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<p>Which one? Cornell and Princeton just say that they want to see “calculus”. Of course, if a student were on track to take BC without needing summer courses, then taking BC would be favored over not taking BC, but is it reasonable for a tracking decision made in middle school to be what blocks admission or requires additional summer courses to become eligible?</p>
<p>Even just requiring “calculus” in high school blocks many students from engineering programs that require it, but fortunately these engineering programs are in the minority, and many of the most widely recognized engineering programs are at state universities that accept students who have completed up to precalculus.</p>