Is Stanford EPGY worth $700?

marite
Sat, 15 Apr 2006 23:15:15 +0000

Cooljoe:

Are you a high school sophomore thinking of taking BC as a junior? You don’t need to worry about catching up with kids who took BC as freshmen. Colleges know that BC-Calc is the highest level of math that is expected of high schools (some do offer higher-level math, but they are a tiny minority of schools).

If you wish to study more math while still in high school, by all means explore different options. But don’t do it just to impress adcoms. A 20-minute drive may be very feasible or it might interfere with the rest of your high school schedule too much to be practicable. Distance learning, however, offers a great deal more flexibility. You could consider using the UT-Austin distance learning courses and hiring a tutor to go over the materials with you. It would not go on your transcript, but you would be keeping your math skills honed.