<p>S will be applying to colleges this fall. For those of you in NY, what math classes did you list on your college applications for Math A & B. His math teacher said to mark off Algebra I and II, geometry and trig. He had to take a two year version of Math B because of a fast moving math teacher - half the class dropped out and he couldn’t switch due to a full schedule!! Anyway, even though he has taken math for four years, it really is a three year course. Naturally, his year was the last year Math A&B.</p>
<p>When I did all of my applications I just didn’t check any of the Algebra, Geometry or Trig classes. I just attached a note, or in the box that said “Other Classes” I explained what classes I took. No school seemed to mind, or even question me about it. </p>
<p>The new system is definitely much better when it come to applying to colleges or when students move and go to a different state.</p>
<p>Its pretty safe to mark off that you’ve completed Algebra I (math A) Algebra II (math B), geometry (A+B) and Trig (mostly B), because math A+B is a combination of all of them. I wouldn’t bother to explain what A+B is, although most schools are probably used to them if they usually take a significant amount of NY applicants.</p>
<p>I didn’t have to put it on my applications because I was in Calc by that time and many people will be in pre-Calc, but when it shows up on the transcript as AB-1 or whatever, colleges know what it is. There are a lot of students from New York applying to a lot of schools. There should be no confusion.
That being said, I took math before the switch and my brother and sister took it the year after:
When I took Math AB-1 My sister and brother took Algebra 1
AB-2=Geometry
AB-3=Trig/Algebra 2</p>
<p>You don’t learn the same things each year, but by the end you have covered almost all the same topics.</p>