<p>1) Will joining a professional affliation boost my application?</p>
<p>2) Will taking Calculus (BC) my senior year as opposed to my junior year hurt my chances?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>re #2--i'm going to say 'no'. my high school is in south jersey, public, pretty well-respected--we don't even have calc BC (just AB) and calc is the standard senior class. there were a lot of ivies this year (umm, 4 princeton, a yale, at least 2 cornell, at least 2 columbia, a dartmouth--, no harvard though). some of them opt to take the BC exam instead of the AB--self teaching themselves the 2nd half.</p>
<p>and even for schools that do provide the BC class, most people end up taking it senior year, don't they? :) because they do AB junior year..</p>
<p>at my school you either take BC or AB so there's a lot who take it their junior year. I didn't get that chance so I'm kinda worried</p>
<p>I suggest only skipping a year if you truly are ahead in math and taking the regular course would be unreasonably easy. </p>
<p>If you really want to impress colleges with your math skills take the AMC/AIME/USAMO</p>
<h1>1 - Depends on the college you are applying to.</h1>
<h1>2 - No. It is common. As long as you do well in it, you will be fine. Very few people go beyond AP Calculus BC in high school anyway and AP Statistics isn't usually a hook.</h1>
<p>The kind of professional affliation is really easy to get into though. Just pay membership fees -______- So I'm not sure if I should waste the money.</p>
<p>I've taken stats at a community college and took the AP test (Scores aren't out yet though) but it's good to hear that AP Calc BC in my senior year won't hurt me too much</p>
<p>If you have already taken AP Statistics, taking AP Calculus BC won't put you at any disadvantage.</p>
<p>thanks so much :)</p>
<p>I think AP Calculus BC in Senior year is even good for people who is going to major in something that requires hard math like engineering, so don't worry.
Some students take AP calculus BC in Junior year and endup with 2-5 years of sleep which is not good, lack of sleep affects your health in general, just not worth it.</p>
<p>Yeah, those people weren't ready. You should only skip if you excel at math.</p>
<p>2-5 years of sleep...i'd kill for that...</p>
<p>I can attest to the problems of Calc in Junior year. My teacher gave me an A this year because he knew I was literally studying several hours a day for his tests (which he intentionally made so that only those who studied could pass, let alone get a good grade on). He's a good teacher; I might get a 4 or 5 on the AB test (school doesn't let juniors take BC). </p>
<p>But calculus is interesting. Hell, it can be fun when you don't have an AP test hovering over you.</p>
<p>thanks for the answers!</p>
<p>about 30% of my school take it junior year or before (everyone that takes it before junior year takes BC because AB before junior year is for pussy math nerd wannabes XP) almost no one takes both AB and BC at my school.... since that's waste of time .. though its like 2 different APs but colleges aren't stupid
but taking it senior year should be good enough
and taking it a year early doesn't make it more work... it's the same amount of work....
my calc BC class was like 1 hours per day hw max
and 70% of the class got 5 on AP test
60% got A's in the class</p>
<p>senior year should be fine though</p>
<p>i agree with the other guy
if you really want to show your math skills do AMC, AIME, USAMO
but then people who do well on those takes calc bc sophmore year or before
my school doesn't "let" you skip, but your parents can always sign a over ride form saying that if you flunk its not the school's fault, i mean PARENTS are paying the TAX for school and the classes you take, but then you are not having that problem...
do the best you can
i mean what can you do if it DOES give you a disadvantage?.... nothing really... so no point worrying about that stuff</p>
<p>AMC, AIME, and USAMO don't use calculus. It takes practice to do well obviously, but knowing calculus isn't going to help one bit.</p>