<p>I'm a junior and I'm in Algebra 2 Honors but I'm horrible at math, and I don't see a grade higher than a B for me any time soon, at least not this quarter.</p>
<p>An A would be very easy for me if I dropped down to regular. However, I was in honors math last year, so colleges would see the drop from honors to regular. What should I do?</p>
<p>If you are shooting for a competitive school, definitely honors. But if you wanna go to a decent school then regular would do.
It’s okay to have maybe one or two B’s in honors. Not all B’s thiough</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m looking at very selective schools. I’m consistently an A student in other subjects, but math is not my forte.
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<p>I have a friend who has straight A’s and a C in math consistently. It doesn’t seem like it’ll be a problem for her to get into any good colleges, because math is obviously not her forte.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t take regular if the grade was just going to be a B… A C maybe… But not for a B.</p>
<p>A B is still a successful grade and getting it in an Honors course shows that you’re challenging yourself. Getting an A in a regular course shows that you aren’t challenging yourself.</p>
<p>Colleges can see your strengths and weaknesses. As long as you aren’t applying for like a math major, I wouldn’t worry about that B.</p>
<p>Well, if you’re aiming for the top schools, the correct answer is none of the above: it’s best to get an A in honors. Realistically, you will be competing against people who have your same level of achievements, but who ARE getting As in honors math courses. At that point, it is obvious which person the college will choose.</p>
<p>That being said, I would stay in honors, but really, do bust your butt to try to get an A. Yes, it takes more time and studying, but if you try hard, your chances of getting an A are greatly increased.</p>
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<p>You better damn well be getting an A in that class. I know kids who’ve gotten A’s in AP Calculus BC and a 5 in 9th grade.</p>
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<p>What’s your point?</p>
<p>^^Yikes, don’t be such a spazz. Math isn’t easy for everyone. That one genius kid who got a 5 on Calc BC did not set the academic standard for every other student.</p>
<p>If you think with a lot of hard work you can do well in Honors Algebra II, then stay with it. Don’t just drop down to regular math because it will be easier. In my opinion, it would be acceptable to drop down if:
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<p>Hold your horses. While it’s true that, for top 40 schools, you’ll want an A in Algebra 2, it’s not a do-or-die situation. In other words, getting a B in that won’t class isn’t going to mean rejection to the vast majority of top schools (leave Ivies, Stanford, and MIT out of the picture though). It’s just one course, and if a student is humanities-minded and simply detests math, a B+ or even B or B- won’t be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. For Ivies, unfortunately, getting a B in any subject in your junior year may hurt your chances significantly.</p>
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<p>Stop exaggerating. I have a friend who left my town and went to an </p>
<p>^I know a freshman that’s taking AP Calculus BC. His school has little restrictions on taking AP courses. Despite being in 9th grade, he not only knows single variable calculus, but also multivariable calculus and linear algebra, and he’s self studying analysis. Yes, it is possible for freshmans to take Calc BC. If you look at CollegeBoard’s stats, there was a freshman that took BC one or two years ago.</p>
<p>"Stop exaggerating. I have a friend who left my town and went to an </p>
<p>I know you’re going to get a B but are you able to understand the math you’re learning in your honors class? If you’re getting it then I’d stay there. If you’re in over your head then I’d take the regular math. You really shouldn’t work too far beyond your ability in math. It all builds upon itself and what’s the rush? As other posters have said I think the elite schools will realize that math is a weak area for you and they’ll base their decision on other academic areas.</p>
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<p>Congratulations, do you want a cookie? Not everyone is a math nerd, you dork.</p>
<p>^ If you put in the effort you can still do well.</p>
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<p>Geez. What schools do you guys go to? I mean, for a freshman to take Calc BC, they’d have to have taken Calc AB in 8th grade. That’s insane. What junior high school would teach 8th-graders calculus? Even the best math-science school in my entire state begins with Algebra II in 9th grade. And even that is impressive.</p>
<p>^ You don’t need to take AB to take BC.</p>
<p>I think at the most extreme end of the spectrum, some schools could have kids taking PreCalculus in 9th grade and Calculus in 10th grade.</p>
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<p>This is considering that the kid only learns math in school and doesn’t self study.</p>
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<p>But why would one take BC before AB?</p>
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<p>That’s what I thought, lol.</p>
<p>“Geez. What schools do you guys go to? I mean, for a freshman to take Calc BC, they’d have to have taken Calc AB in 8th grade. That’s insane. What junior high school would teach 8th-graders calculus? Even the best math-science in my entire state begins with Algebra II in 9th grade. And even that is impressive.”</p>
<p>That’s as sophomores mostly… Given, I went to one of the “best” high schools in my state, and when I went there was also one of the largest (smaller now because they built a new high school in the city). Also, we also do either Calc AB or BC. They do the entire BC curriculum in one class.</p>
<p>Beyond that, some kids take classes at the community college, or one of the nearby Universities. I wouldn’t be surprised at all to find out that in the area (the ~200,000 people or so around me) you’d find several dozen kids who have gone through Calc 2 (or BC) by age 16, as there are private schools, and a high school-CC combo school here as well.</p>
<p>^^ You don’t understand. AB is ** not ** a prerequisite for Calculus BC. Calculus BC covers AB and more.</p>