<p>I have a dilemma right now.. so basically, I want to apply to the College of engineering and they want 4 years of math in high school. Currently, I'm a junior and signing up for classes for my senior year... I don't have a math class so I'm stuck at 3 years of math. I was looking at the college of engineering FAQs and they said that since its so hardcore... you should take 4 years.</p>
<p>So far... I got As in both geometry and precalc, and maintaining an A- in Calc BC.
The only math class left that I could take is AP Statistics but I decided to take AP Chinese over it for language credit.</p>
<p>So, will only taking 3 years of math put a scar in my app for Berkeley?</p>
<p>If you’ve gotten to AP calculus, then you have what they’re looking for (although obviously for engineering, the more math you have the better).</p>
<p>if you really want to be on top of things, take the math 53/54 equivalent at a community college. that’s what i did to have 3.5 years of math…and I got ahead here so way less math courses yay!</p>
<p>If you think you’d learn more in AP Stats than in AP Chinese, go for it. Engineers (and chemists, I believe) don’t get humanities credit for foreign languages and as long as you’ve taken up to Level 3 of a language, you’re fine. Stats credit probably won’t fulfill any requirements either but I think you’ll find it more useful than Chinese. </p>
<p>best answer:
You’ll get out of all your math requirements except maybe discrete math.</p>
<p>The definitions of 4 years of mathematics are very different from college to college. I think you will be fine with AP calculus BC. This is the most you can get from a high school.</p>
<p>For all UCs, you count math starting at Algebra 1; then goes Geometry, Algebra 2, Pre-Calculus/Trig, Calculus. Other math courses will count as well if they are UC-designated as satisfying the math requirement. Since you have already completed Calculus, you have 5 years of math. You are probably fine, but Berkeley is always looking for students who take that extra step; so you may want to consider taking another math class so there isn’t a math gap in your schedule.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for all the information!
I’m considering my choices again, and think that maybe dropping AP Psychology could be good too. The only reason not to is that the majority of my friends are taking it and what not, but I’ve heard its a decent self-study test so if I do take the AP test it shouldn’t be that bad.</p>
<p>The problem with my next year if I don’t take Stats is that I won’t have a science or a math. =/ So I’m guessing that would look horrible…
Also, how much do first semester senior grades factor in?
Chinese is a very hard A since I’m an ABC(American born Chinese) and I have not been exposed to a lot of writing.
Statistics is variant depending on how well I actually understand the information…
Psychology is supposed to be the easiest A out of all the AP classes that my school offers.</p>
<p>Heed their recommendation, unless you plan to either retake the equivalent of BC (Math 1B) or feel very confident about the subject.</p>
<p>I was in a similar situation back in high school, and the solution was that I’d take classes from a local college. I wasn’t the only one at my high school with this situation, so they had a deal where all I had to pay was a ridiculously small processing fee.</p>
<p>The thing is, once you take a break from math, it might be hard going back in. This is especially true before you’ve done true proof-based math.</p>
<p>Senior year grades are not considered for admission decisions. You need to maintain at least a 3.0 unweighted GPA in your a-g courses and not get any D or F grades. Abide to those rules and you fly under the radar. Trigger any of the rules and your UC app gets reevaluated.</p>
<p>For engineering, I would recommend either that AP Stats class or a math class at your local community college. </p>
<p>AP Pysch won’t get you into the College of Engineering, but it will take care of one of your liberal arts electives once you get there. I think maximizing your opportunity to get into the College of Engineering is more important. (Besides you don’t want to give up the opportunity of taking Psych at Cal and be a “volunteer” for some Psych student’s graduate thesis/research…)</p>