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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A thread on another board brought me here to ask: Do college admissions look down on kids, who apply for CS or engineering, that took AP Calc AB and then AP Calc BC?

I understand that those who skip AB and jump right to BC will be looked upon more favorably. But my question is, is it bad or a red flag for a student who wants to major in CS or engineering to do AB junior year and BC senior year? I'm not asking from an MIT or Ivy perspective, but what about good school like UVA? VA Tech? What about schools good schools not as highly ranked as those, like JMU, VCU, or GMU?[/quote]

No.  Why would they.  AB is a semester of college calc, BC is the 2nd semester of college calc, with the first semester crammed into 4-5 weeks at the start.  These kids are in HS, so the proper progression for most is to do AB then BC.  If you are in CS or engineering you actually need to learn the material---BC is incredibly fast paced to take first, unless you have had a full year of regular calculus first.  [/quote]

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