>oh i think its perfectly legit....i got a 5 on BC calc...and am taking my math 104 credit so i can take math 115 and BE DONE CALC FOREVERRRR WOoooooooooooooooo
p.s. math 104 is ridiculously competitive, and even kids that have taken AB find that the curve kills them, prolly because many of those kids are essentially taking BC over again cause they didnt place out</p>
<p>whats so rediculous about it.... it jsut means calc AB doesnt prepare u well enough for their standard.. doesnt hurt your chacnes tho</p>
<p>Yea. It's not ridiculous at all...I mean...if I WAS TO COMPLAIN, I would certainly point out the fact that Penn doesn't give half a bizzle about IB...my friend got 20 credits at Berk...and I got...two...I didn't even try to study at the end because they were seriously and absolutely pointless....</p>
<p>Same here, Catch-22. I am only getting like two credits for Penn from IB or something like that. I am afraid that, even though I am very good at math, the curve in Math 104 will kill me because the mediocre student from a Calc BC class may be better than the guy who "got" Calc AB (which is essentially what I took). It is a little daunting. I think it's so stupid how we can pay all this money for tests and yet the SL's mean nothing? Only the HL tests give credit and we can only take like 4 at the most or something. It's a serious hindering factor and I wish my school offered AP.</p>
<p>i take the IB as well : ( bt im a prospective student only anyawys... so i can only complain if i do get in</p>
<p>I know AB may not prepare you that well for Math 104, but I think it's a little ridiculous since hardly anyone in my school takes calc BC and they kept stressing at the info-session: Take BC Calc, not Stat... you look like you're taking the easy way out (Which in a sense, is true since Stat is the easier of the AP maths).... but it just seems weird how my whole senior year math experience will be... almost a waste of time and the 3 hour test at the end means nothing. Should I even bother spending $82 and waking up early to take it? Haha... yeah the waking up early part kills me - jk jk</p>
<p>It's totally not a waste of time. You do what you want - if you explain why you took AB instead (it's a VERY good reason) it's not a big deal. Just communicate that to your admissions officer.</p>
<p>Most Ivy's are leaning towards the 5 only policy and granting less AP/IB credit. They want you to actually get a college experience, which is minimized by coming in with too much AP credit. That's just the way it goes.</p>
<p>I know Wharton likes Calc over Stat but what they really care about is that you take Calc period - regardless of which one. That whole thing about BC is if you have already taken AB and you have the opportunity to take BC or Stat they want you to do BC instead. Your admissions officer will know your school - don't worry so much about it.</p>
<p>Also, keep in mind Penn give credits differently than other schools, so you cannot always compare credits given by Penn to credits given by other school. Still, I wish Penn had a nicer IB policy.</p>
<p>can getting a 5 on BC fulfill the requirement so that a person who is going to be a english major, for example, will never have to take math again?</p>