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11-08-2009, 02:30 PM
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#1 | | Junior Member
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| Anyone take AP Calc AB senior year and gets into MIT?
I'm a senior and i just applied to MIT a week ago for EA, and im taking AP Calc AB this year.
I talked to some kids @ MIT a week ago and they said there is a mix of students that took AB and BC senior year and got in, so did anyone here get in and took AB senior year?
I'm trying to be optimistic about my chances of getting in, and as long as its AP Calc i don't think MIT will penalize me just because its AB.
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11-08-2009, 02:58 PM
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Hey don't worry. MIT will not hold that against you.
If it is one of the highest level of math class offered at your school then they will 100% take that into consideration.
It's more about what you did overall and what your passions are that MIT cares about. They don't have a checklist to say "oh this guy didn't fulfill this, he must be rejected"
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11-08-2009, 04:50 PM
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I sure hope it doesn't hurt us, Djokovic! I am also taking AB. I'm an athlete and my sports schedule wouldn't allow me to take the only BC class offered by my school. I would have missed too much class time, so I took AB instead. If accepted, I plan on taking a multi-variable calculus class at a local junior college in the summer. Good luck to you!
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11-08-2009, 05:25 PM
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I'm taking AP Calc AB this year, and it's the highest math course offered at my school. Honestly, this isn't something to worry about.
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11-08-2009, 06:12 PM
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#5 | | Junior Member
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see, my school offers calc BC but for some reason i decided to take AB instead.....i should have taken BC, but i don't think MIT will reject/defer anyone who is in my position
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11-08-2009, 06:16 PM
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You could check out the results threads from the past two years. Look at the APs that accepted applicants list--you'll notice that some are only taking AB Calc in senior year. I'm sure you'll be fine. =)
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11-08-2009, 06:31 PM
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yeah, thanks, im sure they'll be looking at much more than just how many and what types of ap classes people take
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11-09-2009, 09:32 AM
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Unless you plan to be a math major...instead of worrying that Calc AB isn't advanced enough, focus on doing well in it.
Think about it. MIT has calculus classes. They can teach you calculus. You don't have to know calculus, let alone Calc BC, coming in, you just have to provide some evidence that you can pass it when they teach it to you (namely, doing well in your math classes).
You need to have an overall challenging schedule, but that doesn't mean that you have to take the hardest possible option in every single subject.
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11-09-2009, 09:47 AM
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Also, if you take Calc AB and get a 5 on the AP test, you can place into 18.01A / 18.02A, which will cover all of the 18.01 / 18.02 material in time to take 18.03 in the spring with all your friends who took BC calc.
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11-09-2009, 10:24 AM
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Don't stress over the level of math dude...
As long as you have done calculus by high school's end, you ARE GOOD.
btw I am in multi-variable calculus right now and it is NO FUN.
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11-09-2009, 11:01 AM
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Really? I <3 multivariable calc....
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11-09-2009, 11:27 AM
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It is cool sometimes, but some stuff is just... weird.
I mean who cares what the volume is under an elliptic paraboloid and above a plane in the first octant?
XD
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11-09-2009, 01:17 PM
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...I...care...a lot.... =(
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11-09-2009, 03:02 PM
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I mean who cares what the volume is under an elliptic paraboloid and above a plane in the first octant?
| Then again, who cares what the area under a curve? I love math, but most people don't have any pressing reasons to appreciate it, let alone apply it in general use.
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11-09-2009, 03:19 PM
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...you guys seriously can't think of anywhere that calculus would be useful?
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