Will not taking AP Calculus make me not get into the Ivies?

LilyBrown74
Sun, 01 Jun 2014 01:26:29 +0000

My uncle is a doctor and he graduated from Harvard Med school and I aspire to do the same. I love health and I’m good at science and math, the reason I’m so behind is because during my 7th grade I had lots of personal and family issues and stress and my grades slipped but it was never because I didn’t understand it or anything like that, I was always advanced and put in the advanced math courses before but had suddenly been placed into pre algebra in 8th. At this rate, I’ll be ending 12th grade with Pre-Calc instead of my hope of finishing with AP calculus that I genuinely would like to do, to challenge myself, and my school has no real motive to place me higher at all. During high school, should I self teach or take it at a community college and take the AP exam? What options do I have? I know for doctors, math is crucial and I really need this. I can’t change schools btw because of some financial issues with my family so I’m kinda stuck in this school. I will be starting freshman year in a couple of months