<p>is it even possible?
has anyone ever heard of someone getting into Wharton without AP Calc or just Calc in general?</p>
<p>Yes, I know a number of Wharton students that began with Math 103, the equivalent of AP Calc</p>
<p>They are not the standard to which you want to compare yourself. Wharton says you should have taken Calculus, so you should have taken Calculus. Why haven’t you taken it yet? You realize a business curriculum is extremely heavy in math, right?</p>
<p>How much calc is the OP going to use till he gets to upper level finance or stat?</p>
<p>It’s fine if you didn’t take calculus if it was not offered by your high school. However, if BC Calc is offered at your high school and you didn’t take any sort of calculus by choice, it’ll look really bad towards your admission.</p>
<p>You need to know derivatives for BPUB 250 in the spring of freshman year and I think there are series topics in FNCE 100. But the point is that you will start college behind your peers, and though it’s possible to catch up, it certainly isn’t desirable to put a freshman in that position.</p>
<p>I guess you’re right, Venkat89. The real thing is that you must be able to use math in critical problem solving for many Wharton classes, so you need to show as high a proficiency as possible. That means taking Calculus if your school offers it, and if it doesn’t… then I would ask an admissions representative what to do.</p>
<p>it’s not only calc per se, but being comfortable overall with numbers that will help at wharton. bpub250 is definitely heavy (just derivatives, but a lot of them) in calc, while opim101 is also a lot easier if you are already comfortable working with numbers (no heavy calculations, but understanding topics is a lot easier if you can manipulate and use numbers quickly). taking calc certainly does help tho</p>
<p>Do you think that taking AB and BC combination course (Basically BC) my senior year will hurt my chances applying ED Wharton as admissions wont be able to see my grades for Calc?</p>
<p>ok but since I did extremely well on my AP Econs, like 4/5 and AP Stat will they overlook my calc-less transcript?</p>
<p>Why aren’t you taking calc?</p>
<p>these are really the only excuses. for most it’s a virtual requirement.
- school doesn’t offer it
- you’re a highly coveted athletic recruit
- daddy’s writing a check for seven figures</p>
<p>Well I understand that it is important to have, basically a requirement. But I will just repeat my previous question just in case anyone missed it and can give me an idea :)</p>
<p>Do you think that taking AB and BC combination course (Basically BC) my senior year will hurt my chances applying ED Wharton as admissions wont be able to see my grades for Calc?</p>
<p>^ No, assuming you have shown relative competency (preferably A’s) in your previous three years of math and have done well on your math standardized tests (SAT Math, Math 1 and 2 Subject Tests).</p>
<p>no, it will have no bearing based on my experience.</p>
<p>Cool, well I am taking math II on June date but haven’t taken Math I… Should I take it too? And if so, should I just use a Barrons Math II review books or get a separate one for Math I? </p>
<p>Thanks!!!</p>
<p>Math I is useless with Math II. Don’t waste your time. We all know that if you can work problems in Math II, you know Math I.</p>
<p>at my school it was arranged in such a way that the only way you could have completed calculus was if you skipped ahead a year in math. </p>
<p>i took a math class every year in highschool and the highest i ever got to was pre-calc just because of the way the math department was set up.</p>