<p>Hi, I am in BC Calculus as a Junior. I am looking to either go to a top college or go to a combined medical program in Ohio State or Case Western. Right now my GPA is a 4.5 Weighted 3.82 unweighted. I have a 32 ACT score but i already know i can improve that to a 34+. I am going to probably major in Pre-Medicine. I was wondering if i should drop the C part of AP Calculus and just take the AB Test in May instead of the BC Test. I already took the A part last year in honors pre calc. My reasons for wanting to drop are: to concentrate on my other classes, so i don’t risk dropping my GPA, and to study more for the AB test and pass it with a 4 or 5. Although i have probably an A this quarter, i had a 81 last quarter My course load right now is AP Biology, AP Government, AP Calculus BC, Honors English, Honors Physics, Band. I do not have any study halls. I am getting High A’s in AP Biology, and AP Government with A’s in Band and Physics and B’s in Honors English and AP Calculus. If i dropped this class would it hurt my chances of getting into a good college? I feel as if taking the C part would not be worth it because i would only need one credit of calculus in college. What do you guys think?</p>
<p>If you are aiming for the top schools, you should stick with Calc to the end, and get a good AP score on the exam.</p>
<p>Also, just FYI, pre-med is not a major.</p>
<p>stick it out</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply! I should have probably said that i was aiming to go into medicine while having a Biology major.</p>
<p>Are you certain you will not need to take a calculus course in college?</p>
<p>Our daughter was on the same track…took BC Calc her junior year, scored well on the exam, but still need a multivariate calc course her freshman year of college for her major (Economics, has since changed). Because she hadn’t opened a calculus book since her junior year, she REALLY struggled with it as a college freshman.</p>
<p>She probably should have taken AB her junior year and BC her senior year. Although that seems redundant, she mentioned a few kids did that (mainly engineering).</p>
<p>I agree that you should stick it out. You’ll be able to get a 4 or 5 on the AB test regardless, but the more competitive colleges will want to see you take math all the way through your senior year.
Many kids at my son’s HS took AP AB as a junior and AP BC as a senior, and those who finished BC had excellent college results-- even those with Bs in the course.</p>
<p>It’s rarely good to drop a course. The transcript will show that you only took it for one semester, and your junior year courses and results are the ones that colleges look at. I say stick it out. Do well on the test (sounds like you will!)</p>
<p>DS took BC Cal as a junior and for the first time really struggled in a class. He met often with the teacher for tutoring and ended up with a solid B. He made a 5/5 on the AP exam. I am becoming increasingly convinced that the success he’s having in acceptances is because of the rigor of his schedule.</p>
<p>In other words, I think you should stick it out.</p>
<p>I agree that you should stick it out since you are still a junior. If you were a senior…not so much.</p>
<p>Stick it out. Remember, since most AP classes start review in/after March, you really only have two to three months of actual material left.</p>