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LauraN: "Did I ever say that Calculus was NOT important? Did I ever say that taking it was a waste of time? No, absolutely not. Do me a favor and don't put words in my mouth.
All I said was it's better to do the thing that you're really passionate about and show you have your own personality, rather than doing things just because you think it'll help you get into college."
I didn't put those words into your mouth. I'm giving an argument as to why one SHOULD take calculus if possible. If I am saying that Calculus is important, that does not mean that you said it is NOT important.
Passion and what-not aside, I think we should try and be honest with people. Some fields require you to start young, and sometimes high school students don't realize that. Think about the kids pursuing theoretical physics/math at MIT. The majority of them decimated course work well beyond calculus BC in high school. Then again many of them come from schools notorious for sending many kids to MIT/Caltech, where they probably have exposure to what level of mathematics/physics students in those types of career take in HS. Maybe the OP wants to go into theoretical physics/math and doesn't come from one of these schools. Maybe the OP simply doesn't know the type of expectations/competition he/she will face when she comes to MIT.
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