AP Calculus or no AP Calculus. That is the question.
If this is your question, I have two things for you to do as you are choosing your coursework for next year.
#1: Please go to this website and pick one of our AP courses that we offer at WOHS. The site will show what careers will need that course. You may not need AP Calculus, but you should consider at least one of our AP courses that is offered. I’m hoping for AP Calculus. 🙂
#2: Read this article.
What Do Colleges Look For in Students_ _ CollegeData
I hope that your decisions are based on what is best for your future goals. I have former students tell me all the time that my honors math/AP Calculus best prepared them for college whether they were math majors or not. I have former students tell me all the time, “I should have taken your (fill in the blank with any of my honors math/AP Calculus) class.” I’ve never had a student come back and tell me that my courses were a waste of their time.
I had a former student tell me that my honors precalculus helped her make an A in her precalculus course at KC. She said students were struggling, but she was flying through it.
A former student emailed me yesterday: “Thank you for the suffering.” (tongue-in-cheek humor) “Your Pre-AP classes prepared me for college math. If any pre-ap kids talk crap send them my way.”
I had a senior last year at graduation tell me that she found out that morning that she was going to have to take Calculus at Texas A&M for her major. She was so glad she took my class. She aced Calculus 1 at Texas A&M last fall.
I had a former student change her major in college to a different nursing degree plan and it required Business Calculus. She was so glad she had taken my AP Calculus and is now pursuing her doctorate in nursing.
I had a former student tell me last year that the rigor of my AP Calculus best prepared him as he was entering medical school. He didn’t have to take Calculus in high school, but he did and it prepared him for his future goal of becoming a doctor.
So before you “drop out” of honors math because you think you won’t be able to handle the load, please give serious thought to what will be most beneficial to you in your future.