<p>At my school, the BC teacher is terrible and the AB teacher is great. That, and I'm not very good at math and thus AB would be the better fit...</p>
<p>But I'm concerned that it may obliterate my chances.</p>
<p>Then take BC? The only kids who take AB at my school are lower-tier.</p>
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But I am lower tier at math.</p>
<p>AB is fine. If you get rejected, that likely won’t be why. Harvard doesn’t expect perfect people. If everyone was perfect, they’d have a hell of a boring class.</p>
<p>That being said, I am only taking AB, but my school doesn’t offer BC.</p>
<p>It will decrease your chances by 10x. They will see you go for AB Calc and think you are a ■■■■■ and taking the easy way out. Harvard doesn’t like to see that and they will definitely reject you. And judging how you say you are in the lower tier at math, your chances are to Harvard are miniscule already. Only the top of the top kids get in and if you aren’t good at math you have no chance, unless your black. Please don’t waste your money, time and effort applying to this school.</p>
<p>^That post gave me a chuckle.</p>
<p>Was that sarcasm?</p>
<p>^No, he was totally serious.</p>
<p>(In all seriousness though, no need to worry about that now since there’s nothing more that you can change at this point in senior year. Also, I took CalcAB in senior year, so no CalcAB hating please :p!)</p>
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I’m a junior who’s still scheduling. Friends are trying to pressure me into BC… I kind of don’t want to admit that I can’t do it, but I know I can’t do it.</p>
<p>Why do some say that it’s an easy AP?</p>
<p>Why not give BC a try, and if you can’t keep up, switch to AB then instead? I don’t know what you want to major in, but the majority of people I know have taken at least BC by the time they come to college. Multivariable is pretty common too, with some math/science people having taken more advanced courses than that in high school. If BC is already hard, then that doesn’t bode well :(.</p>
<p>Is the BC teacher bad as in easy to get an A but a crappy teacher or as in very very hard?</p>
<p>And why does your location say “University of South Carolina '15” if you’re a junior…?</p>
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I want to go into investment banking, so maybe Finance?</p>
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The BC teacher is very difficult and doesn’t prepare you well for the exam. And it was a joke.</p>
<p>^You’ll need math for that… </p>
<p>How about take AB then self study the BC exam instead? That way you learn the material and avoid the bad teacher. (Won’t help with admissions though)</p>
<p>Is there any way to go into Investment Banking without math? I hear it’s mostly arithmetic anyway.</p>
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<p>Are you sure you really want to to ibanking? I mean, math’s a pretty big part of it, and at this point it kind of sounds like you’re just interested in it for the money and not the material. Pretty bad reason if you ask me.</p>
<p>BC is crucial for any Finance-related field.</p>
<p>I would start self-studying now for the BC exam.</p>
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<p>Really? I heard it was all arithmetic…</p>
<p>Don’t get me wrong, I AM interested in the money, but I’m also not sure what else would be more interesting. Law? Not enough money. Psychology? Not enough money.</p>
<p>That leaves me just banking.</p>
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<p>Nah, they use calc. Why else do you think there’s something called derivatives in finance? </p>
<p>/ba-dum-tsss</p>
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Isn’t that just for economists?</p>