<p>If you can’t calculate a GPA or determine if it’s mathematically possible to get an A in a class, you’re not doing yourself any favors by trying to compress three years of math into less than a year of self-studying. You’ll be better off taking the classes over the course of your high school career and making sure you have a solid grasp of the concepts.</p>
<p>Even if you’re an engineering student, a college will expect you to use correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation.</p>
<p>thanks a lot wordworker but the thing is i dont care because im not applying for college and not in english class. If i was i would have cared more, but as long as what i type can be read im ok with it.</p>
<p>allyphoe so i should go alg 2 soph, pre cal junior year, and cal senior year hmm no not happening. Ivy leauge doesnt want that.</p>
<p>thanks scuba for giving helpful advice and giving me something to strive for. So maybe i should do trig/alg 2 study this year and try to get into pre cal next year.</p>
<p>Funny, that was enough to get me into Yale. There are only a couple of schools that require calculus, even; the majority of highly selective colleges have no requirement to have taken calc in high school.</p>
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Unless you have the option of taking a more advanced math class in your senior year (like multivariable calculus, differential equations, discrete math, etc.), no one cares whether you take Calculus BC in your junior year or your senior year. There’s nothing special about taking Calculus BC as a junior and then doing nothing as a senior. </p>
<p>@FutureIvyboy “allyphoe so i should go alg 2 soph, pre cal junior year, and cal senior year hmm no not happening. Ivy leauge doesnt want that.” you are completely mistaken. No colleges, not even ivy league, care about predetermined tracks. They care that you do your best and take the most challenging courses in what you’re offered. Your math track does not affect your acceptance at these schools- its a myth.</p>
<p>sorry allyphoe i have been proven wrong and want to sincerley apologize for my behaviour. Can you tell me things you did to get into yale. Also Heather and Guinea do you guys think i shouldnt skip at all or that i could at least try and skip alg 2 and go to pre cal. The reason i was really saying all this guys is because i mad a bad choice in 6th grade. They were having a geometry test 6th grade, and i didnt even care much so i failed it and was totally shocked to hear my friend(who at the time i had just socked in the face yesterday) had gotten in and mad me feel dumb. He skipped alg 1 and just went to geometry 7th, alg 2 8th, and is now taking pre cal so if i get into cal/ap calc i can catch up/surpass him. I also am sad about 5th grade( i was in a very good district and high standard school my friends were literally genius one of them was at a college level in 4th grade.) when we had the sat’s or something and i didnt do well but my friends did and got into geometry 6th grade, alg 2 7th, pre cal 8th, calc/ap calc this year and have already beaten me to the point of no return.</p>
<p>@FutureIvyboy alg 2 is not easy to skip. Does your school really require calc before AP Calc? That’s not the norm at all. See if your school would allow you to go from precalc to AP Calc. Don’t compare yourself to your class mates. They haven’t “beaten” you. They are just farther along in the sequence. Its not a competition.</p>
<p>I hope this isn’t a ■■■■■ thread.</p>
<p>no its not actually if you dont want to help leave. im now getting serious advice. So what im thinking now is study all year hard with my online textbook/test/helper to skip alg 2( i will 1-30/2hrs in) then go to pre cal by testing in, then try to test into calc if i can but if i dont then i will stay in pre calc.</p>
<p>I have absolutely no idea how I got into Yale. I sent in an application, and they offered me a spot. Somewhere on here, I think I read some advice along the lines of, “Do whatever you yourself really want to do, because if you’re going to be happy and successful at a given school, it’s because what you really wanted to do for yourself was the kind of thing they want,” and I agree with that. It’s not something you can do by box-checking.</p>
<p>Out of curiosity what is generally the highest level math taught at your school? Do they offer courses beyond BC Calculus?</p>
<p>actually i think BC is the max so im thinking dual enrollment if i want to get past BC. Not saying i want to do this but is their any possible way to complete all your general admission classes for college in high school so you only had 2yrs of college. and is 2yr of college doing just your major good. i was going to ask how to graduate early but i heard thats a very bad idea.</p>
<p>Do many students take dual enrollment courses at your school for math? Attempting BC Calculus your sophomore year would potentially create problems for your junior and senior years. What do you take? You don’t want to stop math for two years and then go onto a major that is heavily math driven. If you opt to take dual enrollment courses at a local community college many of those classes will not transfer out of state or to private institutions. You need to check within your state as to whether your flagship universities will accept credits. Do you have a college nearby your home where you can dual enroll? You are better off remaining a dual enrollment student if you do no want to attend high school than to graduate early. Local colleges can have different admission standards for dual enrollment students than traditional students so keep that in mind and look on their websites to check their rules.</p>
<p>If the courses you take as a dual enrollment student satisfy your high school graduation requirements and general requirements to the school you intend to study at provided they take those transfer credits you can graduate earlier with a university degree if you can schedule your classes to fulfill your major requirements in a shorter time frame. Dual enrollment affords students the opportunity to shave the cost of college but it generally works with public state schools rather than private colleges.</p>
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There’s usually no reason for it. It’s better to take college classes through dual enrollment (which is free in some states) or take more AP classes at your high school. Even if you can’t do that, you’re more likely to get into top colleges if you have more time to figure out your ECs, essays, teacher recommendations, etc.
Dual enrollment is very common, and dual-enrollment students still apply to colleges as freshmen. I’ve never heard of colleges having different standards for them than for other applicants.</p>
<p>Yeah i havent heard of many at my school and i im so selfish for this but i want to keep it that way i can be validictorian then i’ll spread my secrets. I probably will end up going ivy leauge/ top univiersity(uc berkely) in my state just so i have it on my record but being a engineer i hear of lots of smart people at stanford so maybe that or MIT so jobs look at me favorably in engineering. Scuba thats why i want to take my dual enrollment classes so when i run out i go to my local(5-10min drive) community college and take classes like Multi variable or maybe something else. I know what you mean though engineering requires knowing math.</p>
<p>I was referring to application of a high school student to a college as a dual enrollment student. Applying to college as a freshman is no different.</p>