<p>Hi. My second semester of my Junior year started last week. And for my math curriculum, I was switched from a regular precalculus class to an honors precalculus. But I already went to class for three days and it was pretty difficult. So I was thinking about taking honors precalc class at an UC approved place. Will it look bad on college applications if I took a math course outside of school? The schools that I will be applying for are UC Berkley, Boston University, Cornell, UPENN, Georgetown, University of Virginia, George Washington University, Boston college, and Rice. Please respond ASAP.</p>
<p>But I already went to class for three days and it was pretty difficult. So I was thinking about taking honors precalc class at an UC approved place. ----</p>
<p>Let me get this straight. You took three days of a class in high school, so your idea is to take a college class instead because you think it will be easier? Sounds like a rpetty bad idea to me. Can you switch back regular pre-calculus?</p>
<p>Otherwise it wont look bad if you took the class elsewhere, as long as you get an A.</p>
<p>Yes I can switch back to regular precalc but I dont plan on doing that because I wont be able to take AP Calculus B/C next year. The lesson and the way the school and the learning center is taught are similar but taking Honors Pre-calc at the learning center is much less pressure because you’re able to take a test when your definitely ready for it, as in for school there is a scheduled test every week. So it wont look bad if I got an A in the learning center?</p>
<p>I misunderstood you. I thought you meant taking the class at a local community college. Not sure what a “learning center” is. If the college perceives this “learning center” as being of lesser quality than your high school, then you are better off taking regular pre-calc at your current high school.</p>
<p>Its not quite a learning center but a center where you can receive credit for classes just like school. If i took regular pre-calc I’m unable to take AP Calculus B/C next year.</p>
<p>Ok so these schools—
UC Berkley, Boston University, Cornell, UPENN, Georgetown, University of Virginia, George Washington University, Boston college, and Rice. Please respond ASAP.–
Require very high SAT scores. Since you’re struggling with Honors pre-calc, I have no idea why you would want to take AP Calc B/C. If you take AP Calc B/C and get a C, those colleges won’t care that you put in the extra effort to try for an AP Class, they will see a C and reject you.
I am assuming you have good SAT scores, otherwise you would not be applying to those colleges. I am also assuming the highs are in CR and W, otherwise you would not be struggling with honors pre-calc.
Play to your strenghts, take regular pre-calc, and regular calc, take other AP Classes that you know YOU will excel at and YOU will be good at, idk, ap lit, ap bio, etc. Science and Math are VERY important for applications, but don’t try to prove you’re good at math if you’re not. They will be much more impressed that you excell in whatever you excell at than if you failed (got a C) at AP calc.</p>
<p>Just my two cents</p>
<p>I have to agree with potatopancakes. If you’re struggling with Honors pre-calc, you need to consider if your college list is realistic.</p>
<p>Also, you said you bailed on this class after 3 days?? I think you get back in there, put your nose to the grindstone and show some determination and resourcefullness. Your classmates at Cornell would do that…</p>
<p>Hi im the same user (studentusge) im using a different account because there was an error with logging in. Anyways, I’ve really never had a problem with math, never ended up with a B or lower, but I am more concerned of my gpa as of this year because if i end up with a B in the class my gpa will end up as 4.1 versus taking it a uc approved course academy for an A I will end up with a gpa of 4.3. The teacher that teaches honors pre-calc at my public high school is a horrid teacher, does not teach, has students do whatever they want whatsoever and grades too strictly upon homework and tests. It will be nearly impossible to get an A due to an overload of AP classes and also studying for subject tests as well.</p>
<p>Hi im the same user (studentusge) im using a different account because there was an error with logging in. Anyways, I’ve really never had a problem with math, never ended up with a B or lower, but I am more concerned of my gpa as of this year because if i end up with a B in the class my gpa will end up as 4.1 versus taking it a uc approved course academy for an A I will end up with a gpa of 4.3. The teacher that teaches honors pre-calc at my public high school is a horrid teacher, does not teach, has students do whatever they want whatsoever and grades too strictly upon homework and tests. It will be nearly impossible to get an A due to an overload of AP classes and also studying for subject tests as well.</p>