<p>I was just wondering if it's possible to get into an Ivy League School (Harvard, Stanford, or Princeton preferably) with the highest math class you took (senior year most likely) in high school being AP Calculus BC? I know that other factors contribute to admissions but I'm just looking at the math portion of it. Who was able to get into an Ivy with Precalculus taken in 10th grade and AP Calculus BC taken in 12th? Thanks so much for the answers!</p>
<p>In the Harvard freshman survey, more than 80% of the entering class said their highest math was calc BC or lower (a large portion were lower).</p>
<p>I thought Calc BC was as far as you could go in high school?</p>
<p>Well, it’s more like what year in high school did you take the class? </p>
<p>It doesn’t matter at all what year. Most students at Ivy colleges will not have had higher. Mine had precalc in 11th and AP BC in 12th. It is probably best to take a math each year and do a college course sr year if you can schedule it but if not it isn’t unusual. Why do you think everyone had higher level math? Where did you see that? Maybe it is usual at your own school?</p>
<p>What you describe (Calc BC in senior year) is typical for the most rigorous program at the vast vast majority of high schools in the US. So yes, everyone is correct here, that is perfectly acceptable. And less is too, if the student comes from a school that does not offer such a sequence. </p>
<p>You are worrying about the wrong stuff. The difference between taking AP Calc BC and some higher level math class (or AP Calc AB, or honors Calc) isn’t what is going to make or break your Harvard application. You need to stand out in other ways, and just taking a higher level math class isn’t the answer.</p>
<p>Gasp…their are non STEM kids that go to elite schools too. I see you are asking the same question on another thread…what are you hoping to find out? </p>
<p>wap1901: what is more concerning is the narrow key hole you’ve been looking through – you really think the typical freshman at these admittedly very selective schools are people who have already taken courses beyond BC Calc? </p>
<p>If you were to be admitted, I think you’d need to dial down your understanding of what other “top” applicants’ pursuits really are – your fellow Harvardians, Cardinal or Tigers may disappoint you.</p>
<p>You can take math classes at a cc while in high school.</p>
<p>Yes wolverines. Indeed many kids do do that. However, the OP was wondering if this was some minimal threshold to attain in order to apply to H, P or S. The answer is a resounding NO.</p>
<p>There are successful Ivy League applicants who have had no calculus in HS; there is no magic formula.</p>
<p>the pre-requisite is Pre-calc I believe </p>
<p>In a nutshell, very selective schools want to see applicants who did well in the most rigorous HS classes available to them. </p>
<p>I would think top colleges would want you to take higher level math classes at their college…not in high school.</p>
<p>The OP, like so many, is looking for a magic key. All I have to do is X (which is difficult, but something that can be done by first accomplishing U, V, and W) and I will “stand out” and have an in to admission. There is no such key.</p>
<p>I reiterate what donnaleighg said and add that even if you aced a differential calc course at a cc, there is NO guarantee of admission to any highly selective school.</p>
<p>My high school didn’t offer any AP math classes. The highest math class was just regular calculus, and only 10 of us took it. The average student at my high school only got to trigonometry or possibly precalc. Colleges measure you based on what’s available to you in high school.</p>
<p>^^^ Yup. No college expects CC courses.</p>
<p>You have literally asked the same question 6 times. The answer isn’t going to change no matter how many times you ask.</p>