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[quote=Anonymous][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]

It will depend on the college but I would think it would be fine as long as the child finishes BC. The most important thing is that they learn the math. It does no good to push them into BC and have them do poorly in college because they didn't have a good math foundation.[/quote]

+1, as long as the students end up taking the most rigorous math offered at the school and exhaust all math courses (whether it is Calc BC or MVC that is offered as the most advanced math) it doesn't matter what they took before it and when.[/quote]

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